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5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 28, 2023 by Todd Herman · said 138 times in 76 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Instagram, oldest first

Nov 28, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Google searches for 'imposter syndrome' surged alongside Instagram's launch in 2010
“In 2010, when Instagram came around, you can see it literally in Google search algorithm. Imposter syndrome starts to take off.”
Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 26:39 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
Jan 7, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Between 80% and 98% of Dwayne Johnson's Instagram posts are ads
“When you look at The Rock's Instagram, for instance, Count for me next time, just for shits and giggles, how many of those pieces of content are an ad for, like, his energy drink, for his face cream, for his next movie, for his, you know, XFL, for WWE. Almost …”
Codie Sanchez Jan 7, 2025 ▶ 1:15:06 Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom
May 13, 2025 neutral
Insight
Gil: Startups captured 80% of Internet value, while incumbents won mobile
“So the internet was 80% startup value. It was Google, it was Amazon, you know, it was all these companies we now know and love. Meta, you know and then mobile, the mobile revolution was probably 80% incumbent value, or 90%, right? And so that was, mobile searc…”
Elad Gil May 13, 2025 ▶ 34:37 Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World
Jan 1, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Clear restricts his Instagram to plain text as a creative forcing function
“I do this with my Instagram account. It's like a very weird Instagram account. You know, there's no photos of me. It's just text. But it's kind of like a peacock's tail, you know, in the sense that it's a very useful hindrance. Like it's very visual visual and…”
James Clear Jan 1, 2026 ▶ 33:56 How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear
Jan 20, 2026 negative
Insight
Housel: Social Media Prevents Younger Generations From Appreciating Objective Material Progress
“I think by comparison, they won't appreciate it in greater degrees than we didn't appreciate our progress because of social media, because they have only known an era when, which not just there are some, but there are literally tens of hundreds of millions of …”
Morgan Housel Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 48:57 Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
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