Issue No. 2 · September 2026
AI
AI labs, models, founders and the broader industry conversation.
The Most Famous AI Leaders and Researchers in the World
Every sector list opens at its No. 1. Sector tags are broad, so the journal prints lists, not sector titles.
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sam Altman  celebrityAlive | 20.6 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Alan Turing  celebrity | 18.4 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Dario Amodei celebrityAlive | 16.2 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  Jensen Huang  celebrityAlive | 15.7 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Sergey Brin celebrityAlive | 14.5 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Michel Foucault  celebrity | 14.3 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  Yuval Noah Harari  celebrityAlive | 13.2 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Demis Hassabis celebrityAlive | 12.3 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Grigori Perelman  celebrityAlive | 11.9 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Geoffrey Hinton celebrityAlive | 10.7 | iFANN → |
The Most Famous AI Leaders and Researchers in the World (Alive)
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Altman celebrity | 20.6 | iFANN → |
| 2 | Dario Amodei celebrity | 16.2 | iFANN → |
| 3 | Jensen Huang celebrity | 15.7 | iFANN → |
| 4 | Sergey Brin celebrity | 14.5 | iFANN → |
| 5 | Yuval Noah Harari celebrity | 13.2 | iFANN → |
| 6 | Demis Hassabis celebrity | 12.3 | iFANN → |
| 7 | Grigori Perelman celebrity | 11.9 | iFANN → |
| 8 | Geoffrey Hinton celebrity | 10.7 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Yoshua Bengio  celebrity | 9.5 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Sonam Wangchuk  public figure | 8.9 | iFANN → |
No. 1 in AI, month by month
Everyone and alive, for every recorded month
- September 2026Sam AltmanAliveSam Altmanv5.70
- August 2026Sam AltmanAliveSam Altmanv5.62
- July 2026Dario AmodeiAliveDario Amodeiv5.27