Week 44 · 26 October – 1 November 2026 · Refreshed weekly

The @first nameAI mentions.

People are asking AI who to follow. This is who it says: a weekly ranking of creators across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and podcasts, by how often AI names them across a category's topics, with extra weight for being named first.

83,767
creators named this week
36,887
AI answers analysed this week
5
AI engines
Live · all categories

The Top 100

Engines:not named → named first 75%+no answers from the engine 5,070 creators cleared the index bar CSV
#WkCreatorCategoryScoreEngines12 wk
1 HL Huberman LabPodcast Health & Medical 100 2 GS Grant Sanderson@3blue1brown Education & Science 96 3 LM Lab Muffin Beauty Science@labmuffinbeautyscience Beauty & Personal Care 88 4 CD Chris Do@thefutur Arts & Creative 88 5 DP Dr. Peter AttiaPodcast Health & Medical 87 6 1 DD Dr. Dray@drdrayzday Beauty & Personal Care 85 7 1 EP Esther PerelPodcast Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 85 8 3 LT Linus Tech Tips@linustechtips Tech & Electronics 81 9 AA Ali Abdaal@aliabdaal Business & Entrepreneurship 81 10 3 EE Engineering Explained@engineeringexplained Automotive & Transport 79 11 3 HY Humphrey Yang@humphreytalks Finance & Money 78 12 2 MB Marques Brownlee@mkbhd Tech & Electronics 78 13 1 DB Dr. Becky KennedyPodcast Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 77 14 P Proko@prokotv Arts & Creative 76 15 1 D Doctorly3.6M followers Beauty & Personal Care 73 16 4 TB Thinking Basketball@thinkingbasketball Sports 72 17 5 CA Cassandra AarssenPodcast Home & Living 71 18 14 MW Mark Wiens@markwiens Food & Drink 71 19 8 DK Dana K. WhitePodcast Home & Living 71 20 3 SW StatQuest with Josh Starmer@statquest Education & Science 71 21 2 JK J. Kenji López-Alt@jkenjilopezalt Food & Drink 71 22 4 SU Squat University@squatuniversity Fitness & Wellness 71 23 2 DS Dr. Shereene Idriss@shereeneidriss Beauty & Personal Care 71 24 9 GM Game Maker's Toolkit@gmtk Gaming 70 25 2 C ChrisFix11.2M followers Automotive & Transport 70 26 2 V VaatiVidya3.3M followers Gaming 69 27 1 JN Jeff Nippard@jeffnippard Fitness & Wellness 69 28 3 RB Rick Beato@rickbeato Music & Audio 69 29 10 RS Ramit Sethi@ramit Finance & Money 67 30 10 NM Nomadic Matt@nomadicmatt Travel & Destinations 66 31 6 L LegalEagle4.0M followers News, Politics & Society 66 32 3 FR Fabrizio Romano@fabriziorom Sports 66 33 2 TM The Money Guy ShowPodcast Finance & Money 66 34 8 SM Self Made Millennial@selfmademillennial Business & Entrepreneurship 65 35 5 EF Every Frame a Painting@everyframeapainting Entertainment & Culture 65 36 6 F FoundMyFitnessPodcast Health & Medical 65 37 3 LF Lessons from the Screenplay@lessonsfromthescreenplay Entertainment & Culture 65 38 5 AB Allison Bornstein@allisonbornstein6 Fashion & Style 65 39 6 KE Kevin Espiritu@epicgardening Home & Living 64 40 3 S ScriptnotesPodcast Arts & Creative 63 41 TD Tori Dunlap@herfirst100k Finance & Money 63 42 2 TF The Fantasy FootballersPodcast Sports 63 43 9 NS Nate Silver@riskybusinessshow News, Politics & Society 63 44 8 JH Johnny Harris@johnnyharris News, Politics & Society 62 45 4 CS Clint’s Reptiles@clintsreptiles Pets & Animals 62 46 HW Homemade Wanderlust@homemadewanderlust Travel & Destinations 62 47 4 RA Reptiles and Research@reptilesandresearch Pets & Animals 62 48 12 BF Ben Felix@benfelixcsi Finance & Money 61 49 11 DO Darwin onthetrail@darwinonthetrail Travel & Destinations 61 50 21 AH Alex Hormozi@alexhormozi Business & Entrepreneurship 61 51 4 ST Sean Tucker@seantuck Arts & Creative 60 52 2 TM The MinimalistsPodcast Home & Living 60 53 6 DG Derek Guy@die_workwear Fashion & Style 60 54 1 LN Layne Norton@biolayne1 Fitness & Wellness 60 55 7 EM Erin McGoff@erinmcgoff Business & Entrepreneurship 60 56 18 GS Gentleman’s Gazette@gentlemansgazette Fashion & Style 60 57 11 KS Kelly StarrettPodcast Fitness & Wellness 60 58 7 LK Larry Kosilla@ammo-nyc Automotive & Transport 60 59 7 SE Song ExploderPodcast Music & Audio 59 60 3 RS Rick StevesPodcast Travel & Destinations 59 61 TD Tim Dessaint@timdessaint Fashion & Style 59 62 4 AN Adam Neely@adamneely Music & Audio 59 63 8 K Kikopup442k followers Pets & Animals 59 64 10 JH James Hoffmann@jameshoffmann Food & Drink 58 65 9 JL Justine Leconte@justineleconte Fashion & Style 58 66 1 DM Dr. Mike Israetel@mikeisraetelmakingprogress Fitness & Wellness 58 67 4 MS Mother’s Basement@mothersbasement Entertainment & Culture 57 68 22 GV Gary Vaynerchuk@garyvee Business & Entrepreneurship 57 69 8 SE Super Eyepatch Wolf@supereyepatchwolf Entertainment & Culture 57 70 NEW SB Stronger By SciencePodcast Fitness & Wellness 56 71 7 J JustinGuitar2.0M followers Music & Audio 56 72 7 G Gigguk3.6M followers Entertainment & Culture 56 73 3 JG James Gurney@jamesgurney Arts & Creative 56 74 9 AH Andrew Huang@andrewhuang Music & Audio 56 75 5 TF Thomas Flight@thomasflight Entertainment & Culture 55 76 1 TT The Tennis PodcastPodcast Sports 55 77 15 NP Neil Patel@neilpatel Business & Entrepreneurship 55 78 3 PL Produce Like A Pro@producelikeapro Music & Audio 55 79 18 RH Rick Hasen@rickhasen News, Politics & Society 55 80 41 IB Ian Bremmer@gzeromedia News, Politics & Society 55 81 6 JG Jackson Galaxy@jacksongalaxy Pets & Animals 55 82 10 SG Susan GarrettPodcast Pets & Animals 54 83 1 DM Dead Meat@deadmeat Entertainment & Culture 54 84 1 MD Matt D’Avella@mattdavella Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 54 85 3 DJ Dr. Jen Gunter@drjengunter Health & Medical 54 86 18 JG Jacob Geller@jacobgeller Gaming 54 87 2 DD Dr. Danielle Jones@mamadoctorjones Health & Medical 54 88 20 JD Jesse David Fox@jessedavidfox Entertainment & Culture 54 89 9 ZT Zero To TravelPodcast Travel & Destinations 53 90 3 WP Will Paterson@willpatersondesign Arts & Creative 53 91 19 HR Home RenoVision DIY@homerenovisiondiy Home & Living 53 92 4 MK Marie Kondo@mariekondo Home & Living 53 93 14 NL No Laying UpPodcast Sports 53 94 25 MS Marc Spagnuolo@woodwhisperer Home & Living 53 95 22 AS Andrew Skurka@andrewskurka Travel & Destinations 53 96 2 SM South Main Auto Repair@southmainauto Automotive & Transport 53 97 34 DB David Bennett Piano@davidbennettpiano Music & Audio 53 98 12 WS Warwick Schiller@warwickschiller Pets & Animals 53 99 7 NY New York Vocal Coaching@newyorkvocalcoaching Music & Audio 53 100 5 JL Janet Lansbury@janetlansbury Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 52
This week
Why this exists
1 in 4

YouTube creator content appears in more than 1 in 4 AI answers.

Jellyfish · 27M responses
−0.03

Correlation between a channel's subscribers and being cited by AI.

Otterly · 100M+ citations
24 of 25

Of the 25 people AI recommends to front a campaign, 24 are actors or athletes. Only two are creators.

5W / Everything-PR · AI Casting Index

AI is recommending people. It has almost nothing to do with follower counts. And the people it recommends mostly don't know.

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HL
Huberman Lab
Health & Medical
100
Rank 1
12.4%
Mention rate
14.3%
First-mention rate
15.7%
Citation rate
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