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: #47 (14 Jul 2025)
  • Days on UK Podcasts Chart: 785

'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 Jul 27 Wed 6 no-move My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
28 Thu 7 down
29 Fri 8 down
30 Sat 6 up
31 Sun 5 up
2016 Aug 1 Mon 6 down
2 Tue 6 no-move
3 Wed 6 no-move
4 Thu 6 no-move
5 Fri 7 down
6 Sat 6 up
7 Sun 4 up
8 Mon 7 down
9 Tue 8 down
10 Wed 10 down
11 Thu 10 no-move
12 Fri 6 up
13 Sat 7 down
14 Sun 3 up
15 Mon 5 down Sky Sports
The Gary Neville Podcast - Sky Sports
16 Tue 6 down
17 Wed 8 down My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
18 Thu 8 no-move
19 Fri 6 up
20 Sat 5 up
21 Sun 4 up
22 Mon 4 no-move
23 Tue 3 up
24 Wed 3 no-move
25 Thu 3 no-move
26 Fri 3 no-move
27 Sat 2 up
28 Sun 2 no-move
29 Mon 2 no-move
30 Tue 3 down
31 Wed 4 down
2016 Sep 1 Thu 4 no-move
2 Fri 4 no-move
3 Sat 2 up
4 Sun 2 no-move
5 Mon 2 no-move
6 Tue 4 down
7 Wed 5 down
8 Thu 6 down
9 Fri 5 up
10 Sat 5 no-move
11 Sun 5 no-move
12 Mon 6 down BBC Radio 4
The Archers
13 Tue 8 down
14 Wed 7 up My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
15 Thu 9 down
16 Fri 8 up
17 Sat 7 up
18 Sun 5 up
19 Mon 4 up
20 Tue 6 down
21 Wed 5 up
22 Thu 6 down
23 Fri 8 down
24 Sat 6 up
25 Sun 4 up
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
2024 Jul 14 Sun 48 up Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
15 Mon 52 down
16 Tue 61 no-move
17 Wed 67 down
18 Thu 79 down
19 Fri 93 down
20 Sat 59 up
21 Sun 34 no-move
22 Mon 42 down
23 Tue 49 no-move
24 Wed 57 no-move
25 Thu 64 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics: US
26 Fri 70 no-move
27 Sat 63 no-move Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is Politics
28 Sun 54 up
29 Mon 47 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
30 Tue 53 no-move
31 Wed 66 no-move
2024 Aug 1 Thu 69 down
2 Fri 76 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
3 Sat 69 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
4 Sun 42 up
5 Mon 28 up
6 Tue 42 down
7 Wed 54 no-move Underdog Fantasy
Heed the Call with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
8 Thu 62 down
9 Fri 67 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
10 Sat 63 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
11 Sun 48 no-move
12 Mon 42 up
13 Tue 53 down
14 Wed 76 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
15 Thu 83 no-move
16 Fri 86 no-move
17 Sat 72 up
18 Sun 45 no-move
19 Mon 39 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
20 Tue 44 down Audio Always
Charlotte Dawson's Naughty Corner
21 Wed 58 down
22 Thu 70 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
23 Fri 69 up
24 Sat 68 no-move
25 Sun 51 up
26 Mon 45 no-move
27 Tue 64 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
28 Wed 82 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
29 Thu 91 down
30 Fri 83 up
31 Sat 69 no-move
2024 Sep 1 Sun 28 up Keep it Light Media
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & Davi
2 Mon 35 down
3 Tue 40 down
4 Wed 50 down Daily Mail
Soccer A-Z
5 Thu 54 down
6 Fri 67 no-move
7 Sat 62 up
8 Sun 34 up
9 Mon 39 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
10 Tue 47 no-move Daily Mail
Soccer A-Z
11 Wed 71 no-move BBC Radio 4
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
12 Thu 83 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics: US
13 Fri 76 no-move
14 Sat 62 up
15 Sun 41 no-move
16 Mon 32 up
17 Tue 43 down
18 Wed 61 down
19 Thu 76 down
20 Fri 67 up
21 Sat 60 no-move
22 Sun 37 no-move
23 Mon 36 up
24 Tue 54 no-move
25 Wed 73 no-move
26 Thu 93 down
27 Fri 89 no-move
28 Sat 95 no-move
29 Sun 48 no-move
30 Mon 46 no-move
2024 Oct 1 Tue 69 down
2 Wed 78 no-move Astrid
He Said, She Said
3 Thu 97 down
4 Fri 88 up
5 Sat 89 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics: US
6 Sun 52 no-move
7 Mon 56 no-move
8 Tue 66 down Wondery | Novel
Kill List
9 Wed 79 down
12 Sat 99 no-move
13 Sun 53 no-move
14 Mon 54 down
15 Tue 66 no-move
16 Wed 81 down
18 Fri 85 re-entry Begin Again
Begin Again with Davina McCall
19 Sat 70 no-move
20 Sun 50 no-move
21 Mon 49 no-move
22 Tue 62 down
23 Wed 87 down
24 Thu 90 down
27 Sun 55 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
28 Mon 60 down
29 Tue 73 no-move
2024 Nov 15 Fri 88 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
16 Sat 84 up
17 Sun 73 up
18 Mon 77 no-move
19 Tue 98 no-move
24 Sun 94 no-move
25 Mon 78 up
26 Tue 91 no-move
27 Wed 85 up Goalhanger
The Rest Is Classified
28 Thu 83 no-move
29 Fri 97 down
30 Sat 81 up
2024 Dec 1 Sun 53 up
2 Mon 44 up
3 Tue 59 no-move
4 Wed 70 no-move
5 Thu 89 no-move
6 Fri 70 up
7 Sat 59 up
8 Sun 51 no-move
9 Mon 37 no-move
10 Tue 52 no-move
11 Wed 54 no-move
12 Thu 77 no-move
13 Fri 80 down
14 Sat 77 up
15 Sun 50 up
16 Mon 42 up
17 Tue 61 down
18 Wed 78 down
19 Thu 85 no-move
20 Fri 81 up
21 Sat 78 up
22 Sun 47 up Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
23 Mon 42 no-move
24 Tue 52 no-move
25 Wed 64 down
26 Thu 63 up
27 Fri 54 up
28 Sat 45 no-move
29 Sun 46 down
30 Mon 40 up
31 Tue 42 down
2025 Jan 1 Wed 45 no-move
2 Thu 58 down
3 Fri 68 down Carole Cadwalladr & Peter Jukes with Ruth Abrahams
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring
4 Sat 71 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
5 Sun 68 no-move
6 Mon 66 up
7 Tue 84 down
13 Mon 71 re-entry
14 Tue 93 no-move
19 Sun 71 re-entry
20 Mon 73 no-move
21 Tue 88 no-move
26 Sun 50 no-move
27 Mon 46 up
28 Tue 62 down
29 Wed 71 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Classified
30 Thu 89 down Spotify Studios
The Louis Theroux Podcast
31 Fri 87 up JamPot Productions
Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith
2025 Feb 1 Sat 88 no-move
2 Sun 61 up
3 Mon 73 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
4 Tue 90 no-move JamPot Productions
Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith
8 Sat 98 re-entry Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
9 Sun 79 no-move
10 Mon 66 up Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
11 Tue 76 down Sara Cox
The Teen Commandments
16 Sun 68 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
17 Mon 68 no-move
18 Tue 77 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
19 Wed 95 down Spotify Studios
The Louis Theroux Podcast
20 Thu 96 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
21 Fri 94 up
22 Sat 90 no-move
23 Sun 60 up
24 Mon 48 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
25 Tue 63 down
26 Wed 78 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
27 Thu 95 down BBC Sounds
Stalked
28 Fri 92 up Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
2025 Mar 1 Sat 84 up
2 Sun 67 no-move
3 Mon 59 up
4 Tue 79 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics: US
5 Wed 92 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
9 Sun 80 no-move
10 Mon 79 no-move
17 Mon 98 no-move
22 Sat 96 no-move Goalhanger
Journey Through Time
23 Sun 70 no-move
24 Mon 48 up
25 Tue 58 down
26 Wed 87 down
27 Thu 93 no-move
28 Fri 72 no-move
29 Sat 63 no-move
30 Sun 41 up
31 Mon 35 up
2025 Apr 1 Tue 43 down
2 Wed 52 down
3 Thu 57 down
4 Fri 70 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
5 Sat 65 up
6 Sun 62 no-move
7 Mon 59 up
8 Tue 78 no-move
9 Wed 87 no-move
12 Sat 83 no-move
13 Sun 59 no-move Noiser
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
14 Mon 61 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
15 Tue 69 down Noiser
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
16 Wed 90 no-move
19 Sat 96 re-entry Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
20 Sun 82 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
21 Mon 53 no-move
22 Tue 69 no-move
23 Wed 95 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
27 Sun 91 re-entry Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
28 Mon 92 no-move
29 Tue 94 down BBC Radio 4
What's Up Docs?
2025 May 4 Sun 81 no-move
5 Mon 61 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
6 Tue 72 down
7 Wed 90 down Bauer Media
Pete Wicks' Man Made
11 Sun 67 re-entry Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
12 Mon 66 up
13 Tue 78 down
14 Wed 93 down BBC Sounds
Diddy On Trial
15 Thu 86 up
16 Fri 96 down
17 Sat 85 no-move
18 Sun 77 up
19 Mon 69 up
20 Tue 81 no-move
24 Sat 94 no-move
25 Sun 82 up Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
26 Mon 76 up
27 Tue 93 down
28 Wed 94 no-move WNTT
We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
30 Fri 96 re-entry Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
31 Sat 89 no-move Global
The Crisis Room
2025 Jun 1 Sun 45 no-move
2 Mon 36 no-move
3 Tue 49 no-move
4 Wed 63 no-move WNTT
We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
5 Thu 90 no-move
6 Fri 98 no-move
7 Sat 91 no-move Sky News
The Wargame
8 Sun 64 no-move The Guardian
Missing in the Amazon
9 Mon 42 no-move
10 Tue 43 down Sky News
The Wargame
11 Wed 60 down
12 Thu 71 no-move
13 Fri 78 down
14 Sat 80 no-move
15 Sun 65 up
16 Mon 54 no-move
17 Tue 57 no-move
18 Wed 91 down
19 Thu 98 no-move
20 Fri 92 no-move Colour It In Studios
Live, Laugh, Luke... with Luke Hamnett
21 Sat 86 up
22 Sun 71 no-move Sky News
The Wargame
23 Mon 78 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
24 Tue 85 down
25 Wed 95 no-move
26 Thu 100 no-move
29 Sun 66 no-move Global
The Crime Agents
30 Mon 30 up
2025 Jul 1 Tue 45 down
2 Wed 80 no-move The Overlap
Stick to Cricket
3 Thu 82 no-move
4 Fri 88 no-move Goalhanger
The Rest Is Politics
5 Sat 83 up
6 Sun 50 no-move
7 Mon 68 down Goalhanger
The Rest Is History
8 Tue 59 no-move Listen
Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane
9 Wed 75 down
10 Thu 90 no-move
11 Fri 92 down Persephonica
Dig It
12 Sat 90 no-move Listen
Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane
13 Sun 59 up
14 Mon 47 no-move

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