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The Most In-Demand AI Podcast Guests
The AI figures doing the most podcast rounds — Seth Godin, Ethan Mollick, Jaron Lanierand more — ranked by how many different shows they've guested on. Detected automatically, own shows excluded.
Updated October 2026. Ranked by distinct shows with a guest appearance.
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Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin89shows - 2
Ethan MollickWharton professor, AI researcher, frequent podcast guest61shows - 3
Jaron LanierVR pioneer, author of You Are Not a Gadget, tech critic and frequent guest55shows - 4
Yoshua BengioMontreal AI pioneer, Turing Award, now concerned AI safety researcher, frequent guest44shows - 5
Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest40shows - 6
Geoffrey HintonAI pioneer, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest since leaving Google40shows - 7
Lawrence LessigHarvard law professor, author of Code, internet law and campaign finance circuit39shows - 8
Scott Aaronsonquantum computing theorist, Shtetl-Optimized blogger, UT Austin, frequent science and AI guest39shows - 9
Mustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO, author of The Coming Wave, frequent guest38shows - 10
Yann LeCunMeta chief AI scientist, frequent guest on AI debates35shows - 11
Simon Willisondeveloper, Datasette creator, frequent podcast guest35shows - 12
Marc Andreessena16z co-founder, frequent guest35shows - 13
Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO, frequent guest on AI safety podcasts31shows - 14
Stuart RussellAI safety researcher, author of Human Compatible, frequent guest31shows - 15
Michael SaylorBitcoin advocate, frequent guest30shows - 16
Jensen HuangNVIDIA CEO, frequent guest on tech and AI podcasts22shows - 17
Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest22shows - 18
Andrej Karpathyformer Tesla/OpenAI AI researcher, deep learning and education circuit20shows - 19
Aubrey de GreySENS Foundation, longevity researcher, transhumanist circuit19shows - 20
Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO, tech and AI podcast circuit18shows - 21
Bruce Schneierphysicist18shows - 22
Rodney BrooksMIT robotics pioneer, iRobot co-founder, AI and robotics circuit17shows - 23
Amy Webbfuturist, author of The Genesis Machine, AI and technology forecasting circuit17shows - 24
Sal KhanKhan Academy founder, frequent guest17shows - 25
Kate CrawfordAI researcher, author of Atlas of AI, tech ethics circuit17shows - 26
Tony FadelliPod inventor, Nest founder, author of Build, tech innovation circuit15shows - 27
Vitalik ButerinEthereum co-creator, crypto and philosophy podcast circuit15shows - 28
Anousheh Ansaribusinessperson14shows - 29
Gary Vaynerchukhost of The GaryVee Audio Experience14shows - 30
Steve Wozniakactor14shows - 31
John Carmack13shows - 32
Alex Stamos13shows - 33
Nolan Bushnellentrepreneur13shows - 34
Eliezer YudkowskyAI alignment researcher, LessWrong founder, frequent guest13shows - 35
Cal Newporthost of Deep Questions13shows - 36
Naval Ravikantinvestor, frequent podcast guest12shows - 37Safiya Umoja NobleUCLA scholar, Algorithms of Oppression author, AI bias and race and technology circuit12shows
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Steve Ballmerentrepreneur12shows - 39
Chamath Palihapitiyaco-host of All-In11shows - 40
Joy BuolamwiniMIT Media Lab researcher, Unmasking AI author, algorithmic bias and facial recognition circuit11shows
AI podcast guests — frequently asked
- Who is the most in-demand AI podcast guest?
- As of October 2026, Seth Godin has guested on the most different podcasts we track (89 shows), followed by Ethan Mollick and Jaron Lanier. We rank AI figures by the number of distinct shows they've appeared on as a guest.
- Which AI figures do the most podcasts?
- The AI figures doing the most podcast rounds right now include Seth Godin, Ethan Mollick, Jaron Lanier and others on the list above. Each links through to every podcast they've appeared on, updated automatically as new episodes drop.
- How do I keep up with new AI podcast episodes?
- Follow any of these guests and every new podcast appearance they make is delivered to you automatically — by email or as a private feed in your podcast app. It's free, with no new app to check.
