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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.

  1. 1Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin87shows
  2. 2Ethan MollickWharton professor, AI researcher, frequent podcast guest61shows
  3. 3Jaron LanierVR pioneer, author of You Are Not a Gadget, tech critic and frequent guest55shows
  4. 4Yoshua BengioMontreal AI pioneer, Turing Award, now concerned AI safety researcher, frequent guest44shows
  5. 5Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest40shows
  6. 6Scott Aaronsonquantum computing theorist, Shtetl-Optimized blogger, UT Austin, frequent science and AI guest39shows
  7. 7Geoffrey HintonAI pioneer, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest since leaving Google39shows
  8. 8Simon Willisondeveloper, Datasette creator, frequent podcast guest35shows
  9. 9Yann LeCunMeta chief AI scientist, frequent guest on AI debates35shows
  10. 10Marc Andreessena16z co-founder, frequent guest35shows
  11. 11Mustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO, author of The Coming Wave, frequent guest34shows
  12. 12Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO, frequent guest on AI safety podcasts31shows
  13. 13Michael SaylorBitcoin advocate, frequent guest30shows
  14. 14Stuart RussellAI safety researcher, author of Human Compatible, frequent guest30shows
  15. 15Lawrence LessigHarvard law professor, author of Code, internet law and campaign finance circuit25shows
  16. 16Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest22shows
  17. 17Andrej Karpathyformer Tesla/OpenAI AI researcher, deep learning and education circuit20shows
  18. 18Jensen HuangNVIDIA CEO, frequent guest on tech and AI podcasts19shows
  19. 19Aubrey de GreySENS Foundation, longevity researcher, transhumanist circuit19shows
  20. 20Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO, tech and AI podcast circuit18shows
  21. 21Bruce Schneierphysicist18shows
  22. 22Rodney BrooksMIT robotics pioneer, iRobot co-founder, AI and robotics circuit17shows
  23. 23Amy Webbfuturist, author of The Genesis Machine, AI and technology forecasting circuit17shows
  24. 24Kate CrawfordAI researcher, author of Atlas of AI, tech ethics circuit16shows
  25. 25Vitalik ButerinEthereum co-creator, crypto and philosophy podcast circuit15shows
  26. 26Tony FadelliPod inventor, Nest founder, author of Build, tech innovation circuit15shows
  27. 27Sal KhanKhan Academy founder, frequent guest15shows
  28. 28Anousheh Ansaribusinessperson14shows
  29. 29Gary Vaynerchukhost of The GaryVee Audio Experience14shows
  30. 30Steve Wozniakactor14shows
  31. 31Alex Stamos13shows
  32. 32John Carmack13shows
  33. 33Nolan Bushnellentrepreneur13shows
  34. 34Naval Ravikantinvestor, frequent podcast guest12shows
  35. 35Steve Ballmerentrepreneur12shows
  36. 36Cal Newporthost of Deep Questions12shows
  37. 37Safiya Umoja NobleUCLA scholar, Algorithms of Oppression author, AI bias and race and technology circuit11shows
  38. 38Eliezer YudkowskyAI alignment researcher, LessWrong founder, frequent guest11shows
  39. 39Joy BuolamwiniMIT Media Lab researcher, Unmasking AI author, algorithmic bias and facial recognition circuit11shows
  40. 40François CholletGoogle AI researcher, Keras creator, ARC Prize founder, AI capabilities circuit10shows

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 (87 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?
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