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Best MSP Podcasts 2026: Every Show Checked and Verified Alive

The 24 MSP podcasts still publishing in 2026, checked feed by feed, plus the six famous shows that have quietly gone dark. Organized by what you want to learn.

Key Takeaways

  • We found 30 podcasts that regularly serve MSP owners and checked every single feed in July 2026. 24 are alive. Six of the best-known names in the space, including TubbTalk, have stopped publishing, and most "best MSP podcast" roundups still recommend them.
  • For daily industry news there is one clear answer: Business of Tech with Dave Sobel, publishing every day without fail.
  • For marketing, Paul Green's MSP Marketing Podcast is the biggest dedicated audience in the niche and has published weekly for six years straight.
  • For the money conversation (pricing, cash flow, what your MSP is worth), It's a Numbers Game from the MSP Finance Team is the strongest specialist show.
  • Podcasts are also an underused visibility channel: more than half the active shows on this list interview guests, and appearing on three or four of them puts you in front of thousands of MSP owners for the cost of a few hours on a webcam.

Quick Answer

If you only subscribe to three MSP podcasts in 2026, take Business of Tech for a 10 minute daily news briefing, Paul Green's MSP Marketing Podcast for a weekly tactic you can actually use, and It's a Numbers Game for the financial discipline most MSPs avoid. Then add one show from the category that matches your current bottleneck, whether that is sales, security or deciding what your business is worth.

How This List Was Built

We run growth for MSPs, including inside a national MSP, so these shows are how we keep a finger on the industry between conferences. And because we also publish the MSP events calendar, we know how fast these lists rot.

So we did the boring work: in July 2026 we pulled the RSS feed or Apple Podcasts page for every show and checked the date of its most recent episode. Shows with an episode in the last three months are listed as active. Shows quiet for longer get a note. Shows that have clearly ended are in their own section at the bottom, because their back catalogs are still worth your time even if no new episodes are coming.

One honest disclosure up front: the first show on this list is ours. We put it at number one because it is our list. Everything else is ranked by what it is best at, not by affiliation, and we mark every vendor-run show as vendor-run.

The Best MSP Podcasts in 2026

1. Play It Smart, with Alexej Pikovsky

Best for: MSP owners who think like founders. Growth, ownership, pricing power and exits, told through operator stories.

Yes, this is our show, and yes, we put it first. Play It Smart interviews founders and operators about how they actually built their businesses: fundraising or refusing to, first customers, scaling, and getting to an exit worth having. Past guests include Rand Fishkin of Moz and SparkToro, Chili Piper co-founder Alina Vandenberghe, and TinySeed on what makes a software business acquirable.

In 2026 the show relaunched with a full season dedicated to MSP operators: how MSPs price, market, hire and eventually sell. If you run an MSP with a story worth telling, we are booking guests for the season now. Listen on Spotify, or browse past episodes on this site.

Daily news and industry analysis

PodcastHost(s)Best forStatus (July 2026)
Business of TechDave SobelA sharp 10 minute daily briefing on the IT services industry. The most consistent publishing schedule in the space.Active, daily
MSP ZoneCharles Weaver (MSPAlliance)Regulation, compliance and industry trends from the association side.Active
Killing ITKarl Palachuk, Ryan Morris, Dave SobelLonger arcs: AI, automation and where the industry is heading.Publishing a few times a year

Growing and running the business

PodcastHost(s)Best forStatus (July 2026)
MSP ChatErick Simpson & Rich FreemanChannel strategy and market analysis from two veteran channel analysts, with strong exec guests.Active, weekly
How to MSPAndrew MooreService delivery, scaling and valuation mechanics, explained concretely.Active
SMB Community PodcastJames Kernan, Karl Palachuk, Amy BabinchakThe elder statesman show. 490+ episodes of operational wisdom.Active, weekly
All Things MSPJustin Esgar & Eric AnthonyPractical weekly interviews on marketing, hiring, tools and client relationships.Active, weekly
Uncle Marv's IT Business PodcastMarvin Bee1,000+ episodes, live conference coverage, and the most approachable host in the industry.Active, multiple per week
MSP Business SchoolBrian DoyleSales process, leadership and operational maturity, 200+ episodes.Active, weekly
Evolved RadioTodd KaneLeadership and operations from an MSP coach who has seen inside hundreds of shops.Active
The IT Experts PodcastIan LuckettUK-focused MSP growth, nearly 300 episodes.Active, weekly
MSP UnpluggedPaco Lebron & Rick SmithReal talk for smaller and solo MSPs, no corporate polish.Active
MSP OwnerBen TiggelaarPeer to peer founder interviews: how owners got in, grew and think about getting out.Slowed in 2026, catalog worth it
MSP Success PodcastRobin RobinsGrowth and marketing stories from the Technology Marketing Toolkit orbit.Slowed in 2026

Marketing and sales

PodcastHost(s)Best forStatus (July 2026)
Paul Green's MSP Marketing PodcastPaul GreenThe most listened to MSP marketing show. One usable tactic every Tuesday, 340+ episodes.Active, weekly
No Fluff MSP MarketingTaher HamidMarketing tactics from someone still doing MSP marketing day to day at Alltek.Active
The MSP Sales PodcastBrian GilletteSales philosophy and process for engineers who hate selling.Active

Money, valuation and M&A

PodcastHost(s)Best forStatus (July 2026)
It's a Numbers GameDaniel Welling & Adam MorrisPricing, cash flow, margins and what your MSP is actually worth. The finance show MSPs need and mostly avoid.Active
MSP Growth EngineAndy ShermanRevenue growth and valuation strategies from the M&A advisory world.Quiet since Dec 2025

Cybersecurity for MSPs

PodcastHost(s)Best forStatus (July 2026)
The CyberCallAndrew Morgan (Right of Boom)Where security practice meets MSP business reality. The community's security conscience.Active
The MSP Security PlaybookJacob Hazelbaker & Adam Pilton (Heimdal)A newer vendor-run show on selling and delivering security.Publishing since 2025

Vendor-run shows worth your time

Vendor shows have an agenda, but the good ones book real operators and let them talk.

PodcastRun byBest forStatus (July 2026)
MSP ConfidentialScalePad (Luis Giraldo)A weekly livestream with candid operator conversations on growth and client value.Active, weekly
SyncronizedSyncroAutomation, AI and service delivery.Occasional
Tate TalksChris Tate (JumpCloud sponsored)Personality-led conversations with UK MSP and channel folks.Check feed before subscribing

The Famous Ones That Have Gone Quiet

These shows appear on nearly every "best MSP podcasts" roundup published this year. None of them has released an episode in over nine months. The back catalogs remain genuinely valuable, just do not wait for new episodes.

PodcastHost(s)Last episodeWorth the back catalog?
TubbTalkRichard TubbSep 2025 (a formal farewell episode)Absolutely. 150+ interviews with the smartest people in managed services.
Now That's IT (N-able)N-ableSep 2025Yes, for the founder resilience stories.
Sunny's Silver LiningsSunny Kaila (IT By Design)Jun 2025Selectively, for the talent and scaling episodes.
RocketMSP PodcastSteve TaylorFeb 2025Yes, for tools and stack decisions that have not aged.
SuperPodSuperOpsDec 2024The owner-journey interviews hold up.
MSP VoiceDoug Hazelman (MSP360)~2020Mostly historical interest now.

The Smarter Move: Get On These Shows

Here is the thing most MSP owners miss about this list: more than half of the active shows above are interview formats that need a steady supply of guests. The hosts are not doing you a favor by having you on. You are solving their weekly content problem.

A 45 minute podcast appearance puts you in front of an audience of your exact peers (and, on the regional shows, your prospective clients) with more trust than any ad you could buy. If you have a genuine story, whether that is a niche you own, a buyout you pulled off, or a number most owners get wrong, pick the three shows above whose audience matches yours and pitch the host directly. Be specific about the story, not about yourself.

This is part of how we think about MSP content marketing in general: showing up where trust already exists beats building an audience from zero. The same logic drives our MSP leaders community and, on the search side, our work on AI-search visibility: be present where your buyers already are, whether that is a podcast feed, a peer group or a ChatGPT answer.

Last verified July 2026. Feeds change; if a show on this list has resumed or gone quiet since, tell us and we will update it. For the in-person version of this list, see the 2026 MSP events calendar.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the best MSP podcast in 2026?

It depends what you need. For daily news, Business of Tech with Dave Sobel. For marketing, Paul Green's MSP Marketing Podcast. For finance and valuation, It's a Numbers Game from the MSP Finance Team. For founder-style stories across industries including MSPs, Play It Smart with Alexej Pikovsky.

What happened to TubbTalk?

Richard Tubb wrapped the show in September 2025 with a formal goodbye episode after a 150+ episode run. The archive is still one of the best interview libraries in managed services.

Are vendor-run MSP podcasts worth listening to?

The better ones, yes. ScalePad's MSP Confidential books real operators weekly and lets them speak candidly. Just remember every vendor show exists to keep you in that vendor's orbit, and weight the advice accordingly.

Which MSP podcasts accept guests?

Most interview-format shows: MSP Chat, How to MSP, All Things MSP, Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast, MSP Business School, MSP Unplugged, The MSP Sales Podcast and MSP Confidential among them. Play It Smart is booking MSP operators for its current season.

How were the active shows verified?

Every show's RSS feed or Apple Podcasts page was checked in July 2026 and the most recent episode date recorded. Anything quiet for more than nine months is listed in the gone-quiet section rather than recommended as a current subscription.

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