Meghan Markle has split fans after the launch of her new podcast "Confessions Of A Female Founder" on Tuesday.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, sat down with her friend Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of dating app Bumble, for an intimate conversation.
The highly anticipated project marks Meghan's return to podcasting following her previous venture Archetypes.
The new podcast will run for eight episodes, focusing on Meghan's journey as an entrepreneur.
Meghan Markle has split fans after the launch of her new podcast "Confessions Of A Female Founder" on Tuesday
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After the release of episode one, the show has entered the Apple Podcast charts.
Meghan's project broke into the top 10 in the US and Canada, ranked at number six in both countries.
However, the duchess failed to reach the same milestone in the UK, ranking at 11th and missing out on the top 10.
The podcast also ranked 17th in South Africa, 22nd in Ireland and 57th in Australia.
Meghan Markle's new podcast - Confessions of a Female Founder - was released on April 8
LemonadaThe venture comes a month after her eight-part Netflix series "With Love, Meghan" which featured the duchess making meals and crafting with Hollywood friends.
The business-based podcast succeeds her previous podcast "Archetypes" which reportedly failed to gain traction.
After its initial release, UK publications issued several negative reviews of the project.
Telegraph TV critic Chris Bennion described the show as "frustrating" with "no confessions or secrets", giving the show a two out of five stars.
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NetflixIn the Guardian, pop culture writer Rachel Aroesti said the "sycophantic interview podcast is stomach-turning", also giving the show a two out of five stars.
Another two-star review came from the Standard, where India Block offered a positive view on Meghan's interviewing style.
She said the duchess is a "generous and competent interviewer, playing up her anxieties and being the right amount of complementary and deferential to keep her guest relaxed and talking".
Giving the duchess a one-star out of five, Reviewer Charlie Gowans-Eglinton wrote in The Times that Meghan could have asked Wolfe Herd "how she made a billion, but she had other things on her mind".
