One list, ranked not by fame or fee but by a single question answered with evidence: who truly commands a room? Every name in this guide is measured across 110 delivery skills, from body language and voice to word choice, timing and command of the stage.
Ranked by AttentionCode delivery score. Every speaker in the guide has cleared the bar to stand among the world's best. Click any face to watch the talk.
Every ranked talk is assessed against 110 specific, observable delivery skills, from body language and voice to word choice and timing, scored across seven independent passes that must agree before a number is published. The same yardstick is held to a first-time speaker and a household name. What you see is not opinion. It is evidence.
The 110 skills are not arbitrary. They come from David JP Phillips' seven-year study of more than 5,000 speakers, the research that became the framework behind every assessment and was first shared on the TEDx stage.
Watch the TEDx talk behind the methodEvery speaker on earth can be measured. Record a talk, have it assessed against the 110 delivery skills, and if you score 80 out of 100 or higher you become eligible for the World Class Speakers guide, and the list the world comes to read.