The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast
Shares rank 33 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
Listeners return to it as a regular favorite for its consistency and general interest, and for clear runs through basic evaluations of claims.
Listeners return to it as a regular favorite for its consistency and general interest, and for clear runs through basic evaluations of claims.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Loyal favorite that listeners keep returning to
“There is only one podcast that I always come back to!”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” “I am eternally grateful for the SGU.”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “The Perplexing Appeal of the Telepathy Tapes” “my favorite podcast the SGU”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “The Perplexing Appeal of the Telepathy Tapes”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcastThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“skeptics guide does a good run through of basic evaluations”
“you can't beat it for it's consistency and general interest”
“There is only one podcast that I always come back to!”
“I am eternally grateful for the SGU.”
“my favorite podcast the SGU”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.