Acast
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Address: Kungsgatan 28, 111 35 Stockholm, Sweden
Acast is a Swedish-founded company that provides hosting, monetization and growth support for podcasts, and podcast advertising solutions for brands and media agencies. Launching in 2014, it developed a dynamic insertion technology which can target advertising within podcasts based on location, time, and personal data. The company champions an independent and open ecosystem for podcasting, where podcasts hosted with Acast are available on all podcast listening apps. Acast was founded by Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam in 2014; together with Johan Billgren as co-founder. Acast hosts over 88,000 podcasts, with over 430 million listens every month. The company operates worldwide with a physical presence in 15 countries, and has its headquarters in Stockholm. Wikipedia
Website: www.acast.com
Symbol: ACAST:STO
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Acast is IAB Certified
Acast was certified for v2.1 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on Oct 1, 2021.
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Latest news
- May 8: Globally, iHeart is now listed in the global ranker, and, over 50% bigger than Acast, it debuts at #1. Acast was #1 global podcast publisher last time.
- May 7: Podcast hosting and monetisation company Acast released its Q1/24 financial results. The company, which is #1 global podcast publisher according to Podtrac, reported that net sales grew 25% year-on-year - driven by North America, where sales grew by 48%. The company is closer to positive EBITDA, losing $1.4mn in the quarter (compared to $5.6mn a year ago).
- Apr 25: Acast is celebrating its tenth birthday today, with a number of video messages from podcasters, and events across the world. We’ve a few of the videos on our website. The company was recently highlighted by Podtrac as the world’s largest podcast company.
- Apr 23: Exhibit A is new this week from Abby Clancy, who's married to Peter Crouch, who both own Marvellous Media, a new podcast network, which is to launch up to ten new shows this year, which is working with Acast, who will be monetising both the audio and the video output across all platforms, where they can reach Abbey and Pete's 1.5mn followers.
- Apr 22: Spotify is the largest global digital audio advertising company, with ad-supported revenue in Q4/23 of €501mn ($533mn), compared with SiriusXM $479mn; iHeart digital audio revenue $317mn; Cumulus digital revenue $221mn; Audacy digital revenue $69.1mn; Acast $45mn. All these other companies are IAB members.
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