If the All-In hosts create an 'All-In Network' of roughly five subject-focused podcasts (e.g., Friedberg on science, Chamath on public markets, Sacks on SaaS or similar, plus All-In and This Week in Startups), then within five years of this statement (by early February 2026) that network will be competitively 'right up there' with CNN and MSNBC in terms of media prominence/audience size.
“Here's the prediction. And I'm going to make a bold prediction here. The media companies are gonna you know, they're obviously picking a side. They obviously want subscription. Now they're dealing with Substack clubhouse podcasts all chipping away. I think what's going to happen is you're going to see media brands built around certain podcasts, and they're going to work subject first. In other words, the subject of the story are going to create media properties. So if you look at what we've done with All in, and obviously I have this week in startups, if we did the Friedberg on Science podcast and it was just Friedberg explaining a science topic, and then then we did Chamath on public markets. And then we did sacks on, you know, alt right conspiracy theories. And we just had five pods now. Or it could be something else, I don't know guns, you know. Whatever I don't know pro-life I don't know what taxes into. But you know, no sacks could do something on SaaS. So sacks on SaaS, Freeburg on science, Chamath on thirst traps this week in startups, then we have all in. That's five, five full pods of an hour and a half each. If each of you did your own pod and I have my pod and we made the All in network, the All in News network, I guarantee you we would be within five years, you know, right up there with CNN and MSNBC.” View on YouTube
Explanation
The 5-year window closed in February 2026 and the predicted 'All-In Network' of five subject-focused shows was never built; CNN alone reported more than 57 million podcast downloads/streams in H1 2026 and roughly 500,000-1M+ nightly cable viewers, an audience scale the All-In podcast and its affiliated shows have not approached.