FiveThirtyEight is coming back from the dead — sort of.
Just ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Crooked Media inked a deal to acquire and revive the “FiveThirtyEight Politics” podcast hosted by Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke.
And under Crooked Media’s wing, the show is getting a new name: “Still Counting,” a weekly podcast hosted by the former “FiveThirtyEight Politics” hosts and data journalists. The show premieres Sept. 9 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other major podcast platforms. “Still Counting” will break down the latest political news and polling, covering not only elections but also topics like betting markets and AI.
Silver founded the FiveThirtyEight blog in 2008, analyzing opinion polls politics and economics, and it became a licensed feature of the New York Times. ESPN acquired the brand in 2013 before it moved over to Disney sister company ABC News in 2018. Silver left ABC News in 2023 amid broader layoffs at Disney. In March 2025, ABC shut down the FiveThirtyEight website and podcasts (and laid off the remaining staff) amid another round of cost-cutting at Disney.
Now Silver, Malone and Druke are back in the saddle with Crooked Media, the progressive media company best known for “Pod Save America,” hosted by former Obama administration staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer. Crooked said the “Still Counting” hosts will bring “a no bullshit, clear-eyed approach to the wonky ins and outs of politics without losing the humor and personality that make the conversation fun.”
