Skeptoid
The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid ...
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- Brian Dunning27 eps
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- 🇺🇸United States · Social SciencesHOME#17272K to 1.4M
- 🇦🇺Australia · Social Sciences#922K to 118K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Social Sciences#245.9K to 31K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Social Sciences#405.8K to 31K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Social Sciences#305.6K to 29K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
338K to 1.8M🎙 Weekly cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
675K to 3.6M🇺🇸81%🇦🇺7%🇲🇽2%+4 more - Active Followers
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371K to 2.0M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/13/26 |  Skeptoid #1062: The Floating Mob Bodies of Lake Mead | Las Vegas mob lore clings thick to human remains found as Lake Mead's water level recedes. But is it truly mob secrets that are being revealed or perhaps something a bit more nuanced?The NamUs.gov profile for the Hemenway Harbor Doe is here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 17m 30s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast | Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 14m 47s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 |  Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid! | In honor of Skeptoid's 20th birthday, today we're playing episode #1 from October 2006. Enjoy! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 6m 38s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic? | Is the moral panic surrounding artificial intelligence justified? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 17m 08s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly? | Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 18m 33s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster | Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 15m 55s | ||||||
| 9/12/26 | Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!" | Skeptoid Adventures "Mysteries of the Maya" guest expert Kurly Tlapoyawa was invited to speak at the inaugural SkeptiCamp New Mexico, and today we're sharing the lecture he gave, which covered the many ways that conspiracy theories and pseudoarchaeology undermine the goals of ethnic studies programs.Enjoy! And hear more from Kurly on the Tales From Aztlantis podcast:buzzsprout.com/1720405chimalli.orgLearn more about "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure at skeptoid.org/adventures Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 43m 24s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 |  Skeptoid #1057: The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter | Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 18m 25s | ||||||
| 9/1/26 |  Skeptoid #1056: The Mystery of the Nazca Lines | The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 16m 03s | ||||||
| 8/25/26 |  Skeptoid #1055: Caught in the Feedback Loop | We dive into the Skeptoid mailbag to find your best listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 16m 35s | ||||||
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| 8/18/26 |  Skeptoid #1054: Let Yourself Get Scammed | It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 15m 01s | ||||||
| 8/11/26 |  Skeptoid #1053: Recovered Memory Therapy | Some say you might have repressed memories that you know nothing about — but that might be discovered and recovered therapeutically. Is this a real thing? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 17m 24s | ||||||
| 8/4/26 |  Skeptoid #1052: Is CERN Altering Reality? | What's really behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider's third planned shutdown? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 16m 20s | ||||||
| 7/28/26 |  Skeptoid #1051: The Humble Pie Report | Once again, we issue your corrections to errors made in previous Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | 15m 42s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | tortureintelligence+3 | — | dovetail.prx.org | — | tortureintelligence+3 | — | 17m 58s | ||
| 7/14/26 | reality shiftingconsciousness+3 | — | — | — | reality shiftingconsciousness+3 | — | 17m 09s | ||
| 7/7/26 | food supplyseed oils+3 | — | Seed OilsSkeptoid | — | seed oilsfood villain+3 | — | 17m 28s | ||
| 6/30/26 | pirateshistory+3 | — | — | Cozumel | piratesCozumel+3 | — | 16m 26s | ||
| 6/27/26 | Maya CalendarMayan Apocalypse+3 | — | Tales From AztlantisSkeptoid | — | Mayacalendar+4 | — | 1h 26m 14s | ||
| 6/23/26 | alien spacecrafttransient dots+3 | — | dovetail.prx.org | — | alien spacecrafttransient dots+3 | — | 18m 36s | ||
| 6/20/26 | Skeptoid Adventuresearly bird special+1 | — | Skeptoid Adventuresdovetail.prx.org | — | SkeptoidAdventures+3 | — | 1m 47s | ||
| 6/16/26 | literacyeducation+4 | — | Skeptoid | — | literacyreading wars+5 | — | 17m 08s | ||
| 6/9/26 | red light therapywellness therapies+3 | — | — | — | red light therapywellness+3 | — | 15m 00s | ||
| 6/2/26 | psychicsCIA+3 | — | CIAPROJECT STARGATE | — | CIAPROJECT STARGATE+3 | — | 17m 03s | ||
| 5/30/26 | Maya MysteriesBlack Olmec+3 | — | Skeptoiddovetail.prx.org+1 | YucatánMesoamerica | Black OlmecMaya+5 | — | 17m 11s | ||
| 5/26/26 | cryptidsCajun folklore+3 | — | rougarou | FranceNova Scotia+1 | rougaroucryptid+5 | — | 16m 09s | ||
| 5/23/26 | Louisiana VoodooThe Voodoo Ax Murders+3 | — | — | New OrleansLouisiana | Voodoomurders+5 | — | 15m 32s | ||
| 5/19/26 | moon mythsfull moon+3 | — | dovetail.prx.org | — | full moonmyths+4 | — | 17m 02s | ||
| 5/12/26 | food dyesartificial ingredients+3 | — | — | — | food dyesartificial colors+3 | Dovetail | 17m 16s | ||
| 5/5/26 | chemtrailsconspiracy theories+3 | — | Skeptoid | America | chemtrailsconspiracy+3 | — | 18m 26s | ||
| 4/28/26 | Internet legendgravity hoax+3 | — | Skeptoid | — | gravityhoax+3 | — | 16m 55s | ||
| 4/21/26 | sleephealth+3 | — | dovetail.prx.org | — | sleepmaxxinghealth+3 | — | 17m 18s | ||
| 4/17/26 | film productionscience+3 | — | SkeptoidAlien Echoes | — | SkeptoidAlien Echoes+3 | — | 5m 10s | ||
| 4/14/26 | wolf behaviormyth debunking+3 | — | dovetail.prx.org | — | alpha wolfwolf packs+3 | — | 15m 48s | ||
| 4/7/26 | birth ratesdemographics+3 | — | — | — | birth ratesdecline+4 | — | 19m 01s | ||
| 3/31/26 | Martian sarcophagusColorado history+3 | — | Skeptoid | Colorado | Martian sarcophagusColorado+5 | — | 14m 58s | ||
| 3/24/26 | skepticismpodcast analysis+3 | — | BBCUncanny | — | skepticismBBC+3 | — | 20m 09s | ||
| 3/17/26 | germ theorydisease+3 | — | Skeptoid | — | germsdisease+3 | — | 17m 57s | ||
| 3/13/26 | travelcruise+4 | — | SV Royal Clipper | MálagaSpain+4 | cruiseMálaga+5 | — | 2m 11s | ||
| 3/10/26 | ancient civilizationsSilurian hypothesis+3 | — | dovetail.prx.orgSilurian hypothesis | — | Silurian hypothesisancient civilizations+3 | — | 17m 05s | ||
| 3/7/26 | Daylight Saving Timemyths+3 | — | — | — | Daylight Saving Timemyths+3 | — | 11m 37s | ||
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Chart history for Skeptoid
Peaked at #9 in Australia, top 10 in 2 of 50 tracked markets, currently #9 in Australia.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| South Africa | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| PH | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| United States | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| TH | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| CH | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| GR | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| IL | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| SA | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| Mexico | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| AR | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Canada | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| VN | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| Norway | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| SG | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| AT | — | #38 | #38 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| IS | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| Finland | — | #45 | #45 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.