GuestVine

Data report · updated August 2026

The State of Podcast Guesting 2026

Who is doing the most podcast rounds? We tracked 45,194 guest appearances across 21,601 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.

5,818
Guests tracked
45,194
Appearances
21,601
Shows

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 Gold78 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. 9Malcolm Gladwellhost of Revisionist History70 shows
  10. 10Rory SutherlandOgilvy vice-chairman, frequent podcast guest70 shows
  11. 11Rahul Vohra70 shows
  12. 12Terry WahlsIowa physician, Wahls Protocol author, MS reversal through diet, frequent guest69 shows
  13. 13Jessica Laheyeducator and author, The Gift of Failure, parenting and education and resilience circuit68 shows
  14. 14Adam Conoverhost of Factually!68 shows
  15. 15Coleman Hugheshost of Conversations with Coleman67 shows
  16. 16Ezra Kleinhost of The Ezra Klein Show67 shows
  17. 17Krista Tippetthost of On Being67 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 Gold37 shows
  2. 2Tucker Carlsonhost of The Tucker Carlson Show33 shows
  3. 3Inna Segal33 shows
  4. 4Ben Carlsonco-host of Animal Spirits20 shows
  5. 5Tristan HarrisCenter for Humane Technology co-founder, The Social Dilemma subject, tech ethics circuit19 shows
  6. 6Steve Schirripaco-host of Talking Sopranos16 shows
  7. 7Chanda Prescod-Weinsteinphysicist and activist, The Disordered Cosmos author, science equity circuit15 shows
  8. 8Jordan Petersonhost of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast14 shows
  9. 9Yoshua BengioMontreal AI pioneer, Turing Award, now concerned AI safety researcher, frequent guest14 shows
  10. 10Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest13 shows
  11. Appearances on episodes published in 2026.

Guesting by category

Culture & Arts leads with 819 tracked guests.

Methodology

GuestVine detects podcast guestappearances by matching people against episode metadata across the public podcast index, verifying identity to avoid same-name mix-ups, and excluding hosts appearing on their own shows. “In demand” is measured as the count of distinct showsa person has guested on — breadth, not raw volume, since one prolific own show can't inflate it. Figures updated August 2026.

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