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Will PNR win the most seats in the 2026 Costa Rican Legislative Assembly election?
< 1%
Exceptionally unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Costa Rica on 1 February 2026.

This market will resolve to the political party that wins the greatest number of seats in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly.

If voting in the Costa Rican...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $4.5k
Assuming the neuronal input-output FRO is funded by 2025, will a model of the C. elegans nervous system be developed, before 2031, that can predict what every neuron will do when one is stimulated?
25%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2024-10-07

We recommend forecasters start with this document, Forecasting Information for a “Focused Research Organization” to Measure Complete Neuronal Input-Output Functions.


From the Federation of American Scientists:

Measuring how neurons integrate...

Last updated: 2024-10-07
★★★☆☆
Metaculus
Forecasts: 25
Will Scotland choose to leave the UK before 2040?
41%
About Even
Last updated: 2025-03-22

This market resolves to “yes” if Scotland either votes to leave in a referendum or actually does leave the UK through some other means before January 1st 2040.

It resolves “No” if Scotland does not leave or vote to leave.

It resolves “n/a” if...

Last updated: 2025-03-22
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 14
Volume: M262
Will Edward Snowden receive a presidential pardon before the end of 2029?
36%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-05-18

Any use of the power of the president under Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution to grant any form of clemency, whether pardons, partial pardons, commutations, remissions, respites, reprieves, amnesties etc., to Edward Snowden before the end...

Last updated: 2025-05-18
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 23
Volume: M683
Israel strike on Gulf State by December 31?
2%
Exceptionally unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve to "Yes" if Israel initiates a drone, missile, or air strike on any Gulf state's soil or any Gulf state's official embassy or consulate between September 9, 2 PM ET, and December 31, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $1.3k
Will DOGE inspect Fort Knox to verify the presence of the 4,580 tons of US gold by the end of 2025?
17%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-06-07

Fort Knox, located in Kentucky, is a highly secure U.S. Army post that houses a large portion of U.S. gold reserves. The last comprehensive audit of Fort Knox's gold reserves occurred between 1974 and 1986. Recently, Senator Rand Paul has suggested...

Last updated: 2025-06-07
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 17
Volume: M2.6k
Will the fight end in a draw?
2%
Exceptionally unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve to “Yes” if the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight ends in a draw. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

If no winner is announced or the fight is cancelled or delayed beyond January 31, 2026, this market will resolve...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★★☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $8.3k
Will BNB reach $1500 by December 31, 2026?
57%
About Even
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will immediately resolve to “Yes” if any Binance 1-minute candle for BNB (BNB/USDT) between November 24, 2025, 16:10 and December 31, 2026, 23:59 in the ET timezone has a final “High” price equal to or greater than the price specified in...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $5.0k
Pope Francis resurrected from the dead by May?
< 1%
Exceptionally unlikely
Last updated: 2025-04-29

Resolution criteria:

This market will resolve to "Yes" if, by 11:59 PM UTC on April 30, 2025, there is a widely accepted and verifiable report confirming that Pope Francis has been resurrected from the dead. If no such report exists by that time,...

Last updated: 2025-04-29
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 15
Volume: M2.0k
Will GPT-5 be capable of recursive self-improvement?
16%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-05-22

If there is a GPT-5 developed which is a similar amount better than GPT-4, as GPT-4 was to GPT-3, then will GPT-5 be capable of recursive self-improvement with a minimal amount of prompt engineering / scaffolding?

Note: recursive self-improvement,...

Last updated: 2025-05-22
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 189
Volume: M80k
Another 7.0 or above earthquake by December 31?
50%
About Even
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve to “Yes” if 1 or more earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or higher occur anywhere on Earth between December 8, 2025 12:00 PM ET, and the listed date ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

The resolution source for...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★★☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $4.0k
Will Avatar 3 be the second highest grossing movie of 2025?
2%
Exceptionally unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve to the movie with the second highest 2025 gross once data for December 31 is made available.

Data from the "Gross" column on https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2025/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses will be used to resolve this...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★★☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $12k
NAC Breda vs. Telstar 1963: O/U 1.5
76%
Over
24%
Under
Last updated: 2025-12-16

In the upcoming Eredivisie game between NAC Breda and Telstar 1963, scheduled for December 20 at 3:00 PM ET:

This market will resolve to "Over" if NAC Breda and Telstar 1963 combine to score 2 or more goals in this game.

If the combined total is...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $9.1k
Will 30 to 59 tornadoes occur in the United States in December?
4%
Very unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve according to the number of tornadoes recorded in the United States during the specified month, based on the monthly count published on the National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Tornadoes Time Series page (see:...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $817
Will Ja’Mel Brown win the 2026 Alabama Governor Democratic primary election?
18%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve according to the winner of the Democratic Primary for Governor of Alabama, scheduled to take place on May 19, 2026. Resolution will be based on the overall winner of the primary, including any potential second round or...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $1.9k
Will <40% of US tax filings be filed using paid tax preparers in 2027?
30%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2024-10-07

The US tax preparation industry is a big business, with providers of tax software making large profits, for example Intuit making $1.6 billion from their TurboTax products in 2019. Much of this is alleged to have come from customers who were eligible...

Last updated: 2024-10-07
★★★☆☆
Metaculus
Forecasts: 86
Will Charles Herbster win the 2026 Nebraska Governor Republican primary election?
14%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve according to the winner of the Republican Primary for Governor of Nebraska, scheduled to take place on May 12, 2026. Resolution will be based on the overall winner of the primary, including any potential second round or...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★★☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $1.8k
Will a US state pass legislation making Psilocybin legal for recreational use before the end of 2025?
15%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-05-22

Legislation must have passed before Jan 1 2026, but the law does not need to have gone into effect.

Decriminalization does not count -- legislation must allow for commercial sales of psilocybin for non-medical purposes.

Last updated: 2025-05-22
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 34
Volume: M3.0k
Will Netanyahu visit NYC by March 31?
20%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits New York City by March 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to "Yes". Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

For the purpose of this market, a "visit" is defined as Netanyahu...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★★★☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $1.8k
will there be vending machines that use LLMs to try to convince passers-by to buy stuff before 2028?
31%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-05-29

Something like this: It's a vending machine with a speaker and a microphone and maybe a camera. It spots passers-by and tries to strike up conversations with them to convince them to purchases a cold drink, or a bag of chips, or whatever.

there have...

Last updated: 2025-05-29
★★☆☆☆
Manifold Markets
Forecasters: 24
Volume: M567
U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "European Union" before 2027?
23%
Unlikely
Last updated: 2025-12-16

This market will resolve to "Yes" if a free trade agreement with the specified country or entity becomes law in the United States by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

This includes both agreements that...

Last updated: 2025-12-16
★★☆☆☆
Polymarket
Liquidity: $373

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