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Narcissism
Episodes · 12 months
9
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Dec 2025
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 0 of 3,617, 4 of 3,900, 0 of 4,159, 1 of 4,280, 0 of 4,796, 2 of 4,510, 0 of 4,303, 0 of 4,400, 1 of 4,602, 1 of 4,522, 0 of 4,750, 0 of 4,731.
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Where they standLast discussed
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Aug 5, 2026
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp11 people
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- Classify as personality disorder7 people · 64%
- Protecting the fragile self2 people · 18%
- Question utility of labels2 people · 18%
Classify as personality disorder
Narcissism is a clinical or behavioral pattern defined by maladaptive traits like superiority, entitlement, and exploitative behavior.
7 people · 6 episodes
Self-righteousness is an inherently unhealthy trait because it is based on the belief that one is superior to others.
“I don't think you can ever be self-righteous and healthy because I think if you're self-righteous you're like I'm better than you.”
Lewis Howes · Feb 2026 · 12 episodes · 22.3M views on this topicRZ
A narcissist is defined by an internal lack of value and a need to secure that value through external sources like image and manipulating others.
“a narcissist is not a person who thinks so highly of themsel it is a person who absolutely has no feeling in of value internally about themselves no feeling of value so they have to get all of their feeling of value from external sources which is image”
Mel Robbins · Nov 2023 · 1 episode · 1.7M views on this topicWC
Narcissism is a personality trait consisting of self-enhancement, a sense of superiority, and entitlement, which becomes a disordered condition when it becomes extreme and inflexible, causing impairme
“in terms of narcissism um we find that in the personality uh world there's sort of two different flavors or two different forms of narcissism what most of us are talking about is this more grandiose form this you know you said disagreeable extroverts so people that are self-centered uh have a sense ”
Jordan B Peterson · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 926K views on this topicProtecting the fragile self
Narcissistic behavior is a defensive structure or coping mechanism used to mask an underlying sense of inadequacy or fear of injury.
2 people · 2 episodes
Narcissism is not arrogance but a defensive structure built on a deep, pervasive sense of inadequacy that is fueled by envy and a need to devalue others to protect the self.
“narcissism is not arrogance narcissism is the opposite of arrogance there is such a deep sense of inadequacy and incompetence in the self that the defensive structure around that becomes dominated by a rocket fueled Envy”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Feb 2023 · 1 episode · 2.9M views on this topic
Mark BeriosUnrated
Mark claims he acts in an arrogant and offensive manner specifically to keep people at a distance and protect himself from being hurt.
“I refuse to let people get close to me because I don't want to get hurt. In turn, I hurt other people.”
Dr. Phil · Apr 2026 · 0 episodes · 0 views on this topicQuestion utility of labels
Applying the label of narcissist can be an unproductive simplification or a harmful way to dismiss individuals instead of engaging them.
2 people · 1 episode
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Labeling someone a narcissist can be a harmful thought-terminating cliché used to dismiss people rather than engage in actual conversation.
“when people misuse the term as you just alluded to it often becomes this thought terminating cliche yeah he's a narcissist so I've dismissed that person as you just said well my boyfriend cheated on me he's a narcissist it's a great way to dismiss them to label someone in a way that is dismissive th”
The Minimalists · Feb 2024 · 1 episode · 107K views on this topic
It is useful to adopt the term narcissist in specific scientific contexts to recognize when a problem cannot be fixed, rather than solely relying on generic labels like jerk.
“I might just be a mean guy since I've always used the word jerk to refer to those people maybe I need to upgrade my language to talk about it more scientifically but I'm getting two things out of what you're saying one is never abandon something that is useful merely because it is misused”
The Minimalists · Feb 2024 · 1 episode · 107K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Apr 2017