About Undercurrent
We built Undercurrent to give analysts, researchers, and curious minds a way to see what topics are gaining traction across media channels — before the wave breaks.
Our Mission
The modern information environment moves fast. Stories emerge on social media, amplify through broadcast news, and reshape public discourse within hours. Undercurrent aggregates signals from across the web — news outlets, YouTube, Reddit, podcasts, and more — to surface what's rising before it's everywhere.
Our goal is to bring transparency to narrative formation: who's talking about what, where it's concentrated geographically, and how fast it's accelerating.
The Team
Mikel C.
Lead Engineer
Full-stack engineer focused on data pipelines, NLP, and real-time analytics. Built the ingestion infrastructure, trend detection engine, and dashboard.
Man Vilailuck
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Noah Lomnitz
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Data Sources
Undercurrent ingests from a growing set of public media channels:
- GDELT News
- YouTube
- Podcasts (coming soon)
- X / Twitter (coming soon)
Get in Touch
Questions, feedback, or partnership inquiries? Reach us at hello@undercurrnt.co.