[Linkpost] 80,000 Hours review: 2023 to mid-2025

By 80000_Hours @ 2025-09-15T09:15 (+46)

This is a linkpost to https://80000hours.org/2025/09/80000-hours-review-2023-to-mid-2025/

We’ve released our review of our programmes for the years 2023 to mid-2025. The full review is available on our website, and we’re sharing the summary below.

You can find our previous reviews here.

Summary: Key updates since 2022

• Niel Bowerman is our new CEO: He was appointed in January 2024 after a prolonged period of interim arrangements following the FTX collapse.
• We’re focusing harder on AGI as our top cause area: We narrowed our primary focus to helping people work on safely navigating the transition to a world with AGI.
• We’ve set up several new programmes and initiatives: We restarted our headhunting programme (now called 'sourcing'), launched a new video programme, released the second version of our career guide, and started releasing video interviews on The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
• We’ve spun out from EV: On April 1, 2025, we spun out from EV into two new UK entities, each with their own board.
• The marketing team strategy has changed: Our marketing team reduced investment in paid digital ads and YouTube sponsorships after an internal impact analysis.
• We performed well in the EA survey: According to the 2024 EA survey, 80,000 Hours continued to be a highly influential factor in people getting involved in and having an impact within the EA community.
• Moderate growth: From 2022 to 2024, our headcount grew by 53%, and total engagement hours with our content grew by 30%. Engagement hours for 2025 so far are already more than double the 2024 total, predominantly due to our video content.