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: 2.8M views. density 33, specificity 66, attribution 60%. Listen
- BG2 Pod: 1.5M views. density 40, specificity 73, attribution 70%, track record 56% (5/9 calls). Listen
- All-In Podcast: 1.2M views. density 61, specificity 63, attribution 37%, track record 25% (4/14 calls). Listen
- Dwarkesh Podcast: 715.5K views. density 36, specificity 66, attribution 49%. Listen
- Machine Learning Street Talk: 612.7K views. density 21, specificity 65, attribution 68%. Listen
- Doom Debates: 399.4K views. density 34, specificity 57, attribution 47%, track record 33% (1/3 calls). Listen
- Acquired: 334.6K views. density 87, specificity 69, attribution 32%. Listen
- Lex Fridman Podcast: 257.0K views. density 41, specificity 71, attribution 66%. Listen
- The AI Daily Brief: 67.6K views. density 44, specificity 72, attribution 83%, track record 70% (7/10 calls). Listen
- Y Combinator: 39.1K views. density 33, specificity 75, attribution 68%, 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.