Sam Harris
Heterodox liberal centrist, sharply anti-Trump· 861K followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
29.6Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #140 of the creators we track
Sam Harris ranks #140 by credibility versus #145 by raw follower count — they reach a more credible audience than their follower total alone would suggest.
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author who has hosted the Making Sense podcast since 2014, exploring questions about the human mind, society, and current events. He is the author of five New York Times best sellers, including The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Waking Up. He is also the creator of the Waking Up meditation app and is known for long-form conversations on topics ranging from religion and rationality to politics and artificial intelligence.
Where Sam Harris posts
YouTube860K subscribersVisit ↗Xsamharrisorg · 876 followersVisit ↗Common questions
Is Sam Harris left or right?
Harris is a neuroscientist-philosopher who has hosted the Making Sense podcast since 2013 (originally launched as Waking Up) and self-describes as a liberal, though one persistently critical of identity politics and what he sees as illiberalism on the left. He is best understood as a heterodox centrist: secular, pro-science, hawkish on jihadism, and skeptical of both populist right and progressive-left orthodoxies. Through 2025-2026 his show has focused heavily on what he characterizes as the Trump administration's threat to democratic institutions, with episodes like "The Undoing of America" and conversations with David French, Jonah Goldberg, and Garry Kasparov on corruption and the rule of law. That combination — culturally anti-woke but institutionally anti-Trump — keeps him distinct from both the podcast right he was once grouped with and the progressive left.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Sam Harris's audience?
Sam Harris scores 29.6 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #140 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Sam Harris have?
Sam Harris has about 861K followers combined across YouTube and X.
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