Startup Coverage Statistics

Original analysis of our own accumulated coverage — not a syndicated report. Every figure below is a live, real-time aggregate computed directly from our source-verified story record. See our editorial methodology for how stories are classified, scored, and verified.

1,798 Stories tracked
9 Categories covered
6.6/10 Average impact score
580 Distinct source publishers

Coverage by Category

Story count per category, all-time. Download full dataset (CSV).

Volume vs. Impact: Where the Headlines Aren't the Story

Our most-covered category isn't our most consequential one: Market Trends generates the most stories (538), but Policy carries the highest average impact score (7.1/10) despite far fewer stories (342). Coverage volume and consequence are different signals.

Story volume → Average impact → Accelerators Acquisitions Funding Rounds IPO & Exits Leadership Market Trends Launches Policy Shutdowns

Sentiment Distribution

Directional read of 1,798 classified stories — the development's implication for the space, not the tone of the reporting. Download sentiment dataset (CSV).

Positive
41%
Neutral
33%
Negative
18%
Strongly positive
6%
Strongly negative
1%

Most-Mentioned Entities

Ranked by distinct story mentions, all-time — the companies, people, and technologies our coverage returns to most often. Download entities dataset (CSV).

  1. 1 Anthropic company
    207
  2. 2 OpenAI company
    189
  3. 3 NVIDIA company
    123
  4. 4 Donald Trump person
    123
  5. 5 SpaceX company
    93
  6. 6 Elon Musk person
    91
  7. 7 Google company
    82
  8. 8 Amazon company
    82
  9. 9 Microsoft company
    81
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence technology
    61
  11. 11 Claude product
    54
  12. 12 Pentagon organization
    48
  13. 13 xAI company
    44
  14. 14 Meta company
    44
  15. 15 AI technology
    44
  16. 16 India country
    41
  17. 17 Trump Administration government
    40
  18. 18 Federal Reserve organization
    39
  19. 19 Sam Altman person
    36
  20. 20 Tesla company
    34
  21. 21 China country
    31
  22. 22 Dario Amodei person
    30
  23. 23 Narendra Modi person
    28
  24. 24 United States government
    28
  25. 25 Nasdaq company
    28

Source Diversity

Distinct publisher coverage and total source records across 1,798 tracked stories. Download source diversity dataset (CSV).

580 Distinct source publishers
1,047 Total source records

How This Page Is Computed

Every figure on this page is a live SQL aggregate over our own accumulated story and entity records — never a manual estimate or a syndicated third-party statistic. Category and sentiment figures cover all stories ever tracked in this niche; the entity ranking counts distinct story mentions above our minimum relevance threshold (see methodology). Found a discrepancy? Email hello@getstartupbrief.com.

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"Startup Coverage Statistics: 1,798 Stories Analyzed." Startup Intelligence Brief. https://getstartupbrief.com/statistics