The 10 best SEO podcasts to listen to in 2027

Transparency: Sorank is our own SEO and GEO software. It has no public podcast, so it does not appear in this ranking, and no show paid to be included. Method: on 10 October 2026 I read the public RSS feed of each podcast and noted the hosts, the date of the latest episode, the length of recent episodes and the publishing rhythm. Shows without a new episode for several months were left out, including well-known ones.

Following the best SEO podcasts is the easiest way to keep up with search during time you cannot spend reading: commuting, training, cooking. The format has never been more popular: according to The Infinite Dial 2026 by Edison Research, 58% of Americans aged 12 and over consumed a podcast in the last month, an all-time high, based on a survey of 2,050 people in January 2026. I have worked in SEO and GEO for seven years, and podcasts are where I hear how other practitioners react to a change before anyone writes a guide about it.

Why listen to SEO podcasts in 2027?

SEO podcasts are worth your time because search changes faster than any course or book can follow. Google reports 4,781 launches to Search in 2023, backed by 16,871 live traffic experiments, and the confirmed ranking updates are listed on the Google Search Status Dashboard. A podcast adds what a changelog does not: why a change happened, how practitioners reacted and what they tested.

The second reason is new. In 2026 a large share of episodes cover visibility in AI answers: how ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI Overviews choose the sources they cite. Google documents how its AI features in Search use the same index as classic results, and the podcasts in this list spend whole series on what that means for content, technical SEO and brand authority. Listening is the fastest way to hear several viewpoints on a topic where nobody has a complete answer yet.

How did I choose these SEO podcasts?

I ranked each show on five criteria, in this order of weight:

1. Activity: at least one episode in 2026 and a regular rhythm. A podcast that stopped publishing in early 2026 describes a search landscape that has already moved.
2. SEO focus: the share of episodes about search, rather than marketing in general.
3. Quality of the source: hosts who practise SEO, guests who share their own data and tests.
4. Format and length: how easily the show fits a working week.
5. Level: the list deliberately covers beginners, practitioners and advanced profiles.

Three well-known shows were left out for the activity criterion. EDGE of the Web has published nothing since 30 January 2026. The Search Engine Journal Show came back in July 2026 after almost two years without an episode, with three episodes since. Experts On The Wire by Dan Shure relaunched in March 2026 and its latest episode dates from 1 June 2026. I will check all three again at the next update of this page.

What are the 10 best SEO podcasts in 2027?

1. Search Off the Record: best for understanding Google from the inside

Search Off the Record is the official podcast of the Google Search Relations team. Recent episodes feature Martin Splitt and John Mueller: whether sitemaps still matter (1 October 2026), whether to block internal search result pages (30 July 2026) and how to read the Page Indexing report in Search Console (16 July 2026). Episodes last 26 to 32 minutes and come out once or twice a month, each with a published transcript.

Who it is for: anyone who works in Search Console, developers and technical SEOs. Limit: Google explains its own systems and documentation; the show does not discuss tactics, tools or competitors. Verdict: the primary source, the first podcast to subscribe to.

2. Search with Candour: best weekly show for practitioners

Search with Candour is hosted by Jack Chambers-Ward and produced by the UK agency Candour. A new episode comes out every Monday, alternating long interviews (45 minutes to 1 hour 40) and monthly SEO and AI news roundups (18 to 30 minutes). Recent topics include which classic SEO tactics still work for AI search, with Charlie Whitworth (5 October 2026), and automating SEO with ChatGPT and Python (14 September 2026). The feed holds 381 episodes since 2019.

Who it is for: intermediate and advanced SEOs who want news and method in the same show. Limit: some interviews run past an hour; choose by guest. Verdict: the best balance between regularity and depth.

3. Crawling Mondays: best for optimizing for AI answers

Crawling Mondays is the show of Aleyda Solis, international SEO consultant and founder of Orainti, published as video on YouTube and as an audio podcast. In 2026 it runs a structured series on AI search optimization: setting a strategy and goals (2 August), content (15 August), technical optimization (23 August), brand authority (28 August), measuring impact (12 September) and coordinating teams (10 October). Episodes last 16 to 40 minutes.

Who it is for: SEOs who must add GEO to an existing plan and explain it to management. Limit: mostly solo tutorials, with fewer debates than an interview show. Verdict: the most structured audio course on GEO available for free.

4. The Search Session: best for advanced strategy

The Search Session is hosted by international SEO consultant Gianluca Fiorelli and produced by Advanced Web Ranking. Launched in February 2025, it publishes every Monday, with episodes of 53 to 63 minutes. Recent guests include Bastian Grimm on agentic search readiness (14 September 2026), Martha and Mark van Berkel on building a semantic data layer (31 August 2026) and Lee Odden on B2B marketing (24 August 2026).

Who it is for: in-house SEO leads, agency strategists and consultants. Limit: dense conversations that assume solid foundations. Verdict: the show to pick when you already know the basics and want strategic thinking.

5. Voices of Search: best for a daily dose

Voices of Search belongs to the I Hear Everything network and has published since 2018: the feed counts 1,919 items. The format is unusual: short clips of one to two minutes, each answering one question, almost every day, plus full interviews of 45 to 60 minutes. Recent themes focus on brands and AI discovery, for example who owns AI discovery inside a company (5 October 2026).

Who it is for: in-house marketers and managers at brands. Limit: the short clips are extracts of the interviews, so the feed repeats itself. Verdict: useful for a two-minute idea a day, less so for learning a method.

6. SEO 101: best for beginners

SEO 101 is hosted by Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte on WMR.FM and has existed since 2009. Episode 538 came out on 10 October 2026 and covered Google's September 2026 spam update, the growth of AI Overviews and the disappearance of review stars for healthcare. Episodes last 22 to 32 minutes and come out every two to three weeks.

Who it is for: beginners and business owners who want the news explained without jargon. Limit: driven by news, with little room for detailed methods. Verdict: the gentlest entry point in this list.

7. The Majestic SEO Podcast: best for panel debates

The Majestic SEO Podcast is a monthly panel of SEO experts hosted by David Bain, with one-to-one interviews in between. Episodes last 44 to 55 minutes. Recent topics: misuses of AI in SEO (7 October 2026), the state of AI in SEO (2 September 2026), handling fake DMCA notices (August 2026) and safe link building in 2026 (March 2026).

Who it is for: intermediate SEOs who want several opinions on the same question. Limit: one panel a month, so it follows the news from a distance. Verdict: the best format to compare viewpoints.

8. MVP, le podcast SEO / GEO: best French-language SEO podcast

MVP is hosted by Paul Vengeons and Antoine Veyrieres, who present the duo as an SEO agency head and a freelance SEO, with a guest in most episodes. It publishes every Wednesday, 24 to 49 minutes per episode, and counts 160 episodes since July 2023. Recent topics are hands-on: SEO mistakes that kill traffic (7 October 2026), ranking with images, Reddit as an acquisition channel and an analysis of ChatGPT answers.

Who it is for: French-speaking freelancers, agencies and site owners. Limit: French only, and many episodes rest on a single guest's experience, to be tested before you generalize it. Verdict: the most regular French SEO podcast in 2026.

9. The SEO Mindset Podcast: best for your SEO career

The SEO Mindset Podcast is hosted by Sarah McDowell and Tazmin Suleman and comes out weekly, with episodes of 27 to 47 minutes. It covers the human side of the job: impostor syndrome, burnout, resilience, career goals. Some episodes also discuss industry research, such as Previsible's 2026 State of AI Discovery Report with Ana Fernandez (21 September 2026).

Who it is for: SEO employees, consultants and managers. Limit: no tactics or tutorials. Verdict: the only show in this list about the person doing the SEO.

10. Authority Hacker Podcast: best for site owners automating with AI

The Authority Hacker Podcast is hosted by Gael Breton and Mark Webster and has published since 2016. It publishes weekly, 45 to 60 minutes per episode. It started with SEO and affiliate sites; in 2026 most episodes cover AI tools and automation for small businesses, with SEO episodes such as Google's ability to detect AI content (14 August 2026).

Who it is for: owners of content sites and small businesses. Limit: SEO is now one topic among several, which is why it closes this ranking. Verdict: worth it if you run your own sites and want to automate.

Which French-language SEO podcasts are still active?

Besides MVP, three French-language SEO podcasts published in 2026, less regularly:

• Position 0, by Thomas Meyer and Luca Fancello: interviews with French SEOs, 45 minutes to 1 hour 37. Season 4 started in February 2026; the latest episode, on methods to be cited by ChatGPT and other LLMs, dates from 10 June 2026.
• Les Petites Histoires du SEO et du GEO, by consultant Julien Gourdon: solo episodes of 4 to 15 minutes, each built around a lived story. Latest episode on 30 August 2026, about on-page tactics to be cited by AI.
• WAMcast, by the agency WAM: SEO, GEO and brand strategy, from 3 to 47 minutes. Latest episode on 6 July 2026, about agentic commerce.

These shows are good complements to MVP, but their irregular rhythm kept them out of the main ranking.

How do the best SEO podcasts compare?

Lengths and rhythms come from the episodes published between June and October 2026, read in each show's RSS feed on 10 October 2026.

How do you get real value from an SEO podcast?

An SEO podcast pays off when each episode ends in a test on your own site. Listening without notes leaves a vague impression; one test per week turns an hour of audio into a measured result. Here is the method I use:

1. Limit yourself to two shows. One for news (Search with Candour or SEO 101) and one for depth (Search Off the Record, The Search Session or Crawling Mondays). More than that and episodes pile up unheard.
2. Write one line per idea. Note the episode, the minute and the idea in a single sentence. Search Off the Record publishes a transcript for every episode, which makes it easy to find the exact wording afterwards.
3. Pick one idea to test each week. After the sitemap episode, open the Sitemaps report in Search Console and check for fetch errors. After an episode on AI answers, ask ChatGPT five questions your customers ask and note whether your brand is cited. Before writing on a topic heard in an episode, check that people search for it with a free keyword research tool.
4. Record the starting point. Date, page, metric and value before the change. SEO effects often take two to four months to show, so a written baseline is the only way to judge the result.
5. Keep what works. One line per test in a shared document: idea, source episode, result. After a quarter, this log is worth more than any list of episodes.

Which other formats complement SEO podcasts?

Podcasts give context and opinions; other formats give precision. For written news and analysis, see our ranking of the best SEO newsletters and our selection of the best SEO and digital marketing blogs. To learn the fundamentals in a structured order, compare the best SEO training courses. To understand how to be cited by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, the free GEO course covers the subject step by step.

What does an SEO podcast leave for you to do?

A podcast gives you ideas; the execution stays with you. Finding the keywords, writing the articles, publishing them and checking whether AI assistants mention your brand take hours every week, whatever the quality of the episodes you listen to.

That repetitive part is what Sorank automates. The software reads your site, creates the questions your customers ask AI assistants and asks them every week to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to see whether your brand is cited and who is cited instead. It identifies your competitors on Google and in AI answers, extracts their keywords, sorts them by priority and fills an editorial calendar. It then writes the articles (internal links, external sources, FAQ, meta tags, JSON-LD schema, fact checking) and publishes them automatically on more than 10 CMS, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Wix. You keep the strategy and the decisions, informed by what you heard in your podcasts.

The Essential plan costs $99/month without commitment, or $49/month billed annually, for 20 articles per month and 25 AI prompts tracked. Every plan starts with a 3-day free trial and a 90-day money-back guarantee.

Conclusion

The best SEO podcasts in 2026 are the ones still publishing and the ones that change what you do on Monday morning. Start with Search Off the Record and Search with Candour, add Crawling Mondays for AI answers, and turn one idea per week into a test on your own site. If you want the writing, publishing and AI tracking to run while you listen, see Sorank's plans and start the 3-day free trial.