#Survivor 49 episode 9 popularity poll voting results: • Sophi held the #1 spot for the sixth time this season. • Not much changed overall. The difference between Sage, Rizo, and Savannah is so small that it's hard to know the true ranking without running head-to-head polls.

Every player got at least two confessionals for the third episode in a row. #Fact #Survivor

Kristina finally has more confessionals than all of the pre-jurors! #Survivor #Survivor49

For the fourth time this season, one of Rizo's quotes was used as the episode title! Only 7 people in #Survivor history have gotten 5+ in a single season. Tony (S28) holds the record with 7. #Fact

#Survivor49 This was Jawan's 10th team challenge. He is the only person left who has never won (1st place). Everyone else has won at least twice.

"Chimney Sweep" debuted in #Survivor Fiji and has been used 8 times. In HvV it was a tribal reward challenge and the other 7 times it was an Individual Immunity Challenge. Savannah is only the second woman to win! #Fact

#Survivor 49 episode 8 popularity poll voting results: • Sophi reclaimed the top spot. • Sage had the most 'Love' votes (57%). • Savannah climbed back to the third spot (after hitting a season-low at fifth last week).

Savannah got 13 confessionals this week. She is only the 14th player in #Survivor history to get 13+ confessionals in one of the first 8 episodes. #Fact

Savannah has the third biggest edit among New Era players who made it to episode 8. Only Yam Yam and Shan had bigger edits at this point. #Fact #Survivor

Voting correctly at the merge is strongly correlated with winning #Survivor Can Rizo, Savannah, or Sophie beat the odds?

#Survivor 49 episode 7 popularity poll voting results: • Sage is the most popular player for the first time this season! • Sophi fell to the number two spot after being the most popular player for the past 4 weeks. • MC has gained popularity every single week so far!

Every player got at least two confessionals this week which is only the 9th time that has happened in the first seven episodes. #Fact #Survivor

Sophie nearly doubled her confessional count this week going from 7 to 13. #Survivor 📈

#Survivor 49 episode 6 popularity poll voting results: • For the fourth week in a row, Sophi is the most popular player. • Sage surged to the second spot (from 6th last week). • MC edged out Savannah for the third spot. She has gained popularity every single week so far.

If Jesus got high off of God, then I'm getting high off of Sage! #Survivor

#Survivor 49 episode 5 popularity poll voting results: • For the third week in a row, Sophi was the most popular player and Savannah was the second most popular. • MC jumped to the third spot (her highest of the season). • Sage gained the most popularity compared to last week.

"This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life" count from episode 5 of #Survivor 49: THREE 1. MC after doing the Journey challenge 2. Rizo after the Immunity Challenge 3. Alex after killing the chicken

Savannah is the new confessional leader of #Survivor 49! Meanwhile, Sophie has fewer confessionals than any New Era player that made it to episode 5 besides Erika and Heather who had 4 and 2 respectively at this point in S41.

@robsfactchecker.bsky.social was kind enough to share his polling data with me to test a couple of hypotheses: 1. A player gets more 'Love' with more confessionals and 2. Star is the most loved player, accounting for confessionals But there was one other thing that stood out 🧵 #Survivor

#Survivor 49 episode 4 popularity poll voting results: Sophi held her spot as the most popular player, but Savannah came incredibly close to reclaiming the top spot (as she hit a season-high for her popularity).

Visualization of the confessional counts after episode 4 of #Survivor 49.

The editors of #Survivor 49 gave every player a confessional in episode 4 for the first time since One World! #Fact

#Survivor 49 episode 3 popularity poll voting results: Sophi dethroned Savannah as the new fan favorite. Savannah and Rizo round out the top 3.

Sophi had the most confessionals in episode 3 (10) but Alex remains the season leader with 27 confessionals. #Survivor #Survivor49

#Survivor 49 episode 2 popularity poll voting results: Savannah remains the clear favorite followed by Sophi and Rizo.

Alex had the most confessionals in episode 2 (10) and is the new confessional leader for the season with 21. #Survivor #Survivor49

#Survivor 49 episode 1 popularity poll voting results: Savannah, Rizo, and Sophi are the clear favorites so far.

Every season I attempt to predict the #Survivor boot order. Last season I had Kyle winning (my first correct pick in a long time) but didn't get a lot else right. Here's how I think S49 will play out:

Which #RHAP podcaster drafted the best team? And who drafted the grenade? #Survivor #Survivor49

All of Brice's Issa Look picks have at least made the merge which is a great sign for Sage! #Survivor #RHAP Past picks: S48: Shauhin S47: Sol S46: Kenzie 👑 S45: J. Maya S44: Yam Yam 👑 S43: Cassidy S42: Hai S41: Shan S40: Tony 👑 S39: Elaine S38: Gavin

Excluding Blood vs. Water seasons, there have been three instances of two players having the same last name and one of them is on #Survivor 49!

Just over a thousand people voted in the #Survivor 49 preseason popularity polls. These were the results:

I feel like not enough people are talking about this. #Survivor #SurvivorAU

Meet the cast of #Survivor49! This is the earliest #Survivor cast release for a newbie season since S33.

#SurvivorAU Australia V The World: Days Played The 14 players this season have already played 1,035 days (74 per player on average). Parvati has the most days played (149). She only needs to survive 4 days to surpass the US #Survivor record of 152 days held by Boston Rob. #Fact

#SurvivorAU Australia V The World Preseason Popularity Poll Results: An average of 2,040 votes were cast per player. The US players had ~2,500 votes while all other players averaged ~1,900. This is a wildly popular cast. Parvati, Cirie, and Shonee are particularly beloved.

Fan-voted winner predictions for #SurvivorAU Australia V The World. An average of 1,828 votes were cast per player.

Convince me why I should or shouldn't watch #BB27

2,800 fans voted for who they think won #Survivor50 7,642 votes were cast because voters could pick >1 winner so these averages reflect the % of total votes:

2,800 fans made placement predictions for the #Survivor50 cast. These were the results sorted by average predicted placement (best to worst):

What attributes make a #Survivor winner? I did extensive research and then broke down all the stats with @shannongaitz.bsky.social!

#Survivor 48 had 10 different people say episode title quotes. Only S30 and S45 had more unique people (12). Every New Era winner has had at least one episode title quote. #Fact

The #Survivor 48 cast gained more Instagram followers than any previous New Era cast. S45 is a very close second though.

Happy Pride Month!

How excited are fans to see each player on #Survivor50? An average of 4,985 votes were cast per player and these were the results:

Which #Survivor 48 players do fans most want to see play again? Over 4,500 fans voted and these were the results:

#Survivor 48 confessional stats! • Kyle tied for the 7th most confessionals all-time (92). • Eva had the 4th most among women (76). • Sai was the most over-edited player of the season and had the 6th most confessionals despite not being in the last six episodes!

Kyle ties for having the 7th most confessionals all-time in a single season (92) and ties for the third most for a winner (with Richard Hatch). Boston Rob and Tony (Cagayan) are tied for the most (97). #Fact #Survivor

Huge congrats to Kyle for winning #Survivor 48! I really hope you got treatment for your finger wart after winning. You deserve the absolute best!