Platypus Economics has 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
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Platypus Economics with Justin WolfersAug 28, 2026
As of 2026-08-28, the channel was at roughly 100,000 YouTube subscribers, matching the post's "just hit a hundred thousand" wording. The support is thin: one unrated secondary article reports Wolfers announcing the 100,000 mark on August 25, and the figures in the other sources (80,000 in late July, 114,000 on September 10) fit that trajectory.
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… Um, I hope that you have enjoyed our episodes. I hope you have learned something, and I would be remiss as a producer if I didn't remind you to like and subscribe to Justin and Platypus Economics everywhere you can find us. We just hit a hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, very exciting there, and a thousand subscriber paid subscribers on Substack. But if you'd prefer an audio only format, you can also find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you listen to podcasts. Big thank you to the Platter Pals at home. …
Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. A secondary article reports that Wolfers posted on August 25, 2026 that the channel had crossed 100,000 subscribers, three months after launch.[1]
Supports. The subscriber trajectory is consistent with the August milestone: the channel's own newsletter reported over 80,000 YouTube subscribers in late July, and a September 10 reading was 114,000.[1][2]
Context. A later tally shows 142,000 subscribers as of October 29, 2026, which post-dates the claim and does not contradict it as of August 28.[3]
Context. The extracted claim drops the post's "just hit" framing but keeps the same figure and referent, so it is graded as a faithful paraphrase. The post's own statement is not used as evidence.
Sources
3 sources: 3 not rated
- 1Justin Wolfers Platypus Channel Hits 114,000 Subscribersthundertiger-europe.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Some thoughts on reading a profile of yourself in your hometown papernewsletter.platypuseconomics.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers: subscribers, views and new videostrari.com · not rated · cited for: context
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