The Playbook Podcast

The Playbook Podcast

by POLITICO

Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 250,001+
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: news · government

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: Irregular
1,000+ episodes since 2022

Platform Reach

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

Most discussed topics

midterms
4
redistricting
3
iran
3
gas prices
3
politics
3
trump
2

Brands & references

GOP4
Playbook4
POLITICO4
Capitol Hill4
Congress3
Senate2
White House2
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology1
Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Est. Listeners

250,001+

Based on iTunes & Spotify (publisher stats).

  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    25,001 - 50,000
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    75,001 - 150,000
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    40,001 - 100,000

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 20 eps

Hosts

JB
Jack Blanchard
8 eps
DB
Dasha Burns
7 eps
MM
Megan Messerly
4 eps
AW
Adam Wren
2 eps
JM
Jonathan Martin
1 ep

Recent guests

9 across last 20 eps
SH
Steve Hilton
1 ep
MM
Melanie Mason
1 ep
PH
Pete Hegseth
1 ep
MM
Megan Messerly
1 ep
AW
Adam Wren
1 ep
DB
Dasha Burns
1 ep
TH
Tammy Haddad
1 ep
BK
Brian Kemp
1 ep
DS
David Sacks
1 ep

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Chart Positions

19 placements across 18 markets.