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pragmaticengineer.com ↗Newsletter on engineering at Big Tech and startups by Gergely Orosz; says it has more than 1 million readers. Its ethics statement says it takes no payment to write about a company or product and runs no ads in the newsletter, blog or social accounts; only the podcast takes sponsors.
The Pragmatic Engineer is an AI newsletter at pragmaticengineer.com. It features AI tools, with a rule: podcast sponsors only. The price is on request. The link you get is sponsored: sponsor links on the sponsors page carry rel sponsored. Review: sponsors are picked selectively for long-term deals; enquiries go through a short form. Terms read on pragmaticengineer.com on 2 October 2026.
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- Price
- Podcast season sponsorships only, for 6 months or more with category exclusivity; prices not published, and all 2026 packages are sold out
- Link you get
- Sponsor links on the sponsors page carry rel sponsored
- Review
- Sponsors are picked selectively for long-term deals; enquiries go through a short form
- Their rule
- Podcast sponsors only
- Lists
- Every kind of AI product
- Where they say so
- blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ethics-statement ↗
- Reach
- HugeHuge reach: #58,206 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #7,503 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
- Checked
- , on its own pages
Quick answers
- Does The Pragmatic Engineer feature AI tools?
- Only some. It features AI tools, with a rule: podcast sponsors only.
- How much does a listing on The Pragmatic Engineer cost?
- The price is on request.
- What link does The Pragmatic Engineer give?
- The link you get is sponsored: sponsor links on the sponsors page carry rel sponsored.
Who is listed on The Pragmatic Engineer
Our nightly read of pragmaticengineer.com found 4 apps we recognise from other places, among them claude.com, cursor.sh, facebook.net, tinypng.com. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.
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- 1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: podcast sponsors only. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
- 2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
- 3. Wait for the review. Sponsors are picked selectively for long-term deals; enquiries go through a short form. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.
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