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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.

  1. 1Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin79shows
  2. 2Ethan MollickWharton professor, AI researcher, frequent podcast guest59shows
  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. 8Mustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO, author of The Coming Wave, frequent guest34shows
  9. 9Yann LeCunMeta chief AI scientist, frequent guest on AI debates33shows
  10. 10Marc Andreessena16z co-founder, frequent guest33shows
  11. 11Michael SaylorBitcoin advocate, frequent guest30shows
  12. 12Stuart RussellAI safety researcher, author of Human Compatible, frequent guest30shows
  13. 13Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO, frequent guest on AI safety podcasts29shows
  14. 14Simon Willisondeveloper, Datasette creator, frequent podcast guest26shows
  15. 15Lawrence LessigHarvard law professor, author of Code, internet law and campaign finance circuit21shows
  16. 16Jensen HuangNVIDIA CEO, frequent guest on tech and AI podcasts19shows
  17. 17Aubrey de GreySENS Foundation, longevity researcher, transhumanist circuit19shows
  18. 18Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO, tech and AI podcast circuit18shows
  19. 19Rodney BrooksMIT robotics pioneer, iRobot co-founder, AI and robotics circuit17shows
  20. 20Amy Webbfuturist, author of The Genesis Machine, AI and technology forecasting circuit17shows
  21. 21Andrej Karpathyformer Tesla/OpenAI AI researcher, deep learning and education circuit16shows
  22. 22Kate CrawfordAI researcher, author of Atlas of AI, tech ethics circuit16shows
  23. 23Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest15shows
  24. 24Tony FadelliPod inventor, Nest founder, author of Build, tech innovation circuit15shows
  25. 25Vitalik ButerinEthereum co-creator, crypto and philosophy podcast circuit15shows
  26. 26Sal KhanKhan Academy founder, frequent guest15shows
  27. 27Steve Wozniakactor14shows
  28. 28Alex Stamos13shows
  29. 29John Carmack12shows
  30. 30Safiya Umoja NobleUCLA scholar, Algorithms of Oppression author, AI bias and race and technology circuit11shows
  31. 31Joy BuolamwiniMIT Media Lab researcher, Unmasking AI author, algorithmic bias and facial recognition circuit11shows
  32. 32Eliezer YudkowskyAI alignment researcher, LessWrong founder, frequent guest11shows
  33. 33Brian CheskyAirbnb CEO, frequent podcast guest10shows
  34. 34François CholletGoogle AI researcher, Keras creator, ARC Prize founder, AI capabilities circuit9shows
  35. 35Gareth Mitchellhost of Digital Planet +2 more9shows
  36. 36Chamath Palihapitiyaco-host of All-In9shows
  37. 37Naval Ravikantinvestor, frequent podcast guest9shows
  38. 38Eric TopolScripps cardiologist, author of Deep Medicine, AI in healthcare circuit9shows
  39. 39Max TegmarkMIT physicist, author of Life 3.0, AI safety and physics circuit8shows
  40. 40Scott 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?
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