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Best Technology Podcasts

Updated: October 18, 2026

Top tech podcasts covering startups, AI, software, gadgets, and digital culture. Stay ahead with the most popular technology shows.

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Full data-backed ranking

Best Tech Podcasts 2026: Top 20 Shows Ranked by Data

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How this technology podcast ranking is built

CastFox tracks the Apple Podcasts Technology category every day and keeps the history, so this is chart data rather than an editor's shortlist. Between February 24 and September 8, 2026 we took 24 snapshots of the category top 100, saw 205 different shows pass through it, and followed each one across the 78 country charts we cover. The order below follows the most recent snapshot, so it moves as the chart moves.

This is the most stable category we track in this group. Only 205 shows cycled through the top 100 across the window, well under the churn in Marketing or Entrepreneurship, and most of the upper chart held its place in all 24 snapshots. Artificial intelligence is the reason the rest of it moves. AI-first shows now occupy several of the top ten positions, including The AI Daily Brief at an average rank of 5.7, AI Business Daily which reached rank 2, and Building AI Boston which held an average of 8.8 with 33 episodes to its name.

It also travels further than most categories. Acquired and the Lex Fridman Podcast appear in all 78 country charts we track, All-In in 77, and Hard Fork, Apple Events and Lenny's Podcast in 76 each. Each entry links to its full CastFox profile with audience estimates, chart history in every country we track, reviews and contact details. For the version ranked by consistency across all 24 snapshots rather than by today's position, read the companion post linked above.

Top 50 Podcasts

50 shows
  1. 1
    Tomorrow, Today

    Tomorrow, Today

    Shekhar Natarajan

    Shekhar Natarajan, founder of Orchestro.AI, draws on senior roles at Walmart, Target, Disney and American Eagle to talk technology and supply chain. Only 7 episodes in and it has already held a chart place in all 24 snapshots, reaching rank 1.

  2. 2
    All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    All-In Podcast, LLC

    Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg argue through the week in technology, markets and politics. 369 episodes, an average rank of 1.9 across all 24 snapshots, and charting in 77 countries.

  3. 3
    The Room Podcast

    The Room Podcast

    Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain

    Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain interview people in tech about the parts of the story behind the outcome. 137 episodes, best rank 5.

  4. 4
    Acquired

    Acquired

    Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

    Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal take one company per episode and work through the whole strategy behind it, at length. 214 episodes, an average rank of 2.4, and one of only two shows here charting in all 78 countries.

  5. 5
    Bourbon with Brad

    Bourbon with Brad

    Completely Offensively LLC

    Brad Martineau and co-hosts on technology, business and culture from an operator's angle. 9 episodes, best rank 7.

  6. 6
    Dwarkesh Podcast

    Dwarkesh Podcast

    Dwarkesh Patel

    Dwarkesh Patel runs long, prepared interviews at the join between technology and science, and gets specialists to explain their actual work. 123 episodes, reached rank 1, charting in 73 countries.

  7. 7
    Hard Fork

    Hard Fork

    The New York Times

    The New York Times technology show, applying the paper's reporting to the week in tech. 192 episodes, average rank 7, charting in 76 countries.

  8. 9
    Search Engine

    Search Engine

    PJ Vogt

    PJ Vogt, previously of Reply All, investigates a single question per episode in the same narrative style. 130 episodes, best rank 4, charting in 55 countries.

  9. 10
    Building AI Boston

    Building AI Boston

    Building AI Boston

    Open discussion of artificial intelligence rooted in Boston's research and startup scene. 33 episodes, present in all 24 snapshots at an average rank of 8.8.

  10. 11
    TED Radio Hour

    TED Radio Hour

    NPR

    NPR's adaptation of TED talks into longer themed episodes with the speakers. 300 episodes, present in all 24 snapshots and charting in 67 countries.

  11. 12
    The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

    The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

    Nathaniel Whittemore

    Nathaniel Whittemore's daily analysis of AI news, aimed at people who need to follow the field rather than skim it. 952 episodes, average rank 5.7, charting in 68 countries.

  12. 13
    Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science

    Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science

    Mac & Sam

    Mac and Sam, both from data and tech backgrounds, interview AI researchers, fast-scaling founders and Fortune 500 executives. 44 episodes.

  13. 14
    BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley

    BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley

    BG2Pod

  14. 15
    Lex Fridman Podcast

    Lex Fridman Podcast

    Lex Fridman

    Lex Fridman, an AI researcher, runs multi-hour conversations with scientists, founders and public figures. 496 episodes, best rank 4, and charting in all 78 countries we track.

  15. 16
    Cheeky Pint

    Cheeky Pint

    Stripe

  16. 17
    American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

    American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

    Jesse Michels

    Jesse Michels pursues unconventional ideas across technology, science and culture, well outside the usual product coverage. 119 episodes, charting in 43 countries.

  17. 18
    The Vergecast

    The Vergecast

    The Verge

    The Verge's weekly run through gadgets, platforms and digital culture. 986 episodes, charting in 75 countries.

  18. 19
    Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs

    Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs

    Dell Technologies AI Factory with NVIDIA

    A Dell Technologies and NVIDIA production on high-performance computing and optimising AI workflows. 56 episodes, present in all 24 snapshots.

  19. 20
    Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

    Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

    Info-Tech Research Group

  20. 21
    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

    MKBHD

    Marques Brownlee and co-hosts on consumer electronics, carrying over the review depth from his YouTube work. 348 episodes, charting in 74 countries.

  21. 22
    The a16z Show

    The a16z Show

    Andreessen Horowitz

    The Andreessen Horowitz show, covering the firm's view of technology and the companies it backs. Past 1,000 episodes and charting in 70 countries.

  22. 23
    Darknet Diaries

    Darknet Diaries

    Jack Rhysider

    Jack Rhysider tells true stories from cybercrime and hacking, reported and narrated as full episodes. 172 episodes, present in all 24 snapshots and charting in 71 countries.

  23. 24
    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

    Lenny Rachitsky

    Lenny Rachitsky interviews product and growth leaders on how the work is actually done. 338 episodes, charting in 76 countries.

  24. 25
    Better Offline

    Better Offline

    Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

    A weekly show interrogating the tech industry's influence and the growth-at-all-costs future its leadership wants, mixing narrative and interview. 230 episodes, charting in 57 countries.

  25. 26
    AI Business Daily

    AI Business Daily

    Cast Nexa

    A daily AI briefing from Cast Nexa that climbed to rank 2 despite appearing in only 13 of our 24 snapshots, one of the fastest risers in the category.

  26. 28
    Deep Questions with Cal Newport

    Deep Questions with Cal Newport

    Cal Newport

    Cal Newport, a computer science professor and author, on digital distraction and how to work deliberately despite it. 417 episodes, charting in 69 countries.

  27. 29
    TBPN

    TBPN

    John Coogan & Jordi Hays

  28. 30
    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    Latent.Space

  29. 31
    Well There‘s Your Problem

    Well There‘s Your Problem

    WTYP is Justin Roczniak, November Kelly, Liam McAnderson, and friends.

  30. 32
    Your Undivided Attention

    Your Undivided Attention

    The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin

  31. 33
    The Kim Komando Show

    The Kim Komando Show

    Kim Komando

  32. 34
    Galaxy Brain

    Galaxy Brain

    The Atlantic

    From The Atlantic, on how the internet has reshaped public life, from politics as influencing to the collapse of a shared reality. 24 episodes, charting in 40 countries.

  33. 35
    Summation with Auren Hoffman

    Summation with Auren Hoffman

    Auren Hoffman

  34. 36
    Version History

    Version History

    The Verge

  35. 37
    Rich On Tech

    Rich On Tech

    iHeartPodcasts

  36. 38
    Accidental Tech Podcast

    Accidental Tech Podcast

    Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

  37. 39
    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    Conviction

  38. 40
    The AI XR Podcast.

    The AI XR Podcast.

    Charlie Fink Productions

  39. 41
    硅谷101

    硅谷101

    硅谷101

  40. 42
    Endless Thread

    Endless Thread

    WBUR

  41. 43
    Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

    Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

    Everyday AI

  42. 44
    Possible with Reid Hoffman

    Possible with Reid Hoffman

    Reid Hoffman

  43. 45
    Uncanny Valley | WIRED

    Uncanny Valley | WIRED

    WIRED

  44. 46
    Triple Click

    Triple Click

    Maximum Fun

  45. 47
    MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

    MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

    TWiT

  46. 48
    Practical AI

    Practical AI

    Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson

  47. 49
    Security Now (Audio)

    Security Now (Audio)

    TWiT

  48. 50
    The In-Between Tech and Trust Podcast

    The In-Between Tech and Trust Podcast

    Eva Simone Lihotzky

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best technology podcasts in 2026?
On the most recent CastFox snapshot of the Apple Podcasts Technology chart, Tomorrow Today, All-In and AI Business Daily hold the top three positions. All-In averaged rank 1.9 and Acquired 2.4 across all 24 snapshots taken between February 24 and September 8, 2026, out of 205 shows that passed through the top 100 in that window.
Which podcasts should I listen to to keep up with AI?
AI now occupies several of the top ten positions in this category. The AI Daily Brief runs daily analysis and averaged rank 5.7, AI Business Daily climbed to rank 2, Building AI Boston covers the research and startup scene, and the Dwarkesh Podcast runs long technical interviews and charts in 73 countries. Hard Fork and All-In cover AI alongside wider technology news.
What are the best tech podcasts for beginners?
Shows that explain rather than assume tend to work best. Search Engine investigates one question per episode in narrative form, Plaintext with Rich sets out to make cybersecurity understandable to non-specialists, Darknet Diaries tells cybercrime stories as reported narrative, and TED Radio Hour builds themed episodes around a single idea. All four held chart places through the 2026 window.
How do I find technology podcasts that accept guests?
Open any show on this page and check its Pitch Fit tab, which reads the podcast's recent episodes and reports how often it books outside guests, how many guest slots it runs per month, what share of guests were first-timers and how long since the last one. To search the whole category at once, CastFox Guest Finder filters to podcasts with a real guest history and ranks them against your background.

How CastFox Ranks Podcasts

CastFox ranks podcasts using real chart data collected daily from Apple Podcasts. Unlike editorial picks or listener polls, our rankings are based on actual chart performance — giving you an objective view of what people are listening to right now.

We track chart positions across every genre and over 100 countries. Each podcast on this page is ranked by its position on the Apple Podcasts charts, deduplicated and sorted to show the most popular shows first. Rankings refresh every 24 hours so you always see the latest trends.

Click any podcast to access its full CastFox analytics profile. You can explore estimated audience size, chart history over time, Apple Podcasts ratings and reviews, YouTube presence, platform availability, and AI-powered web analysis — all in one place.

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