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: 111.4K views. density 88, specificity 70, attribution 33%. Listen
- The AI Daily Brief: 71.6K views. density 43, specificity 71, attribution 82%, track record 73% (8/11 calls). Listen
- Last Week in AI: 6.6K views. density 60, specificity 63, attribution 45%. Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- Gradient Dissent: 137.7K views. density 60, specificity 65, attribution 41%. Listen
- Invest Like the Best: 23.2K views. density 40, specificity 75, attribution 76%, track record 33% (1/3 calls). Listen
- The Logan Bartlett Show: 28.2K views. density 42, specificity 72, attribution 64%. Listen
- Y Combinator: 53.9K views. density 32, specificity 75, attribution 69%, track record 70% (4/5 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.