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Holy Smoke

by The Spectator

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 2.9M to 8.9M
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: religion · spirituality
+4 more

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
200+ episodes since 2016

Platform Reach

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

Most discussed topics

christianityfaithreligionsocietycatholic churchpope benedict xviordinariatesex-anglicansreligious structureschurch dynamicsevangelisationtrump

Brands & references

The Spectator10
Acast4
Catholic Church1
Magnifica Humanitas1
The Pillar1
Pope Benedict XVI1
Ordinariates1
Pope Leo1
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High Confidence

Total monthly reach

2.9M to 8.9M

Estimated from 37 chart positions in 37 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇦🇺
    AU · Religion
    #5
    1M to 3M
  • 🇬🇧
    GB · Religion
    #6
    300K to 1M
  • 🇩🇪
    DE · Religion
    #13
    300K to 1M
  • 🇺🇸
    US · Religion
    #37
    100K to 300K
  • 🇨🇦
    CA · Religion
    #45
    100K to 300K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    872K to 2.7M
    🎙 Daily cadence·225 episodes·Last published 1w ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    2.9M to 8.9M
    🇦🇺34%🇬🇧11%🇩🇪11%+34 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    1.2M to 3.6M

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

On the show

From 13 eps

Host

DT
Damian Thompson
13 eps

Recent guests

16 across last 13 eps
FG
Freddy Gray
2 eps
FE
Fathers Ed Tomlinson
1 ep
BK
Benedict Kiely
1 ep
MT
Mark Tooley
1 ep
RS
Rory Sutherland
1 ep
JB
Justin Brierley
1 ep
RH
Robert Hardman
1 ep
TR
The Rev'd Fergus Butler-Gallie
1 ep
DE
Dr Eric Lob
1 ep
AA
Andrew Atherstone
1 ep
CC
Charles Coulombe
1 ep
DY
Dr Yuri Stoyanov
1 ep
FA
Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith
1 ep
MG
Michael Gove
1 ep
EC
Ed Condon
1 ep
MW
Mary Wakefield
1 ep

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Chart Positions

41 placements across 37 markets.