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Shares rank 33 of 42 podcasts by recommenders

People recommend it for principled, high-quality production and standout episodes, including an interview with Rabbi Zvika Krieger.

People recommend it for principled, high-quality production and standout episodes, including an interview with Rabbi Zvika Krieger.

6 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
1
approval share
83%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 5 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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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

  • Principled, high-quality production

    “they're principled in what they're creating, and the production is high quality”

    Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid”
  • Interesting interview episodes

    “He did an interview on Search Engine that I thought was interesting”

    Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “OpenAI's Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month”
  • Great episodes on specific topics

    “There's a great episode from the Search Engine podcast about this.”

    Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet”

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.

Search Engine podcast compared with 4 alternatives
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Acquired podcast250100%11—Approved
Behind the Bastards podcast18195%11—Approved
Search Engine podcastThis page5183%5——
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What people said

3 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“There's a great episode from the Search Engine podcast about this.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Sep 2026 in “There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet”

“He did an interview on Search Engine that I thought was interesting”

RecommendsComment from 11 Aug 2026 in “OpenAI's Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month”

“they're principled in what they're creating, and the production is high quality”

RecommendsComment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.