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Health & Fitness

I Can’t Sleep

by Benjamin Boster
Alternative HealthHealth & FitnessMental Health

Today: #124 in Health & Fitness, New Zealand on our combined chart.

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Ranking history · New Zealand

Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the Health & Fitness, New Zealand combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

#39#63#87#110#134Chart rankOct 17Oct 19Oct 21#124
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DateCombined RankApple PodcastsPocket CastsCastbox
Oct 21#124#130—#95
Oct 20#71#84#38#36
Oct 19#55#53—#36
Oct 18#49#54#23#53
Oct 17#50#50—#37
Oct 16#118#127—#82

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About the show

Trouble sleeping? You could count sheep, or let I Can’t Sleep do the heavy yawning for you. Host Benjamin Boster reads slow-paced, fact-filled content on science, history, and everyday oddities with zero plot twists and even less urgency. It’s calm. It’s consistent. And yes, you might accidentally learn something. So get comfy, press play, and let your brain wander off without you.