Most-mentioned people on podcasts, October 2026

In October 2026, the most-mentioned person on podcasts was Donald Trump, named in 11 episodes across 5 podcasts, followed by Elon Musk (8 episodes) and Barack Obama (6 episodes).

This is the permanent edition for October 2026. Latest month.

Most-mentioned people, October 2026
RankPersonEpisodesPodcastsNew this month
1Donald Trump115
2Elon Musk83
3Barack Obama64Yes
4Abdul El-Sayed32Yes
5Dan Pfeiffer31
6Kamal Harris33
7Sam Altman32
8John Favreau31
9Jalani Hussein32
10John Stewart31
11Nicki Minaj32
12Jeff Bezos33
13Joe Biden22
14Andy Frisella21Yes
15George Soros21
16DJ Johnson21Yes
17Vivek Ramaswamy21
18Jared Kushner22
19Daario Amodei22
20Mary Peltola22Yes
21Jesse Watters22Yes
22J.D. Vance21
23Ken Paxton22
24Jon Ossoff22Yes
25John Lovett21

How this is counted

Counted across 23 analyzed episodes from 8 podcasts published in October 2026; an entity counts once per episode it appears in, however many times it is named; "new this month" marks entities whose first mention in the collection falls in the month. Updated nightly by Reclip.Me.

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About the data: Reclip.Me counts a mention once per episode by analyzing podcast transcripts. Figures as of November 2026 across 7,175 analyzed episodes from 452 podcasts; updated nightly.

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