# Ryan Broderick

> Ryan Broderick is an internet culture journalist and the founder of Garbage Day, a thrice-weekly newsletter with over 100,000 subscribers that chronicles the 'daily joys and horrors of internet culture.' After nearly a decade at BuzzFeed News, where he rose to Deputy Global News Director, he went independent and built Garbage Media Inc. into an 8-person operation spanning a newsletter, a podcast (Panic World), and a media intelligence research arm. Known for his deeply human voice in an era of AI slop, he argues that the line between 'internet culture' and just 'culture' has long since dissolved.

- **Role:** Founder at Garbage Media, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Garbage Media, Inc., BuzzFeed News (former)
- **From:** Massachusetts, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Hofstra University, Lawrence Herbert School of Communication
- **Known for:** Founded Garbage Day, reaching 100,000+ subscribers as an independent newsletter, Multiple Webby Awards for Garbage Day newsletter, 2x 2025 Signal Awards for Panic World podcast (Conversation Starter and Weird categories)

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Editor-in-chief of The Hofstra Chronicle; editor at The Awl
- **2011** — Graduated Hofstra University; began pitching internet culture stories
- **2012** — Joined BuzzFeed as community moderator, then reporter
- **2015** — Co-launched Internet Explorer podcast with Katie Notopoulos
- **2018** — Salzburg Global Seminar guest scholar on fake news and disinformation
- **2019** — Founded Garbage Day newsletter; promoted to Deputy Global News Director at BuzzFeed News UK
- **2020** — Fired from BuzzFeed following plagiarism investigation; launched Content Mines podcast; founded Garbage Media, Inc.
- **2024** — Left Substack; migrated Garbage Day to independent platform at garbageday.email; launched Garbage Day Media Intelligence research arm
- **2024** — Launched Panic World podcast
- **2025** — Garbage Day surpasses 100,000 subscribers; Panic World wins 2 Signal Awards; Charlie Kirk issue sets newsletter record at ~600,000 views

## Achievements

- Founded Garbage Day, reaching 100,000+ subscribers as an independent newsletter
- Multiple Webby Awards for Garbage Day newsletter
- 2x 2025 Signal Awards for Panic World podcast (Conversation Starter and Weird categories)
- Built Garbage Media Inc. into an 8-person team
- Sold-out live shows in New York and London
- 2018 Salzburg Global Seminar guest scholar
- Deputy Global News Director at BuzzFeed News UK
- Garbage Day 'Charlie Kirk' issue viewed ~600,000 times - newsletter record

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Published 'Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme' co-authored with Adam Bumas, analyzing online extremism after the killing of the conservative influencer - the piece was viewed ~600,000 times, a newsletter record
- **2025-04** — Panic World podcast wins 2025 Signal Awards in Conversation Starter and Weird categories
- **2024-01** — Left Substack and migrated Garbage Day to independent platform at garbageday.email
- **2024** — Launched Garbage Day Media Intelligence research arm as part of Garbage Media Inc.
- **2024** — Garbage Day surpassed 100,000 total subscribers

## Links

- Website: https://www.ryanbroderick.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpbroderick
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/broderick
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanhatesthis/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanpatrickbroderick

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Last updated: 2026-04-25