The Slow Newscast
by The Observer
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 43 chart positions in 43 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Documentary#7300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Documentary#26100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Documentary#5830K to 100K
- 🇩🇪DE · Documentary#7130K to 100K
- 🇳🇱NL · Documentary#2330K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
305K to 991K🎙 Daily cadence·395 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.0M to 3.3M🇬🇧30%🇦🇺9%🇨🇦3%+40 more - Active Followers
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305K to 991K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/26 | Brexitpolitics+4 | Cat Neilan | Brexit PartyReform UK+5 | — | Nigel FarageBrexit Party+6 | — | 27m 09s | ||
| 7/17/26 | World Cupnational mentality+3 | — | — | EnglandAmerica | EnglandWorld Cup+4 | — | 25m 08s | ||
| 7/14/26 | wrongful convictiongang violence+3 | — | — | — | wrongful identificationGBH+3 | — | 40m 12s | ||
| 7/9/26 | Syriawar crimes+4 | — | The Observer | — | Syriawar crimes+5 | — | 32m 06s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Arab SpringSyria+5 | — | Tortoise Investigates | — | AsmaBashar al-Assad+5 | The ObserverAUDIO50 | 43m 08s | ||
| 7/2/26 | US historyindependence+3 | Erica WagnerEvan Moffitt | The Observer | AmericaBritish Crown | Americaindependence+5 | — | 23m 45s | ||
| 6/30/26 | waste managementcriminal gangs+5 | Jeevan VasagarJonathan Lewis | The ObserverAcast | — | waste systemillegal dump+5 | — | 39m 05s | ||
| 6/25/26 | heatwavesclimate change+3 | Rob ThomsonDimple Rana | Arup | UK | heatwavestemperature records+3 | — | 20m 03s | ||
| 6/23/26 | politicsleadership+3 | — | The ObserverAcast | — | Keir StarmerAndy Burnham+3 | — | 29m 12s | ||
| 6/18/26 | modern childhoodeducation+3 | Frank Cottrell Boyce | The ObserverA British Childhood: How our children live now | — | Frank Cottrell Boycemodern childhood+3 | — | 25m 58s | ||
| 6/11/26 | mountaineeringsurvival+4 | — | — | EverestK2 | SherpaEverest+6 | — | 51m 59s | ||
| 6/9/26 | online groomingchild safety+3 | Rachel Sylvester | — | — | online groomingchildren+3 | — | 34m 06s | ||
| 6/4/26 | student deathgovernment implications+3 | Cat NeilanJohn Simpson | The ObserverAcast | Southampton | Henry NowakSouthampton+6 | — | 21m 46s | ||
| 6/2/26 | war crimesoil industry+4 | Francisco Garcia | Lundin Oil | SwedenSudan | Lundin Oilwar crimes+5 | — | 51m 14s | ||
| 5/28/26 | AIfuture technology+4 | Jack Clark | The ObserverAnthropic | Vatican | AIJack Clark+5 | — | 32m 07s | ||
| 5/26/26 | social mediachildren+3 | — | Acast | UK | social mediachildren+4 | — | 38m 59s | ||
| 5/21/26 | politicseconomics+3 | Ben Zaranko | The ObserverLabour | UK | Labourleadership election+3 | — | 24m 17s | ||
| 5/19/26 | dopingelite sports+4 | Jeremy WhittleChris Marshall-Bell | ABC NewsEnhanced Games+1 | — | dopingelite sports+4 | — | 48m 11s | ||
| 5/14/26 | politicsfinance+3 | — | The GuardianAcast | — | Nigel FarageChristopher Harborne+5 | — | 21m 31s | ||
| 5/12/26 | HollywoodPR+4 | — | ITVVogue+2 | — | Blake LivelyJustin Baldoni+4 | — | 35m 28s | ||
| 5/7/26 | electionspolitics+4 | Rachel Sylvester | LabourObserver | WalesScotland+1 | electionsLabour+5 | — | 26m 19s | ||
| 5/5/26 | sportspolitics+3 | Francisco GarciaCamilla Bell - Davies | The Observer | — | Novak DjokovicSerbia+3 | — | 42m 08s | ||
| 4/30/26 | griefjustice+3 | Claudia Williams | The Observer | — | Tarryn BairdChristopher Trybus+3 | — | 23m 08s | ||
| 4/28/26 | art theftLucian Freud+4 | — | Acastpainting | Berlin | Lucian FreudFrancis Bacon+4 | — | 37m 18s | ||
| 4/22/26 | politicsscandal+3 | — | AcastThe Observer | — | Mandelson scandalKeir Starmer+3 | — | 21m 40s |
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Chart history for The Slow Newscast
Peaked at #7 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 4 of 50 tracked markets, currently #7 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Ireland | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| AR | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| South Africa | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| HK | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| ID | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| PL | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| GR | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| IS | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| KE | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| SG | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| AT | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| Australia | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| AE | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Finland | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| CH | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| PT | — | #34 | #34 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.