Reach and substance are not the same thing. These shows score highest on what we can actually measure: information density, specificity of claims, and how often they credit their sources.
Highest signal per minute
- Acquired: 119.6K views. density 86, specificity 67, attribution 34%. Listen
- The AI Daily Brief: 101.0K views. density 41, specificity 72, attribution 83%, track record 63% (3/4 calls). Listen
- Gradient Dissent: 44.0K views. density 61, specificity 65, attribution 45%. Listen
- Last Week in AI: 5.5K views. density 56, specificity 67, attribution 50%. Listen
- Lex Fridman Podcast: 262.2K views. density 41, specificity 72, attribution 72%. Listen
- The Logan Bartlett Show: 25.0K views. density 43, specificity 73, attribution 66%. Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- Y Combinator: 208.7K views. density 32, specificity 76, attribution 71%, track record 75% (3/4 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.
