The Numbers Museum

Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 57 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

All Dollars Multiples Percentages Big numbers

Figure	As spoken	The claim	Who	When	Checked?
240×	“240 times”	Nir Eyal: Rescued rats in 1950s experiment swam for 60 hours	Nir Eyal	Mar 19, 2026	Supported
205×	“205 times”	Brooks: The average person checks their phone 205 times daily	Arthur Brooks	Mar 26, 2026	Supported
190×	“190 times”	Brooks: Two-thirds of men prefer electric shocks over sitting in silence	Arthur Brooks	Mar 26, 2026	Supported
100×	“hundred X”	Pabrai: Turkish investment made at $15M market cap grew 100x to $1.5B	Mohnish Pabrai	Jun 15, 2026	Partly supported
100×	“hundred X”	Jorgenson: Hard work alone yields only a 2x to 3x output improvement	Eric Jorgenson	May 7, 2026	—
100×	“hundred X”	Taylor: Mega VCs like a16z need 100x to 200x returns, dismiss 4x	Everette Taylor	May 27, 2026	—
100×	“hundred X”	Gurley: Nextdoor founders pivoted because their previous sports site needed 100x scale	Bill Gurley	Mar 4, 2026	Supported
100×	“hundred X”	Gurley: $30M to $50M tech acquisitions are 100x easier than $500M deals	Bill Gurley	Mar 4, 2026	—
100×	“hundred X”	Sanchez: US spent $8T on Middle East wars, 100x roads budget	Codie Sanchez	Mar 6, 2026	Partly supported
100×	“hundred X”	Masad: Replit's valuation is less than 10x revenue, unlike hyped AI startups	Amjad Masad	Jul 30, 2025	—
78×	“78 times”	Dave Ramsey faced 78 creditor lawsuits during his personal financial collapse	Dave Ramsey	Apr 2, 2025	Open
20×	“20 X”	Jorgenson: Elon Musk demands order-of-magnitude targets over incremental 20% goals	Eric Jorgenson	Jun 17, 2026	—
15×	“15 times”	Galloway: Spun-off PayPal is worth 15 times more than eBay	Scott Galloway	Oct 30, 2024	Contradicted
12×	“12 times”	Galloway cites extreme disparities in male suicide, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Mar 9, 2026	Partly supported
12×	“12 times”	Galloway: Young men face vastly higher rates of suicide, addiction, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Oct 30, 2024	Partly supported
10×	“10 x”	Sanchez: Mark Rober's YouTube viewership is 10x larger than Discovery Channel's	Codie Sanchez	May 7, 2026	Supported
10×	“10 X”	Jorgenson: Hard work alone yields only a 2x to 3x output improvement	Eric Jorgenson	May 7, 2026	—
10×	“10 X”	Masad: Replit's valuation is less than 10x revenue, unlike hyped AI startups	Amjad Masad	Jul 30, 2025	—
10×	“10 X”	Sanchez: Building a 10x business is easier than a lifestyle business	Codie Sanchez	Aug 18, 2025	—
10×	“10 times”	Vaden: Ten percent of customers will pay 10x more for greater intimacy	Rory Vaden	May 7, 2025	—
10×	“10 x”	Fisher: Being around hyper-anxious '10x' mentalities causes deep life dissatisfaction	Jefferson Fisher	Apr 23, 2025	—
10×	“10 times”	Itzler: Most people earn 5x to 10x more in their 40s and 50s	Jesse Itzler	Oct 15, 2024	—
10×	“10 times”	Patrick: Biological differences make men in women's sports completely unfair	Danica Patrick	Aug 20, 2024	—
10×	“10 X”	TikTok reached 1.6 billion users in 2024, triple the size of X	Codie Sanchez	Aug 13, 2024	Partly supported
7×	“seven times”	Ellsworth: Poppi has accumulated over 3 billion TikTok views	Allison Ellsworth	Sep 24, 2025	—
6×	“six times”	Serhant Claims a 6.6 LTV-to-CAC Ratio Against Industry Baseline of 1	Ryan Serhant	Dec 10, 2025	—
6×	“six times”	Voss: People are six times more likely to deal with a friend	Chris Voss	Sep 3, 2024	Supported
5×	“five X”	Sanchez: Nvidia Has 2% Turnover and 5x Longer Employee Retention	Codie Sanchez	Jul 28, 2026	Partly supported
5×	“five X”	Bloom: HBS study finds wealthy individuals say they need 2-5x more money to be happy	Sahil Bloom	Feb 5, 2025	Supported
5×	“five X”	Sanchez: Fed issued 5x more emergency loans in 2023 than in 2008	Codie Sanchez	Sep 24, 2024	Contradicted
4×	“four times”	Galloway cites extreme disparities in male suicide, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Mar 9, 2026	Partly supported
4×	“four times”	Nir Eyal: Rescued rats in 1950s experiment swam for 60 hours	Nir Eyal	Mar 19, 2026	Supported
4×	“four x”	Sanchez: University costs grew three to four times while post-grad salaries stayed flat	Codie Sanchez	Sep 15, 2025	Supported
4×	“four times”	Galloway: Young men face vastly higher rates of suicide, addiction, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Oct 30, 2024	Partly supported
3×	“three times”	Dhar Mann: Top creators spend three times more effort on post-production	Dhar Mann	Jul 29, 2026	—
3×	“three times”	Sanchez: Implementation intentions double or triple task completion rates	Codie Sanchez	May 25, 2026	Supported
3×	“three X”	Jorgenson: Hard work alone yields only a 2x to 3x output improvement	Eric Jorgenson	May 7, 2026	—
3×	“three times”	Galloway cites extreme disparities in male suicide, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Mar 9, 2026	Partly supported
3×	“three X”	Holiday argues listening to audiobooks at 3x speed destroys true comprehension.	Ryan Holiday	Dec 31, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Lyon: Sedentary High-Carb Diets Cause Metabolic Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Risk	Dr. Gabrielle Lyon	Oct 9, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Sanchez documents an SOP for any task exceeding three steps done thrice	Codie Sanchez	Sep 15, 2025	—
3×	“three X”	Sanchez: Small Businesses Typically Trade for 2x to 3x Profits	Codie Sanchez	Aug 7, 2025	Supported
3×	“three times”	Sanchez: Any task with over three steps done thrice requires an SOP	Codie Sanchez	May 7, 2025	—
3×	“three X”	Chinese Sellers Outnumber US Sellers on Amazon Three to One	Codie Sanchez	Apr 28, 2025	Contradicted
3×	“three times”	Dave Ramsey immediately vetoes any job candidate if his wife dislikes them	Dave Ramsey	Apr 2, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Dan Go: Sustaining Daily Health Habits for Family Is Harder Than Dying for Them	Dan Go	Mar 12, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Galloway: Young men face vastly higher rates of suicide, addiction, and incarceration	Scott Galloway	Oct 30, 2024	Partly supported
3×	“three x”	Sanchez: Cannabis venture fund achieved a 3x return from 2016 to 2019	Codie Sanchez	Oct 15, 2024	—
3×	“three X”	Sanchez: Replacing remote content managers with in-person hires 3x'd short-form growth	Codie Sanchez	Sep 10, 2024	—
3×	“three X”	TikTok reached 1.6 billion users in 2024, triple the size of X	Codie Sanchez	Aug 13, 2024	Partly supported
3×	“three x”	Sanchez: US credit card interest rates are roughly triple European rates	Codie Sanchez	Jun 11, 2024	Supported
3×	“three times”	Sanchez: BJJ Training Increases Children's Self-Control by Double Digits	Codie Sanchez	May 7, 2024	Partly supported
3×	“three X”	Sanchez: Failed three times more businesses than she succeeded in	Codie Sanchez	May 28, 2024	—
3×	“three X”	Abdaal: Venture-backed startups normalize 80-hour workweeks to appease investors	Ali Abdaal	Apr 9, 2024	—
2×	“two X”	Sanchez: Building a 10x business is easier than a lifestyle business	Codie Sanchez	Aug 18, 2025	—
2×	“two times”	Alexander: Premature babies grew twice as fast with brief daily massage	Aaron Alexander	Jan 8, 2025	Partly supported
2×	“two X”	Abdaal: Venture-backed startups normalize 80-hour workweeks to appease investors	Ali Abdaal	Apr 9, 2024	—

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