Simplecast
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Website: www.simplecast.com
Owned by: SiriusXM
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It was certified for v2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on May 15, 2025.
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- Aug 5: Amazon’s decision should be read alongside the performance of its other podcast acquisitions. Amazon bought podcast hosting company ART19 in June 2021, which has never achieved more than a 1% share of total episodes published, and currently hosts 3,900 shows (other enterprise hosts like Megaphone, Simplecast or Triton/Omny each host around 20,000). Amazon splashed $80mn on the SmartLess podcast: but that deal only lasted three years. Last year it spent $100mn for New Heights, promising international audio adaptations (which haven’t happened) and live events - there hasn’t been a live event for the show since Amazon’s ownership. Amazon Music started slowly adding podcasts in 2020; it has a 13% market share for music in the US, but achieves just a 1.6% share of US podcast downloads.
- Aug 4: Our list includes podcast hosting companies. Spotify’s Megaphone host 20, Simplecast from SiriusXM host 12, ART19 and Omny Studio host 5.
- May 16: A number of podcast hosting companies have been certified for v2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines - AdsWizz, PRX, and Simplecast all re-certified yesterday.
- May 5: Podnews’s list includes hosting companies; Megaphone host 22, Simplecast host 12.
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