Close Readings
by London Review of Books
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Estimated from 31 chart positions in 31 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Books#8300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Books#21100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Books#30100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Books#38100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Books#47100K to 300K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
295K to 942K🎙 Daily cadence·198 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
983K to 3.1M🇬🇧32%🇦🇺10%🇨🇦10%+28 more - Active Followers
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295K to 942K
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Jun 15, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/13/26 | British historyCivil War+4 | Vanessa Harding | Parliamentarians | LondonCovent Garden+1 | James VICivil War+5 | — | 26m 53s | ||
| 7/5/26 | narrative poetryWilliam Wordsworth+4 | — | The Ruined CottageMichael+1 | — | WordsworthColeridge+5 | — | 16m 56s | ||
| 6/28/26 | Indigenous knowledgeempirical science+5 | — | London Review of BooksBraiding Sweetgrass | — | Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer+6 | — | 15m 19s | ||
| 6/22/26 | realismmodernism+5 | Miranda Seymour | A Room of One’s OwnA Voyage in the Dark | — | Jean RhysVirginia Woolf+7 | — | 20m 06s | ||
| 6/15/26 | ShakespeareElizabethan London+4 | Vanessa Harding | Globe TheatreThomas Gresham’s Royal Exchange+2 | London | ShakespeareJulius Caesar+7 | — | 17m 05s | ||
| 6/8/26 | Romanticismnarrative poetry+4 | — | The Rime of the Ancient MarinerLyrical Ballads | — | ColeridgeRime of the Ancient Mariner+5 | — | 14m 27s | ||
| 6/1/26 | environmental lawrights of nature+3 | — | University of Southern California | EcuadorIndia+1 | riverliving being+7 | — | 14m 54s | ||
| 5/25/26 | modernismrealism+4 | — | London Review of BooksMrs Dalloway | — | Virginia WoolfMrs Dalloway+7 | — | 21m 10s | ||
| 5/18/26 | ReformationLondon history+4 | Vanessa Harding | Birkbeck, University of LondonApple Podcasts+4 | — | LondonReformation+7 | — | 21m 55s | ||
| 5/16/26 | podcast feedbacklistener engagement+1 | — | Close ReadingsLondon Review of Books | — | Close Readingsfeedback+4 | — | 0m 27s | ||
| 5/13/26 | narrative poetryScottish masculinity+3 | Andrew O’Hagan | London Review of BooksTam o’ Shanter+2 | AyrshireSuffolk | Tam o’ ShanterPeter Grimes+6 | — | 21m 36s | ||
| 5/4/26 | Gaia hypothesisecological competition+3 | Peter Godfrey-Smith | Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth | — | Gaia hypothesisJames Lovelock+5 | — | 28m 44s | ||
| 4/27/26 | realismTolstoy+4 | Elif Batuman | London Review of BooksThe Death of Ivan Ilyich+3 | — | realismTolstoy+6 | — | 23m 23s | ||
| 4/24/26 | FrankensteinMary Shelley+5 | Thomas Jones | Frankenstein | — | FrankensteinMary Shelley+7 | — | 35m 14s | ||
| 4/20/26 | medieval LondonEdward I+5 | Matthew Davies | Birkbeck | London | Edward ILondon+5 | — | 27m 44s |
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Chart history for Close Readings
Peaked at #8 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 2 of 50 tracked markets, currently #8 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| AT | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Norway | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Denmark | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| AT | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Australia | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Ireland | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Spain | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| Norway | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| AR | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| Canada | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| BE | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| RO | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| CL | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| United States | — | #38 | #38 | — |
| Finland | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| SG | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Denmark | — | #46 | #46 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 31 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 31 markets.