Background Briefing
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Background Briefing

by ABC Australia

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 101K to 306K
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: news · society
+2 more

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
250+ episodes since 2020

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

investigation
6
art
3
sculpture
3
mystery
3
family
2
safety
2

Brands & references

Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Total monthly reach

101K to 306K

Estimated from 3 chart positions in 3 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇦🇺
    AU · News
    #39
    100K to 300K
  • 🇸🇦
    SA · News
    #103
    500 to 3K
  • 🇳🇿
    NZ · News
    #116
    500 to 3K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    30K to 92K
    🎙 Daily cadence·250 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    101K to 306K
    🇦🇺98%🇸🇦1%🇳🇿1%
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    30K to 92K

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly

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Podcast Republic

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 18 eps

Hosts

JR
Josh Robertson
2 eps
JB
Julia Bergin
1 ep

Recent guests

6 across last 18 eps
JB
Julia Bergin
1 ep
A
AB
1 ep
KW
Kirstie Wellauer
1 ep
TS
Tammy Shipley
1 ep
MC
Maddison Connaughton
1 ep
JR
Josh Robertson
1 ep

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Chart history for Background Briefing

Peaked at #39 in Australia, currently #39 in Australia.

MarketGenrePeakCurrentTrend
Australia#39#39
SA#103#103
New Zealand#116#116

Chart Positions

3 placements across 3 markets.

Australia

New Zealand