Best podcasts for indie makers and bootstrappers (2026)

Indie Hackers Podcast

indiehackers.com/podcasts

Long-form conversations with founders of profitable online businesses about how they found ideas, got customers and grew without venture funding.

Startups For the Rest of Us

startupsfortherestofus.com

Weekly show with 750+ episodes on launching and growing bootstrapped and minimally funded software companies.

MicroConf On Air

microconfpodcast.com

MicroConf's show featuring stories and strategies from founders of sustainable, profitable SaaS companies.

My First Million

mfmpod.com

Brainstorming-heavy business podcast that riffs on business ideas, trends and interviews with entrepreneurs.

The Bootstrapped Founder

thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcast

Arvid Kahl's show on building calm, sustainable, audience-driven businesses, drawing on his own bootstrapped exit.

Bootstrapped Web

bootstrappedweb.com

Two founders share a candid, behind-the-scenes look at bootstrapping software products, raising money and exiting.

Build Your SaaS

saas.transistor.fm

Ongoing behind-the-scenes account of bootstrapping Transistor, the podcast hosting company.

Slow & Steady

slowandsteadypodcast.com

Two independent software engineers talk about what it is like to build and launch their own products.

Indie Bites

indiebites.com

Short interviews with indie hackers who built small, profitable bootstrapped businesses, covering ideas, validation and first customers. The host announced in 2026 that the show is closing, so the archive is the main draw.

Tropical MBA

tropicalmba.com

Long-running podcast for location-independent entrepreneurs, covering buying, building and running small online businesses.

Mixergy

mixergy.com

Andrew Warner's interview show where founders walk through how they built their companies, step by step.

The SaaS Podcast

saasclub.io/saas-podcast

Weekly interviews with founders about what worked, what broke and how they grew profitable SaaS businesses.

Smart Passive Income

smartpassiveincome.com/spi

Pat Flynn's long-running show on building online businesses, audiences and passive income streams.

Short daily episodes, each telling the story of a person earning extra income without quitting their job.

Weekly interviews and tactics for starting and growing side businesses.

REWORK

rework.fm

37signals' podcast about calmer ways to work and run a business without chasing hypergrowth or outside capital.

Under the Radar

relay.fm/radar

Short episodes on independent app development, from code and design to marketing and support. The show has ended but its archive remains.

Launched

launchedfm.com

Conversations with indie app developers and solo creators about what it really takes to ship something new.

Changelog's in-depth one-on-one interviews with founders and makers about their journeys and struggles.

Ditching Hourly

ditchinghourly.com

Show for solo professionals about earning more by moving from hourly billing to value-based pricing.

Bootstrapped.fm

bootstrapped.fm

Archive of a seminal bootstrapper podcast that started in 2013 and ran for well over 200 episodes across two eras.

The Startup Ideas Podcast

youtube.com/@GregIsenberg

Greg Isenberg's show breaking down startup ideas, AI-era opportunities and community-led businesses with guests.

Lenny's Podcast

lennysnewsletter.com/podcast

Interviews with product and growth leaders on building products, finding product-market fit and growing.

ZenFounder

zenfounder.com

Podcast about the mental health and personal side of being a founder.

Lex Fridman Podcast #440

Long-form interview on programming, viral AI startups and digital nomad life.

by Pieter Levels

Full Stack Radio

Podcast for developers about building great software products.

by Adam Wathan

Kitze — Juggling Projects, ADHD, and the Indie Hacker Lifestyle (The Bootstrapped Founder)

Interview on building Sizzy and Benji and working with ADHD.

by Kitze

Behind the Craft: Bootstrapping 5 AI Products to $1M+/Month

Peter Yang's interview on how Revid, Outrank and his other products grew.

by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie

Weekly conversations about technology, finance and systems thinking, with full transcripts.

by Patrick McKenzie

Claude Code for B2B Marketers (Exit Five)

Interview walking through how he uses Claude Code and marketing skills.

by Corey Haines

The Inforium

Long-form conversations on productivity and personal development, formerly the College Info Geek Podcast.

by Thomas Frank

Lenny's Podcast

Long-form interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts.

by Lenny Rachitsky

How BetaList is helping startups get their first users (Mixergy)

Interview with Andrew Warner about the early growth of BetaList.

by Marc Köhlbrugge

Behind the Craft: From Engineer to Indie Hacker Making $1.3M ARR

Peter Yang's interview on growing Testimonial.to and PDF.ai.

by Damon Chen

Tyler Tringas — Investing in Bootstrapped SaaS (The Bootstrapped Founder #304)

Interview about Calm Company Fund and funding sustainable businesses.

by Tyler Tringas

No Plans To Merge

Casual developer podcast co-hosted with Daniel Coulbourne.

by Caleb Porzio

Startups for the Rest of Us

Long-running podcast on bootstrapping, which Mike co-hosted for its first 448 episodes.

by Mike Taber

Launched #86: Swipe the cat – Adam Lyttle

Interview with Charlie Chapman on going from a failed agency and mowing lawns to a $70K/month app business.

by Adam Lyttle

The Art of Product

Podcast he co-hosted with Ben Orenstein for over 200 episodes about building and growing their software businesses.

by Derrick Reimer

Syntax

Tasty treats for web developers, co-hosted with Scott Tolinski.

by Wes Bos

Code & Curiosity

Personal insights and opinions on programming and becoming a developer.

by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

Build Your SaaS

Justin and Jon's open, behind-the-scenes podcast about building Transistor as a bootstrapped company.

by Justin Jackson

Build & Launch

His earlier podcast about building and launching a small project every week.

by Justin Jackson

Kevin Powell podcast

Episodes on CSS architecture, new CSS features and the front-end industry, often with guests.

by Kevin Powell

Retained Trust

Weekly interviews with digital service business owners on building, scaling and selling agencies.

by Karl Hughes

Smart Passive Income Podcast

Long-running show on building online businesses, with 80M+ downloads.

by Pat Flynn

A $4M Exit with Josh Pigford (Startups for the Rest of Us)

Podcast episode on how the Baremetrics sale came together.

by Josh Pigford

The Open-Source Transformation of Maybe (The Bootstrapped Founder)

Interview on shutting down Maybe and relaunching it as open source.

by Josh Pigford

The Panel

Podcast with Justin Jackson and founder friends about software, bootstrapping and founder life.

by Brian Casel

Bootstrapped Web

Long-running podcast with Jordan Gal about bootstrapping software businesses.

by Brian Casel

The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast

Long-form conversations about software engineering, teams and the industry.

by Gergely Orosz

The Startup Ideas Podcast

Twice-weekly show with free startup ideas and founder breakdowns.

by Greg Isenberg

Syntax

Web development podcast with Wes Bos, with full episodes, Hasty Treats and potlucks.

by Scott Tolinski

Phases

Podcast about parenting.

by Scott Tolinski

Indie Hackers #086 — How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else

Her story of learning to code and bootstrapping Key Values as a solo founder.

by Lynne Tye

Indie Hack or Venture Back (Software Engineering Daily)

On choosing to build a small, profitable business instead of raising venture capital.

by Lynne Tye

Creator Science podcast

Interviews with top creators about the systems behind their work, formerly Creative Elements.

by Jay Clouse

The Bootstrapped Founder

Weekly podcast on bootstrapping, audience building and the Podscan journey.

by Arvid Kahl

How I Sold 64,000 Pounds of Onions Online — Side Hustle Show #424

Interview on how VidaliaOnions.com works.

by Peter Askew

Peter Askew — Domain Expertise (The Bootstrapped Founder #202)

Conversation with Arvid Kahl on monetizing and buying domains.

by Peter Askew

SaaS Club: Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch

Interview on growing Bidsketch.

by Ruben Gamez

supastarter and Indie Hacking with Jonathan Wilke (CodingCat.dev)

Interview on building a boilerplate business.

by Jonathan Wilke

Indie Hackers #216: The Hardcore Year Approach to $10K/Month

Courtland Allen interviews Andrey about moving to Bali on a small runway and his Hardcore Year.

by Andrey Azimov

Stacking the Bricks podcast

Conversations with Alex Hillman about bootstrapping and product research.

by Amy Hoy

Solos

Podcast about building solo, bootstrapped businesses, with guest indie makers.

by Martin Donadieu

Indie Makers (French)

Earlier French-language podcast about indie making.

by Martin Donadieu

Bitcoin for Millennials

Podcast and YouTube show about Bitcoin, money and technology for a younger generation.

by Bram Kanstein

Dru's Notes

Short daily episodes, each based on one of Riley's essays about a mental model or habit.

by Dru Riley

SaaS Club: How a developer bootstrapped Paperform

Interview on Paperform's early growth and AppSumo launch.

by Dean McPherson

Startups for the Rest of Us

Weekly podcast for bootstrapped and mostly-bootstrapped SaaS founders, 800+ episodes.

by Rob Walling

The Bootstrapped Founder #240: An Indie Hacker's Business Evolution

Interview with Arvid Kahl on his path from Headlime to HeadshotPro.

by Danny Postma

a16z Podcast: Beyond Avatars

Discussion of how AI is reshaping online identity and photography.

by Danny Postma

Yo! Danny Postma

Interview on building AI products and life after an exit.

by Danny Postma

UI Breakfast

Conversations about UI/UX design, SaaS products and marketing.

by Jane Portman

Better Done Than Perfect

Userlist's podcast on SaaS marketing and growth.

by Jane Portman

The Next Wave

Conversations on AI, business and technology with Nathan Lands.

by Matt Wolfe

LaunchDay Podcast

Interviews with indie founders about their products and journeys.

by Dagobert Renouf

The Bootstrapped Founder #212

Interview on the emotional journey of building Logology.

by Dagobert Renouf

How Frey Chu Built Directory Sites (Niche Pursuits Podcast)

Interview on his directory strategy and monetization.

by Frey Chu

Accidental Tech Podcast

Weekly tech podcast co-hosted with Casey Liss and John Siracusa.

by Marco Arment

Under the Radar

Podcast about independent iOS app development, co-hosted with David Smith.

by Marco Arment

Accidental Tech Podcast

Weekly tech podcast with Marco Arment and John Siracusa.

by Casey Liss

Analog(ue)

Relay show with Myke Hurley about the human side of technology.

by Casey Liss

Mostly Technical

Weekly podcast with Aaron Francis about Laravel, software businesses and tangents.

by Ian Landsman

Bootstrapped

Retired podcast on startups, bootstrapping and SaaS with 100+ episodes from 2013 to 2018.

by Ian Landsman

Launched by RevenueCat

Interview podcast with indie app developers and creators about launching and growing their products, also published on YouTube.

by Charlie Chapman

ShopTalk Show

Weekly podcast about front-end web design and development, co-hosted with Dave Rupert, with 500+ episodes.

by Chris Coyier

Latent Space

Interviews and essays on AI engineering.

by Shawn Wang (swyx)

Core Intuition

Podcast with Manton Reece about indie software development for Apple platforms, which ran for more than 16 years.

by Daniel Jalkut

Stacktrace

Podcast with John Sundell about Apple platform development and news.

by Guilherme Rambo

Ben Tossell of Makerpad (Indie Hackers Podcast)

Interview about building Makerpad and teaching no-code.

by Ben Tossell

Indie Hackers Podcast

Long-form conversations with indie founders about how they turned side projects into profitable businesses.

by Courtland Allen

Shit You Don't Learn in School

Podcast on practical life skills, travel, health and side projects.

by Steph Smith

Framework Friends

Podcast co-hosted with Aaron Francis about building frameworks and developer tools, including Bullet Train's move to open source.

by Andrew Culver

Developing Perspective

Short podcast on being an indie app developer, revived in 2026.

by David Smith

Under the Radar (with Marco Arment)

Ten-year podcast about independent iOS app development.

by David Smith

Indie Hackers #147 with Cory Zue

Interview about leaving a CTO job and growing Place Card Me and Pegasus.

by Cory Zue

Software Social

Podcast she co-hosted about building and running small software businesses.

by Michele Hansen

Slow & Steady

Podcast with Benedicte Raae about the realities of building and launching products as independent software engineers.

by Benedikt Deicke

Indie Hackers Podcast

Co-hosted conversations with indie founders turning side projects into profitable businesses.

by Channing Allen

The Creator's Adventure

Interview show with creators and entrepreneurs about building knowledge businesses.

by Bryan McAnulty

Indie Hackers #024 with Moritz Dausinger

Interview about bootstrapping Docparser and Mailparser.

by Moritz Dausinger

Above Board (Fathom Analytics podcast)

Paul and Jack Ellis on building and running a bootstrapped SaaS.

by Paul Jarvis