Best Marketing Podcasts That Accept Guests in 2026: Ranked by Real Chart Data
Updated October 2026 · Based on CastFox data covering 29 Apple Podcasts chart snapshots in 78 countries (2026-02-24 to 2026-10-18) and 5M+ indexed podcasts
If you are looking for marketing podcasts that accept guests in 2026, these 14 shows are the ones worth a pitch. Every one of them held a top-100 position on the US Apple Podcasts Marketing chart across 29 daily CastFox snapshots between February 24 and October 18, 2026, and every one of them describes interviews or guest conversations as part of its own format. That second filter matters more than the ranking does. Marketing is a category full of excellent shows that are two co-hosts and a microphone, and no pitch will ever change that, so we started with the top 30 charting shows and kept only the ones that actually book outside voices.
The shows that remain fall into five kinds, and they want very different guests. There are the big-reach shows with a producer and a queue (The Artificial Intelligence Show, Social Media Marketing Podcast, The Amy Porterfield Show, The Futur with Chris Do). There are marketing leader shows where the guest is a practitioner talking shop (MarTech Podcast, The Marketing Millennials). There are founder and operator shows that bring in marketing experts to help their audience sell more (The Vault Unlocked, SharkPreneur, Small Business Growth Talk). There are personal brand and career story shows built around how the guest got here (Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden, Your Brand Amplified, The Goal Digger Podcast). And there are narrow shows whose audience is so specific that a relevant guest beats a famous one (Inside Insights, Thriving Stylist Podcast).
Each card below shows the real cover art, the host, what the show is, why it earned its place in 2026, who it suits, and the chart record behind it. We rank by chart consistency rather than by one strong week, because a feed that charts for eight months keeps sending listeners to your episode long after it publishes. For shows further down the long tail than a top-30 chart reaches, the CastFox guest finder searches 5M+ indexed podcasts by topic and format, AI guest matching scores shows against your own background, and the CastFox marketing chart page shows the live top 30 updated daily.
The 14 best marketing interview podcasts of 2026 at a glance
| # | Podcast | Hosted by | Avg US rank | Best rank | Countries charting | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Artificial Intelligence Show | Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput | 13.9 | #6 | 61 | 238 |
| 2 | Social Media Marketing Podcast | Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner | 26.3 | #18 | 67 | 757 |
| 3 | The Amy Porterfield Show | Amy Porterfield | 22.3 | #13 | 51 | 886 |
| 4 | The Futur with Chris Do | The Futur | 41.7 | #29 | 66 | 453 |
| 5 | The Vault Unlocked | Kayvon Kay | 3.8 | #1 | 5 | 53 |
| 6 | The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business | Jenna Kutcher | 27.6 | #17 | 30 | 969 |
| 7 | SharkPreneur | Kevin Harrington & Seth Greene | 13.7 | #3 | 5 | 1,000 |
| 8 | Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden | Jeanniey Walden | 6.8 | #4 | 1 | 59 |
| 9 | Inside Insights | Zappi | 21.6 | #6 | 5 | 101 |
| 10 | Your Brand Amplified | Anika Jackson | 23.5 | #9 | 2 | 600 |
| 11 | MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth | I Hear Everything | 30.8 | #7 | 9 | 1,000 |
| 12 | Thriving Stylist Podcast | Britt Seva | 29.6 | #16 | 7 | 450 |
| 13 | Small Business Growth Talk | williams smith | 15.1 | #9 | 0 | 75 |
| 14 | The Marketing Millennials | Daniel Murray | 49.4 | #35 | 26 | 744 |
Jump to a Show
- #1. The Artificial Intelligence Show
- #2. Social Media Marketing Podcast
- #3. The Amy Porterfield Show
- #4. The Futur with Chris Do
- #5. The Vault Unlocked
- #6. The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business
- #7. SharkPreneur
- #8. Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden
- #9. Inside Insights
- #10. Your Brand Amplified
- #11. MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth
- #12. Thriving Stylist Podcast
- #13. Small Business Growth Talk
- #14. The Marketing Millennials
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The 14 Best Marketing Interview Podcasts to Listen To in 2026
Big-Reach Marketing Shows With a Real Booking Process
#1. The Artificial Intelligence Show
Hosted by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput
About this show: Formerly The Marketing AI Show, this is the podcast of the Marketing AI Institute, hosted by founder and CEO Paul Roetzer with Chief Content Officer Mike Kaput. It covers AI news and actionable strategy for marketers, and its format combines topical analysis with expert interviews.
Why it made the list in 2026: The widest reach of any interview-format show in the US Marketing category this year, in the one subject marketing teams are currently spending the most time on. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 13.9, best #6, charting in 61 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for guests with a real AI implementation to describe, including what did not work, rather than a general point of view about AI.
#2. Social Media Marketing Podcast
Hosted by Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner
About this show: Publishing weekly since 2012, Social Media Examiner founder Michael Stelzner and co-host Jerry Potter interview leading marketing pros to surface new strategies and actionable tips. The show's own description is built entirely around expert interviews.
Why it made the list in 2026: The longest continuous run of any interview show on this list and one of the broadest international footprints, with a format that has not changed in more than a decade. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 26.3, best #18, charting in 67 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for social and content specialists who can teach one tactic in detail, with screenshots and results they are allowed to share.
#3. The Amy Porterfield Show
Hosted by Amy Porterfield
About this show: Amy Porterfield, a New York Times bestselling author who runs an online education business, covers how to grow revenue, audience and team without adding more hours. The show mixes her own experience with candid conversations with other leaders in the industry.
Why it made the list in 2026: A top-20 average US position held across the entire measured window, with an audience of course creators and online business owners who buy marketing help. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 22.3, best #13, charting in 51 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for guests selling to online educators, creators and small teams, especially on launches, email and offers.
#4. The Futur with Chris Do
Hosted by The Futur
About this show: The Futur explores the overlap between design, marketing and business, with CEO Chris Do holding long, candid conversations with people from design, technology, marketing, business, philosophy and personal development. The episodes are built to go deep on who the guest is and what drives them.
Why it made the list in 2026: One of the widest international chart footprints in this category and the most conversational format on the list, which gives a guest room to think out loud. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 41.7, best #29, charting in 66 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for designers, brand strategists and creative agency owners with a strong philosophy about the work, not just a case study.
Marketing Leader Shows Where the Guest Talks Shop
#11. MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth
Hosted by I Hear Everything
About this show: The MarTech Podcast tells the stories of marketers who use technology to drive growth. Each episode features one marketer walking through their career path and the challenges of their current role, including the pitfalls as well as the wins.
Why it made the list in 2026: A very large back catalog of single-guest episodes and a steady US chart position, which together mean a regular flow of booking slots. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 30.8, best #7, charting in 9 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for marketing operations, growth and martech practitioners who can talk about a specific stack decision and what it cost.
#14. The Marketing Millennials
Hosted by Daniel Murray
About this show: Daniel Murray unpacks the playbooks of marketing leaders, with guests from companies including Gymshark, Shopify and Infiniti, and episodes built around what listeners can take into their own weekly marketing meeting.
Why it made the list in 2026: A clearly defined guest brief, a strong international footprint for a show of its size, and an audience of working marketers rather than business generalists. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 49.4, best #35, charting in 26 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for in-house marketing leaders with a repeatable playbook and permission to discuss the numbers behind it.
Founder and Operator Shows That Book Marketing Experts
#5. The Vault Unlocked
Hosted by Kayvon Kay
About this show: Kayvon Kay hosts Vault Unlocked for founders who want to grow revenue faster, bringing founders and operators into conversations they normally keep private, including the mistakes that cost them money and the decisions behind them.
Why it made the list in 2026: Held a very high average US position for most of the measured window with a narrow international footprint, and slipped down the chart on the latest snapshot, so the reach here is concentrated in the US. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 3.8, best #1, charting in 5 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for revenue, sales and growth specialists who can talk candidly about a failure as well as a result.
#7. SharkPreneur
Hosted by Kevin Harrington & Seth Greene
About this show: Kevin Harrington, an original shark from Shark Tank and the inventor of the infomercial, and direct response marketer Seth Greene interview entrepreneurs who share straight talk on what it takes to grow a business.
Why it made the list in 2026: One of the largest back catalogs of any show in the category and a consistently high US position, in a format that is explicitly an interview show. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 13.7, best #3, charting in 5 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for direct response, ecommerce and performance marketing guests with a scaling story and real numbers.
#13. Small Business Growth Talk
Hosted by williams smith
About this show: A show for entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners that features expert insights, success stories and practical advice on marketing, sales, leadership, finance and business development.
Why it made the list in 2026: Held a top-20 US average for most of the year on a small feed, and was outside the top 100 on the latest snapshot, so expect an audience that is growing rather than large. Chart record: 27 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 15.1, best #9, charting in 0 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for a first or second booking, and for consultants who want reps on tape before pitching the bigger shows.
Personal Brand and Career Story Shows
#6. The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business
Hosted by Jenna Kutcher
About this show: Jenna Kutcher, a New York Times bestselling author and the entrepreneur behind a seven-figure brand, covers marketing strategies and systems for creatives and small business owners. The show runs a mix of solo episodes and interviews.
Why it made the list in 2026: One of the deepest back catalogs in the category and a publishing schedule several times a week, which creates more guest slots than a weekly show can. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 27.6, best #17, charting in 30 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for marketers selling to creatives, service providers and women-led small businesses, especially on Pinterest, email and audience growth.
#8. Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden
Hosted by Jeanniey Walden
About this show: Jeanniey Walden hosts honest conversations with leaders, founders and executives about how they actually built their lives and careers, focused on the moments before success made sense rather than on polished success stories.
Why it made the list in 2026: A new feed that charted in the US top 10 for most of the window, with an interview brief that is unusually clear about the kind of story it wants. Chart record: 28 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 6.8, best #4, charting in 1 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for marketers with a career pivot or a hard-won lesson to tell, and less suited to a product or tactics pitch.
#10. Your Brand Amplified
Hosted by Anika Jackson
About this show: Anika Jackson sits down with business leaders, marketers, sales experts and innovators to dig into the strategies and decisions behind what works, including the failures and pivots rather than surface-level advice.
Why it made the list in 2026: A large back catalog, a frequent publishing schedule and a top-25 US average, with a format built around a single expert guest in every episode. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 23.5, best #9, charting in 2 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for PR, brand and communications specialists, and for anyone who wants a reliable first booking in this category.
Narrow-Audience Shows Where Relevance Beats Reach
#9. Inside Insights
Hosted by Zappi
About this show: Produced by the consumer research platform Zappi, Inside Insights is about the gap between marketing teams and insights teams, with conversations about where data-driven marketing strategy meets consumer intelligence.
Why it made the list in 2026: A narrow, well-defined audience of brand and research professionals, and a high peak US position for a corporate-produced show. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 21.6, best #6, charting in 5 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for researchers, insights leads and brand strategists at larger companies, and for vendors selling into those teams.
#12. Thriving Stylist Podcast
Hosted by Britt Seva
About this show: Britt Seva's show is a collection of interviews with successful stylists and salon owners, one-on-one coaching segments and marketing strategy for the beauty industry, aimed at stylists who need a real marketing plan rather than referrals.
Why it made the list in 2026: A consistent US chart presence all year inside one of the most specific audiences in this category, which is exactly what makes a relevant guest spot valuable. Chart record: 29 of 29 US snapshots, average US rank 29.6, best #16, charting in 7 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Best for marketers who work with salons, beauty brands or local service businesses, and a poor fit for anything B2B.
Rising This Month: Marketing Interview Podcasts Climbing the Charts (October 2026)
These are the marketing interview shows moving up fastest in CastFox rankings. We compare each show's average US chart position across the 3 most recent snapshots (2026-10-03 to 2026-10-18) with the 3 snapshots before that. A show that was outside the top 100 in the prior window is marked as new to the top 100. This section is refreshed every month; the main list above changes more slowly because it rewards consistency.
Trust & Influence in B2B New to the top 100
Hosted by Joel Harrison. Trust & Influence in B2B new to the US top 100, now averaging #10, with a best US rank of #8 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 2 countries on the latest snapshot. I’m Joel Harrison, founder of B2B Marketing.net (formerly B2B Marketing magazine) Propolis and the B2B Marketing Awards. It’s been my mission for the past 21 years to recognise, celebrate and evangelise for the amazing...
Business Expansion Tips With Kanika Vasudeva New to the top 100
Hosted by Kanika. Business Expansion Tips With Kanika Vasudeva new to the US top 100, now averaging #14.7, with a best US rank of #11 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 2 countries on the latest snapshot. What if transformation wasn’t just about doing more—but about becoming more?Join Kanika Vasudeva, energy and consciousness coach, as she dives deep with visionary healers, thought leaders, and transformation guides to...
Embracing Marketing Mistakes
Hosted by Prohibition PR. Embracing Marketing Mistakes moved from an average of #61.5 to #8.5 (up 53 places), with a best US rank of #2 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 2 countries on the latest snapshot. Welcome to Embracing Marketing Mistakes, the world’s leading irreverent podcast for senior marketers who are tired of the polished corporate b*llshit. Join Chris Norton and Will Ockenden, founders of the award-winning...
Create or Destroy: Reimagining Marketing with Seth Matlins New to the top 100
Hosted by Seth Matlins. Create or Destroy: Reimagining Marketing with Seth Matlins new to the US top 100, now averaging #50.3, with a best US rank of #14 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 23 countries on the latest snapshot. Each week, marketing maestro Seth Matlins is joined by the most influential thinkers across business and culture for unvarnished, actionable, and frequently irreverent conversations on the forces that shape how value is...
Lies We Bought
Hosted by Emily Rask. Lies We Bought moved from an average of #88.5 to #42.3 (up 46.2 places), with a best US rank of #25 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 4 countries on the latest snapshot. Lies We Bought is a podcast that traces advertising lies and marketing deception back to where they started. Host Emily Rask spent over a decade building marketing and advertising campaigns, and now she's reading the...
How We Ranked These: CastFox Methodology
CastFox scrapes the Apple Podcasts charts every day in 78 countries and stores every position in the top 200 of every genre. For this list we took the 29 2026 snapshots of the US Marketing Interview chart between 2026-02-24 and 2026-10-18, and scored every show that appeared in the top 100 of any of them.
- Consistency (50% of the score): the number of snapshots in which the show appeared in the US top 100. Every show on this list appeared in at least 27 of the 29 snapshots, which is the filter that removes one-week spikes.
- Average US rank (30%): the mean of the show's US chart positions across those snapshots. Lower is better.
- Global reach (20%): the number of tracked countries in which the show was in the genre top 100 on the most recent snapshot. This is what separates a show with a large US following from a show with a global one.
There are no paid placements and no editorial overrides. A few shows on this list would not be our personal picks; they are here because the chart data put them here, and we would rather show you what people are actually listening to than what we think they should be. Chart position is not the same as audience size, so treat the ranking as a measure of sustained popularity rather than a download count. For a deeper look at what chart data can and cannot tell you, read how podcast audience demographics are calculated.
How to Pick the Right Marketing Interview Podcast for You
How to be a guest on a marketing podcast when you have no media history
Start with the shows whose premise is the guest's own expertise rather than the guest's fame. Your Brand Amplified, Small Business Growth Talk and Inside Insights all describe formats built around bringing in an expert and working through what they know, which means the pitch that wins is a specific topic, not a resume. Name the episode you listened to, propose one subject the host has not covered, include a number you can prove, and keep the email under 150 words. Our pitch template with a 35% reply rate is the exact format we use.
Which marketing podcasts looking for guests have the biggest reach?
The Artificial Intelligence Show, Social Media Marketing Podcast and The Futur with Chris Do have the widest international chart footprints of any interview-format show in this category, each charting in more than 60 of the 78 countries CastFox tracks. All three have a production team between you and the host, so treat them as the second round of a campaign rather than the first, and pitch them once you have three or four published episodes to point at.
What are the best marketing interview podcasts 2026 for a first booking?
SharkPreneur, Your Brand Amplified and MarTech Podcast all carry very large back catalogs, which means they run a guest in most episodes and have a booking process that moves weekly rather than quarterly. A show that publishes constantly is also the show most likely to answer a cold pitch in the same week it arrives. Small Business Growth Talk is the easiest of this group to reach and still held a top-20 US position for most of the year.
Which podcasts for marketing experts to guest on reach decision makers?
MarTech Podcast and The Marketing Millennials both interview senior marketers about how they actually run their programs, so the listener is a practitioner with a budget rather than a beginner. Inside Insights, produced by the research platform Zappi, is narrower again: its audience is insights and brand teams inside larger companies. If your buyer is a CMO or a head of growth, those three are worth more than a general business show with ten times the downloads.
Where are the marketing podcast guest opportunities opening up right now?
The shows climbing the chart are usually the ones with open slots, because a feed that is growing is a feed that needs episodes. The Rising This Month section above is generated from the three most recent CastFox snapshots against the three before them, so it is the live answer to this question and it changes every month. You can also monitor any show's chart movement in CastFox and pitch on the way up rather than after it peaks.
You sell marketing services and want qualified leads, not downloads
A narrow show beats a big one when the goal is pipeline. Thriving Stylist Podcast reaches salon owners, Inside Insights reaches brand research teams, and The Vault Unlocked and SharkPreneur reach founders who buy growth help. Five hundred listeners who all need what you sell is a better appearance than fifty thousand who do not. See how to choose podcasts to guest on for the full scoring method.
Want the next 186 marketing interview podcasts?
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See the daily top 50 → Search by topic →Frequently Asked Questions About the Best Marketing Interview Podcasts
What is the best marketing podcast to guest on in 2026?
By CastFox's chart-consistency score, The Artificial Intelligence Show is the strongest interview-format show in the US Marketing category in 2026: it appeared in all 29 chart snapshots between February and October, averaged a US rank of 13.9, and charted in 61 of the 78 countries CastFox tracks on the latest scrape. Social Media Marketing Podcast and The Amy Porterfield Show are next. For a first booking, SharkPreneur and Your Brand Amplified are easier to reach and still put you in front of a real marketing audience.
How is this list ranked?
Each show's score combines three things from CastFox's daily Apple Podcasts chart data: how many of the 29 US Marketing chart snapshots in 2026 it appeared in the top 100 of (50% of the score), its average US rank across those appearances (30%), and how many of 78 tracked countries it charted in on the latest scrape (20%). We then kept only the shows whose own description or summary describes an interview or guest format, which is why several of the largest marketing podcasts, including The GaryVee Audio Experience, Marketing School and Marketing Against The Grain, are not here. No paid placements and no editorial overrides.
Do marketing podcasts pay guests or charge to appear?
Neither is normal. Almost every show on this list books guests for free, because the episode is the host's content and your expertise is the trade. If a show asks you to pay for the appearance, you are buying advertising rather than earning a booking, and it should be judged on audience numbers like any other ad placement. Read podcast guesting versus podcast advertising for how the two compare.
How many marketing podcasts should I pitch at once?
Pitch in batches of ten to fifteen shows, with a different first line for each one, and expect a minority to reply. Shows with large back catalogs and weekly publishing schedules answer fastest, so lead with those and use the big-reach shows later once you have episodes to reference. Pitching one show at a time wastes weeks waiting; pitching a hundred with the same template gets you ignored by all of them.
Do I need a big audience to get booked on a marketing podcast?
No. Audience size helps with the four big-reach shows at the top of this list, which have producers and waiting lists, but most of the others book on the strength of the topic and the specificity of the pitch. Shows like Your Brand Amplified, Small Business Growth Talk and Inside Insights are built around bringing in practitioners rather than celebrities, and a clear point of view matters more there than a follower count.