Wondery
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The World’s Most Listened to and Beloved Podcast Company
Website: wondery.com
Owned by: Amazon
About Wondery
Wondery is a podcast studio known for character-driven, binge-worthy stories including Dr. Death, British Scandal, Even the Rich, and Business Wars, and hit partner shows like Armchair Expert, How I Built This, and New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. Over 55 original shows from Wondery have hit No. 1 on Apple Podcasts, including Scamfluencers, Ghost Story, and Hysterical. Wondery is the industry leader in adapting podcasts for scripted television or streaming series, including Dr. Death and Joe vs Carole on Peacock, The Shrink Next Door and WeCrashed on Apple TV+, and American Sports Story and Dying for Sex on FX. Wondery has gained critical acclaim and commercial success for its immersive approach to sonic, emotionally driven storytelling. The Wondery app offers a unique, personalized podcast listening experience, including access to its premium ad-free offering Wondery+. With Wondery+, fans experience early access, exclusive episodes, and ad-free listening.
Latest news
- Oct 29: Amazon is to cut 14,000 corporate jobs, and has warned of further cuts next year. It’s yet another set of cuts for the company: just within podcasting, it had cut 110 jobs at Wondery in August; a “small number” at Wondery in March; and closed Wondery’s entire operations in Mexico and Brazil in February. The cuts were announced before affected employees were individually told; Amazon’s share price rose 1% on the news. Apparently AI will replace some of the roles, which will be lost across the business.
- Oct 8: Podtrac released the September 2025 US rankings for publishers and podcasts. In the podcast ranking, The Charlie Kirk Show saw a rise from #34 to #6 (his fatal shooting was on Sep 10); SiriusXM’s Fantasy Footballers moved from #34 to #9 (the new NFL season kicked off on Sep 5); and Morbid jumped from #404 up to #11 (this is essentially “the highest new entry”, given the show shifted to SiriusXM on Sep 1 from Wondery, which isn’t a participating publisher). As ever, these rankers measure participating podcasters only.
- Sep 30: This International Podcast Day, support an indie podcaster near you: finalists in the Business and the People’s Choice categories in the 2025 Signal Awards include massive shows from Bloomberg, The Verge, Wondery etc, and independent Canadian show The Business Development Podcast - who are currently in second place, behind Morning Brew. If you fancy helping this David vs Goliath fight, go vote!.
- Sep 25: Amazon Prime Video is now showing New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce in the US. The show is owned by Wondery, an Amazon subsidiary. Here’s the show page, which appears to be sorted by oldest-first. It doesn’t appear to be available on Amazon Prime Video in other countries but is available on YouTube internationally - we’ve asked why.
- Sep 24: Wondery has cancelled ad sales support for award-winning show The Socially Distant Sports Bar.
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