PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, United States

YouTube

Part of Google.

Statistics

People here now
1
People ever
4

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 4 people shaping AI have worked at YouTube, including 1 (25%) here now and 3 with former affiliations. As part of Google, YouTube accounts for 4 of its 943 all-time people (0%) and 1 of its 446 current people (0%). Among 3,344 companies, YouTube is tied for 155th by all-time people and tied for 179th by current headcount. Researchers make up 2 of the 4 people who have worked here. Dated work records here are in 2022. Among the 2 former people with a known current role elsewhere, Google and Lonely Octopus employ the most today (1 each).

Google shares the largest career overlap with YouTube, at 3 of 4 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at YouTube also worked at any time in their careers (4 people across 9 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at YouTube. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Google3
Amazon1
Anthropic1
DanceDeets1
Goldman Sachs1

People here now

The 1 person with a current role at YouTube is a builder. Earlier in their career, that person held a work role at another organization (Amazon and Google).

People with former affiliations

We record 3 people who formerly worked at YouTube. 2 of the 3 have a recorded current role at another organization (Google and Lonely Octopus).

Posts that include YouTube

YouTube appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. Of 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google, 446 work there nowOur estimates of where the 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google and Google DeepMind work now: 446 at Google and 452 across 278 other organizations.