Past Present Future

Past Present Future

by David Runciman

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 378K to 1.3M
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: history · news
+4 more

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
250+ episodes since 2023

Platform Reach

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

Most discussed topics

politics
7
history
6
literature
6
british politics
5
historical analysis
5
political fiction
5

Brands & references

Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Total monthly reach

378K to 1.3M

Estimated from 42 chart positions in 42 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇬🇧
    GB · History
    #24
    100K to 300K
  • 🇦🇺
    AU · History
    #54
    30K to 100K
  • 🇩🇪
    DE · History
    #73
    30K to 100K
  • 🇨🇦
    CA · History
    #114
    5K to 30K
  • 🇺🇸
    US · History
    #144
    5K to 30K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    113K to 381K
    🎙 Daily cadence·294 episodes·Last published yesterday
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    378K to 1.3M
    🇬🇧24%🇦🇺8%🇩🇪8%+39 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    113K to 381K

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly

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Podcast Republic

Podcast Republic

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

On the show

From 33 eps

Host

DR
David Runciman
33 eps

Recent guests

20 across last 33 eps
RS
Robert Saunders
6 eps
DK
David Klemperer
5 eps
AR
Alec Ryrie
3 eps
HW
Hannah White
3 eps
HT
Helen Thompson
2 eps
BK
Beeban Kidron
2 eps
JW
Jimmy Wales
2 eps
HL
Helen Lewis
2 eps
RF
Rob Ford
2 eps
LK
Luke Kemp
2 eps
IK
Ivan Krastev
2 eps
AR
Adam Rutherford
2 eps
SV
Shannon Vallor
1 ep
CC
Chris Clark
1 ep
PS
Paul Sagar
1 ep
HW
Harrison Whittaker
1 ep
EA
Edward Acton
1 ep
JM
James Marriott
1 ep
AS
Anthony Seldon
1 ep
SO
Sarah O’Connor
1 ep

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Chart history for Past Present Future

Peaked at #22 in Finland, currently #22 in Finland.

MarketGenrePeakCurrentTrend
Finland#22#22
United Kingdom#24#24
India#30#30
Denmark#39#39
HU#41#41
South Africa#45#45
TW#47#47
Norway#48#48
Japan#50#50
South Korea#50#50
Australia#54#54
Ireland#55#55
New Zealand#59#59
BE#67#67
Sweden#70#70
TH#70#70
CL#70#70
SG#71#71
PL#72#72
Germany#73#73

Chart Positions

42 placements across 42 markets.