Cited – Podcast Expert Recommendations Index

Podcasts contain valuable recommendations from experts, but they're hard to discover and search. Cited indexes what experts recommend across podcasts, making it easy to find curated advice on any topic from trusted voices. Target: researchers, learners, and professionals looking for expert recommendations.

Podcast consumption has surged and shows like Huberman Lab, Lex Fridman, and Acquired have built massive followings precisely because listeners trust expert guests — but finding what those guests actually recommend across hundreds of hours of audio remains genuinely painful. Podchaser and Listen Notes index episodes and metadata but neither surfaces recommendation-level content, so there's no clear incumbent at this specific layer. The $500–3k/mo revenue ceiling makes sense given the audience (researchers and learners) skews toward free tools, and monetization would likely depend on affiliate links from product recommendations or a thin B2B angle selling to content teams — neither of which scales easily. The biggest risk is that transcription and AI tooling is now cheap enough that a well-funded player like Spotify or a newsletter operator with distribution could build this as a side feature and immediately own the space before any indie project reaches meaningful traction.