The Besties
Hosted by Frushtick and Plante · Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy
4.9from 9,906 ratings
- 519
- Episodes
- 143
- Transcribed
- 9,906
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About The Besties
It's Game of the Year meets King of the Hill as four of Earth's best friends – Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick – rank and review their favorite video games. Because shouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games?
- Publisher
- Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 24 Feb 2012
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
143 of 519 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Wolverine Is a Disaster
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Onimusha: Or, Capcom Refuses to Make Bad Games
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Witcher, But With Vampires? Yes, Please!
Inside a recent episode
Wolverine Is a Disaster
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's really hard for me to imagine that. And so someone should have stepped in and been like, This is not working. I realize this is a smaller scale project than a huge open world Spider-Man game, but we're either going to move forward with this or we're not. Realistically, I think Insomniac will be fine. They have a Venom game that they're working on. I'm sure they'll have another Spider-Man game, maybe more Ratchet & Clank. Who knows? They're a quality – this is truly shocking. Yes, they make largely good games. It's truly, truly shocking. Yes. I feel like maybe with the leadership turnover thing, maybe there was a too-many-cooks situation that would explain the weird nightmare trial level. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Ron Funches
- Mary Kish
- Jeff Grubb
- Stephen Totilo
- Jason Schreier
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,077,849,747
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 4,853 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 5,053 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 65
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
Pitching The Besties
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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Questions about The Besties
Who hosts The Besties?
Frushtick and Plante host the show. Published by Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Besties take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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