Acast scores New Zealand’s biggest interview podcast
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Acast scores New Zealand’s biggest interview podcast

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  • Exclusive: The Between Two Beers podcast, New Zealand’s most popular long-form interview podcast, has signed a multi-year deal with Acast. The partnership will include ad and sponsorship opportunities on the audio podcast, video podcast and associated social channels. The show was previously with NZME.

  • Reasons to be cheerful: at Signal Hill Insights, Paul Riismandel is optimistic about podcasting in 2025 - pointing out that much has changed in the ten years since Serial. Not least - there’s a 3.4x greater chance of finding an audience in 2025 than in 2014.

  • “You’re not buying enough podcasts”: Cumulus Media’s message to advertisers in the company’s 2025 Audioscape. No brand is coming close to saturating podcast audiences, says Pierre Bouvard.

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Podcast data for Jan 22

#1 in Apple Podcasts
US flag The Mel Robbins Podcast (Mel Robbins)
GB flag The Rest Is History (Goalhanger)

#1 in Spotify
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GB flag The 2 Johnnies Podcast (The 2 Johnnies)

Over the last week, 191,155 podcasts published at least one new episode (up 3.1%). source

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