Week 45 · 2–8 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.

83,406
creators named this week
36,891
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 5,066 creators cleared the index bar CSV
#WkCreatorCategoryScoreEngines12 wk
1 HL Huberman LabPodcast Health & Medical 100 2 GS Grant Sanderson@3blue1brown Education & Science 92 3 LM Lab Muffin Beauty Science@labmuffinbeautyscience Beauty & Personal Care 85 4 1 DP Dr. Peter AttiaPodcast Health & Medical 85 5 1 CD Chris Do@thefutur Arts & Creative 81 6 DD Dr. Dray@drdrayzday Beauty & Personal Care 81 7 2 AA Ali Abdaal@aliabdaal Business & Entrepreneurship 80 8 1 EP Esther PerelPodcast Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 79 9 1 LT Linus Tech Tips@linustechtips Tech & Electronics 78 10 EE Engineering Explained@engineeringexplained Automotive & Transport 78 11 HY Humphrey Yang@humphreytalks Finance & Money 75 12 1 DB Dr. Becky KennedyPodcast Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 75 13 1 MB Marques Brownlee@mkbhd Tech & Electronics 74 14 P Proko@prokotv Arts & Creative 73 15 2 CA Cassandra AarssenPodcast Home & Living 71 16 1 D Doctorly3.6M followers Beauty & Personal Care 70 17 4 JK J. Kenji López-Alt@jkenjilopezalt Food & Drink 69 18 2 TB Thinking Basketball@thinkingbasketball Sports 69 19 1 SW StatQuest with Josh Starmer@statquest Education & Science 68 20 3 DS Dr. Shereene Idriss@shereeneidriss Beauty & Personal Care 68 21 2 DK Dana K. WhitePodcast Home & Living 68 22 2 GM Game Maker's Toolkit@gmtk Gaming 68 23 3 V VaatiVidya3.3M followers Gaming 67 24 2 SU Squat University@squatuniversity Fitness & Wellness 67 25 7 MW Mark Wiens@markwiens Food & Drink 67 26 1 JN Jeff Nippard@jeffnippard Fitness & Wellness 66 27 2 C ChrisFix11.2M followers Automotive & Transport 65 28 RB Rick Beato@rickbeato Music & Audio 65 29 2 L LegalEagle4.0M followers News, Politics & Society 64 30 7 LF Lessons from the Screenplay@lessonsfromthescreenplay Entertainment & Culture 63 31 1 FR Fabrizio Romano@fabriziorom Sports 63 32 4 F FoundMyFitnessPodcast Health & Medical 63 33 3 NM Nomadic Matt@nomadicmatt Travel & Destinations 63 34 5 RS Ramit Sethi@ramit Finance & Money 63 35 2 TM The Money Guy Show@moneyguyshow Finance & Money 62 36 1 EF Every Frame a Painting@everyframeapainting Entertainment & Culture 62 37 4 TD Tori Dunlap@herfirst100k Finance & Money 62 38 AB Allison Bornstein@allisonbornstein6 Fashion & Style 61 39 5 SM Self Made Millennial@selfmademillennial Business & Entrepreneurship 61 40 23 K Kikopup442k followers Pets & Animals 60 41 1 TF The Fantasy Footballers@fantasyfootballers Sports 60 42 22 JH James Hoffmann@jameshoffmann Food & Drink 60 43 4 KE Kevin Espiritu@epicgardening Home & Living 60 44 7 ST Sean Tucker@seantuck Arts & Creative 60 45 2 RA Reptiles and Research@reptilesandresearch Pets & Animals 59 46 2 JH Johnny Harris@johnnyharris News, Politics & Society 59 47 2 DO Darwin onthetrail@darwinonthetrail Travel & Destinations 59 48 BF Ben Felix@benfelixcsi Finance & Money 59 49 11 RS Rick StevesPodcast Travel & Destinations 59 50 15 JL Justine Leconte@justineleconte Fashion & Style 58 51 1 TM The MinimalistsPodcast Home & Living 58 52 20 G Gigguk3.6M followers Entertainment & Culture 58 53 2 EM Erin McGoff@erinmcgoff Business & Entrepreneurship 58 54 1 DG Derek Guy@die_workwear Fashion & Style 58 55 3 LK Larry Kosilla@ammo-nyc Automotive & Transport 58 56 3 SE Song ExploderPodcast Music & Audio 58 57 11 HW Homemade Wanderlust@homemadewanderlust Travel & Destinations 57 58 2 GS Gentleman’s Gazette@gentlemansgazette Fashion & Style 57 59 8 MS Mother’s Basement@mothersbasement Entertainment & Culture 57 60 1 TD Tim Dessaint@timdessaint Fashion & Style 57 61 21 S ScriptnotesPodcast Arts & Creative 57 62 12 AH Alex Hormozi@alexhormozi Business & Entrepreneurship 56 63 5 GV Gary Vaynerchuk@garyvee Business & Entrepreneurship 56 64 21 NS Nate Silver@natesilver News, Politics & Society 56 65 8 KS Kelly StarrettPodcast Fitness & Wellness 56 66 12 LN Layne Norton@biolayne Fitness & Wellness 56 67 4 J JustinGuitar2.0M followers Music & Audio 56 68 23 CS Clint’s Reptiles@clintsreptiles Pets & Animals 56 69 7 AN Adam Neely@adamneely Music & Audio 56 70 25 AS Andrew Skurka@andrewskurka Travel & Destinations 56 71 5 DM Dr. Mike Israetel@mikeisraetelmakingprogress Fitness & Wellness 55 72 5 NP Neil Patel@neilpatel Business & Entrepreneurship 54 73 1 AH Andrew Huang@andrewhuang Music & Audio 54 74 4 SB Stronger By SciencePodcast Fitness & Wellness 54 75 6 SE Super Eyepatch Wolf@super_eyepatch_wolf Entertainment & Culture 54 76 TT The Tennis PodcastPodcast Sports 54 77 4 JG James Gurney@jamesgurney Arts & Creative 54 78 4 SG Susan GarrettPodcast Pets & Animals 54 79 2 JG Jackson Galaxy@jacksongalaxy Pets & Animals 53 80 1 RH Rick Hasen@rickhasen News, Politics & Society 53 81 10 HR Home RenoVision DIY@homerenovisiondiy Home & Living 53 82 8 WP Will Paterson@willpatersondesign Arts & Creative 53 83 11 MS Marc Spagnuolo@woodwhisperer Home & Living 53 84 59 RG Retro Game Corps@retrogamecorps Gaming 52 85 2 JA James A. Janisse@deadmeat Entertainment & Culture 52 86 3 ZT Zero To TravelPodcast Travel & Destinations 52 87 15 CN Cal NewportPodcast Business & Entrepreneurship 52 88 10 PL Produce Like A Pro@producelikeapro Music & Audio 52 89 1 JD Jesse David Fox@jessedavidfox Entertainment & Culture 52 90 10 IB Ian Bremmer@gzeromedia News, Politics & Society 52 91 76 C CaspianReport1.9M followers News, Politics & Society 51 92 6 JG Jacob Geller@jacobgeller Gaming 51 93 3 SM South Main Auto Repair@southmainauto Automotive & Transport 51 94 6 JL Janet LansburyPodcast Family, Relationships & Lifestyle 51 95 36 AC Alex Cattoni@alexcattoni Business & Entrepreneurship 51 96 2 WS Warwick Schiller@warwickschiller Pets & Animals 51 97 2 NY New York Vocal Coaching@newyorkvocalcoaching Music & Audio 51 98 12 KA Kara and Nate@karaandnate Travel & Destinations 51 99 6 NL No Laying UpPodcast Sports 51 100 20 RB Russell Brunson@russellbrunson Business & Entrepreneurship 51
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
14.7%
First-mention rate
13.0%
Citation rate
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