Chicago Public Radio - 'This American Life'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"This American Life": Chart Statistics

  • Release date:
  • Chart debut: #97 (24 Nov 2009)
  • Highest Position: #8 (28 Feb 2011)
  • Most recent chart position: #76 (05 May 2011)
  • Days on UK Podcasts Chart: 238

'This American Life' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada and Australia.

Detailed Chart Progress for "This American Life" (Chicago Public Radio)

UK Podcasts chart performance history for This American Life

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2009 Nov 24 Tue 97 new Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings
25 Wed 90 up
2009 Dec 24 Thu 92 re-entry
2010 Feb 1 Mon 87 re-entry BBC Radio 4
A History of the World in 100 Objects
2 Tue 89 down
8 Mon 74 re-entry
17 Wed 82 re-entry
24 Wed 100 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
26 Fri 73 re-entry
27 Sat 91 down BBC Radio 4
A History of the World in 100 Objects
2010 Mar 4 Thu 97 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
15 Mon 95 re-entry
16 Tue 92 up
17 Wed 97 down
2010 Apr 1 Thu 87 re-entry The Stand Comedy Club
Live At The Stand Comedy Club
4 Sun 71 re-entry
5 Mon 65 up
7 Wed 85 re-entry BBC 6 Music
Adam Buxton
8 Thu 73 up
9 Fri 74 down
10 Sat 82 down
11 Sun 80 up
12 Mon 84 down
13 Tue 72 up
14 Wed 68 up Mock The Weak : Knocker Productions
Mock The Weak Podcast
15 Thu 79 down
16 Fri 88 down
18 Sun 90 re-entry
22 Thu 99 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
26 Mon 79 re-entry
27 Tue 82 down
29 Thu 98 re-entry
2010 May 2 Sun 27 re-entry
3 Mon 35 down
4 Tue 31 up
5 Wed 55 down
9 Sun 65 re-entry
10 Mon 97 down
16 Sun 76 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
24 Mon 66 re-entry Absolute Radio
Baddiel & Skinner's Absolute Radio Podcast
25 Tue 93 down
27 Thu 79 re-entry
2010 Jun 4 Fri 98 re-entry
14 Mon 87 re-entry
17 Thu 96 re-entry
18 Fri 97 down
19 Sat 97 no-move
29 Tue 98 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
2010 Jul 12 Mon 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
14 Wed 73 re-entry
16 Fri 100 re-entry
17 Sat 95 up
18 Sun 96 down
20 Tue 98 re-entry
21 Wed 79 up
22 Thu 91 down
25 Sun 78 re-entry
26 Mon 78 no-move
27 Tue 69 up
2010 Aug 1 Sun 79 re-entry
2 Mon 86 down
3 Tue 78 up
4 Wed 74 up
16 Mon 96 re-entry guardian.co.uk
Football Weekly
20 Fri 96 re-entry Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings
27 Fri 80 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2010 Sep 11 Sat 100 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
13 Mon 97 re-entry
20 Mon 91 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
21 Tue 86 up
22 Wed 95 down
27 Mon 97 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
28 Tue 90 up
29 Wed 92 down
2010 Oct 11 Mon 98 re-entry Karl, Ricky and Stephen
An Idiot Abroad - The Official Podcast from Sky1HD
12 Tue 100 down
13 Wed 97 up
14 Thu 72 up talkSPORT
The Russell Brand Radio Show
15 Fri 71 up Karl, Ricky and Stephen
An Idiot Abroad - The Official Podcast from Sky1HD
17 Sun 86 re-entry talkSPORT
The Russell Brand Radio Show
18 Mon 97 down
22 Fri 89 re-entry
25 Mon 96 re-entry
26 Tue 77 up
27 Wed 25 up
28 Thu 48 down
30 Sat 85 re-entry
31 Sun 97 down
2010 Nov 1 Mon 91 up
3 Wed 97 re-entry
4 Thu 97 no-move
5 Fri 73 up
6 Sat 80 down
7 Sun 62 up
8 Mon 70 down
9 Tue 80 down
10 Wed 67 up
11 Thu 71 down
12 Fri 71 no-move Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
14 Sun 23 re-entry
15 Mon 30 down
16 Tue 26 up
17 Wed 39 down
18 Thu 42 down
19 Fri 91 down
20 Sat 85 up
21 Sun 67 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
24 Wed 68 re-entry BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
The Ashes with Test Match Special
25 Thu 74 down
26 Fri 52 up
29 Mon 79 re-entry
30 Tue 64 up
2010 Dec 1 Wed 87 down BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
5 Sun 90 re-entry BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
The Ashes with Test Match Special
6 Mon 65 up
7 Tue 77 down
8 Wed 92 down
9 Thu 65 up talkSPORT
The Russell Brand Radio Show
10 Fri 99 down BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
13 Mon 99 re-entry guardian.co.uk
Guardian short stories podcast
15 Wed 87 re-entry
18 Sat 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
19 Sun 89 up
22 Wed 85 re-entry
2011 Jan 5 Wed 78 re-entry
6 Thu 78 no-move Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
7 Fri 93 down
8 Sat 83 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
9 Sun 80 up
10 Mon 59 up
11 Tue 66 down
12 Wed 46 up BBC Radio 4
Comedy of the Week
13 Thu 40 up
14 Fri 48 down
15 Sat 52 down
16 Sun 69 down
17 Mon 61 up
18 Tue 47 up
19 Wed 83 down
20 Thu 78 up
21 Fri 72 up
22 Sat 74 down
24 Mon 79 re-entry
25 Tue 87 down
26 Wed 83 up
28 Fri 70 re-entry
29 Sat 59 up Channel 4
10 O' Clock Live
31 Mon 72 re-entry
2011 Feb 1 Tue 63 up
2 Wed 69 down
3 Thu 70 down
4 Fri 63 up
5 Sat 75 down
6 Sun 87 down BBC Radio 4
Comedy of the Week
7 Mon 68 up
8 Tue 87 down
9 Wed 66 up
10 Thu 81 down
12 Sat 53 re-entry
13 Sun 77 down
14 Mon 61 up
15 Tue 89 down
16 Wed 36 up Channel 4
10 O' Clock Live
17 Thu 32 up
18 Fri 36 down
19 Sat 39 down Channel 4
10 O’Clock Live
20 Sun 28 up
21 Mon 37 down
22 Tue 62 down
23 Wed 34 up
24 Thu 41 down
25 Fri 38 up
26 Sat 56 down
27 Sun 53 up
28 Mon 8 up
2011 Mar 1 Tue 16 down
2 Wed 47 down
3 Thu 37 up Apple Inc.
Apple Keynotes
4 Fri 33 up Channel 4
10 O’Clock Live
5 Sat 42 down
6 Sun 40 up
7 Mon 38 up
8 Tue 55 down Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
9 Wed 51 up
10 Thu 57 down
11 Fri 76 down
12 Sat 43 up
13 Sun 56 down BBC Radio 4
David Attenborough’s Life Stories
14 Mon 56 no-move
15 Tue 34 up
16 Wed 53 down
17 Thu 51 up Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
18 Fri 55 down
19 Sat 81 down
20 Sun 56 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
21 Mon 66 down Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
22 Tue 92 down
23 Wed 75 up
24 Thu 79 down
25 Fri 89 down
26 Sat 63 up
28 Mon 50 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Play of the Week
29 Tue 60 down
30 Wed 65 down
31 Thu 56 up
2011 Apr 3 Sun 54 re-entry BBC 6 Music
Adam and Joe
4 Mon 41 up
5 Tue 44 down
6 Wed 64 down
7 Thu 58 up
8 Fri 60 down
9 Sat 63 down
10 Sun 88 down
11 Mon 86 up
12 Tue 76 up
13 Wed 70 up
14 Thu 86 down
15 Fri 92 down
16 Sat 64 up
17 Sun 54 up
18 Mon 64 down
19 Tue 97 down
20 Wed 60 up
21 Thu 56 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
22 Fri 63 down
23 Sat 39 up
24 Sun 27 up
25 Mon 27 no-move
26 Tue 33 down
27 Wed 34 down
28 Thu 57 down
29 Fri 64 down
30 Sat 64 no-move
2011 May 1 Sun 49 up
2 Mon 69 down
3 Tue 52 up
4 Wed 46 up
5 Thu 76 down

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Summary: Official free, weekly podcast of the award-winning radio show "This American Life. " First-person stories and short fiction pieces that are touching, funny, and surprising. Hosted by Ira Glass, from WBEZ Chicago Public Media, and distributed by Public Radio International. In mp3 and updated Mondays.

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