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Y Combinator

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70 Gistil Score · median of 12 measured videos

Across 12 measured videos from Y Combinator, the median Gistil Score is 70 out of 100, and 5 of them came out worth watching outright. The median filler share is 33%. In a typical video the value starts at 2:02.

Videos measured
12
Filler · median
33%
Value starts
2:02

Last measured 19 Aug 2026

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The three densest videos we have measured on this channel, each with the minute its value starts.

  1. 01

    Andrej Karpathy: Software Is Changing (Again)

    Worth it 39:32

    Density
    74
    Padding
    32%
    Useful from
    0:49

    A dense, original keynote that gives builders a genuinely useful mental model for working with LLMs today.

    value from 0:49 ↗

  2. 02

    Consumer Startup Metrics | Startup School

    Worth it 22:26

    Density
    77
    Padding
    24%
    Useful from
    0:41

    Dense, practitioner-grade walkthrough of consumer startup metrics with real Monzo/Facebook/Airbnb examples — genuinely useful for founders.

    value from 0:41 ↗

  3. 03

    How To Price For B2B | Startup School

    Worth skimming 17:46

    Density
    75
    Padding
    35%
    Useful from
    1:19

    A dense, genuinely useful YC framework for B2B pricing — practical, well-sequenced, and worth a founder's 17 minutes.

    value from 1:19 ↗

Questions

Is Y Combinator worth watching?

Across the 12 videos we measured, the median Gistil Score is 70 out of 100, and 5 came out worth watching outright. The score measures how much of the runtime carries substance; it is our own measurement, not a YouTube metric.

What are the best Y Combinator videos?

The three densest ones we have measured are listed above, each with the minute its value starts — so you can open one at the second it begins to pay off.

How honest are the titles on Y Combinator?

Median title honesty across those videos is 90 out of 100 — how closely a title matches what the video actually delivers.

The Gistil Score is our own independent measurement of how much of a video's runtime carries substance. It is not a YouTube metric, not a public rating, and not the video's rating on YouTube. Gistil does not alter, download or cut any part of a video — the videos stay on YouTube and play there. Not affiliated with YouTube or Google.

How this is measured

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