The Idiot

The Idiot

by Serial Productions & The New York Times

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 183K to 651K
Listeners across platforms
  • true crime stories
  • personal narratives

Podcast Focus

Categories: society · culture
+1 more
  • M. Gessen's family dynamics
  • Allen's criminal activities

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
7 episodes since 2026
  • 7 episodes released
  • active for 1 year

Platform Reach

  • available on major podcast platforms
  • distributed by Serial Productions

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

family dynamicsfamily relationshipsprisonfriendshippersonal dilemmastrue crimesuspicionkidnappingpersonal conflictinternational relationstotalitarianismterrorism

Brands & references

The New York Times1
Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Total monthly reach

183K to 651K

Estimated from 28 chart positions in 28 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇬🇧
    GB · True Crime
    #79
    30K to 100K
  • 🇺🇸
    US · True Crime
    #103
    5K to 30K
  • 🇨🇦
    CA · True Crime
    #121
    5K to 30K
  • 🇦🇺
    AU · True Crime
    #125
    5K to 30K
  • 🇩🇪
    DE · True Crime
    #159
    5K to 30K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    91K to 326K
    🎙 ~2x weekly·7 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    183K to 651K
    🇬🇧15%🇰🇪15%🇺🇸5%+25 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    73K to 260K

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 3 eps

Host

MG
M. Gessen
1 ep

Recent guests

1 across last 3 eps
MG
M. Gessen
1 ep

Recent episodes

BONUS | M. Gessen on "The Opinions"

Apr 16, 2026

37m 08s

Chapter 1

Mar 26, 2026

21m 43s

Trailer

Mar 17, 2026

0m 59s

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Chart Positions

28 placements across 28 markets.