Desert Island Discs

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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

#190 US · Society & Culture 2048 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 2 days ago
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381–400 of 2048
John McEnroe Jul 16, 2017
Sue Perkins Jul 9, 2017
Professor Carlo Rovelli Jul 2, 2017
Stella McCartney Jun 25, 2017
Jed Mercurio Jun 18, 2017
Rick Wakeman Jun 11, 2017
Sonia Friedman Jun 4, 2017
Elif Shafak May 28, 2017
Demis Hassabis May 21, 2017
Liz Lochhead May 14, 2017
Ed Sheeran May 7, 2017
Arundhati Roy Mar 26, 2017
Amanda Levete Mar 19, 2017
Marian Keyes Mar 12, 2017
Jimmy Carr Mar 5, 2017
Dame Katherine Grainger Feb 26, 2017
Sir Antony Beevor Feb 19, 2017
Clive James Feb 16, 2017
June Brown Feb 12, 2017
Nigel Owens Feb 5, 2017
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Charts

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#190 Society & Culture · United States

🇮🇪 #2 · 🇬🇧 #2 · 🇳🇿 #5 · 🇿🇦 #12 · 🇦🇺 #16 · 🇮🇩 #23 · 🇫🇮 #38 · 🇮🇳 #41 · 🇰🇷 #42 · 🇦🇷 #48 · +20 more

charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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8 episodes · last 30 days · avg 40 min

Sun 38Sat 7Fri 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-27, Desert Island Discs ranks #162 on the Spotify charts and #59 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, and appears on charts in 4 countries.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom as of 2026-09-27

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #59 🇮🇪 Ireland #65 🇳🇿 New Zealand #88 🇿🇦 South Africa #154 Society & Culture #5 Apple Society & Culture #21 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart383
Countries now4
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture

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