Accidental Tech Podcast
Shares rank 33 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
People recommend Accidental Tech Podcast as one of the best podcasts out there, pointing to episodes such as one on using Apple's models for transcribing at scale.
People recommend Accidental Tech Podcast as one of the best podcasts out there, pointing to episodes such as one on using Apple's models for transcribing at scale.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
One of the best podcasts
“atp is one of the best podcasts out there”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “CarPlay Is Additive” Standout episode on Apple transcription
“there's a great ATP episode about using Apple's models for podcast transcribing at scale”
Comment from 14 Jul 2026 in “Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor” Fascinating listener comments
“Fascinating listener comment, from a librarian to ATP”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Just because a game is on disc doesn't mean it will work in the future”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Accidental Tech PodcastThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Fascinating listener comment, from a librarian to ATP”
“there's a great ATP episode about using Apple's models for podcast transcribing at scale”
“atp is one of the best podcasts out there”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.