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Topic
Mindfulness
Episodes · 12 months
315
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Oct 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 16 of 3,587, 20 of 3,864, 16 of 4,118, 8 of 4,228, 16 of 4,732, 30 of 4,443, 31 of 4,236, 31 of 4,325, 35 of 4,541, 35 of 4,454, 34 of 4,674, 43 of 4,711.
All time
1,126
+26 via 21 narrower
On record
335
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
2d ago
Nov 13, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 9, 6, 7, 11, 4, 9, 9, 10, 9, 11, 11, 14, 12.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp285 people
86%
12%
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- Practice mindful presence245 people · 86%
- Deconstruct the self35 people · 12%
- Recognize structural risks5 people · 2%
Practice mindful presence
Mindfulness is a deliberate and essential practice of cultivating presence to manage stress, gain clarity, and improve life outcomes.
245 people · 238 episodes
Taking time for stillness ultimately saves time by enabling clearer, more efficient, and more deliberate decision-making.
“If you take time out to be still, you'll gain time because you'll make better decisions. They'll be more long-term. they won't be rushed and haphazard and they'll actually be you'll be a better communicator.”
Jay Shetty Podcast · Sep 2026 · 35 episodes · 15.2M views on this topic
Practicing meditation allows individuals to stabilize their bodies and hold both the suffering and joy of the world with a wise, tender heart.
“Each of us is part of the heart of the mother of the world and she is endowed with a certain measure of cosmic pain as well as cosmic joy. You are sharing in that heart and invited to hold all of that in your own heart of wisdom and love.”
Be Here Now Network · Nov 2026 · 93 episodes · 1.8M views on this topic
Engaging in mindfulness meditation for approximately 12 minutes daily, four to five days a week, is the minimum required to produce beneficial changes in attention, mood, and stress levels.
“it ended up that those that were practicing about 12 minutes or more a day were showing beneficial effects those that were practicing less were actually not and so 12 was like a an interesting number for us”
10% Happier · Dec 2023 · 5 episodes · 170K views on this topicDeconstruct the self
The core of spiritual insight is the realization that the self is an illusion and that experience occurs without an inherent owner.
35 people · 35 episodes
A transformative insight is the slow realization that there is no one behind experience to whom it is happening because each experience simply manifests its own nature.
“A transformative insight is the slow realization that there is no one behind experience to whom it's happening. Each experience is simply manifesting its own nature.”
Be Here Now Network · Oct 2026 · 88 episodes · 827K views on this topic
Noticing desires and choosing to let them pass instead of immediately acting on them can lead to a satisfying experience.
“I'll wake up from that and I'll just let the desire be there >> and then like everything it will come and go and the other side of that >> is there's something pretty delicious on the other side of that but it's not as jangly as the initial desire”
10% Happier · Nov 2026 · 207 episodes · 2.3M views on this topicTrue spiritual practice involves being present in the moment without effort or trying, rather than being focused on a destination.
“When one when one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the way. That's where trying is at. That's what about right effort.”
Be Here Now Network · Jul 2026 · 29 episodes · 1.5M views on this topicRecognize structural risks
Mindfulness programs are frequently misused by corporations to externalize stress or are commoditized into superficial commercial products.
5 people · 5 episodes
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Despite concerns about McMindfulness, mindfulness in the workplace is a valuable practice because research indicates it has beneficial effects.
“I do agree with them. You know, these are deep practices that have transformed my life and the lives of so many other people. And that's when you have a SA around you, people that are holding you accountable as you grow. Um that you continue to do self-study and study with teachers. So yes, it is fr”
10% Happier · Mar 2023 · 1 episode · 368 views on this topic
Meditation and mindfulness should not be overly sanitized to remove their original spiritual and traditional significance.
“I say if it is too much sanitized it is it loses its originality its main purpose and its main energy so from ages people have been meditating and so we need to honor that and honor the original meditation of of sages and rishis”
Aubrey Marcus · Sep 2023 · 2 episodes · 120K views on this topicJC
He argues that corporations often use mindfulness programs to shift the burden of stress onto employees rather than addressing the root cause of overwork.
“here's a mindfulness room so you can help correct all that like it totally puts the onus on the employee to sort of self adjust to what's probably way too much work instead of saying hey maybe people wouldn't be in this position to begin with if they you know didn't have to work 60 hours in a week”
Stuff You Should Know · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 11K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topic
90%
Showing 10 of 30
Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record May 2015