10ish Podcast

If you were to count up every fan of every sport in every country, which sports would have the most fans worldwide? On this episode, Brandon has a source-backed list of the Top 10 Most Popular Sports Worldwide, ranked by number of total estimated fans; sports-idiot, Nick, tries to guess the Top 10. PLUS...the cultures that have embraced each sport, what makes each sport so popular, Nick tries to e...

You might think you have a good idea of what the fastest animals on Earth are, but you're probably wrong. In this episode, Nick has a list of the Top 10 Fastest LAND Animals on Earth, ranked by their max miles/kilometers per hour; Brandon tries to make like a cheetah to guess the Top 10. PLUS...fun facts about each animal in the Top 10, comparing their max speeds to the max speed of the fastest hu...

Friday the 13th. SAW. A Nightmare on Elm Street. What horror classics are considered the BEST of all time? Nick tries to guess Brandon's list of the Top 10 Best Horror Films of All Time, as ranked by an editor of a film review website. PLUS...Horror movie #FunFacts and #HotTakes, big horror franchises left out of the Top 10, critic reviews, Nick & Brandon's personal picks, Hollywood's responsibili...

Mario. Kirby. Donkey Kong. Zelda. What are the best-selling Nintendo video games ever made? Nick brings the Top 10ish of all time, and Brandon puts on his nostalgia pants to guess the whole list. PLUS...Our favorite games, the best Nintendo consoles, which consoles had ZERO games show up in the Top 10, which franchises dominate the Top 10?, how did Nintendo lead to Brandon taking his first punch,...

In all of internet history, what gets searched more often than anything else on Google.com? On this episode, Brandon has a list of the Top 10 Most Common Google Searches of All Time, and Nick tries not only to guess, but to understand what propelled these search terms to the top of the list. PLUS...the one common thread among all of the Top 10, fun facts & #HotTakes about each of the Top 10, the r...

Don't listen to this one while on your way to eat out at a restaurant...on this episode, Nick has the list of the Top 10 Highest Calorie Meals at Global Restaurant Chains, and Brandon tries to guess which naughty foods will fill up your daily calorie intake the fastest. PLUS...Human food limits, which restaurant chains are the worst calorie offenders, deep analysis of each meal in the Top 10, Jesu...

In this special Q&A episode, Nick & Brandon answer questions submitted by listeners. TOPICS INCLUDE: Would High School Nick & High School Brandon get along?, favorite cryptids, quarantining with characters from SEINFELD and THE OFFICE, irrational fears, guiltiest pleasures, movie & TV recommendations, favorite #FunFacts from doing the 10ish Podcast, our wives, men with multiple families, fish, ZOO...

Lincoln. Kennedy. Roosevelt. TRUMP? Who is the smartest President in U.S. History? Nick tries to guess Brandon's list of the Top 10, based on a university study estimating the IQ Score of every President. PLUS...what personality traits indicate intelligence among world leaders?, comparing President IQ Scores to those of the average human, a LOT of Trump jokes, famous quotes from each President, ro...

Doodle Jump. Pokémon Go. Fruit Ninja. Words With Friends. What mobile games apps have humans wasted the most time on over the years? Nick brings a list of the Top 10 Mobile Games based on # of Lifetime Global Downloads, and Brandon tries to guess which apps made the cut. PLUS...Mobile app trends over the years, the apps on our own phones, comparing app downloads by country, critic reviews, in-app...

Rap. Jazz. Country. Christian Death Metal. What is the most-preferred genre of music among listeners in the United States? Brandon has the data behind the Top 10 Most Popular Music Genres in the U.S., and Nick tries to guess. PLUS...Brandon & Nick's personal recommendations for must-listen songs in each genre (with info on new 10ish Podcast Public Spotify Playlists), music #HotTakes and #FunFacts,...

NOTE - this episode contains a lot of graphic, unpleasant material. You've been warned... People from the United Kingdom have great accents and cute little personalities...well, other than the ones who murder other humans in cold blood. On this episode, Nick has done the painstaking research and compiled the Top 10 Most Prolific Serial Killers in the history of the United Kingdom, based on their c...

We're taking a rare break from our traditional format to present this episode dedicated entirely to the U.S. version of THE OFFICE; Nick & Brandon guess the other's favorite characters, episodes, quotes, and more. PLUS...the history of The Office, the evolution of the show over its nine seasons, The Office vs. Seinfeld, listeners submit their favorites, behind-the-scenes notes and fun facts, The O...

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, Nick & Brandon are here to let you know that things could definitely be worse. In this episode, Brandon has the ranking of the Deadliest Pandemic Outbreaks in Human History, and Nick tries to guess the Top 5. PLUS...the symptoms and treatments of the sick, pandemic responses over the centuries, how pandemic diseases originate, biological warfare during the Middl...

The Walt Disney Company has their white-gloved hands in everything, but what brings them the most cash? In this episode, Nick has financial data from Disney as well as all kinds of #DisneyFacts, as Brandon tries to guess the business verticals that generate the most revenue for the Walt Disney Company. PLUS...Disney's stranglehold on the world, the evolution of the Disney company, the story of Wal...

Noah. Adam & Eve. Goliath. What are the characters most-often referenced in the Bible? Brandon has the Top 10 Bible Characters, and Nick tries to channel his 7-year-old Sunday School Class to guess the list. PLUS...the Bible as a historical document, Old Testament God vs. New Testament God, holy sacrifices, worshipping golden calves, Jesus and his super powers, genocide and homicide and suicide, l...

In a follow-up to Episode 66 (Most Credible UFO Sightings), Nick has a list of the Top 10 Most Credible Close Encounters with Aliens, as ranked by expert Rob Kristoffersen of the OUR STRANGE SKIES podcast. More specifically, these are close encounters, with humanoid aliens, of the 3rd and 4th kind (seeing or being abducted by aliens). PLUS...what makes for a credible account of alien sighting and/...

Terminator. Predator. Jingle All The Way. What is the highest-grossing Arnold Schwarzenegger film in box office history? Nick tries to guess the Top 10. PLUS...Arnold's biography, #FunFacts and #HotTakes about Arnold's life and career, how Arnold got his start in America / bodybuilding / Hollywood, Arnold's time as Governor of California, Arnold controversies, our favorite Arnold movies, Danny DeV...

National Parks like the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, and Olympic National Park are incredible places to visit....but they're also incredible places to DIE. In this episode, Brandon tries to guess Nick's list of the Top 10 National Parks in America, ranked by number of deaths over the last decade. PLUS...the top causes of death at each park, National Park horror stories, the history of the National...

Instead of a normal episode this week, we are posting a bonus episode that was previously only available to our Patreon supporters. Nick & Brandon take a deep-dive into dozens of movies with terrible taglines. Featuring...John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Matthew Broderick, Jon Voight, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Lawrence, Vanilla Ice, King Kong, Jaws, Star Trek, Toy Story, Indiana Jones. These and many more...

Performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the highest honors a musician can achieve. Which music icons have made the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Nick tries to guess the Top 10 Best Halftime Show Performances in Super Bowl History, as ranked by Variety.com. PLUS...the worst Halftime Show performances, what makes for a memorable performance, which year was known as the "s...

It's time to review 2019 in film, with this ranking of the Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films at the Box Office for the year of 2019. PLUS...what movie studio dominated the Top 10, trends at the box office, our personal take on each film, fun facts and behind-the-scenes notes, sequels and prequels, suckling on a big nose, Nick's really bad jokes, Brandon's #HotTake on a certain category of Disney movie...

What TV classics form the 1980s most captured the heart of American viewers? In this week's episode, Nick tries to guess Brandon's list of the Top 10 Most-Watched TV Shows of the 1980s, based on national viewership trends. PLUS...our favorite 80s TV storylines & characters, Brandon (badly) sings theme songs, TV in the 80s vs. TV today, the good & bad of Bill Cosby, 80s family dynamics, weird cliff...

Of all the billions of Google search queries in 2019, we looked at Google Trends' report for 2019 to find the most common/frequent Google searches that began with the phrase "WHAT IS...". In this episode, Nick has the Top 10 Google Searches of 2019, and Brandon tries to guess. PLUS...what events happened in 2019 that made these searches so hot, data and trends about the Top 10, answering the quest...

May The Force Be With You for our first episode of 2020. During the break, Nick & Brandon went to go see STAR WARS Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. They were so, well, inspired? by the movie that they decided to dedicate this entire episode to what they loved and hated (mostly hated) about the final film in the latest Star Wars trilogy. PLUS...what went wrong with this trilogy, analyzing the end...

In our final episode of 2019, Nick & Brandon count down the Top 10 Most Popular Traditional Christmas Carols, ranked by the number of times each carol has been copyrighted on a Christmas album over the decades. PLUS...the history of each Christmas carol, secular vs. non-secular carols, how many times has each carol appeared in a movie, the virgin Mary, the real reason for the season, which carol w...