Education

6 Minute English

by BBC Radio

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Today: #2 in Education, New Zealand on our combined chart.

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Chart positions today · New Zealand

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#2#2#3 Pulse 94

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#132

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Chart dated October 21, 2026

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Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the Education, New Zealand combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Pocket Casts	Castbox
Oct 21	#2	#2	#3	#2
Oct 20	#3	#3	#2	#3
Oct 19	#2	#2	#2	#2
Oct 18	#2	#2	#3	#3
Oct 17	#4	#4	#4	#4
Oct 16	#3	#3	#3	#3

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Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus