I’ve been listening to podcasts for 15+ years.

Since August 2020, I’ve been bookmarking moments in podcasts that resonate with me… think things like: quotes, ideas, recommendations, anything worth remembering. Here’s what that data looks like after 5+ years.

The Numbers

Metric Value
Episodes with notes 581
Total bookmarks 892
Unique podcasts 106
Avg bookmarks per episode 1.5

Top Podcasts by Volume

These are the shows I keep coming back to:

Podcast Episodes Bookmarks
Do By Friday 68 95
The Diary Of A CEO 52 115
Back to Work 32 33
Reconcilable Differences 30 34
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal 24 44
The Tim Ferriss Show 24 47
Getting Things Done 21 29
Accidental Tech Podcast 18 14
The Joe Rogan Experience 17 38
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin 17 25

Episodes That Really Resonated

These episodes had me hitting the bookmark button the most:

Episode Podcast Bookmarks
Andrew Bustamante The Diary Of A CEO 9
Naval Ravikant (#922) Modern Wisdom 9
Daniel Ek, Spotify David Senra 9
Tony Robbins The Diary Of A CEO 8
Dickie Bush Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal 8
Nir Eyal Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal 8
Naval Ravikant - The Angel Philosopher The Knowledge Project 8

Bookmarking Activity Over Time

Year Bookmarks
2020 25
2021 164
2022 81
2023 153
2024 191
2025 248
2026 30 (so far)

2025 was my most active year—nearly 250 bookmarks. The dip in 2022 is interesting; I’m not sure what happened there.

Guests I Keep Coming Back To

Some people just consistently deliver value across multiple podcasts:

Naval Ravikant (8 episodes)

  • Joe Rogan #1309
  • Tim Ferriss #473 & #788
  • The Knowledge Project #18 & #171
  • Modern Wisdom #922
  • Arjun Khemani Podcast
  • The Beginning of Infinity

Elon Musk (7 episodes)

  • Joe Rogan #2281 & #2404
  • Lex Fridman #400
  • Katie Miller Podcast
  • Y Combinator
  • Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
  • People by WTF

Tiago Forte (7 episodes)

  • Modern Wisdom #501
  • North Star Podcast (3 episodes)
  • The Productivity Show
  • How I Think
  • Building A Second Brain

Tony Robbins (5 episodes), Ryan Holiday (5 episodes), Alex Hormozi (5 episodes)

Highest Engagement Shows

These podcasts have the highest average bookmarks per episode (minimum 3 episodes):

Podcast Avg/Episode Episodes
Modern Wisdom 2.9 14
North Star Podcast 2.5 6
The Joe Rogan Experience 2.2 17
The Diary Of A CEO 2.2 52
The Daily Stoic 2.0 8
The Tim Ferriss Show 2.0 24

Fun Facts

  • First bookmark: August 23, 2020
  • Most bookmarks in one day: 10 on August 6, 2025
  • One-off listens: 54 podcasts where I only noted one episode
  • Most active month: March 2024 (38 bookmarks)

The Takeaway

This is basically Spotify Wrapped, but for what actually made me think rather than just what I listened to. The bookmark is the signal—it means something was worth capturing.

Looking at this data, I clearly gravitate toward:

  • Productivity and GTD content (Do By Friday, Back to Work, Getting Things Done)
  • Long-form interview shows (Tim Ferriss, Joe Rogan, Diary of a CEO)
  • A handful of guests who consistently deliver (Naval, Tiago Forte, Ryan Holiday)

The episodes with the most bookmarks aren’t necessarily from my most-listened shows. David Senra’s episode on Daniel Ek got 9 bookmarks from just 2 total episodes I’ve noted from that podcast. Quality over quantity.

Generated from my folder of “Podcast Notes” markdown files that I’ve been accumulating over the last 5+ years that totaled 581 podcast note files.