We read the transcripts so you do not have to. Here are the most-watched AI and tech podcasts this week, measured on how much checkable substance they actually delivered.
This week's top shows
- The Diary Of A CEO: 2.9M views. density 35, specificity 66, attribution 62%. Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- Dwarkesh Podcast: 1.5M views. density 36, specificity 67, attribution 51%. Listen
- All-In Podcast: 1.3M views. density 59, specificity 65, attribution 37%, track record 25% (2/8 calls). Listen
- Machine Learning Street Talk: 609.8K views. density 21, specificity 65, attribution 68%. Listen
- Doom Debates: 399.3K views. density 34, specificity 57, attribution 47%, track record 33% (1/3 calls). Listen
- Lex Fridman Podcast: 249.3K views. density 38, specificity 73, attribution 68%. Listen
- Y Combinator: 218.1K views. density 32, specificity 76, attribution 72%, track record 75% (3/4 calls). Listen
- 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
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.