Humanoid robots: how often the top podcasts talk about it.
Humanoid robots came up in 7 of 106 episodes (7%) in the four weeks to Oct 4, about the same share as in the earlier weeks (4%).
Share of episodes, four weeks at a time
The 7 episodes behind the newest bar
- BYOCompute, Pope Destroys False Idol, Ben Affleck's White PillTBPN · week ending Oct 4 · said it twice
- Open models and the future of Physical AI with NVIDIAPractical AI · week ending Oct 4 · said it 5 times
- Andreessen Horowitz Launches Horowitz Andreessen, New Models, Human Powered Agents, McLar…TBPN · week ending Sep 27 · said it 7 times
- Meta Connect Reactions, Zuck's Beer Pong Controversy, ClusterMAX 3.0, New Bentley EVTBPN · week ending Sep 27 · said it twice
- Fruitfly Hard Takeoff, Parker's Vineyard, Personal AgentsTBPN · week ending Sep 13 · said it 3 times
- Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of CopperOdd Lots · week ending Sep 13 · said it 3 times
- Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots, Cybercabs: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes…20VC with Harry Stebbings · week ending Sep 13 · said it 5 times
More from the counts
- Mostly one show: TBPN has 4 of the 7 counted episodes in the newest four weeks.
Earliest mentions in our archive
The first episode from each show that said it, oldest first. The matched words are marked.
“And is this still valuable for you to do, and so on. And what are humanoid robotics going to do to the world of logistics? And you got to work with trend lines mostly, right?”
“…recently is like in these uh these humanoid robotics uh systems overheating actuators is a real problem right so uh…”
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“…to have a feedback on something that is happening live, whether it's a drone flying, whether it's controlling a humanoid robot from distance, whether it's controlling a hover, whether it's playing a…”
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“So, one of the most interesting lines of development is these humanoid robots. It's kind of like, you know, our meat…”
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“Yeah. I mean, yeah, great lineage there in I mean, they were doing humanoid robots. the Honda Azimo or something was…”
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“AI and hardware typically, but in the real world. Humanoids falls into this as well as as a category. The particular…”
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Most recent mentions
The newest episodes that count toward the chart, no more than two from one show.
“…moment is quadrupets. Um drones um and I like stable platforms right um humanoids um are are quite unstable still. Their…”
BYOCompute, Pope Destroys False Idol, Ben Affleck's White Pill
“…but they are preliminary, right? And and I think the most exciting form of physical AI, maybe one of the most exciting forms of physical AI is the humanoid robot, and we envision that humanoid robot will be able to help people accomplish a lot of tasks. And now we don't have a humanoid robot…”
“…application, and later on, it goes to a beautiful, sexy doll to make love with. They're selling those beautiful robots right now in China, and those humanoid robots also will utilize astronomic amounts of these same critical raw materials. And maybe those robots will be a Terminator, or maybe…”
Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of Copper
“…should transform themselves and start building humanoids because the humanoid will be what cars were in the 60s. If…”
Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots, Cybercabs: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes…
“Oh, well, broadly speaking, uh I think the whether it's humanoids or or dedicated uh machines to do certain…”
Which shows say it
| Show | Last four weeks | All weeks counted |
|---|---|---|
| TBPN | 4 | 11 |
| 20VC with Harry Stebbings | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Lots | 1 | 1 |
| Practical AI | 1 | 1 |
| Founders Podcast | 0 | 1 |
| Invest Like the Best | 0 | 1 |
| Latent Space | 0 | 1 |
| Lenny's Podcast | 0 | 1 |
| Lex Fridman Podcast | 0 | 1 |
| My First Million | 0 | 1 |
| No Priors | 0 | 1 |
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How we count. An episode counts when its transcript says “humanoid” at least twice; plurals count too. We count a shortened re-upload of an episode we already have only once, and we skip the sponsor reads and show promos we can spot. A model marks them in every transcript and our code checks each mark against the words; we also skip the lines around phrases like “brought to you by” and any passage a show reads word for word in three or more episodes. The share is the counted episodes divided by all episodes from the tech, business and science shows we cover in the same four weeks, so a busy month of releases does not raise it by itself. The mix of shows does change from month to month, and one daily show can move a number. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and the week in progress is left out until it ends. The chart starts with the week of April 20, 2026, when our archive became steady. A few older episodes can still appear under the earliest mentions, and some weeks have gaps. Transcripts are automatic captions, so we also match the spellings they use. The counts cover only the shows we summarize. Download the counts (JSON) or CSV.