Acast becomes the first global platform to join Spain’s Audio Academy
Acast, the world’s largest pure-play podcast company, has joined the Academia de las Artes, las Ciencias y la Industria del Audio en Español (Spain’s Audio Academy), becoming the first global platform in the sector to become a member of the organisation.
With this step, Acast aligns with the objectives of the Audio Academy, established in 2025 to consolidate Spanish-language audio as a cultural and economic industry, support its professionalisation, and strengthen its institutional representation.
“For Acast, joining the Audio Academy is a way to support the development of a strong, professional and institutionally recognised podcast ecosystem,” said Megan Davies, Managing Director, International, at Acast. “We’re proud to announce our membership at a time when the Academy’s work is beginning to deliver results, including the recent commitment from Spain’s Ministry of Culture to open a joint working group aimed at advancing the recognition of audio as a cultural industry.”
Ricardo Dómine, President of the Audio Academy, said: “We welcome Acast’s joining the Academia del Audio as a very significant milestone for the industry as a whole. The fact that a global platform of this scale is becoming part of the initiative strengthens the work we have been driving to promote the professionalisation, cohesion and institutional recognition of Spanish-language audio as a cultural industry. We hope this will be the first of many such commitments and that other platforms and media organisations across the sector will also join this collective effort.”
Acast was founded in 2014, when podcasting was still a niche format with no clear revenue model for creators, introducing one of the key technological advances for the industry: dynamic ad insertion. This innovation enabled podcast monetisation at scale and helped democratise revenue for podcasters. Today, Acast connects more than 140,000 creators with 4,000 advertisers globally and has offices in 15 countries.
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.
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