BBC Radio 4 - 'Desert Island Discs'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Desert Island Discs": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 30 May 2015
  • Chart debut: #3 (05 Jun 2015)
  • Highest Position: #1 (03 May 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #65 (02 Dec 2023)
  • Days on UK Podcasts Chart: 845

'Desert Island Discs' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

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Summary: Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley in 1942, and the format is simple: a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island

Desert Island Discs: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 07 Mar 2016 to 30 Jul 2016.

Chart progress graph for Desert Island Discs

Detailed Chart Progress for "Desert Island Discs" (BBC Radio 4)

UK Podcasts chart performance history for Desert Island Discs

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2016 Sep 25 Sun 4 up My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
26 Mon 6 down
27 Tue 8 down
28 Wed 10 down The True Geordie
The True Geordie Podcast
29 Thu 9 up My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
30 Fri 8 up The True Geordie
The True Geordie Podcast
2016 Oct 1 Sat 8 no-move My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
2 Sun 6 up
3 Mon 9 down
4 Tue 9 no-move
5 Wed 8 up
6 Thu 9 down
7 Fri 9 no-move
8 Sat 5 up
9 Sun 5 no-move
10 Mon 5 no-move
11 Tue 7 down
2022 Dec 2 Fri 62 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
3 Sat 58 up
4 Sun 22 no-move
5 Mon 18 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
6 Tue 37 no-move
7 Wed 50 no-move
8 Thu 56 down
9 Fri 58 no-move
10 Sat 49 no-move
11 Sun 37 up
12 Mon 27 no-move
13 Tue 37 no-move
14 Wed 63 down
15 Thu 78 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
16 Fri 81 no-move
17 Sat 64 up Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
18 Sun 31 up
19 Mon 26 up
20 Tue 33 down
21 Wed 49 down
22 Thu 52 down
23 Fri 49 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
24 Sat 42 up
25 Sun 25 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is History
26 Mon 17 no-move
27 Tue 18 no-move
28 Wed 24 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
29 Thu 27 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is History
30 Fri 25 no-move
31 Sat 28 no-move
2023 Jan 1 Sun 19 up
2 Mon 12 no-move
3 Tue 16 down Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
4 Wed 23 down
5 Thu 33 down
6 Fri 35 no-move
7 Sat 35 no-move
8 Sun 9 up
9 Mon 10 down
10 Tue 18 no-move
11 Wed 27 no-move
12 Thu 34 no-move
13 Fri 33 no-move
14 Sat 35 no-move
15 Sun 22 no-move
16 Mon 11 up Goalhanger Podcasts
Leading
17 Tue 18 no-move
18 Wed 20 no-move
19 Thu 29 no-move
20 Fri 36 down
21 Sat 28 up Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
22 Sun 12 up
23 Mon 12 no-move
24 Tue 19 down
25 Wed 31 no-move Therapy Crouch
The Therapy Crouch
26 Thu 37 no-move
27 Fri 36 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
28 Sat 34 up
29 Sun 23 up
30 Mon 34 no-move
31 Tue 43 no-move
2023 Feb 1 Wed 63 no-move Therapy Crouch
The Therapy Crouch
2 Thu 68 no-move
3 Fri 68 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
4 Sat 57 no-move
5 Sun 21 up
6 Mon 25 no-move
7 Tue 36 no-move
8 Wed 61 down
9 Thu 68 down
10 Fri 69 no-move
11 Sat 48 up
12 Sun 30 no-move
13 Mon 25 no-move
14 Tue 32 no-move
15 Wed 43 no-move
16 Thu 61 no-move
17 Fri 60 up
18 Sat 46 up
19 Sun 31 no-move
20 Mon 29 no-move
20 Mon 29 no-move
21 Tue 39 down
22 Wed 45 down The Free Press
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
23 Thu 56 down
24 Fri 61 down
25 Sat 55 up
26 Sun 32 no-move Serial Productions & The New York Times
The Coldest Case In Laramie
27 Mon 31 no-move
28 Tue 38 down
2023 Mar 1 Wed 67 down
2 Thu 75 down
3 Fri 76 no-move
4 Sat 69 no-move
5 Sun 29 up
6 Mon 24 no-move
7 Tue 41 no-move
8 Wed 59 no-move
9 Thu 70 down
10 Fri 73 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
11 Sat 65 up
12 Sun 46 up
13 Mon 41 no-move
14 Tue 57 down
15 Wed 71 down
16 Thu 81 no-move
17 Fri 78 up
18 Sat 60 no-move
19 Sun 28 no-move
20 Mon 34 down
21 Tue 48 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
22 Wed 69 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
23 Thu 83 no-move
24 Fri 82 no-move
25 Sat 79 up
26 Sun 47 no-move
27 Mon 40 no-move
28 Tue 59 down
29 Wed 69 down
30 Thu 78 down
31 Fri 78 no-move
2023 Apr 1 Sat 72 up
2 Sun 24 no-move
3 Mon 26 down Goalhanger Podcasts
Leading
4 Tue 39 down
5 Wed 60 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
6 Thu 65 no-move BBC Radio 4
A Very British Cult
7 Fri 52 up
8 Sat 44 up
9 Sun 30 up
10 Mon 26 no-move
11 Tue 36 down
12 Wed 55 no-move
13 Thu 66 no-move
14 Fri 72 down
15 Sat 62 up
16 Sun 26 up
17 Mon 25 up
18 Tue 49 no-move
19 Wed 79 no-move
20 Thu 81 no-move
23 Sun 64 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
24 Mon 23 up LadBaby - Mark Hoyle & Roxanne Hoyle
Live, Laugh, Love - LadBaby
25 Tue 28 down Goalhanger Podcasts
Leading
26 Wed 49 no-move
27 Thu 73 down
28 Fri 77 down
29 Sat 78 down
30 Sun 64 no-move
2023 May 1 Mon 57 up
2 Tue 67 no-move
3 Wed 95 no-move
5 Fri 97 re-entry Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
7 Sun 70 re-entry Crooked Media
Pod Save the UK
8 Mon 67 no-move
9 Tue 87 down
14 Sun 69 re-entry Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
15 Mon 74 down Goalhanger Podcasts
Leading
16 Tue 76 down
17 Wed 81 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
19 Fri 93 re-entry
20 Sat 66 no-move Zoe
ZOE Science & Nutrition
21 Sun 39 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
22 Mon 46 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
23 Tue 75 down
24 Wed 91 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
25 Thu 99 no-move
26 Fri 99 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
27 Sat 85 no-move
28 Sun 57 up Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
29 Mon 39 up
30 Tue 68 no-move
2023 Jun 4 Sun 71 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
5 Mon 56 up
6 Tue 67 no-move
7 Wed 96 no-move
11 Sun 70 re-entry Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
12 Mon 47 no-move
13 Tue 50 no-move Lionsgate Sound
Scamanda
14 Wed 42 no-move Global
The News Agents - USA
15 Thu 60 down
16 Fri 69 down
17 Sat 61 no-move
18 Sun 39 up
19 Mon 27 no-move
20 Tue 27 no-move
21 Wed 27 no-move
22 Thu 83 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
23 Fri 87 down
24 Sat 81 no-move
25 Sun 50 up
26 Mon 43 no-move
27 Tue 61 no-move
28 Wed 76 down
29 Thu 92 down
30 Fri 88 no-move
2023 Jul 1 Sat 73 up
2 Sun 46 no-move
3 Mon 29 no-move Who shat on the floor at my wedding?
Who shat on the floor at my wedding?
4 Tue 40 no-move
5 Wed 61 no-move
6 Thu 79 no-move
7 Fri 82 down Serial Productions & The New York Times
The Retrievals
8 Sat 77 up
9 Sun 54 no-move
10 Mon 38 no-move
11 Tue 56 down
12 Wed 83 no-move Global
The News Agents
13 Thu 100 down Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
15 Sat 85 re-entry Global
The News Agents
16 Sun 55 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
17 Mon 36 up
18 Tue 53 no-move
19 Wed 73 no-move iHeartPodcasts & Novel
The Girlfriends
20 Thu 84 down
21 Fri 72 no-move
22 Sat 81 no-move
23 Sun 43 no-move
24 Mon 38 up
25 Tue 54 no-move
26 Wed 76 down
27 Thu 88 no-move
28 Fri 69 up
29 Sat 59 no-move
30 Sun 29 no-move Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
31 Mon 20 no-move
2023 Aug 1 Tue 26 down
2 Wed 37 no-move
3 Thu 56 no-move
4 Fri 63 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Football
5 Sat 36 up
6 Sun 18 no-move
7 Mon 16 no-move
8 Tue 25 no-move
9 Wed 36 down
10 Thu 43 no-move
11 Fri 44 down
12 Sat 33 no-move
13 Sun 16 no-move
14 Mon 17 no-move
15 Tue 22 down
16 Wed 43 down
17 Thu 53 down
18 Fri 56 down
19 Sat 53 no-move
20 Sun 44 up
21 Mon 30 up The Mail+
The Trial of Lucy Letby
22 Tue 32 down
23 Wed 52 down Mail Metro Media
The Trial of Lucy Letby
24 Thu 65 down
25 Fri 60 no-move
26 Sat 55 up
27 Sun 48 no-move
28 Mon 29 no-move
29 Tue 38 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Football
30 Wed 52 no-move
31 Thu 67 no-move
2023 Sep 1 Fri 50 up Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Money
2 Sat 46 no-move
3 Sun 23 up
4 Mon 23 no-move
5 Tue 36 down
6 Wed 65 no-move
7 Thu 79 no-move
8 Fri 85 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Football
9 Sat 83 no-move
10 Sun 46 no-move
11 Mon 39 up
12 Tue 44 down
13 Wed 64 no-move
14 Thu 81 no-move
15 Fri 85 no-move Persephonica
Political Currency
16 Sat 84 no-move
17 Sun 52 no-move
18 Mon 35 no-move
19 Tue 55 down
20 Wed 73 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
21 Thu 92 no-move
22 Fri 78 up Bauer Media
The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson
23 Sat 47 no-move
24 Sun 35 no-move
25 Mon 29 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Football
26 Tue 39 down DOAC
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
27 Wed 48 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
28 Thu 54 down
29 Fri 61 no-move
30 Sat 63 no-move DOAC
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
2023 Oct 1 Sun 54 no-move
2 Mon 32 up
3 Tue 47 no-move BBC Radio 4
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
4 Wed 62 no-move
5 Thu 74 down The Overlap
Stick to Football
6 Fri 70 up BBC Radio 4
The Today Podcast
7 Sat 67 no-move
8 Sun 55 up Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
9 Mon 55 no-move DOAC
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
10 Tue 90 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
12 Thu 99 re-entry
13 Fri 88 up
14 Sat 99 down
15 Sun 49 up
16 Mon 48 up
17 Tue 69 no-move
18 Wed 87 down
19 Thu 96 no-move
20 Fri 94 up
21 Sat 87 no-move
22 Sun 59 up
23 Mon 54 up
24 Tue 73 down
25 Wed 89 down
27 Fri 94 no-move
28 Sat 87 up
29 Sun 44 up
30 Mon 27 up Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios
Ghost Story
31 Tue 33 no-move
2023 Nov 1 Wed 65 down Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
2 Thu 76 down
3 Fri 69 no-move
4 Sat 61 up
5 Sun 41 no-move
6 Mon 36 up
7 Tue 56 no-move
8 Wed 69 down
9 Thu 94 down
10 Fri 95 no-move
11 Sat 95 no-move
12 Sun 86 up
13 Mon 54 up
14 Tue 82 no-move
15 Wed 87 down
16 Thu 86 no-move
17 Fri 91 no-move
18 Sat 86 up
19 Sun 42 up
20 Mon 42 no-move
21 Tue 50 down Audio Always
Carrie Jade Does Not Exist
22 Wed 74 no-move James Acaster / Mighty Bunny
Springleaf
23 Thu 86 down
24 Fri 89 no-move
25 Sat 75 no-move
26 Sun 62 no-move
27 Mon 45 up Audio Always
Carrie Jade Does Not Exist
28 Tue 35 up Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest is Entertainment
29 Wed 52 no-move
30 Thu 58 no-move
2023 Dec 1 Fri 67 down
2 Sat 65 no-move

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