Upcoming Predictions
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Bharat will grow 10% in real GDP terms year on year from 2015-25. That will take Bharat from a 2.3 trillion USD nominal economy to 10.3 trillion dollar economy in 10 years, where Zhonghua is currently.In PPP terms Bharat will be the 2nd biggest economy. ( 53% confidence; 4 wagers; 12 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-05-11; known on 2025-05-12.
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Within 8 months of serial research, a competent team can find a “secret spilling” steering vector which gets a smart model to give up in-context secrets across a variety of situations. ( 54% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by TurnTrout on 2023-05-13; known on 2025-05-13.
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Software engineer salaries in the United States are going to plummet to the average of the global work force within the next 24 months ( 0% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by jacobgreenleaf on 2023-04-23; known on 2025-05-15.
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SLS to be launched at least once or to be canceled outright by May 15, 2025 ( 58% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2018-07-05; known on 2025-05-16.
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I in 2 years ( 50% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2023-07-01; known on 2025-05-22.
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Hackerone will paid out $1 billion on the 23th of May, 2025 ( 80% confidence )
Created by smodnix on 2020-05-28; known on 2025-05-23.
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2025 there will be about 2.7 billion with excess weight, up from 2 billion in 2010. ( 52% confidence; 4 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-10-10; known on 2025-05-28.
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RuPay (रूपे) and China UnionPay (中国银联) will surpass Visa and Mastercard as a payment network. ( 76% confidence; 4 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-10-07; known on 2025-05-28.
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Extreme poverty(WB definition 1.90 per day) to be eliminated by 2025. Poverty declined from 36 % in 1990 to 15 per cent in 2011. Projections indicate that the global extreme poverty rate has fallen further, to 9.6%, as of 2015. ( 47% confidence; 6 wagers; 7 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-07-09; known on 2025-05-28.
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Biden wins the 2024 US presidential election, according to the New York Times ( 70% confidence )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2022-09-05; known on 2025-06-01.
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Either the average cost of a public university education in America will double, the median income of a 4-year-degree holder will fall to 125% of a high school diploma holder, or the expected value of a public university education will turn negative. ( 46% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JohnWittle on 2016-02-17; known on 2025-06-01.
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Subwoolfer is Ylvis ( 33% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Deepak on 2022-06-12; known on 2025-06-12.
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I will get compensation >= $3k within next 8 years because of my arrest at the protest #no_research ( 22% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by crabman on 2017-06-18; known on 2025-06-13.
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A nationwide effort to legalize polygamy ( 59% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by elmerfudd1 on 2013-03-26; known on 2025-06-20.
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First physical sample returned from a Near Earth Asteroid. ( 66% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Paul.David.Carr on 2016-04-26; known on 2025-06-22.
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1 year continuous human habitation of the moon ( 17% confidence; 16 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Paul.David.Carr on 2016-04-18; known on 2025-06-22.
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The collective Internet (CI) will be available on a chip by 2025. ( 65% confidence; 3 comments )
Created by Harbinger1 on 2011-11-17; known on 2025-06-30.
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Quantum computing will be accessible to the world's public, for sale or rent, by mid-2025. ( 44% confidence; 6 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by luxpir on 2015-09-29; known on 2025-07-01.
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There will NOT be a “World War III” within the next 10 years. (Between Russia and it's “allies” and NATO and/or western europe) ( 93% confidence; 16 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Snorkelfarsan on 2015-07-31; known on 2025-07-01.
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figshare will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 60% confidence )
Created by btrettel on 2015-06-11; known on 2025-07-01.
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Google Scholar will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 74% confidence; 5 wagers )
Created by btrettel on 2015-06-15; known on 2025-07-01.
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GitHub will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 75% confidence; 7 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by btrettel on 2015-06-11; known on 2025-07-01.
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arXiv will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 86% confidence; 8 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by btrettel on 2015-06-11; known on 2025-07-01.
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The Internet Archive will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 76% confidence; 15 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by btrettel on 2015-06-11; known on 2025-07-01.
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The Stack Exchange Network will operate through 2025-07-01 ( 85% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by btrettel on 2015-07-10; known on 2025-07-01.
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Nous continuons la traditions des week-end en ville ( 90% confidence )
Created by Medea on 2020-07-09; known on 2025-07-09.
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facebook block capability will digitally alter pictures to erase evidence that the person who's blocking you was ever present ( 53% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-22; known on 2025-07-22.
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Joe Biden will die within five years. ( 20% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JohnGreer on 2020-07-25; known on 2025-07-25.
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Donald Trump will die within five years. ( 22% confidence; 8 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by JohnGreer on 2020-07-25; known on 2025-07-25.
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Created by Porejide on 2015-07-25; known on 2025-07-25.
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a new world record in the men's 5000 meters will be set between now and 2025-08-01: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression ( 33% confidence )
Created by finback on 2020-08-20; known on 2025-08-01.
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Universal basic income will be adopted in at least 50% of the G20 countries within 10 years ( 10% confidence; 9 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by sflicht on 2015-08-07; known on 2025-08-08.
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Russia to invade Israel by August 10th 2025 ( 0% confidence; 7 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2022-02-07; known on 2025-08-10.
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I will not be married within the next 5 years ( 80% confidence )
Created by Radish on 2020-08-12; known on 2025-08-12.
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Microsoft will release the source code to the current version of Windows under a free-software license. ( 14% confidence; 15 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by quanticle on 2015-08-14; known on 2025-08-15.
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Polar Bears will go extinct in the wild before 2025 ( 6% confidence; 6 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by predoindk on 2019-08-23; known on 2025-08-16.
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Right-leaning political parties, relative to the political parties currently in power, will control a greater number of majority positions of executive or (all) legislative branches of EU-member countries than at present. ( 57% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Afforess on 2015-09-01; known on 2025-09-01.
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beeminder.com will operate through 2025-09-01 ( 60% confidence )
Created by btrettel on 2015-08-26; known on 2025-09-01.
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COVID has become the new War on Terror. It has been used to justify increased authoritarian encroachment, and it is still ongoing. ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by deangc on 2021-09-10; known on 2025-09-10.
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The phosphine detected on Venus is widely agreed among the scientific community to be from life. ( 2% confidence; 12 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Deepak on 2020-09-16; known on 2025-09-16.
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VW.OS is canceled or sold+renamed in 5 years ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by qznc on 2020-09-21; known on 2025-09-20.
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PredictionBook.com will not be an active prediction registry in 2025. ( 54% confidence; 7 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by gwern on 2010-09-22; known on 2025-09-22; judged unknown by gwern on 2010-09-23.
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“within 15 years, Google will be buying what is left of Oracle” —imbcmdth ( 17% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2010-09-22; known on 2025-09-22.
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In the next 10 years Columbus Day will stop being a US federal holiday, or will be changed to Indigenous People's Day or some other non-Columbus-themed alternative. ( 25% confidence; 10 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by EloiseRosen on 2015-10-13; known on 2025-10-13.
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Germany abolishes “EEG-Umlage” by 2025 [Lindner promise] ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by qznc on 2022-01-02; known on 2025-11-01.
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Venezuela to go to war with at least one other country before November 1, 2025. ( 18% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2015-10-25; known on 2025-11-02.
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Nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan in the next 10 years ( 1% confidence; 7 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2015-11-06; known on 2025-11-07.
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Fusion Power will revolutionize the world energy demands by 2025. ( 8% confidence; 16 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Harbinger1 on 2011-11-17; known on 2025-11-17.
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HIV will be cured by 2025, but 5 new viruses deadlier than it will replace it. ( 7% confidence; 11 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Harbinger1 on 2011-11-17; known on 2025-11-30.
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Bharat's life expectancy at birth will improve over the next decades, from 71.7 years in 2025-2030 to 75.9 years in 2045-2050 and 84.6 years in 2095-2100. ( 100% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-11-30; known on 2025-12-01.