Monthly data note
Podcast guesting in January 2026
Alex Honnold was the most-booked podcast guest of January 2026, appearing on 20 different podcasts, ahead of Bert Kreischer and Will Arnett.
24 guests did a podcast tour of 3 or more different shows in the month. Rankings count distinct shows, not episodes, exclude each person's own podcast, and cover people with a public record.
989+17%
Guest appearances
701+15%
Guests
707+10%
Shows
Change vs December 2025.
Most-booked guests of January 2026
Ranked by how many different podcasts each person guested on.
- 1
Alex Honnoldhost of Climbing Gold20shows - 2
Bert Kreischerhost of 2 Bears 1 Cave7shows - 3
Will Arnettco-host of Smartless6shows - 4Inna Segal5shows
- 5
James Clearauthor of Atomic Habits, frequent podcast guest5shows - 6
Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest5shows - 7
Niall FergusonHarvard historian, author of Civilization and The Square and the Tower, frequent guest4shows - 8
Carlo Masalahost of Sicherheitshalber4shows - 9
Nick ShirleyAmerican right-wing YouTuber and influencer (2002–)3shows - 10
David Petraeusformer CIA director and general, author of Conflict, frequent geopolitics guest3shows
Shows that booked the most guests
- 1The Megyn Kelly Show10guests
- 2The Empire Film Podcast8guests
- 3TennisWorthy5guests
- 4The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway5guests
- 510% Happier with Dan Harris4guests
Cite this
GuestVine, “Podcast guesting in January 2026”, https://guestvine.fm/data/2026-01. Free to quote with a link. Suggested line: “Alex Honnold appeared on 20 different podcasts in January 2026, more than any other guest tracked by GuestVine.”