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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 August 2026. Ranked by distinct shows with a guest appearance.
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Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin79shows - 2
Ethan MollickWharton professor, AI researcher, frequent podcast guest59shows - 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
Scott Aaronsonquantum computing theorist, Shtetl-Optimized blogger, UT Austin, frequent science and AI guest39shows - 7
Geoffrey HintonAI pioneer, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest since leaving Google39shows - 8
Mustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO, author of The Coming Wave, frequent guest34shows - 9
Yann LeCunMeta chief AI scientist, frequent guest on AI debates33shows - 10
Marc Andreessena16z co-founder, frequent guest33shows - 11
Michael SaylorBitcoin advocate, frequent guest30shows - 12
Stuart RussellAI safety researcher, author of Human Compatible, frequent guest30shows - 13
Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO, frequent guest on AI safety podcasts29shows - 14
Simon Willisondeveloper, Datasette creator, frequent podcast guest26shows - 15
Lawrence LessigHarvard law professor, author of Code, internet law and campaign finance circuit21shows - 16
Jensen HuangNVIDIA CEO, frequent guest on tech and AI podcasts19shows - 17
Aubrey de GreySENS Foundation, longevity researcher, transhumanist circuit19shows - 18
Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO, tech and AI podcast circuit18shows - 19
Rodney BrooksMIT robotics pioneer, iRobot co-founder, AI and robotics circuit17shows - 20
Amy Webbfuturist, author of The Genesis Machine, AI and technology forecasting circuit17shows - 21
Andrej Karpathyformer Tesla/OpenAI AI researcher, deep learning and education circuit16shows - 22
Kate CrawfordAI researcher, author of Atlas of AI, tech ethics circuit16shows - 23
Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest15shows - 24
Tony FadelliPod inventor, Nest founder, author of Build, tech innovation circuit15shows - 25
Vitalik ButerinEthereum co-creator, crypto and philosophy podcast circuit15shows - 26
Sal KhanKhan Academy founder, frequent guest15shows - 27
Steve Wozniakactor14shows - 28
Alex Stamos13shows - 29
John Carmack12shows - 30Safiya Umoja NobleUCLA scholar, Algorithms of Oppression author, AI bias and race and technology circuit11shows
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Joy BuolamwiniMIT Media Lab researcher, Unmasking AI author, algorithmic bias and facial recognition circuit11shows - 32
Eliezer YudkowskyAI alignment researcher, LessWrong founder, frequent guest11shows - 33
Brian CheskyAirbnb CEO, frequent podcast guest10shows - 34
François CholletGoogle AI researcher, Keras creator, ARC Prize founder, AI capabilities circuit9shows - 35
Gareth Mitchellhost of Digital Planet +2 more9shows - 36
Chamath Palihapitiyaco-host of All-In9shows - 37
Naval Ravikantinvestor, frequent podcast guest9shows - 38
Eric TopolScripps cardiologist, author of Deep Medicine, AI in healthcare circuit9shows - 39
Max TegmarkMIT physicist, author of Life 3.0, AI safety and physics circuit8shows - 40
Scott ManleyScottish/American YouTuber who makes videos usually focusing on space8shows
AI podcast guests — frequently asked
- Who is the most in-demand AI podcast guest?
- As of August 2026, Seth Godin has guested on the most different podcasts we track (79 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.
