Smart Friends
Casual conversations with founders, technologists, investors, and artists about building a brighter future, together. Welcome to our digital living room. With science, technology and entrepreneurship we can *continue* to...
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On the show
- Naval Ravikant1 ep
- Spencer Penn1 ep
- Kyle Thiermann1 ep
Also: Jonathan Swanson, Danielle Strachman, Zack Kass, Sean Devine, Nat Eliason, Jason Levin, Rajat Bhageria
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By chart position
- 🇨🇴CO · Entrepreneurship#712K to 147K
- 🇮🇩ID · Entrepreneurship#452.0K to 25K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Entrepreneurship#1211.3K to 15K
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Entrepreneurship#85857 to 10K
- 🇩🇰DK · Entrepreneurship#44833 to 10K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
21K to 252K🎙 Monthly cadence·125 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
23K to 280K🇺🇸71%🇨🇴17%🇮🇩3%+8 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
9.1K to 112K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/26 | food manufacturingrobotics+3 | Rajat Bhageria | Chef Robotics | — | food roboticsmanufacturing+3 | — | 1h 05m 09s | ||
| 6/16/26 | meme marketingB2B marketing+5 | Jason Levin | MemeLordNavalmanack+1 | — | meme marketingB2B+6 | — | 1h 14m 03s | ||
| 6/2/26 | entrepreneurship educationAI in learning+4 | Nat Eliason | NavalmanackThe Anthology of Balaji+5 | — | Founder SchoolAlpha School+7 | — | 1h 11m 25s | ||
| 5/19/26 | bad ideasrelationships+5 | Sean Devine | Rolling FunThe Dionysus Program+2 | — | Dionysus Programbusiness+6 | — | 2h 08m 43s | ||
| 5/5/26 | AIentrepreneurship+4 | Zack Kass | NavalmanackThe Anthology of Balaji+2 | — | AIentrepreneurship+4 | — | 1h 19m 29s | ||
| 4/7/26 | audiobooksuccess+3 | — | AmazonGoodreads+4 | — | Elon Muskaudiobook+5 | — | 1h 35m 14s | ||
| 4/7/26 | audiobookpurpose+3 | — | AmazonGoodreads+4 | — | Elon Muskaudiobook+3 | — | 1h 44m 13s | ||
| 4/7/26 | audiobooksuccess+3 | — | AmazonGoodreads+4 | — | Elon Muskaudiobook+4 | — | 1h 10m 27s | ||
| 4/7/26 | audiobookpurpose+3 | — | The Book of ElonThe Almanack of Naval | — | Elon Muskaudiobook+5 | — | 1h 06m 27s | ||
| 3/24/26 | Elon Muskbook launch+3 | — | The Book of ElonAmazon+4 | — | Elon Muskbook launch+5 | — | 8m 51s | ||
| 2/24/26 | wealth buildingjudgment+3 | Naval Ravikant | AudibleNavalmanack+4 | — | Naval Ravikantwealth+5 | — | 3h 35m 01s | ||
| 2/3/26 | TeslaWaymo+5 | Spencer Penn | TeslaWaymo+2 | China | TeslaWaymo+6 | — | 1h 01m 17s | ||
| 1/20/26 | interviewing parentswriting through fear+5 | Kyle Thiermann | NavalmanackThe Anthology of Balaji+2 | — | book writinginterviewing parents+5 | — | 1h 25m 28s | ||
| 1/6/26 | delegationentrepreneurship+4 | Jonathan Swanson | AthenaRolling Fun | — | ThumbtackEAs+4 | Navalmanack | 56m 21s | ||
| 11/4/25 | Thiel Fellowshipsuccess stories+5 | Danielle Strachman | NavalmanackThe Anthology of Balaji+3 | — | Thiel FellowshipDanielle Strachman+5 | — | 1h 12m 41s |
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Chart history for Smart Friends
Peaked at #7 in CO, top 10 in 1 of 19 tracked markets, currently #7 in CO.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| CO | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| Denmark | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| ID | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| HK | — | #49 | #49 | — |
| SG | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| Finland | — | #58 | #58 | — |
| South Korea | — | #85 | #85 | — |
| TW | — | #90 | #90 | — |
| Spain | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| PL | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| PT | — | #117 | #117 | — |
| Japan | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| Brazil | — | #121 | #121 | — |
| Italy | — | #134 | #134 | — |
| RO | — | #180 | #180 | — |
| CZ | — | #182 | #182 | — |
| HU | — | #190 | #190 | — |
| VN | — | #199 | #199 | — |
Chart Positions
19 placements across 18 markets.
Chart Positions
19 placements across 18 markets.