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the ESP - the European Skeptics Podcast
@theESPTracked since May 2026
creating a skeptical podcast from Europe.
Observed Aug 25, 2026 · staleModeled revenue
Paid members
38
−3.2% · 30-day rate from 24 observed days
Total audience
65
incl. free followers
Estimated monthly gross
$76
$38–$114 modeled range
Starting price
$1/mo
6 membership tiers
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$1/moLollipop ProviderThis is great! You keep us supplied with snacks and we love you for it!
$2/moCoffee and Cake SupplierThis is even better. Now we can afford a good Swedish 'fika'!
$5/moFull English Breakfast CookWow! Now we get bacon and eggs! And some sausages and a glass of juice. Thank you!
$10/moThree Course Meal ChefJesus! If you feed us this much, we may get so fat we forget to get a podcast out! (But we promise to go on regardless)
$25/moThree Week Vacation HostCome on! We cannot possibly be worth this much! But we will still keep the money of you insist...
Growth signals: the ESP
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Membership38 paid members · 30-day rate from 24 observed days
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May 202618 weeks trackedNow
the ESP38 members · $76/mo
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Where the ESP ranks
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Ranking data · includes stale rows| Rank | Creator and why included | Paid members | Gap vs the ESP | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 |  JB Audio NovelasPodcastsCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 41 | 3 more | Aug 25, 2026 |
| #3 |  Candy Corn Crypt ClubPodcastsCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 40 | 2 more | Aug 26, 2026 |
| #4 |  the ESP - the European Skeptics PodcastProfilePodcastsPaid members position in Recommended cohort | 38 | Reference | Aug 25, 2026Stale |
| #5 |  Left POCket ProjectPodcastsCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 36 | 2 fewer | Aug 25, 2026 |
| #6 |  Burning House BooksPodcastsCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 34 | 4 fewer | Aug 25, 2026 |
The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around the ESP; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.
Recent posts
What they publish454Profile posts6 postsLast month0%Members-only
Previews available for 33 of 454 posts
Article Latest postPublicEp. #545 – Make people think!ESC Liverpool speakers announced, Wasp-watch big reveal and listener feedback about Triodos Bank. The bulk of the episode is a trip down memory lane with a rebroadcast of our interview with James the Amazing Randi from ten years ago. It’s really worth a listen!
4 days ago at Aug 25 crawl 0 likes 0 commentsEp. #544 – video link fixed...Oops, the link to the short video didn't work, sorry about that.VideoAugust 14Public 0 0Ep. #544 – Plant Based Nano Microneedle Weight Loss PatchAugust 14ArticleAugust 14Public 0 0Ep. #543 – Never Trust a Man with Repetitive NamesAugust 7ArticleAugust 7Public 0 0Ep. #542 – PyrocumulonimbusThis week we mention World Hepatitis Day (28 July) and new study that (again) finds no relationship between mobile cellphones and cancer. We also have two short interviews by Annika(!) from Skepticon Australia, with Richard Saunders and George Hrab! In TWISH we hear about John Tyndall, Irish physicist and great science communicator.ArticleJuly 31Public 0 0Ep. #541 – Forget the Vikings?We start with some listener feedback from Poland and a short follow-up regarding last week’s report on pet whisperers. In TWISH we hear about Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, a German astronomer, physicist and mathematician whose way of thinking still influences both scientific rigor and skepticism today.Imagetoday at Aug 25 crawlPublic 0 0Ep. #540 – It’s a Dog’s LifeThe heatwave continues and analysis finds that most news reporting fails to mention climate change. In TWISH we hear about the founding of Accademia del Cimento, in many ways the start of scientific experimentation during the enlightenment. Then we go into the news:ImageJuly 17Public 0 0Ep. #539 – Quackery Round-UpJuly 10ArticleJuly 10Public 0 0Ep. #538 – Happily Biased Towards Science!Science shows that the heatwave in Europe was made much worse by climate crisis, and in TWISH we hear about an old but classic ‘UFO encounter’ in France. Naturally, we also take a look at the news:ArticleJuly 3Public 0 0Ep. #537 – The Not-So-Great Replacement TheoryThe applications to talk at SkeptiCamp in October are now open, don’t be shy! In TWISH we hear about how the jesuit priest Angelo Secchi unwittingly became the origin of tales about green men on Mars. Then, it’s time for the news:Articletoday at Aug 25 crawlPublic 0 0Ep. #536 – Back to the Stone AgeSome people still ignore the climate crises while there have been 200,000 preventable deaths due to heat only in Europe in the last four years. In TWISH we hear about the pope tried to strike back against Martin Luther with a papal bull (isn’t it all bull?) this week in 1520. Then, we turn to the news:ImageJune 19Public 0 0Ep. #535 – Belfast BurningClimate crisis reaches all the way up to Scandinavia and in TWISH we hear about Roger Bacon, an early advocate for investigative science.ArticleJune 12Public 0 0
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