Audience size is not the same as quality. These newer or smaller shows score at the top on measured substance, so they earn a spotlight regardless of view count.
StartupHub data
Companies working on this
Profiles of the companies named in this story, with funding and a one-liner from our database.
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that provides seed funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage companies.
Worth your ears
- Gradient Dissent: 163.1K views. density 61, specificity 65, attribution 42%. Listen
- Last Week in AI: 7.1K views. density 61, specificity 63, attribution 43%. Listen
- Y Combinator: 77.2K views. density 33, specificity 75, attribution 69%, track record 70% (4/5 calls). Listen
- The Gradient Podcast: 7.6K views. density 16, specificity 68, attribution 71%, track record 100% (3/3 calls). Listen
- Machine Learning Street Talk: 616.1K views. density 21, specificity 65, attribution 68%. Listen
- The TWIML AI Podcast: 811 views. density 21, specificity 65, attribution 67%. Listen
- The Cognitive Revolution: 28.8K views. density 34, specificity 60, attribution 43%. Listen
- Doom Debates: 399.4K views. density 34, specificity 57, attribution 47%, track record 33% (1/3 calls). Listen
How we score: every show is graded from its episode transcripts on information density (named companies, people, figures, and mechanisms per minute), specificity (concrete, checkable claims versus vague punditry), source attribution (how often a claim credits where it came from), and a prediction track record we resolve against what actually happened. The full, continuously updated board lives at the podcast rankings.