social media
7 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 24, 2021 by Sam Parr · across every show →
Everything said about social media, oldest first
Mar 24, 2021 negative
Parr: Major broadcast television networks average only 200,000 concurrent viewers
“These broadcast networks, like you think they're huge and they are huge and they have reach and all that, but like the average viewers is only like 200,000 people at a time. It's not like crazy high in the world of social media.”
Oct 13, 2022
Steph Smith: Tangible evidence of work matters far more than projected confidence
“What I think is important, especially in this era where everyone can seem like an expert is evidence. So evidence over confidence. And what do I mean by evidence? It's like, don't tell me you're this business expert, show me the businesses that you've built an…”
Sep 29, 2023 negative
Sam Parr: Chasing social media popularity is empty nonsense
“In general, I think that creating businesses based off your, or like getting popular on Twitter and Instagram and things like that, I think it's incredibly empty feeling for most people. And I think it's complete nonsense and your time would be spent building …”
Jul 11, 2025 neutral
Jan 23, 2026 positive
Fast-following viral sports memes creates high-spread merchandise businesses
“With social media, the teams now have little like trends, little meme moments, and if you can fast follow those meme moments and create stuff that's gonna like, kind of make somebody laugh or be worth sharing on social media, you can actually get a lot of spre…”
Feb 18, 2026 negative