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: 126.9K views. density 87, specificity 68, attribution 34%. Listen
- The AI Daily Brief: 101.2K views. density 42, specificity 72, attribution 83%, track record 63% (3/4 calls). Listen
- The Logan Bartlett Show: 25.3K views. density 43, specificity 73, attribution 66%. Listen
- Gradient Dissent: 30.7K views. density 57, specificity 66, attribution 47%. Listen
- Last Week in AI: 5.0K views. density 57, specificity 65, attribution 48%. Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- Y Combinator: 217.2K views. density 32, specificity 76, attribution 71%, track record 75% (3/4 calls). Listen
- Invest Like the Best: 20.9K views. density 40, specificity 75, attribution 77%, 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.
