Strategic access to the shows where your audience already listens — scored and shortlisted before you write a single pitch. On paid plans, the network you import is checked for a way in.
Most experts pitch by spreadsheet. Guestify pitches by signal. Every podcast you see is scored on five dimensions of fit before you write a word. On paid plans, the network you import is also checked for people who have already been on a show. Cold outreach becomes a last resort, not a default.
Most operators run podcast discovery as a manual integration job: cross-reference Apple Podcasts charts, scrape episode pages, paste into spreadsheets, layer on a $497 directory subscription, end up with 80 unsorted shows and no signal about which ten actually matter.
The problem isn't access. There are now 4 million+ podcasts actively publishing — more shows isn't the constraint. The constraint is discrimination: scoring fit before you pitch, surfacing warm paths your network already has, and disqualifying the wrong shows before you waste a credit on them.
Either you build that scoring layer yourself — and become a part-time data integrator for your own outreach — or you use one that already exists.
"More pitches" is not a strategy. "The right pitches, with a warm path where one exists" is.
Define your strategic criteria, search the network (not just a list), and let GIFI score every result on five dimensions of fit. The shortlist writes itself.
Filter by language, country, genre, publish date, topic — and the system understands intent, not just keywords. The persona-pin feature pins your buyer profile to the search so every result is scored against your audience, not against generic engagement metrics.
Index the network: search by show or by guest, then check your own network for a warm path. Where the network you import and the appearances Guestify has indexed show that someone you know has been on a show, Guestify surfaces them — past guests and peers — so checking for a warm path becomes the default lookup, not the exception.
Audio + YouTube combined into one index. Video podcasts are surfaced alongside audio with the same scoring dimensions applied.
GIFI — Guest Intelligence Fit Index — scores every show 0 to 100 across five dimensions: Topic Relevance, Audience Match, Format Fit, Engagement, and Accessibility. Bands: Strong 80+ · Good 65–79 · Moderate 45–64 · Weak <45.
| Dimension | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Topic Relevance | Does the show actually cover what you do? | |
| Audience Match | Are the listeners your people — by industry, role, intent? | |
| Format Fit | Solo, panel, co-hosted? Does the format suit your delivery? | |
| Engagement | Active publishing, listener response, host responsiveness | |
| Accessibility | Realistic to land — lead time, host openness, contact pathway |
Five ways to search. Four layers of intelligence on every result.
Multi-source search across 4M+ audio and video shows.
Velocity / ZenithFind the podcasts a person has appeared on, from the appearances Guestify has indexed.
Describe your ideal show in plain English. The system parses intent.
Define a persona once; every search scores against it.
Up to three best-fit shows from your bio and topics, with why each fits.
Five-dimension fit score on every result, recalculated as criteria change.
Audience, format, engagement, host details enriched on every record.
Cross-show appearance graph for any guest in the network.
Past guests and peers in your network, surfaced wherever a match exists.
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Discovery isn't for operators who believe more pitches solves the recognition gap. The system is designed to disqualify the wrong shows — to pitch fewer, better matched, with a warm path where one exists.
It's not a database export. There are no list dumps. No "10,000 verified contacts." That's a different product, sold by people who measure success in send volume rather than reply rate.
If you'd rather send 1,000 generic pitches than 20 calibrated ones, Guestify will frustrate you. That approach is fine. The product just isn't for you.
Two minutes. No card. We'll show you the 10 shows you should be pitching this quarter.
Discovery primarily builds Borrowed Authority — one of four authority types in the Authority Stack. See how the four types compound →
No "guaranteed bookings." No mass-outreach lists. Just a system for finding the right shows — and any warm paths into them that your imported network shows.
