The Age and Sydney Morning Herald - 'Please Explain'
Australian iTunes Chart Performance

"Please Explain": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 16 Sep 2018
  • Chart debut: #4 (20 Sep 2018)
  • Highest Position: #2 (26 Oct 2018)
  • Most recent chart position: #74 (11 Feb 2024)
  • Days on Australian Podcasts Chart: 477

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Please Explain: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 06 Apr 2023 to 04 Feb 2024.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Please Explain" (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald)

Australian Podcasts chart performance history for Please Explain

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2018 Sep 20 Thu 4 new The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
20 Thu 4 new
21 Fri 3 up
22 Sat 3 no-move
23 Sun 4 down
24 Mon 4 no-move This American Life
Serial
25 Tue 12 down
26 Wed 13 down
27 Thu 21 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
28 Fri 9 up
29 Sat 19 down Chat 10 Looks 3
Chat 10 Looks 3
30 Sun 44 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
2018 Oct 1 Mon 82 down
2 Tue 69 up
3 Wed 76 down
4 Thu 44 up This American Life
Serial
5 Fri 21 up The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
6 Sat 16 up
7 Sun 8 up
8 Mon 9 down Dr. Vic Manzo Jr.
The Mindful Experiment
9 Tue 21 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
10 Wed 40 down whimn.com.au
My Father The Murderer
11 Thu 43 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
12 Fri 45 down
13 Sat 39 up
14 Sun 35 up
15 Mon 40 down
16 Tue 46 down whimn.com.au
My Father The Murderer
17 Wed 65 down
18 Thu 38 up
19 Fri 27 up
20 Sat 34 down
21 Sun 36 down
22 Mon 54 down
23 Tue 60 down
24 Wed 98 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
25 Thu 46 up Ramble
Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz
26 Fri 2 up
27 Sat 3 down
28 Sun 11 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
29 Mon 17 down ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime
30 Tue 30 down Ramble
Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz
31 Wed 41 down ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime
2018 Nov 1 Thu 33 up
2 Fri 21 up
3 Sat 31 down
3 Sat 31 no-move
6 Tue 52 re-entry
7 Wed 63 down
8 Thu 74 down
9 Fri 45 up
10 Sat 31 up The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
11 Sun 58 down
13 Tue 98 re-entry ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime
15 Thu 56 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
16 Fri 61 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
17 Sat 66 down
18 Sun 64 up Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
19 Mon 32 up
20 Tue 34 down CBC Podcasts
Uncover
21 Wed 48 down
22 Thu 51 down The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
23 Fri 25 up
24 Sat 43 down
25 Sun 23 up
26 Mon 18 up
27 Tue 22 down
28 Wed 34 down The Health Code
The Health Code
29 Thu 4 up The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
30 Fri 7 down ABC Radio National
Trace - Trace
2018 Dec 1 Sat 7 no-move The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
2 Sun 18 down
3 Mon 16 up
4 Tue 20 down
5 Wed 20 no-move
6 Thu 16 up
7 Fri 7 up
8 Sat 6 up
9 Sun 14 down
10 Mon 14 no-move
11 Tue 17 down
12 Wed 20 down
13 Thu 28 down
14 Fri 28 no-move
15 Sat 39 down
16 Sun 19 up
17 Mon 27 down
18 Tue 33 down
19 Wed 38 down
20 Thu 23 up
21 Fri 22 up
22 Sat 48 down
23 Sun 48 no-move
24 Mon 28 up
25 Tue 38 down
26 Wed 55 down
27 Thu 73 down
28 Fri 31 up
29 Sat 63 down
2019 Jan 10 Thu 69 re-entry
11 Fri 85 down
13 Sun 94 re-entry
17 Thu 84 re-entry Nearly
Murder Archives
18 Fri 53 up
19 Sat 49 up
20 Sun 53 down
22 Tue 80 re-entry iHeartRadio & Glamour
Broken Harts
23 Wed 74 up PodcastOne Australia
Scamming The Scammer
24 Thu 98 down
27 Sun 99 re-entry Somethin' Else & No Mystery
David Tennant Does a Podcast With…
2019 Feb 1 Fri 83 re-entry ABC Radio
The Pineapple Project
4 Mon 62 re-entry ABC News
The Dropout
5 Tue 83 down
7 Thu 64 re-entry
8 Fri 74 down
16 Sat 89 re-entry The Australian
Who the Hell is Hamish?
18 Mon 100 re-entry
28 Thu 90 re-entry
2019 Mar 1 Fri 89 up
7 Thu 24 re-entry 9Podcasts
Maddie
8 Fri 17 up
9 Sat 24 down
10 Sun 39 down
11 Mon 67 down
14 Thu 83 re-entry
15 Fri 68 up
16 Sat 87 down
17 Sun 86 up
29 Fri 71 re-entry Daily Telegraph
Police Tape
30 Sat 36 up
31 Sun 46 down
2019 Apr 1 Mon 59 down The Australian
Who the Hell is Hamish?
2 Tue 90 down Keep It Cleaner
KIC POD
3 Wed 79 up
12 Fri 78 re-entry Emma Chamberlain and Ramble
Stupid Genius with Emma Chamberlain
23 Tue 13 re-entry Legacy Media
Interview with Andrew Denton
24 Wed 9 up
25 Thu 7 up
26 Fri 6 up Emma Chamberlain and Ramble
Stupid Genius with Emma Chamberlain
27 Sat 7 down Legacy Media
Interview with Andrew Denton
28 Sun 6 up
29 Mon 3 up
30 Tue 11 down
2019 May 1 Wed 37 down 7 News
The Lady Vanishes
2 Thu 46 down
3 Fri 64 down
4 Sat 64 no-move
5 Sun 50 up The Try Guys & Ramble
The TryPod
6 Mon 67 down 7 News
The Lady Vanishes
7 Tue 69 down Legacy Media
Interview with Andrew Denton
8 Wed 59 up Meshel Laurie
Australian True Crime
9 Thu 70 down
10 Fri 67 up
11 Sat 68 down
12 Sun 54 up
13 Mon 74 down Schwartz Media
7am
19 Sun 75 re-entry 7 News
The Lady Vanishes
20 Mon 67 up
23 Thu 94 re-entry Wondery | Bloomberg
The Shrink Next Door
24 Fri 90 up
25 Sat 92 down
2019 Jun 7 Fri 89 re-entry Shameless Media
Love etc.
2019 Jul 19 Fri 97 re-entry The Australian
Nowhere Child
20 Sat 93 up
27 Sat 96 re-entry 10 Speaks
Where's William Tyrrell?
2019 Aug 2 Fri 88 re-entry PodcastOne Australia
Just the Gist
4 Sun 93 re-entry The Australian
Nowhere Child
5 Mon 72 up
6 Tue 70 up
7 Wed 99 down
11 Sun 96 re-entry iHeartRadio & Ron Burgundy
The Ron Burgundy Podcast
12 Mon 90 up
13 Tue 95 down
15 Thu 88 re-entry ABC Radio
Parental As Anything, with Maggie Dent
18 Sun 85 re-entry
25 Sun 85 re-entry Pineapple Street Media / Gimlet
The Clearing
2019 Sep 12 Thu 95 re-entry ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime: Snowball
2020 Feb 15 Sat 46 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
16 Sun 34 up
17 Mon 60 down
18 Tue 84 down
2020 Mar 21 Sat 90 re-entry ABC Radio
Coronacast
22 Sun 80 up
23 Mon 44 up ABC News
Coronacast
24 Tue 41 up
25 Wed 54 down
2020 Jul 8 Wed 86 re-entry Wondery
Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment
9 Thu 91 down
10 Fri 91 no-move
11 Sat 60 up
12 Sun 72 down
13 Mon 87 down
14 Tue 92 down
18 Sat 86 re-entry
20 Mon 91 re-entry Barstool Sports
Call Her Daddy
21 Tue 97 down
24 Fri 93 re-entry Mamamia Podcasts
Me After You
25 Sat 86 up Zoe Marshall
The Deep
26 Sun 92 down
27 Mon 95 down
28 Tue 88 up
30 Thu 98 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
31 Fri 87 up
2020 Aug 1 Sat 91 down
2 Sun 98 down
3 Mon 85 up
4 Tue 91 down Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne
Life Uncut
5 Wed 95 down
6 Thu 86 up
7 Fri 93 down ABC Radio
Trace
8 Sat 98 down The Australian
The Night Driver
10 Mon 96 re-entry
11 Tue 96 no-move
12 Wed 93 up
13 Thu 97 down
27 Thu 85 re-entry
2020 Sep 10 Thu 67 re-entry ABC Radio
Trace
11 Fri 75 down The Australian
The Night Driver
12 Sat 74 up
13 Sun 79 down
14 Mon 96 down
2020 Oct 1 Thu 89 re-entry Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne
Life Uncut
7 Wed 73 re-entry The Australian
The Night Driver
8 Thu 56 up
9 Fri 62 down
10 Sat 74 down
11 Sun 63 up
12 Mon 63 no-move PodcastOne Australia
Hamish & Andy’s Remembering Project
13 Tue 58 up
14 Wed 85 down
15 Thu 84 up
16 Fri 94 down
21 Wed 97 re-entry Camille Bianchi
The Nurse
22 Thu 84 up
23 Fri 73 up
24 Sat 85 down
25 Sun 91 down
28 Wed 93 re-entry Wondery
Dr. Death Season 2: Dr. Fata
29 Thu 79 up
30 Fri 73 up
31 Sat 85 down
2020 Nov 3 Tue 86 re-entry
4 Wed 89 down
5 Thu 73 up
6 Fri 78 down
7 Sat 98 down
9 Mon 92 re-entry
10 Tue 91 up
11 Wed 77 up
12 Thu 77 no-move ABC Radio
Conversations
13 Fri 84 down
14 Sat 87 down
16 Mon 96 re-entry
17 Tue 100 down
18 Wed 84 up
19 Thu 93 down Wondery | NBC News
Do No Harm
30 Mon 96 re-entry ABC Radio
Stuff The British Stole
2020 Dec 1 Tue 86 up Michael Hobbes & Sarah Marshall
You're Wrong About
2 Wed 85 up
3 Thu 91 down PodcastOne Australia
Hamish & Andy
4 Fri 94 down
7 Mon 93 re-entry Casefile Presents
Casefile True Crime
8 Tue 90 up Michael Hobbes & Sarah Marshall
You're Wrong About
17 Thu 66 re-entry Whooshkaa Studios
Ghost Gate Road
18 Fri 77 down
19 Sat 95 down
2021 Feb 17 Wed 81 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
18 Thu 70 up
19 Fri 54 up
20 Sat 48 up
21 Sun 59 down Casefile Presents
Casefile True Crime
22 Mon 58 up
23 Tue 42 up The Australian Financial Review
The Sure Thing
24 Wed 22 up
25 Thu 24 down
26 Fri 28 down
27 Sat 30 down
28 Sun 41 down
2021 Mar 1 Mon 49 down
2 Tue 54 down
3 Wed 71 down
4 Thu 59 up
5 Fri 46 up
6 Sat 47 down
7 Sun 61 down
8 Mon 72 down
9 Tue 70 up
10 Wed 71 down
11 Thu 94 down
26 Fri 97 re-entry Mamamia Podcasts
True Crime Conversations
31 Wed 98 re-entry Casefile Presents
Casefile True Crime
2021 Apr 1 Thu 93 up LiSTNR
Hamish & Andy
14 Wed 84 re-entry Chris Lilley
Ja'miezing
15 Thu 86 down LiSTNR
Hamish & Andy
2021 May 8 Sat 92 re-entry The Australian Financial Review
The Sure Thing
2021 Jun 29 Tue 98 re-entry Chloe Fisher & Ellidy Pullin
Darling, Shine!
2021 Jul 20 Tue 97 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Pieces of Britney
21 Wed 94 up
26 Mon 94 re-entry ABC Radio
Roy and HG - Dodging Armageddon
2021 Aug 3 Tue 91 re-entry Wondery
Dr. Death
4 Wed 99 down
15 Sun 75 re-entry True Crime Australia
The Mafia's Web
16 Mon 74 up Wondery
Dr. Death: Miracle Man
17 Tue 74 no-move Mamamia Podcasts
CANCELLED
18 Wed 73 up
19 Thu 79 down
20 Fri 85 down
21 Sat 67 up
22 Sun 65 up
23 Mon 56 up LiSTNR
The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show
24 Tue 65 down
25 Wed 74 down Mamamia Podcasts
CANCELLED
26 Thu 88 down LiSTNR
The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show
2021 Oct 5 Tue 78 re-entry The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Bondi Badlands
6 Wed 82 no-move
7 Thu 85 down
21 Thu 97 re-entry Amy Gerard
Beyond The Likes
26 Tue 88 re-entry The Australian
Shandee's Story
27 Wed 79 no-move
28 Thu 100 no-move
2021 Nov 3 Wed 91 re-entry
4 Thu 98 down Bari Weiss
Honestly with Bari Weiss
9 Tue 89 re-entry The Australian
Shandee's Story
19 Fri 93 no-move
23 Tue 98 no-move
24 Wed 94 up
2021 Dec 21 Tue 84 no-move Tortoise Media
Sweet Bobby
22 Wed 97 down
23 Thu 87 up
24 Fri 73 no-move
25 Sat 87 no-move
2022 Jan 6 Thu 86 re-entry The Australian
Shandee's Story
7 Fri 62 up
8 Sat 86 down
14 Fri 97 re-entry
20 Thu 98 no-move
21 Fri 79 no-move
22 Sat 85 no-move
23 Sun 94 no-move BBC Radio 4
Fairy Meadow
25 Tue 97 no-move
26 Wed 92 no-move
27 Thu 73 up
28 Fri 87 no-move
2022 Feb 7 Mon 84 re-entry Serial Productions & The New York Times
The Trojan Horse Affair
8 Tue 80 up
9 Wed 87 no-move
10 Thu 68 no-move
11 Fri 80 down
16 Wed 89 re-entry
17 Thu 80 no-move
18 Fri 98 down
25 Fri 65 no-move Wondery
Twin Flames
26 Sat 53 up
27 Sun 57 no-move
28 Mon 60 no-move
2022 Mar 1 Tue 77 down
2 Wed 90 down
7 Mon 100 no-move Normal Gossip
Normal Gossip
8 Tue 96 up
2022 Apr 6 Wed 89 re-entry The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Liar Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Million
8 Fri 88 re-entry The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millio
9 Sat 67 no-move
10 Sun 55 no-move
11 Mon 39 no-move
12 Tue 49 down
13 Wed 59 down
14 Thu 73 no-move
15 Fri 56 up
16 Sat 61 no-move
19 Tue 60 no-move
20 Wed 63 down
21 Thu 73 no-move
22 Fri 79 no-move
23 Sat 72 up
24 Sun 91 down
25 Mon 77 no-move
26 Tue 69 up
27 Wed 80 down
28 Thu 86 down
2022 May 3 Tue 93 no-move
4 Wed 86 up
5 Thu 90 no-move
6 Fri 72 no-move Shameless Media
everybody has a secret
7 Sat 83 down
9 Mon 89 re-entry The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millio
10 Tue 85 up
11 Wed 99 no-move
12 Thu 95 up
14 Sat 64 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Trial
15 Sun 79 down
16 Mon 71 no-move
17 Tue 65 up
18 Wed 59 up
19 Thu 65 down
20 Fri 66 no-move
21 Sat 68 no-move
22 Sun 37 up
23 Mon 42 down
24 Tue 50 no-move
25 Wed 63 no-move
26 Thu 67 no-move
27 Fri 64 up
28 Sat 64 no-move
30 Mon 99 no-move The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millio
31 Tue 76 up
2022 Jun 1 Wed 74 no-move
2 Thu 81 no-move
2022 Aug 25 Thu 96 no-move Chris Lambert
Your Own Backyard
25 Thu 96 no-move
25 Thu 96 no-move
2022 Sep 23 Fri 100 no-move Serial Productions
Serial
2022 Oct 1 Sat 88 no-move The Guardian
Can I tell you a secret?
26 Wed 68 re-entry Hamish Blake & Tim Bartley
How Other Dads Dad with Hamish Blake
27 Thu 100 down
2023 Apr 6 Thu 95 re-entry Mamamia Podcasts
But Are You Happy?
7 Fri 67 up
8 Sat 79 no-move
2023 May 24 Wed 94 re-entry 9Podcasts
Hannah's Story
25 Thu 100 no-move
26 Fri 86 up
2023 Jun 2 Fri 61 re-entry Lionsgate Sound
Scamanda
3 Sat 68 no-move
4 Sun 89 down
5 Mon 52 no-move
6 Tue 62 down
7 Wed 77 down
8 Thu 83 no-move True Crime Australia
Mother's Guilt
9 Fri 75 no-move
10 Sat 80 no-move
11 Sun 92 no-move
16 Fri 100 no-move Podshape
The Garden of Eden
30 Fri 93 re-entry Lionsgate Sound
Scamanda
2023 Jul 1 Sat 95 no-move
3 Mon 95 no-move Serial Productions & The New York Times
The Retrievals
4 Tue 99 no-move
2023 Aug 10 Thu 99 re-entry iHeartPodcasts & Novel
The Girlfriends
11 Fri 90 no-move
12 Sat 100 down LiSTNR
Secrets We Keep
2023 Sep 27 Wed 92 no-move BBC Sounds
Believe in Magic
2023 Oct 11 Wed 41 re-entry NBC News
Murder in Apartment 12
12 Thu 55 down
13 Fri 59 down
14 Sat 79 no-move
15 Sun 68 no-move
16 Mon 62 no-move
17 Tue 81 down Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg
The Imperfects
18 Wed 77 up
19 Thu 90 down MIK MADE
Big Small Talk
20 Fri 95 no-move
2023 Nov 8 Wed 85 no-move Casefile Presents
The Bakersfield Three
9 Thu 99 down
14 Tue 99 re-entry Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios
Ghost Story
15 Wed 76 no-move
16 Thu 92 down
17 Fri 97 down
20 Mon 94 re-entry
21 Tue 99 down Casefile Presents
The Bakersfield Three
22 Wed 54 no-move
23 Thu 25 no-move
24 Fri 23 up
25 Sat 39 down
26 Sun 80 down
27 Mon 86 down
30 Thu 94 no-move
2023 Dec 1 Fri 91 up
12 Tue 83 re-entry Goalhanger Podcasts
The Rest Is History
13 Wed 86 no-move
15 Fri 98 no-move
17 Sun 98 re-entry Superreal
What It Was Like
18 Mon 84 no-move
19 Tue 82 no-move
20 Wed 71 no-move
2024 Jan 25 Thu 92 no-move BBC World Service
World of Secrets
26 Fri 84 up
2024 Feb 9 Fri 43 no-move Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
10 Sat 54 down
11 Sun 74 down

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