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Rebel Economist Challenge review

Rebel Economist Challenge publishes 361 course modules on Skool. It charges $49 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Rebel Economist Challenge, and nothing below is a verdict.

The Rebel Economist Challenge is a seven-week economics programme taught by Prof. Steve Keen, run through a Skool community created in October 2023.[1] The group teaches an alternative to mainstream Neoclassical economics, a school Keen criticises.[1] The programmes are operated by Creatorjoy Inc.[2]

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Members
1,173
Published price
$49
per month
Members, last 29 days
-8
2 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#1,439
of 6,080 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#31
of 131 sellers listed in skills and education, by published members
Price rank in niche
#16
of 60 priced in Skills and education listed here, highest first
Check the Course score
89
B+, strong
Niche
Skills and education
134 listed here
Created
2 Oct 2023
Skool publishes this date
Readings
15
since 1 Sept 2026

About Rebel Economist Challenge

Members get the challenge itself, four live lectures and workshops a week, and all call recordings, a customized tool and slide downloads.[1] The terms also list written materials, access to the Skool community and workshops on the Ravel and Minsky software, and make members eligible for higher-level offerings such as Legacy and Ask Steve Anything.[2] Bonuses the group promoted in September 2026 were an annual copy of the Ravel economic modelling software and a Steve Keen AI with round-the-clock access to his research.[1] Ravel is also sold on Patreon as a graphical tool for business intelligence analysis of multidimensional data, with a seven-day free trial.[3]

Keen's YouTube channel, which examines economics critically from a professor's point of view, links to a Patreon page and a Substack.[4] His sites also give away a Rebel Economist 3-Book Bundle and offer executive consulting, Ravel modelling, podcast and media interviews, and speaking engagements.[5]

By default, the annual Challenge membership is refundable for 30 days after purchase, and cancelling keeps access until the paid term ends.[2] The terms describe Keen as an economist rather than a broker, a financial advisor or a registered investment professional, limit all content and tools to education and theoretical macroeconomic modelling, and say Ravel and Minsky are not built to predict asset prices and are neither trading bots, signal services nor investing tools.[2] They also state that no outcome is guaranteed, whether financial, investment-related, career or academic, and require members to be 18 or older, or to have reached their jurisdiction's age of majority.[2]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/stevekeen, as collected 23 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: stevekeenfree.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Other: patreon.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  4. YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCM1ubsbE-tG9ru61mc3zX8A, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  5. Official website: info.stevekeen.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheSkills and educationFormatSoftware or indicatorIncludesLive sessionsIncludesRecordings and replays

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
361
Courses
18
Posts, all time
2,558
People running it
14

Counts published by Rebel Economist Challenge on its own page, read on 2 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by stephen-keen-6438.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 31 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 1bb4ec61f731.
Observable monthly ceiling
$49
monthly price
1,173
published members
$57,477
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the skills and education niche

Percentile among the other 133 skills and education listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size77th
smallestlargest
Price · further right is cheaper25th
most expensivecheapest
Check the Course Score
89B+Strong

Ahead of 89% of the 13,536 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Rebel Economist Challenge published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 84%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 38%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 96%

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  • Top 25% by size in skills and education. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size in skills and education. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Present in every one of the 9 weeks recorded since August 2026, with no week missing.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,173 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
1 September 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
-1-0.1%over 4 days-8-0.7%over 29 days
Price change
No change confirmed between readings taken the same way

15 observations over 61 days.

Member count
1,1641,1661,1681,1701,1721,1741,1761,1781,1801,1731 Sept 202631 Oct 2026change
Monthly price
$50$60$70$80$90$491 Sept 202631 Oct 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
31 Oct 20261,173-1$49 per month$57,477
27 Oct 20261,174-2$49 per month$57,526
26 Oct 20261,176+2$49 per month$57,624
23 Oct 20261,174-5$49 per month$57,526
19 Oct 20261,1790$49 per month$57,771
15 Oct 20261,1790$49 per month$57,771
14 Oct 20261,179-1$49 per month$57,771
10 Oct 20261,180-1$49 per month$57,820
6 Oct 20261,1810$49 per month$57,869
2 Oct 20261,181+6$49 per month$57,869
23 Sept 20261,175+6$99 per month$116,325
14 Sept 20261,1690$99 per month$115,731
7 Sept 20261,169+1$99 per month$115,731
7 Sept 20261,168+4$99 per month$115,632
1 Sept 20261,164$99 per month$115,236
Average per week, last 29 days2 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026-2
Average per week, since first reading1 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026+1

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
2 Oct 20262,558+51361+218
10 Sept 20262,50735918
Added per week10 Sept 2026 to 2 Oct 2026+16+0.60

Common questions about Rebel Economist Challenge

What is Rebel Economist Challenge?
The Rebel Economist Challenge is a seven-week economics programme taught by Prof. Steve Keen, run through a Skool community created in October 2023. The group teaches an alternative to mainstream Neoclassical economics, a school Keen criticises.
How much does Rebel Economist Challenge cost?
Rebel Economist Challenge charges $49 per month on Skool, read 31 Oct 2026. That is cheaper than 25% of the other priced skills and education listings here.
How many members does Rebel Economist Challenge have?
Rebel Economist Challenge lists 1,173 members, read 31 Oct 2026.
How has Rebel Economist Challenge's membership changed?
From 1,164 members on 1 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 1,173 on 31 Oct 2026: within 1%.
How does Rebel Economist Challenge compare with other skills and education communities?
At $49 a month, Rebel Economist Challenge sits above the $29 median of the 59 priced skills and education listings here. The niche median is 577 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Rebel Economist Challenge?
Rebel Economist Challenge publishes 361 course modules, 18 courses, 2,558 posts, 14 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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