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Today: #5 in Government, Ireland on our combined chart.

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Ranking history · Ireland

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

Position on the Government, Ireland 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	#5	#5	#5	#6
Oct 20	#12	#12	#12	#12
Oct 19	#8	#8	#8	#16
Oct 18	#23	#23	#22	#29
Oct 17	#26	#26	#25	#26
Oct 16	#13	#13	#13	#11

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