The National Security Podcast
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The National Security Podcast

by ANU National Security College

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 434K to 1.5M
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: government · news
+2 more

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
250+ episodes since 2018

Platform Reach

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

Most discussed topics

national security
5
regional security
2
transnational crime
2
public trust
2
national resilience
2
misinformation
1

Brands & references

Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Total monthly reach

434K to 1.5M

Estimated from 23 chart positions in 23 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇦🇺
    AU · Government
    #6
    300K to 1M
  • 🇬🇧
    GB · Government
    #77
    30K to 100K
  • 🇺🇸
    US · Government
    #198
    5K to 30K
  • 🇰🇷
    KR · Government
    #48
    30K to 100K
  • 🇯🇵
    JP · Government
    #132
    1K to 10K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    217K to 740K
    🎙 ~2x weekly·288 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    434K to 1.5M
    🇦🇺68%🇬🇧7%🇰🇷7%+20 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    130K to 444K

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

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

On the show

From 16 eps

Hosts

SB
Sally Bulkeley
5 eps
RM
Rory Medcalf
4 eps
SP
Sharryn Parker
4 eps
JB
Justin Burke
3 eps

Recent guests

20 across last 16 eps
TN
Tanya Notley
1 ep
IT
Ika Trijsburg
1 ep
RM
Rory Medcalf
1 ep
TR
Tom Rogers
1 ep
TW
Tim Wilford
1 ep
BS
Beth Sanner
1 ep
DR
Dr Rodger Shanahan
1 ep
EG
Euan Graham
1 ep
GG
Gorana Grgić
1 ep
MO
Mike Outram
1 ep
HC
Heather Cook
1 ep
PC
Pat Conroy
1 ep
AA
Afeeya Akhand
1 ep
VC
Victoria Cooper
1 ep
AD
Admiral David Johnston
1 ep
KM
Kathryn McMullan
1 ep
DA
David Andrews
1 ep
PV
Professor Valerie Hudson
1 ep
DE
Dr Elise Stephenson
1 ep
WC
Walter Colnaghi
1 ep

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Chart history for The National Security Podcast

Peaked at #6 in Australia, top 10 in 1 of 23 tracked markets, currently #6 in Australia.

MarketGenrePeakCurrentTrend
Australia#6#6
PH#12#12
PL#32#32
TH#38#38
South Korea#48#48
MY#76#76
ID#76#76
United Kingdom#77#77
New Zealand#81#81
SG#97#97
CZ#101#101
VN#101#101
Japan#132#132
Finland#135#135
AE#138#138
TW#146#146
Norway#162#162
AT#167#167
HK#167#167
TR#171#171

Chart Positions

23 placements across 23 markets.