Acast
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Address: 
Kungsgatan 28, 111 35 Stockholm, Sweden
Your all in one podcasting powerhouse
Website: www.acast.com
Symbol: ACAST:STO
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About Acast
Since 2014, Acast has been building the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, creating the technology that connects podcast creators, advertisers and listeners. Its marketplace spans more than 140,000 podcasts, 3,300 advertisers and one billion quarterly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetised wherever they happen – across any podcast app or listening platform.
The company operates worldwide, with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market (ACAST.ST). Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB.
Acast is IAB Certified
It was certified for v2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on Dec 10, 2024.
It is certified for Download, Client-Confirmed Ad Play, Ad Delivery and Listener. Learn more
Latest news
- Jul 14: PodBiz launches today, with a clear mission: to explore how podcasting actually makes money. Hosted by longtime industry experts Norma Jean Belenky and John Kiernan, PodBiz is a show about the business of podcasting with one key question at its core: “Where’s the money in podcasting?” PodBiz dives into the revenue models, platform plays, community and creator strategies driving the business of podcasting forward. The show is proudly hosted with support from Acast, with VP of Product Milly Botes featured as one of the first three guests.
- Jul 9: The London Podcast Festival has announced a number of big shows are taking part in its tenth year. The event takes place in early September in North London, just ten minutes from the venue of The Podcast Show in May. Acast are this year’s official partner.
- Jul 2: The Giggly Squad podcast has extended its advertising partnership with Acast.
- Jun 24: Marketecture has Milly Botes, Acast's VP of Product, as a guest this week. She shares how ads are becoming more scalable, how Acast is using AI, and reveals what animal Acast would be.
- Jun 23: Greg Glenday has been announced as the new CEO for Acast, after Ross Adams announced his resignation. Adams will continue as a strategic advisor; he’d been with Acast since 2014 (moving from Spotify and Capital Radio), and had been CEO for eight years.
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