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24 alternatives to FiveThirtyEight - Totally Subjective Odds

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FiveThirtyEight - Totally Subjective Odds launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Probe #1: The Teaser▲65
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2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
The Message - Episode 1▲64
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2015 · w.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
Talking With Alexa - Presidential Elections▲53
A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
4
The Podglomerate▲70
A hybrid podcast network and production house
2017 · thepodglomerate.com · its alternatives →
5
Data Skeptic Podcast▲64
Data/Stats/ML podcast with a great Mini series
2015 · dataskeptic.com · its alternatives →
6
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
7
Some Noise - The Trump Minority▲60
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2016 · thisissomenoise.com · its alternatives →
8
Let's Talk: The Anchor Podcast - Unfavorable Ratings▲65
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2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Enhance Podcast - "Mutually Assured Machine Learning"▲60
Understanding machine learning and its applications.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
10
Castbacker▲88
Kickstarter for podcasts
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
Inside Podcasting▲126
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2017 · inside.com · its alternatives →
13
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
14
Founder Thunder Round — #3 "What is success to you, personally?" w/ 10 founders▲65
10 Founders, 1 Question per episode
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Slack Variety Pack - Episode 1: Starter Pack▲67
The debut of Slack's new podcast
2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →
16
Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71
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2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
17
Tung▲96
A social podcast player
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Building Nexcast Part 6: What's Up With Podcasting?▲62
Many strangers give us their take on podcasting
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74
Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80
How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
21
Pod Save America: Teaser Episode▲62
Political podcasts, founded by Jon Favreau
2017 · its alternatives →
22
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2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Startup - 16: The Secret Formula▲76
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2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Demuxed: Ep. #2, Adaptive Streaming & DASH▲55
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