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Episodes · 12 months
1,353
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Sep 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 51 of 3,584, 74 of 3,862, 105 of 4,115, 85 of 4,226, 103 of 4,731, 123 of 4,438, 126 of 4,230, 129 of 4,319, 135 of 4,515, 139 of 4,419, 152 of 4,624, 131 of 4,594.
All time
5,408
+35 via 31 narrower
On record
1,334
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.
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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): 39, 33, 38, 41, 30, 33, 32, 29, 26, 26, 37, 28, 29.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions 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 camp1,107 people
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- Live within financial means685 people · 62%
- Prioritize income and growth422 people · 38%
Live within financial means
Individuals should prioritize budgeting, living below their means, and eliminating debt to achieve financial security.
685 people · 635 episodes
Individuals struggling to save money often have a problem with clarity and budgeting rather than a lack of income.
“Because most people in today's day and time do not have a money problem, they have a clarity problem. And you cannot change what you refuse to measure.”
The Table With AO · Nov 2026 · 467 episodes · 33.7M views on this topic
Debt should be addressed by couples working together as a unified team to eliminate it quickly.
“So if someone had abandoned my daughter while she's in post postpartum to her own devices who was supposed to be her husband who was supposed to love her and care for her um he and I would probably be having a discussion about that and it wouldn't be pleasant.”
The Ramsey Show Highlights · Oct 2026 · 135 episodes · 23.2M views on this topicST
Reducing personal expenses is critical to accelerating the accumulation of wealth and lowering the total assets required to achieve financial independence.
“every time you reduce your expenses you both increase the rate of accumulation and you decrease the amount of assets you need to fund Financial Independence”
BiggerPockets · Aug 2024 · 8 episodes · 143K views on this topicPrioritize income and growth
Increasing personal income and aggressive wealth-building strategies are the most critical factors in achieving long-term financial success.
422 people · 412 episodes
Increasing income alone is insufficient to resolve financial struggles if one lacks a clear philosophy for their rich life.
“One of the things that I want to show people in my community is just making more money does not automatically solve your money problems. And in fact, if you don't develop a philosophy, if you don't develop what your rich life is and really start to practice it, then inevitably you wake up one day”
I Will Teach You To Be Rich · Nov 2026 · 154 episodes · 40.2M views on this topic
Personal finance should be viewed as a framework of five pillars, with financial psychology, increasing income, and investing being foundational, while real estate and entrepreneurship are optional.
“So, first uh I think of personal finance in terms of five pillars. I have this acronym. It's uh fire. It's the word fire with two I's”
BiggerPockets · Oct 2026 · 17 episodes · 81K views on this topicBF
Increasing one's personal income is the most effective tool an investor has for building wealth over the long term.
“you know the biggest tool that every investor has in their Arsenal for Building Wealth is their own personal income and specifically how much income they can convert into assets that then grows their wealth from there”
Morningstar, Inc. · Jul 2024 · 7 episodes · 31K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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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 Jul 2011