Spread Certificate · No. HIS-00519
This certifies how far it spread
Normal Gossip
Defector Media; Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin ·January 2022 ·seeded onAudiothenXPressRedditOpen web
Spread Score
45
Notable
Verified independently
Verified
500K
Approximate average downloads per episode, reported February 2026
Nieman Journalism Lab
Verified
275
Highest daily GDELT matching-article count
GDELT
Verified
Week of Mar 6, 2024
Peak date, Jan 5 ’22 to Week of Mar 6, 2024
Verified
5 platforms
Started on Audio
Claimed, not audited
Claimed
100 sold
Tickets sold for the first live show
Per Defector
Claimed
45M
Cumulative downloads, reported December 2024
Per Vulture / New York
Claimed
4M
Cumulative downloads by the end of August 2022
Per Vulture / New York