Data report · updated July 2026

The State of Podcast Guesting 2026

Who is doing the most podcast rounds? We tracked 41,136 guest appearances across 19,938 shows and ranked people not by how often they appear, but by how many different shows they reach — the honest measure of an in-demand guest. Own-show episodes are excluded. Free to cite; a link back to this page is all we ask.

The 20 most in-demand podcast guests

Ranked by the number of distinct shows they've guested on.

1. 1Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin79 shows
2. 2Alex Honnoldhost of Climbing Gold77 shows
3. 3Rick DoblinMAPS founder, MDMA therapy researcher, frequent psychedelics podcast guest76 shows
4. 4Jessica Zuckerpsychologist specializing in pregnancy loss, author of I Had a Miscarriage, frequent guest75 shows
5. 5David Nutthost of The Drug Science Podcast71 shows
6. 6David Petraeusformer CIA director and general, author of Conflict, frequent geopolitics guest71 shows
7. 7Alastair Campbellco-host of The Rest Is Politics71 shows
8. 8Tyler Cowenhost of Conversations with Tyler70 shows
9. 9Rahul Vohra70 shows
10. 10Malcolm Gladwellhost of Revisionist History69 shows
11. 11Terry WahlsIowa physician, Wahls Protocol author, MS reversal through diet, frequent guest69 shows
12. 12Jessica Laheyeducator and author, The Gift of Failure, parenting and education and resilience circuit68 shows
13. 13Coleman Hugheshost of Conversations with Coleman67 shows
14. 14Ezra Kleinhost of The Ezra Klein Show67 shows
15. 15Krista Tippetthost of On Being67 shows
16. 16Rory SutherlandOgilvy vice-chairman, frequent podcast guest66 shows
17. 17Adam Conoverhost of Factually!66 shows
18. 18Sophie Dukerhost of GrownUpLand65 shows
19. 19Laura Vanderkamtime management author, author of 168 Hours, frequent productivity guest65 shows
20. 20Jon Gabrushost of High and Mighty65 shows
21. Distinct shows with a delivered guest appearance. Own shows excluded.

Busiest guests of 2026 so far

Most distinct shows guested on since January 2026.

1. 1Alex Honnoldhost of Climbing Gold36 shows
2. 2Inna Segal33 shows
3. 3Tucker Carlsonhost of The Tucker Carlson Show32 shows
4. 4Ben Carlsonco-host of Animal Spirits20 shows
5. 5Steve Schirripaco-host of Talking Sopranos16 shows
6. 6Tristan HarrisCenter for Humane Technology co-founder, The Social Dilemma subject, tech ethics circuit15 shows
7. 7Chanda Prescod-Weinsteinphysicist and activist, The Disordered Cosmos author, science equity circuit15 shows
8. 8Yoshua BengioMontreal AI pioneer, Turing Award, now concerned AI safety researcher, frequent guest14 shows
9. 9Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest13 shows
10. 10Bill Maherhost of Club Random13 shows
11. Appearances on episodes published in 2026.

Guesting by category

Culture & Arts leads with 429 tracked guests.

• 🎨 Culture & Arts429
• 🏛️ Politics & News216
• 📈 Business & Finance127
• 🎭 Comedy & Entertainment113
• 🔬 Science113
• 🤖 Tech & AI58
• 💪 Health & Fitness45
• 🏈 Sports44
• 🧠 Philosophy42