Market Map

Category & Cohort Attention Ranking

Which YC batches and categories are absorbing the most economically valuable attention?

profit weights are assumptionsEmail 1.4xLLM 1.5xSocial 0.8xDirect 1.2x
Hottest categoryB2B150.97B weighted min
Hottest cohortWinter 201474 companies
Outlier lens95%top-company concentration
Group metricTotal + Medianavoids giant-company distortion

Category Attention

Total weighted attention plus median company attention.

taxonomy: YC industry
#1
B2B3081 companies · top: Vidpresso
150.97B total
203median
#2
Consumer864 companies · top: Reddit
30.56B total
0median
#3
Fintech640 companies · top: Groww
1.51B total
247median
#4
Education124 companies · top: Clever
322.0M total
8.1Kmedian
#5
Healthcare685 companies · top: DrChrono
186.3M total
90median
#6
Real Estate and Construction160 companies · top: Guesty
79.4M total
150median
#7
Industrials406 companies · top: Octopart
12.1M total
74median
#8
Unspecified17 companies · top: 80,000 Hours
6.4M total
954median

Cohort Attention

Batch heat ranked by profit-weighted traffic depth.

cohort normalized
#1
Winter 201474 companies · top: Vidpresso
143.63B total
100%concentration
#2
Summer 20059 companies · top: Reddit
25.47B total
100%concentration
#3
Winter 2022398 companies · top: RecordBook
1.61B total
94%concentration
#4
Summer 201282 companies · top: 9gag
1.20B total
44%concentration
#5
Winter 2018146 companies · top: Substack
1.17B total
60%concentration
#6
Summer 200926 companies · top: NudgePad
1.11B total
73%concentration
#7
Winter 200915 companies · top: Airbnb
953.6M total
100%concentration
#8
Summer 201351 companies · top: DoorDash
951.0M total
89%concentration

QA2 Guardrails

Documented methodology, visible time range, source status, total plus quality-weighted attention, and no unsupported real revenue or profit claims.

Methodology