Monthly data note
Podcast guesting in October 2026
Reid Hoffman was the most-booked podcast guest of October 2026, appearing on 8 different podcasts, ahead of Eric Deters and Paul Truscott.
41 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.
1,743+9%
Guest appearances
761+5%
Guests
874-5%
Shows
Change vs September 2026.
Most-booked guests of October 2026
Ranked by how many different podcasts each person guested on.
- 1
Reid Hoffmanhost of Masters of Scale8shows - 2Eric Deters7shows
- 3Paul Truscott6shows
- 4
Andy Stanley6shows - 5
Theo Vonhost of This Past Weekend6shows - 6
Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest6shows - 7
Ron Johnsonbusinessperson6shows - 8
Malcolm Gladwellhost of Revisionist History6shows - 9
Angela Duckworthpsychologist, author of Grit, frequent podcast guest6shows - 10Janet Parshall5shows
Shows that booked the most guests
- 1New Books Network40guests
- 2Fresh On Deck8guests
- 3New Books in Biography & Memoir8guests
- 4New Books with Miranda Melcher7guests
- 5PoliticsJOE7guests
Cite this
GuestVine, “Podcast guesting in October 2026”, https://guestvine.fm/data/2026-10. Free to quote with a link. Suggested line: “Reid Hoffman appeared on 8 different podcasts in October 2026, more than any other guest tracked by GuestVine.”