What podcasts talked about, 17 to 23 August 2026

1,298 episodes in 22 languages, 954 hours of audio. Across all of them, the most talked about: the United States (78 episodes), technology and AI (57) and justice and crime (57). A language is here when at least ten episodes from three shows came out in it that week.

334 English episodes from 125 shows, 287 hours of audio. Most talked about: technology and AI (27 episodes), justice and crime (22) and the United States (19). The English week

250 Spanish episodes from 44 shows, 182 hours of audio. Most talked about: football (15 episodes), history (4) and psychology and relationships (4). The Spanish week

119 French episodes from 12 shows, 50 hours of audio. Most talked about: football (17 episodes), culture and arts (10) and defence and security (9). The French week

105 German episodes from 34 shows, 62 hours of audio. Most talked about: parties and government (14 episodes), the far right (10) and the United States (10). The German week

103 Portuguese episodes from 29 shows, 75 hours of audio. Most talked about: personal finance (8 episodes), justice and crime (7) and parties and government (7). The Portuguese week

77 Japanese episodes from 15 shows, 32 hours of audio. Most talked about: the United States (8 episodes), culture and arts (6) and defence and security (5). The Japanese week

47 Dutch episodes from 17 shows, 24 hours of audio. Most talked about: the United States (11 episodes), Ukraine and Russia (6) and defence and security (5). The Dutch week

35 Turkish episodes from 9 shows, 53 hours of audio. Most talked about: psychology and relationships (2 episodes). The Turkish week

27 Polish episodes from 14 shows, 32 hours of audio. Most talked about: science (5 episodes), family and parenting (4) and drugs and addiction (2). The Polish week

21 Romanian episodes from 8 shows, 14 hours of audio. Most talked about: health (3 episodes). The Romanian week

20 Danish episodes from 6 shows, 14 hours of audio. Most talked about: the United States (4 episodes) and family and parenting (3). The Danish week

20 Chinese (Mandarin) episodes from 11 shows, 16 hours of audio. Most talked about: China and Asia (5 episodes), the United States (4) and family and parenting (2). The Chinese (Mandarin) week

18 Norwegian episodes from 4 shows, 6 hours of audio. Most talked about: justice and crime (2 episodes). The Norwegian week

16 Italian episodes from 7 shows, 11 hours of audio. Most talked about: media and journalism (5 episodes). The Italian week

16 Swedish episodes from 16 shows, 13 hours of audio. Most talked about: justice and crime (4 episodes). The Swedish week

16 Vietnamese episodes from 4 shows, 16 hours of audio. Most talked about: culture and arts (3 episodes). The Vietnamese week

15 Finnish episodes from 7 shows, 23 hours of audio. Most talked about: justice and crime (2 episodes) and media and journalism (2). The Finnish week

13 Filipino episodes from 3 shows, 11 hours of audio. Most talked about: psychology and relationships (2 episodes). The Filipino week

13 Thai episodes from 6 shows, 9 hours of audio. The Thai week

12 Arabic episodes from 7 shows, 10 hours of audio. The Arabic week

11 Czech episodes from 5 shows, 6 hours of audio. Most talked about: China and Asia (2 episodes), family and parenting (2) and parties and government (2). The Czech week

10 Ukrainian episodes from 4 shows, 8 hours of audio. Most talked about: technology and AI (2 episodes) and Ukraine and Russia (2). The Ukrainian week