Desert Island Discs

podcast

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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All episodes

441–460 of 2048
Dame Zaha Hadid Feb 21, 2016
Ben Saunders Feb 14, 2016
Professor Dame Carol Black Feb 7, 2016
Bill Gates Feb 4, 2016
Sigrid Rausing Jan 24, 2016
Sir Anthony Seldon Jan 17, 2016
Alex Crawford Jan 10, 2016
Colm Toibin Jan 3, 2016
Patricia Greene Dec 27, 2015
Commander Chris Hadfield Dec 20, 2015
Kylie Minogue Dec 13, 2015
Atul Gawande Dec 6, 2015
Sandi Toksvig Nov 29, 2015
Gurinder Chadha Nov 22, 2015
Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon Nov 15, 2015
Lord Indarjit Singh Nov 13, 2015
Marjorie Wallace Nov 1, 2015
Keith Richards Oct 25, 2015
Professor Sue Black Oct 18, 2015
Lemn Sissay Oct 14, 2015
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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 #60 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 #60 🇮🇪 Ireland #72 🇳🇿 New Zealand #94 🇿🇦 South Africa #181 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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