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: 88.3K views. density 86, specificity 67, attribution 32%. Listen
- The AI Daily Brief: 75.6K views. density 43, specificity 73, attribution 84%, track record 67% (4/6 calls). Listen
- Last Week in AI: 6.8K views. density 60, specificity 65, attribution 47%. Listen
- Gradient Dissent: 30.2K views. density 58, specificity 66, attribution 45%. Listen
- Y Combinator: 218.1K views. density 32, specificity 76, attribution 72%, track record 75% (3/4 calls). Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- The Logan Bartlett Show: 22.5K views. density 43, specificity 72, attribution 64%. Listen
- Invest Like the Best: 21.9K 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.
