/r/skeptic/

r/skeptic

351k members
r/skeptic is a subreddit with 351k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses science, worst, conspiracy, looking for, and trump, and they frequently recommend/review conspiracy podcast.
A sub for "scientific skepticism." Scientific Skepticism is about combining knowledge of science, philosophy, and critical thinking with careful analysis to help identify flawed reasoning and deception.

Popular Themes in r/skeptic

#1
News
: "Study finds Fox News viewers who were paid to watch CNN showed measurable shifts in political attitudes"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Con Artists Posing as Ice Agents Are Using WhatsApp to Bilk Vulnerable People Out of Their Savings"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "What are Elon Musk's inventions?"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Congress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Car"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/skeptic

#1

Science

: "The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance"
46 posts
#2

Worst

32 posts
#3

Conspiracy

: "the same narcissists and Conspiracy theorists who turned COVID into a culture war topic, are now preemptively railing against a pandemic that isn't happening..."
32 posts
#4

Looking For

31 posts
#5

Trump

: "Trump’s FDA Reversed Policy on Flavored Vapes One Week After Tobacco Company Donated $5 Million to PAC He Supports"
26 posts
#6

Health

: "Patients can’t have true autonomy in Health without access to good information | André Bacchi"
23 posts
#7

Ai

: "Why your "Ai writing" sucks and we will not be accepting it."
22 posts
#8

Religion

: "Are Young Men Really Turning to Religion—or Is This Overhyped?"
19 posts
#9

Skepticism

: ""Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" makes a strong case that cryptocurrency Skepticism should be a major part of the Skepticism movement."
18 posts
#10

Ufo

: "these Ufo files are a joke..."
17 posts

Products Discussed in r/skeptic

#1
Higherside Chats
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Joe Rogan
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Mysterious Universe
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/skeptic

#1
🚑 Medicine
: "Hegseth Announces New Required Pentagon Testosterone Tests: "ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best," Hegseth said"
18 posts
#2
💲 Consumer Protection
: "CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country"
17 posts
#3
💉 Vaccines
: "The NYT is worried about the war on vaccines fueling a comeback of measles. Maybe they shouldn't have covered RFK Jr. and other vaccine cranks as just having a perfectly legitimate difference of opinion with actual scientists for the last 20+ years?"
15 posts
#4
⚠ Editorialized Title
: "RFK Jr's legacy ... Nearly 60 Idahoans sick with campylobacteriosis after drinking raw milk in past two weeks."
8 posts
#5
🏫 Education
: "West Virginia spent $3M on an ‘anti-woke’ college program. One student is enrolled"
8 posts
#6
💩 Misinformation
: "Don't spread false claim wearing sunscreen 'massively increases' skin cancer risk"
7 posts
#7
⚖ Ideological Bias
: "Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science"
4 posts
#8
💩 Pseudoscience
: "how the republican crusade on modern medicine is slowly killing them"
4 posts
#9
🤦‍♂️ Denialism
: "The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance"
3 posts
#10
🤘 Meta
: "Foreign Affairs this month published a bunch of pro-Trump articles. THe counter-point was relegated to the digital only version online, so the paper version, which is what most people of note read, only gives the pro-Trump perspective."
2 posts

Member Growth in r/skeptic

Yearly
+29k members(9.1%)

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Last updated: July 22, 2026