| 1 | May 5, '24 | How Marijuana Affects the Brain & Body | 63.2× | 16.8M | 14k | 1.7k | 25k |
| 2 | Feb 15, '23 | If this image doesn’t make clear to you that the eyes are an extension of the brain, or more technically, that the retinas are truly brain tissue but merely reside outside the cran | 48.4× | 12.8M | 39k | 3.8k | 3.3k |
| 3 | Jan 9, '25 | People are lighting fires in otherwise non-burning urban areas of LA. Saw this happen first hand at 302 Pico in Santa Monica. Called it in & fire dept & police responded. S | 38.4× | 10.2M | 37k | 8.2k | 5.7k |
| 4 | Dec 24, '22 | This week I learned from a sleep expert @UCLA that if we go to sleep 1-2hrs later than usual we get none (zero) of the normal in-sleep bolus of growth hormone that night, regardles | 18.9× | 5M | 26k | 2.7k | 3.5k |
| 5 | Mar 28, '24 | Effects of light viewing on health and physiology according to time of day/night. There are 6 major takeaways. | 18.9× | 5M | 19k | 1.7k | 9.5k |
| 6 | Dec 20, '22 | How well you slept last night and when you felt sleepy to go to bed, and how you felt on waking are MAINLY controlled by how early and how much sunlight you viewed before 10am in t | 18.6× | 4.9M | 30k | 3.4k | 6.7k |
| 7 | Jul 2, '23 | White noise as background to increase focus during work bouts, or 40Hz binaural beats— both of which by the way are available at zero cost online via YouTube, etc., are among the m | 18.5× | 4.9M | 14k | 1.7k | 11k |
| 8 | Jan 19, '25 | If you wake up after 4-5 hours of sleep & find it hard to go back to sleep, it’s likely you offset your primary sleep drive (due to adenosine buildup etc). The next 2-3hrs of w | 18× | 4.8M | 25k | 1.8k | 35k |
| 9 | Jan 2, '23 | This is a potent 3 step daily: 1 -3min cold shower or plunge immediately after waking up (AWA). 5-30min of viewing sunlight ASAPAWA (There is always *some* sun, folks, even if thro | 16.6× | 4.4M | 17k | 1.6k | 4.9k |
| 10 | Jan 7, '23 | Advice I got early in my career: Don’t over engage in any controversy unless you are willing to stake your entire reputation on it. Rather, keep focused on discovering new things & | 16.5× | 4.4M | 24k | 2.6k | 2.4k |
| 11 | Nov 24, '24 | Drinking fluoride and brushing your teeth with it are two different things. Just saying. | 15.5× | 4.1M | 42k | 1.6k | 1.8k |
| 12 | Mar 19, '23 | The value of reading, and of writing things down that we read, or hear, cannot be overstated. Two expert guests (who specialize in speech and memory) on the Huberman Lab podcast ex | 14× | 3.7M | 18k | 2.5k | 4.1k |
| 13 | Aug 8, '25 | Not sophisticated but has worked for ~35 years (50 next month): Day 1: Run 1hr 2: Legs 3 Off 4 Presses, dips, chins, rows neck 5 Run 30min 6 HIIT 15 min 7 Arms, calves, neck 3-8 re | 13.8× | 3.7M | 14k | 623 | 17k |
| 14 | Feb 23, '23 | HOW TO RELIABLY STOP HICCUPS: Hiccups = phrenic nerve-to-diaphragm spasm. To de-spasm that circuit, inhale maximally (via your nose) 3 times with no exhales in between. Then hold y | 13.6× | 3.6M | 21k | 2.6k | 11k |
| 15 | Dec 28, '22 | Try starting the day (post sunlight viewing) w/1-3min of uncomfortably cold (yet safe) water exposure (shower or immersion to the neck). The research-supported benefits are signifi | 13.6× | 3.6M | 15k | 1.3k | 2.5k |
| 16 | Oct 31, '25 | All you side sleepers with your head slightly elevated by your pillow, bed tilt etc. are naturally selecting the sleep position that meaningfully increases glymphatic clearance &am | 13.2× | 3.5M | 14k | 432 | 4.5k |
| 17 | Jan 5, '23 | I’ve never observed anyone, regardless of field, achieve lasting prominence while voicing rancor or focusing much on the failings of others. Create and share, support others and en | 12.5× | 3.3M | 22k | 3k | 949 |
| 18 | Feb 26, '23 | The major effect of testosterone on the brain (of both males and females) is to make effort feel good. | 12.3× | 3.3M | 11k | 715 | 2.1k |
| 19 | Jul 14, '23 | @MrBeast If I win I will give 100% of the funds to pay for full-ride college scholarships for students that would otherwise have to take loans in order to attend. These would of co | 12.1× | 3.2M | 55k | 702 | 92 |
| 20 | Oct 29, '24 | The whole business about endocrine disruptors is real & significant. Here are 4 ways to significantly reduce your exposure: 1) avoid drinking from plastic bottles 2) avoid hand | 12× | 3.2M | 11k | 1.2k | 7.5k |
| 21 | Dec 3, '23 | The data on alcohol seem clear: 0 is better than any and 2 drinks per week is the max (for adult non-alcoholics) beyond which some negative impact is observed. Whether this is dire | 11.8× | 3.1M | 10k | 1.1k | 2.7k |
| 22 | Jan 27, '23 | If you dread cold showers or a cold plunge first thing in the morning, you stand to benefit more, not less from the long lasting adrenaline & dopamine increase it triggers. No | 11.5× | 3.1M | 14k | 806 | 1.3k |
| 23 | Mar 25, '25 | If you are against (or for) Fluoride in drinking water, I highly suggest you listen to this short clip from expert (and dentist) @doctorstaci you won’t find a more knowledgeable pe | 11.1× | 2.9M | 17k | 3.6k | 12k |
| 24 | Feb 2, '25 | Chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin developed a process to achieve peak performance in any craft or career. He’s applied it to the world of investing, professional sports, science and more | 9.9× | 2.6M | 24k | 2.4k | 37k |
| 25 | Mar 8, '25 | Yes. Standard Time year round please. | 9.8× | 2.6M | 15k | 1.2k | 1.1k |
| 26 | Jan 18, '23 | This one will save you time and improve your workouts substantially. No texting in the car beforehand. No bringing the phone in to workouts or on runs unless on airplane mode. List | 9.0× | 2.4M | 11k | 665 | 976 |
| 27 | Jan 22, '23 | Pillars of mental & physical health & “performance”: 1) Sleep 2) Sunlight 3) Movement, 4) Nutrients 5) Relationships (all kinds, incl. w/self). Amplifiers: Cold exposure (1 | 9.0× | 2.4M | 14k | 2k | 4.1k |
| 28 | Sep 21, '22 | The data on cannabis use in young people (age 12-18) leading to schizophrenia and psychosis later in life even after cessation of cannabis use, are striking, concerning & lend | 8.7× | 0 | 58k | 13k | 5.9k |
| 29 | Mar 29, '23 | The key to overcoming procrastination is to do something *more* unpleasant than the thing you are procrastinating about. What you choose is subjective but the reason it rebounds yo | 8.6× | 2.3M | 9.9k | 1.1k | 2.8k |
| 30 | Feb 11, '25 | I asked Pavel Tsatsouline how to dramatically increase one’s endurance & strength (not size) he said: once a week jog with a kettlebell weighing 30% of your body weight for 1mi | 8.5× | 2.3M | 12k | 560 | 6.7k |
| 31 | Feb 5, '25 | OK, now I’m going to have to speak up. Assuming the below is accurate @HHSGov & @NIH could have used that 29M USD to fund approximately 20 full five-year NIH grants to laborato | 8.1× | 2.2M | 13k | 1.2k | 1.2k |
| 32 | Feb 1, '24 | I am convinced that the 8 pillars of Mental & Physical Health are: 1) Sleep 2) (Sun)light 3) Exercise 4) Stress Management 5) Relationships (Incl. To Self) 6) Nutrients (Amt., | 7.9× | 2.1M | 19k | 2.8k | 8.6k |
| 33 | Jan 4, '25 | Nicotine: mildly cognitive enhancing (by way of arousal and focus) & *possibly* neuroprotective, but also increases blood pressure & is addictive. Not carcinogenic unless d | 7.5× | 2M | 10k | 399 | 3.2k |
| 34 | Jan 14, '23 | Every 24 hours we need to re-up: 1. Sleep 2. Morning Sunlight 3. Exercise 4. Nutrients (even if from body stores) 5. Water The fact that we can survive >24hrs without one or sev | 7.4× | 2M | 14k | 2.1k | 1.8k |
| 35 | Nov 4, '23 | The reason to deliberately do hard things is so that when non-self-elected challenges arrive (& they will), you can tell yourself: “I don’t know how this is all going to turn out, | 7.3× | 1.9M | 14k | 2.1k | 3k |
| 36 | Jan 12, '23 | All aspects of human health are eroded by deviating from healthy circadian behaviors. Conversely, early day sunlight, movement, bright light all day, and minimal light at night and | 6.9× | 1.8M | 13k | 1.8k | 1.2k |
| 37 | Nov 19, '24 | One of the many reasons I started the Huberman lab podcast… | 6.9× | 1.8M | 12k | 419 | 1k |
| 38 | Dec 5, '24 | There is a very fast way to shift your sleep-wake schedule, whether for travel, becoming an early riser (or late riser) or accommodating shift work. | 6.9× | 1.8M | 9.5k | 543 | 13k |
| 39 | Aug 28, '24 | This is really cool. (If you are interested in dogs, animal behavior, dog genetics etc.) As discussed on @joeroganhq with @joerogan | 6.8× | 1.8M | 10k | 890 | 6.4k |
| 40 | Jan 30, '23 | The science says: -Meditation improve focus -Breathwork reduces stress -Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) restores energy -Self directed hypnosis can solve specific problems Most of the t | 6.2× | 1.7M | 12k | 1.6k | 4.1k |
| 41 | Jun 24, '24 | I’m excited to share some big news. I've been working on a book for quite some time — more than five years, in fact — though it's really based on more than three decades of researc | 6.2× | 1.6M | 17k | 1.3k | 3k |
| 42 | Dec 23, '24 | A truly useful book! A methodical exploration of Adlerian Psychology that will make you/r life (far) better if implemented. You will be much more effective & happy if you embra | 6.1× | 1.6M | 17k | 1.2k | 16k |
| 43 | Mar 3, '25 | I get many questions about supplements. I have a ton (35 years) of experience with these: good, bad & all the in between. I would be happy to hold a spaces where I answer all q | 6.0× | 1.6M | 13k | 408 | 3.8k |
| 44 | Mar 8, '25 | Remember when they used to say that drinking some wine was good for your health and actually better than not drinking alcohol? Now everyone pretty much agrees that no alcohol is be | 5.9× | 1.6M | 15k | 947 | 1.2k |
| 45 | Aug 13, '23 | Lex Fridman podcast late into the night. We ventured into to all new territory & took on the good, the challenging, the dark & light & a few jokes about some of the cha | 5.9× | 1.6M | 15k | 388 | 193 |
| 46 | Feb 6, '25 | I’m confused. For years people complained about excessively stringent paylines @NIH reduced budgets for labs & general clunkiness of the system but now they don’t want an audit | 5.7× | 1.5M | 20k | 1.3k | 641 |
| 47 | Dec 23, '22 | A highly functional schedule: 1) Sunlight & movement 2) Task completion 3) Thoughtful, reflective 4) Repeat 1-3 5) Sleep And of course nourish, hydrate, relate & avoid ener | 5.6× | 1.5M | 11k | 1.3k | 2.8k |
| 48 | May 23, '25 | The health hierarchy: SLEEP EXERCISE NUTRITION STRESS CONTROL HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ADHERENCE Bright mornings & days & dark nights = great sleep, energized | 5.5× | 1.5M | 19k | 1.8k | 9.8k |
| 49 | Mar 23, '25 | The most dangerous thought in life is “if only…” Nothing that follows those words comes true. Embrace reality. Think. Pick a course of action & execute. The amount of time & | 5.2× | 1.4M | 11k | 1.4k | 2.9k |
| 50 | Jun 1, '25 | 50 years of “weight training is bad for you” to land at “everyone should weight train”, 30 years of “creatine is bad for you” to land at “creatine good for your brain & body”… | 4.9× | 1.3M | 13k | 658 | 2.3k |
| 51 | Aug 9, '23 | The only thing we can truly control is where we place our attention and where we place our effort. Choose wisely. | 4.8× | 1.3M | 16k | 3.5k | 1.4k |
| 52 | May 23, '25 | Big peaks in dopamine that do not require much effort to access = long periods of lack of motivation & blues, especially if you try to exit that rut with low effort activities. | 4.7× | 1.2M | 13k | 872 | 6.4k |
| 53 | Nov 1, '23 | Dopamine is not about the pursuit of happiness, it is about the happiness of pursuit. -Dr. Robert Sapolsky | 4.6× | 1.2M | 15k | 2.2k | 1.8k |
| 54 | Apr 5, '25 | Your perception & reality are not always aligned. | 4.6× | 1.2M | 10k | 1.2k | 4k |
| 55 | Dec 7, '22 | Don’t ask how people are doing, ask how they are sleeping. You’ll learn a lot more. | 4.4× | 0 | 39k | 4.3k | 1.8k |
| 56 | Jun 14, '25 | Me getting into an Uber: “how’s it going?” Me getting out of Uber: “so it’s 2 inhales then a long exhale until lungs are empty to calm down & 10min of viewing sunlight each mor | 4.3× | 1.1M | 21k | 886 | 4.2k |
| 57 | Mar 28, '23 | A truly important book for everyone to read about physical health, longevity & emotional health. Full of information and tools. This is a true gem. @PeterAttiaMD | 4.3× | 1.1M | 9.6k | 759 | 2.7k |
| 58 | Jan 20, '25 | Agree 100%. Science supports this. Mental health (incl. motivation) is best layered with dopamine reward schedules of varying duration. | 4.3× | 1.1M | 10k | 737 | 3.3k |
| 59 | Feb 12, '25 | Ideally you’re sleeping, but remember: never trust any thoughts that occur between 2 and 5am. (Night-shift workers/owls the exception). | 4.0× | 1.1M | 13k | 503 | 1.9k |
| 60 | May 21, '25 | After reading on habits of the greatest creators of the last 150 years it’s clear: getting up early, working for 3 solid hours before lunch, walks, cold baths (!) & amphetamine | 4.0× | 1.1M | 12k | 809 | 6.3k |
| 61 | Feb 5, '25 | Hey @elonmusk & DOGE: willing to eventually share the budget expenditures of @NIH from the last 4 years? Many other prior & currently @NIH funded labs (& those aspiring | 4.0× | 1.1M | 17k | 1k | 611 |
| 62 | Jan 30, '25 | Once you realize how certain foods are designed to make you ingest more of them via gut-to-brain (unconscious) dopamine signaling you will see how they literally control you from t | 3.4× | 895k | 11k | 1k | 1.7k |
| 63 | Jan 19, '25 | This is what pioneering a new path for public figures to connect to their fans & the public generally, looks like. I predict this will become the new normal soon. Notice how @D | 3.4× | 890k | 16k | 842 | 496 |
| 64 | May 18, '25 | I get asked about tools (drugs) for focus all the time. Remember: You can train focus. It’s like a workout. You set a timer for 2-3hrs. You force yourself to work the entire time. | 3.3× | 871k | 14k | 1k | 8.4k |
| 65 | Jan 15, '25 | I’ve lived in California for 49 years: N. California, S. California & Central Coast. Many will stay after the fires. Many, however, will leave. The need for new leadership is u | 3.2× | 861k | 17k | 1.2k | 372 |
| 66 | Oct 23, '23 | Take care of yourself and take care of others. Daily investment in the 6 pillars is the way: morning sunlight, daily movement, quality nutrition, stress control, healthy relationsh | 3.2× | 853k | 9.8k | 1.5k | 2.1k |
| 67 | Oct 8, '25 | This is how DJ Shipley returns home each day to his wife and kids. It’s as regimented as his morning routine- nothing left to chance (on his side). Anyone trying to balance work an | 3.2× | 841k | 10k | 905 | 6.6k |
| 68 | Mar 5, '24 | All the Instagram users getting a real world experience of dopamine reward prediction error right now. | 3.1× | 825k | 9.2k | 815 | 403 |
| 69 | Jul 31, '22 | Your ability to speak clearly is enhanced by reading (not listening) to books and by writing and journaling in complete sentences. Texting, voice dictation and audio books are wond | 3.0× | 0 | 21k | 3.6k | 3.3k |
| 70 | Feb 12, '25 | A willingness to tolerate discomfort is the most meaningful separator. | 2.9× | 772k | 16k | 1.6k | 2.6k |
| 71 | Apr 20, '25 | Doing hard stuff requires distress tolerance. Building distress tolerance requires doing hard stuff. There is no easy entry point. It gets easier by way of recognition. You think “ | 2.9× | 771k | 17k | 2.1k | 4.7k |
| 72 | Aug 15, '23 | Caption this photo. I’ll start: Happy Birthday Lex! @lexfridman | 2.9× | 764k | 9.8k | 124 | 51 |
| 73 | Sep 13, '25 | Vitamin D3 supplementation: largely accepted nowadays. Creatine: starting to break through. Next: Magnesium (Threonate or Bisglycinate). Why? Well for starters, Mg can protect agai | 2.9× | 763k | 11k | 675 | 5.1k |
| 74 | Aug 31, '22 | It doesn’t matter what you eat; if you eat too much (volume) of food, you’ll be tired. It’s called blood flow diversion. Eat to 85% full and you’ll avoid this source of fatigue. #s | 2.9× | 0 | 25k | 2.4k | 1.8k |
| 75 | Jan 3, '25 | Super impressed (but not surprised!) by @ShawnRyan762 meteoric success in podcasting. Notice how his guests have raised issues that at the time might seem a bit “outside the box” y | 2.7× | 720k | 14k | 885 | 476 |
| 76 | Jan 24, '25 | @bryan_johnson Awesome, but friends don’t let friends do partial reps. | 2.6× | 687k | 13k | 117 | 155 |
| 77 | Dec 11, '22 | Here are the 10 most popular episodes from the Huberman Lab podcast in 2022 | 2.6× | 0 | 12k | 1.7k | 7.3k |
| 78 | Dec 13, '24 | @realDonaldTrump This makes great sense as it’s grounded in vast amounts of human data on circadian biology and mental health. Delighted to hear it! | 2.6× | 684k | 12k | 294 | 224 |
| 79 | Oct 23, '22 | Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure. Happiness is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure. The former emerges passively | 2.6× | 0 | 18k | 2.8k | 3.3k |
| 80 | Jan 7, '25 | You may be surprised (but perhaps not) that a large percentage of the improvement in brain health and function caused by exercise is due to improved sleep architecture caused by ex | 2.4× | 637k | 15k | 1.1k | 2.3k |
| 81 | Oct 3, '25 | Brains are very susceptible. Steer yours properly. View the sunrise, thank God for another day living and then go get meaningful things done. Trolls and drama are there to test you | 2.4× | 633k | 23k | 2.3k | 2.6k |
| 82 | Dec 30, '24 | Starting tomorrow, and every Monday thereafter, full length episodes of the Huberman Lab podcast will be released on @X. Thank you for your interest in science! | ⚡ 2.3× | 32.1M | 23k | 1.2k | 623 |
| 83 | Jun 2, '25 | In the long term, much of “resilience” is the ability to fall and stay asleep for 6-8hrs despite daily stress. Learn to “turn off your thoughts”, fall & stay deeply asleep. Non | 2.3× | 604k | 10k | 588 | 3.3k |
| 84 | Jan 29, '25 | Never thought I would hear the words “Are you supportive of these onsies?!” in a US senate hearing. | 2.2× | 597k | 13k | 590 | 134 |
| 85 | Feb 4, '25 | Awesome story. The next generation of hard problem solvers is here. | 2.2× | 586k | 12k | 472 | 677 |
| 86 | Sep 26, '25 | Thanks for the birthday wishes! I feel better at 50 than at 21 & I felt great then. I’m not special. Every 24hrs strive for: solid sleep, am sunlight, exercise, (mostly) clean | 2.2× | 580k | 11k | 377 | 2.4k |
| 87 | May 30, '25 | The health indicator no one talks about = the strong desire to work and build things. Whether for the intrinsic love of the work, the rewards, or both. Yes we need sleep and (some | 2.0× | 528k | 9.9k | 1k | 2.4k |
| 88 | Aug 23, '22 | Alcohol is the only drug where if you don’t do it, people assume you have a problem. -@ChrisWillx | 1.9× | 0 | 17k | 2.1k | 458 |
| 89 | Oct 20, '22 | Caffeine is one of the few drugs people use to feel normal, alcohol is one of the few drugs people use to seem normal, and cannabis is a drug that makes the normal seem more intere | 1.9× | 0 | 17k | 1.6k | 1.1k |
| 90 | Apr 6, '22 | My top 3 science supported health practices. 1) Morning sunlight viewing. To set circadian rhythm, focus, mood etc. 2) 180-200min of Zone 2 (moderate) cardio per week. Cardiovascul | 1.8× | 0 | 12k | 1.5k | 3.5k |
| 91 | Dec 13, '22 | To be clear, calm and focused: 1) Sleep well and enough (for you). 2) If you didn’t sleep well, don’t externalize your thoughts any more than absolutely necessary until after you d | 1.6× | 0 | 13k | 1.5k | 1.4k |
| 92 | Oct 28, '22 | Sunlight before screen light. Every day. Even if cloudy. Your mental and physical health both strongly benefit. | 1.5× | 0 | 13k | 1.5k | 775 |
| 93 | Nov 25, '24 | It used to be X posts about legacy news stories. Now it’s legacy news stories about X posts. | ⚡ 1.4× | 36.7M | 14k | 1k | 265 |
| 94 | Feb 9, '25 | When will there be a Super Bowl commercial promoting healthy habits? Might just have to do this… | 1.4× | 373k | 10k | 359 | 85 |
| 95 | Nov 6, '22 | Proof that humans will feverishly leverage their dopamine circuits — for the provider, not the self. Look familiar? | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1.2k | 863 |
| 96 | Oct 27, '22 | “Caffeine equips us to cope with a world caffeine helped us create.” -@michaelpollan | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1.3k | 435 |
| 97 | Dec 6, '22 | 0 to ~25 years of age: our brain is highly malleable (robust neuroplasticity) but we have far less control over our life than adults do. ~26 to death: our brain is progressively le | 1.1× | 0 | 9.3k | 739 | 1.2k |
| 98 | Dec 6, '22 | If you’re waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom (“washroom” if you’re Canadian) try sipping, not gulping your last beverage of the day. The speed that you ingest | 1.1× | 0 | 9.4k | 504 | 1.1k |
| 99 | Sep 26, '22 | 47 today. I’m blessed with amazing friends, family, the support of @StanfordMed & that so many people are curious about the beauty & utility of biology. Thank you for your | 1.0× | 0 | 10k | 174 | 34 |
| 100 | Nov 18, '22 | It’s a pleasure to convene with @lexfridman to complete our paper for @Nature @NatureNeuro — this one has been a long time coming! | 0.9× | 0 | 9.3k | 232 | 110 |
| 101 | Oct 12 | The new Huberman Lab episode is out: How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott Kanoski 0:00 Scott Kanoski 2:33 GLP-1, Natural GLP-1 Production; GLP-1 Drugs, M | 0.4× | 109k | 439 | 48 | 275 |
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