25 Best Facts Podcasts
Facts Podcasts
Here are 25 Best Facts Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. No Such Thing As A Fish
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Award-winning podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show discuss the best things they've found out this week.Hosted by Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland) with James Harkin (@jamesharkin), Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm), and Anna Ptaszynski (#GetAnnaOnTwitter)MORE Ranking #3 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski
Producer/Network No Such Thing As A Fish
Email ****@hotmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 27.7KFacebook 39.1KTwitter 84.8KInstagram 63K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Mar 2014 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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Website Spotify YouTube
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.For advertising opportunities please email ****@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy PolicyMORE Ranking #23 in Spotify Charts (US)
Host Rachel Feltman
Producer/Network Popular Science
Email ****@popsci.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.4KTwitter 5.1KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact
3. Go Fact Yourself
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Twice a month, host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong quiz the smartest celebrities they know to find out why they love what they love! Recorded before a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, this game show features comedians, actors, and musicians answering arcane questions on topics they claim to be experts in. But don't worry; if they slip up, there are real experts on hand to give us the facts!MORE Ranking #72 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts J. Keith van Straaten, Helen Hong
Producer/Network Maximum Fun
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 858Twitter 1.7KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Dec 2017 Get Email Contact
4. The Great Mistake, by Garbage Brain University
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Website Apple Spotify
Drew Toothpaste & Natalie Dee talk about the problems of our time. The latest series for Garbage Brain University. www.garbagebrainuniversity.com
Hosts Drew Toothpaste, Natalie Dee
Producer/Network Natalie Dee & Drew Toothpaste
Email ****@substack.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 277 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
5. After the Fact
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
After the Fact is a podcast from The Pew Charitable Trusts that brings you data and analysis on the issues that matter to you—from our environment and the sciences, to larger economic trends and public health. Experts from Pew and other special guests discuss the numbers and trends shaping some of society's biggest challenges with host Dan LeDuc, then go behind the facts with nonpartisan analysis and stories.MORE Host Dan LeDuc
Producer/Network The Pew Charitable Trusts
Email ****@pewtrusts.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 141Facebook 53.3KTwitter 46.9K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact
6. For Fact's Sake! Podcast
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Comedian Eddie Della Siepe and Podcaster Weezy take random topics and google the facts so you don't have to.
Hosts Eddie Della Siepe, Weezy
Producer/Network Eddie & Weezy
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.5K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
7. Ali's Random Facts
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Listen to Ali as she enlightens you with her fantastic, fun-filled facts from all genres of life!
Email ****@917thewave.com.au
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Facebook 8.3KTwitter 48 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact
8. Crash On My Couch
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Website Spotify
Crash On My Couch - a weekly podcast with YouTubers Arden Rose and Will Darbyshire, proving that we all live in a truly crazy world. From conspiracy theories to weird cultures of Japan to questions about relationships, happiness, and pet revenge, we'll discover all the fun facts that are currently a necessity for surviving life in our 20s - or at least breaking the ice at the next party.MORE Producer/Network Kast Media
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 810 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact
9. Facts Machine
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Apple Spotify YouTube
Facts Machine is a podcast by and for people who are curious about everything — but especially the things that make them laugh. Scientists by day and pub trivia hosts by night, Emily, Noah, and Rob leverage their scientific curiosity and delight in obscure minutiae to bring you a podcast that explores life's silliest, most unexpected, and outright awe-inspiring stories. And puns. So many puns.MORE Hosts Rob Frawley, Noah Guiberson, Emily Costa
Producer/Network Facts Machine
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 42Facebook 11.3KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 122.3K Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact
10. Them's the Facts
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Website Apple Spotify
Three friends share facts, but which ones are true? John, Gabe and Chris try and figure out each week which facts the others bring are true and which are well crafted lies.
Producer/Network John, Gabe, and Chris
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 97Twitter 79 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact
11. Fun Fact
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Website Apple Spotify
Once a month, Arik Devens and Allen Pike take turns sharing fun facts. Practical, historical, technical, and trivial facts all deserve their fair shake.
Hosts Arik Devens, Allen Pike
Producer/Network Arik Devens and Allen Pike
Email ****@funfact.fm
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 72 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2018 Get Email Contact
12. Three Facts
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Website Apple Spotify
This weekly podcast has a discussion about three facts we've dug up this week!If you'd like to share a fact you recently learned or would like to discuss a fact we shared, you can be featured on the show. Leave us an audio message at https://anchor.fm/three-facts/message OR record a voice memo on your phone and email it to ****@fastmail.com. We can't wait to hear from you!MORE Producer/Network Matt Cassem
Email ****@fastmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 26Twitter 96Instagram 199 Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
13. We Don't Know Either
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Website Apple Spotify
Play along with the guests (all pub trivia staff or hosts) to figure out the answer to the questions. Each episode is a quick 20-30 minutes and features multiple interesting facts from random categories that vary each week, so you'll never know what you're going to learn about!We may write the questions... but We Don't Know Either.MORE Producer/Network City Trivia
Email ****@district-trivia.com
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Apple Rating 3.1/5Apple Reviews 78 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
14. Baffled: Amazing Facts That Are Complete Nonsense
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Dan, Conor and Andrea are on a quest to learn more about the random world we live in by digging up some amazing facts that, let's face it, are complete nonsense!Every Monday Dan, Conor and Andrea bring you 6 amazing facts and decide which deserve to be kept and which should be chucked into the bin of nonsense!Head to baffledpod.com to check out all the amazing ways you can get involved:Follow us on Instagram @BaffledPod and TikTok @BaffledPodE-mail us: ****@baffledpod...MORE Hosts Conor Knight, Dan Simpson, Andrea Celeste
Producer/Network Create Podcasts
Email ****@northmediatalent.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 264 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
15. Your Brain on Facts
Website Apple Spotify
Host Moxie LaBouche brings you a weekly half-hour of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. Topics range from the history of nursing to the Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.comMORE Producer/Network Moxie LaBouche
Email ****@yourbrainonfacts.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 187Facebook 1KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 477 Since Feb 2018 Get Email Contact
16. The Full Fact Podcast
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
We are the UK's independent charity fighting bad information and bringing you weekly podcasts with our impartial fact checking team. We also release a three minute Fact Blast on Saturdays to keep you well informed going into the weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host James Perkins
Producer/Network FullFact.org
Email ****@fullfact.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 1/5Apple Reviews 91Facebook 194.9KTwitter 216.9KInstagram 57.6K Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
17. When One Thing Leads To Another
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
When One Thing Leads To Another is a weekly podcast that takes you down the great internet rabbit hole of interesting trivia to discover a treasure trove of fascinating facts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Bill and Helen Rich
Email ****@gmail.com
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Twitter 109 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
18. Fun Facts Podcast 2022
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Website Spotify
A fun fact podcast full of entertainment and educational content. Hosted by Jacob Ebers.
Host Jacob Ebers
Email ****@gmail.com
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Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
19. Facts Not Gossip
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Knowing the truth is a very tough task in our modern world. So,every Sunday, Malcolm Berry, your favorite factual person, will help you to winnow the facts from the gossip. Whether you want to learn more about a war or about a recent trend,Facts Not Gossip is the podcast for you.MORE Estimated listeners
Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
20. Facts Zone
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Website Apple Spotify
Here we will tell you interesting facts of world and around us. Real stories, masteries, science facts, space, hidden realities in various things etc. So follow us, share audios and keep listening our audios. Because your attention will be strength of us, So keep supporting & keep listening facts zone.Thank you.??MORE Producer/Network Manan Gohel
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Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
21. Barely Researched Facts
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Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus; an arts, events and content company. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research somewhat casually and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual chat between two friends.MORE Producer/Network ArtNowThus
Email ****@artnowthus.in
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Instagram 435 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
22. Today I Learned
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A daily podcast covering 25 random and interesting facts.
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23. 50 Percent Facts
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Life's too short to be half right! Veteran podcasters Mike 'Silent Mike' Farr and Jim McDonald try to answer a single question without any research - then ask an expert what they got right or wrong. Any question is fair game, but most involve health, fitness, nutrition, mental health, culture..even sex. They walk away with a better sense of the facts..and so do you.MORE Email ****@thejimmcd.com
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Facebook 134Twitter 35 Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact
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| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Schreiber | Co Host | nosuchthingasafish.com | 34 | Male | @schreiberland | 65.4K | London, United Kingdom | |
| James Harkin | Co Host | nosuchthingasafish.com | 34 | Male | @jamesharkin | 55.7K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Andrew Hunter Murray | Co Host | nosuchthingasafish.com | 34 | Male | @andrewhunterm | 82.4K | United Kingdom | |
| Anna Ptaszynski | Co Host | nosuchthingasafish.com | 34 | Female | @allergieslensky | |||
| Rachel Feltman | Host | podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-weirdest-thing-i-learned-this-week/id1377843908 | 55 | Female | @rachelfeltman | 19.9K | Jersey City, NJ, United States | |
| J. Keith van Straaten | Co Host | maximumfun.org/podcasts/go-fact-yourself | 22 | Male | @j_keith | 28.7K | ||
| Helen Hong | Co Host | maximumfun.org/podcasts/go-fact-yourself | 22 | Female | @funnyhelenhong | 13K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | |
| Drew Toothpaste | Co Host | garbagebrainuniversity.com | 4 | Male | @drewtoothpaste | 65.6K | VT, United States | |
| Natalie Dee | Co Host | garbagebrainuniversity.com | 4 | Female | @nataliedee | 14.2K | Columbus, OH, United States | |
| Dan LeDuc | Host | afterthefact.libsyn.com | 11 | Male | @thedanleduc | Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| Eddie Della Siepe | Co Host | ffspod.libsyn.com/website | 27 | Male | @eddiedellasiepe | 6.2K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | |
| Weezy | Co Host | ffspod.libsyn.com/website | 27 | Male | ||||
| Rob Frawley | Co Host | factsmachinepodcast.com/episodes | 5 | Male | @sweatervestsci | 335 | New York City, NY, United States | |
| Noah Guiberson | Co Host | factsmachinepodcast.com/episodes | 5 | Male | @arksandsciences | 1.8K | New York City, NY, United States | |
| Emily Costa | Co Host | factsmachinepodcast.com/episodes | 5 | Female | @_emcosta | 549 | Manhattan, NY, United States | |
| Arik Devens | Co Host | funfact.fm | 9 | Male | @danieltiger | San Francisco, CA, United States | ||
| Allen Pike | Co Host | funfact.fm | 9 | Male | @apike | Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| Conor Knight | Co Host | Male | @conorxknight | London, United Kingdom | ||||
| Dan Simpson | Co Host | Male | @itsdansimpson | London, United Kingdom | ||||
| Andrea Celeste | Co Host | Female | London, United Kingdom | |||||
| James Perkins | Host | play.acast.com/s/fullfactpodcast | Male | |||||
| Jacob Ebers | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/funfact2022 | ||||||
| City Trivia | districttrivia.podomatic.com/entry/2020-07-27T06_10_18-07_00 | 20 | ||||||
| Matt Cassem | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/three-facts/episodes/Hydrogen-Peroxide--Cleopatra--and-Oysters-edig37 | 20 | Male | @threefactspod | 96 | |||
| Artnowthus | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barelyresearchedfacts/episodes/BRF-Shorts-On-Us--10-Cake-e1hut3f | 20 | ||||||
| Real True Facts | realtruefacts.podbean.com/e/the-more-you-learn-the-more-you-learn-encounters-with-lizard-people | 20 | ||||||
| Matt | archive.org/download/tilpodcastSatApr082023/til-e2328-Sat-Apr-08-2023.mp3 | 20 | ||||||
| Manan Gohel | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factszone/episodes/Motivation--Success-motivation--Motivational-thoughts--Motivational-speech-e10fpg9 | 20 | ||||||
| Bill And Helen Rich | whenonethingleadstoanother.com | 20 | @whenonething | 109 | ||||
| John, Gabe, And Chris | pocketpodcastnetwork.com/factsfeed/2021/2/1/hw89b1p7rgye4rw5d0cioa6fezausw | 20 | @PocketPodcastNW | |||||
| Matt Greene | archive.org/download/tilpodcastSatApr082023/til-e2328-Sat-Apr-08-2023.mp3 | 20 | ||||||
| John Quinn | pocketpodcastnetwork.com/factsfeed/2021/2/1/hw89b1p7rgye4rw5d0cioa6fezausw | 19 | @PocketPodcastNW | |||||
| Judas Falling, Nick The Wildman | everythingbutthefacts.blogspot.com/2018/11/episode-66-ebtf-are-giants-amongst-us.html | 19 | ||||||
| Lily Bright | pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1256867/6162391-episode-6-halloween.mp3?blob_id=25581499 | 18 | ||||||
| Malachy And Lachlan | pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/908191/3006073-did-you-know-coronavirus.mp3?blob_id=10516432 | 18 | ||||||
| Jim | lessthanobviouspod.com/wp/50percentfacts/2020/08/28/what-makes-a-quack-a-quack-w-layne-norton-holly-baxter | 12 | @50percentfacts | 35 | ||||
| 50percentfacts | lessthanobviouspod.com/wp/50percentfacts/2021/04/14/does-power-unlimited-hold-up-w-tommy-and-tanner-of-massenomics | 8 | @50percentfacts | 35 | ||||
| Malcolm Berry | anchor.fm/malcolm-berry/episodes/ep-edd71o | 8 | ||||||
| Britty Lea | pocketpodcastnetwork.com/factsfeed/2021/9/3/64-sweet-fries-mexican-vienna-sausage-and-a-dense-talky-movie | 1 | @PocketPodcastNW |