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Today: #111 in Technology on our combined chart.

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Position on the Technology combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

#101#116#131#146#161Chart rankOct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21#111
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DateCombined RankApple Podcasts
Oct 21#111#95
Oct 20#139#131
Oct 19#142#135
Oct 18#123#111
Oct 17#144#133
Oct 16#151#145
Oct 15#145#137

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About the show

Ever wonder where the internet stops and IRL begins? Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor. From internet trends to AI slop to the politics of memes, Close All Tabs covers it all. How will AI change our jobs and lives? Is the government watching what I post? Is there life beyond TikTok? Host Morgan Sung pulls from experts, the audience, and history to add context to the trends and depth to the memes. And she’ll wrestle with as many browser tabs as it takes to explain the cultural moment we’re all collectively living. Morgan Sung is a tech journalist whose work covers the range of absurdity and brilliance that is the internet. Her beat has evolved into an exploration of social platforms and how they shape real-world culture. She has written for TechCrunch, NBC News, Mashable, BuzzFeed News and more.  We love listening to shows about technology and culture like Power User with Taylor Lorenz, ICYMI, Wow If True, Hard Fork, There Are No Girls On the Internet, Endless Thread, Uncanny Valley from Wired, It’s Been a Minute, and You’re Wrong About. If you like them too, then trust us–you’ll like Close All Tabs.