
If you're pitching clients with resilience expertise (psychologists, performance coaches, adversity and recovery speakers, military and first-responder voices, athletes, authors with a comeback story) the biggest shows aren't where you'll get booked. Mid-sized resilience podcasts are.
Mid-sized shows (roughly 1K-25K listeners per episode) are the sweet spot for guest outreach:
This list features 100 resilience-focused podcasts that regularly interview guests on overcoming adversity, mental toughness, recovery, grit, post-traumatic growth, and bouncing back stronger.
"Resilience" is a Podseeker category, not a standard Apple or Spotify one.
Resilience stories live at the intersection of psychology, performance, and personal growth, scattered across Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, and Education in the major directories. A PR pro pitching a clinical psychologist on post-traumatic growth needs different shows than one pitching a performance coach on mental toughness or a founder with a comeback story, even though all three speak to "resilience."
That's why Podseeker keeps the close relatives distinct. For clinical and emotional wellbeing, see Mental Health. For workplace stress and recovery specifically, Burnout. For broad self-betterment, Personal Development. The Resilience category covers the adversity-and-comeback angle, overcoming hardship, building mental toughness, and growing through difficulty, where a guest brings a story or a method for bouncing back.
Use Resilience when your client's expertise or story is about facing adversity and coming back stronger, then narrow with adjacent categories when the angle is more clinical or workplace-specific.
Don't pitch all 100. The users who book the most aren't the ones who pitch the widest, they're the ones who pitch the right shows.
1. Match the show to your client's specific angle
Fit is everything. Within resilience, shows want different things. A psychologist with research, a coach with a framework, a guest with a powerful personal comeback, these land on different shows. Look for genuine alignment between your client's expertise and what the show actually covers, not just topic overlap.
2. Check recent episodes
Before pitching, confirm the show is active and see what they've covered lately. Recent episodes are the clearest signal of fit, far better than a category tag. If your client's angle matches the last few guests, that's a strong show. If it doesn't, skip it.
3. Start with a focused batch
Pick the 10-15 strongest fits and pitch those first. A tight, well-matched batch outperforms a broad one almost every time.
4. Read the signal, then expand
If the right shows are replying, expand to more from the list. If they're not, the issue is usually fit, the client angle or the show selection, not the volume. Adjust before you scale.
Every show on this list is in Podseeker's podcast database, with the data to judge fit before you pitch:
The better the fit, the better the booking rate. Podseeker is built to help you find it.
Episodes: 55
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 19 subscribers
Instagram: 6.4k followers
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Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 9.9k subscribers
Instagram: 295.0k followers
Episodes: 49
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
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Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 8.5k followers
Episodes: 247
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Episodes: 401
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 960 followers
Episodes: 851
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 115.0k followers
Episodes: 300
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 493 subscribers
Episodes: 64
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 2.3k subscribers
Instagram: 5.5k followers
Episodes: 86
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 18.1k subscribers
Instagram: 141.0k followers
Episodes: 168
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 245 subscribers
Instagram: 403 followers
Episodes: 648
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 162 subscribers
Episodes: 194
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 602 followers
Episodes: 22
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 206
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 98 subscribers
Instagram: 614 followers
Episodes: 68
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Episodes: 71
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 2.2k followers
Episodes: 275
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 3.7k subscribers
Instagram: 30.0k followers
Episodes: 192
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 300 followers
Episodes: 335
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 4.4k subscribers
Instagram: 238.0k followers
Episodes: 318
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 3.5k subscribers
Instagram: 48.0k followers
Episodes: 447
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 106 subscribers
Instagram: 298 followers
Episodes: 251
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 829 followers
Episodes: 315
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.4k subscribers
Instagram: 5.2k followers
Episodes: 181
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Episodes: 65
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 30.7k subscribers
Instagram: 14.0k followers
Episodes: 516
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 249 subscribers
Instagram: 2.5k followers
Episodes: 18
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 2.5k followers
Episodes: 203
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.3k subscribers
Instagram: 3.0k followers
Episodes: 152
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 462
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Episodes: 913
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 8.3k subscribers
Instagram: 34.0k followers
Episodes: 500
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 13.6k subscribers
Instagram: 1.7k followers
Episodes: 234
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 443 followers
Episodes: 531
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 331 subscribers
Episodes: 14
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 97 subscribers
Instagram: 66.0k followers
Episodes: 661
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 1 subscribers
Instagram: 2.0M followers
Episodes: 439
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Episodes: 119
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 57 subscribers
Instagram: 1.1k followers
Episodes: 241
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Episodes: 106
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Episodes: 76
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 13.1k subscribers
Instagram: 158.0k followers
Episodes: 86
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 178.0k subscribers
Instagram: 163.0k followers
Episodes: 49
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 15.6k subscribers
Instagram: 6.0k followers
Episodes: 127
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 74.6k subscribers
Instagram: 22.0k followers
Episodes: 133
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 84.1k subscribers
Instagram: 186.0k followers
Episodes: 362
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 79.0k followers
Episodes: 140
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Episodes: 178
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 863 subscribers
Instagram: 3.5k followers
Episodes: 206
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 5.9k subscribers
Instagram: 41.0k followers
Episodes: 218
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 36 subscribers
Instagram: 5.3k followers
Episodes: 298
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 430
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 982 subscribers
Instagram: 1.2k followers
Episodes: 171
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 6.0M followers
Episodes: 499
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 1.1k followers
Episodes: 301
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 116.0k subscribers
Instagram: 29.0k followers
Episodes: 747
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Episodes: 252
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 633 followers
Episodes: 293
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 740.0k subscribers
Episodes: 467
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 7.3k subscribers
Instagram: 2.0k followers
Episodes: 249
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 6.2k subscribers
Instagram: 2.3k followers
Episodes: 471
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 115.0k subscribers
Instagram: 170.0k followers
Episodes: 407
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 143 subscribers
Instagram: 1.9k followers
Episodes: 191
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.4k subscribers
Instagram: 3.9k followers
Episodes: 300
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 63
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 232
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Episodes: 301
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 67.3k subscribers
Instagram: 12.0k followers
Episodes: 243
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 250 followers
Episodes: 130
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 1.3k followers
Episodes: 172
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 341.0k followers
Episodes: 256
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 233 subscribers
Episodes: 199
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 302 subscribers
Instagram: 2.2k followers
Episodes: 194
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 139 subscribers
Instagram: 11.0k followers
Episodes: 221
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.8k subscribers
Instagram: 1.8k followers
Episodes: 156
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 74.5k subscribers
Instagram: 125.0k followers
Episodes: 135
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
YouTube: 7.1k subscribers
Instagram: 4.1k followers
Episodes: 150
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 2.1k followers
Episodes: 200
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 2 subscribers
Instagram: 11.0k followers
Episodes: 117
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 64.0k followers
Episodes: 289
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 858 followers
Episodes: 343
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
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