[This content is courtesy of Ben Greenfield, user @GuyForgetOPT and @MrBenGreenfield on IG and @guyforget.bengreenfield.com on BlueSky.. -Ed.]

The state of Phish, in a word, is phenomenal. That’s the overwhelming consensus of 325 Phish fans, who responded to an online survey from January 22-25, 2026. [Links to the survey were placed on Bluesky, phish.net forums, Phantasy Tour, and reddit.com/r/phish, and the survey was conducted on Google Forms. This survey was not scientific: that is to say, interviewees did not comprise a representative sample of all Phish fans.]

A full 96% of respondents rated the state of Phish as 6 out of 10 or higher, with over 3 in 4 (76%) rating it 8 out of 10 or higher. And this is not some issue of n00b bias–there is broad consensus, between those who’ve been seeing the band for decades and those who are newer to the scene, that we’ve got it good.

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It’s a new year and once again the users of the Phish.net forum have come together through a process of competitive seeding to curate a playlist of the best improvisational performances from our favorite band in 2025. Voting in the annual Jam of the Year bracket is now underway on the forum!

Weekly voting is open to everyone so look out for the discussion and voting threads going forward, and please join in as we make our way through a series of head to head matchups between some of the best jams last year had to offer. For subscribers to the Livephish mobile app here’s a link to the full playlist.

It’s all happening now on the forum! Voting began Monday January 26!

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