Ledger
The AI events the public engaged with, measured on five platforms, checked by two blind critics, and ranked by machine. No editorial picks. The method is on the methodology page.
This list is under review; the next sign-off is due 2026-10-12 02:00 UTC.
Method
C is the number of the five platforms (Wikipedia, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub, OpenAlex) whose bar the event crossed.
Margin is how far past each crossed bar the event went, capped at ten times, summed and scaled to 0 to 1; it only breaks ties inside a value of C.
The weekly bar: crossed on at least one platform, event dated inside the week, and accepted by both blind critics.
Hacker News points, YouTube views and OpenAlex citations are current totals, so they lag for recent events; Wikipedia views and GitHub stars are true time series. Lists run from 2019 to now.