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
- Aug 1: Already hitting #1 in some charts, Julie’s Gone is new from Casefile Presents, looking at the disappearance of a 19 year-old woman in Melbourne. It's with Acast.
- Jul 31: The Dark Finds Podcast has joined The Radcast Network. It was with Acast, and is hosted by writer and psychology-obsessed creator Gary Colton.
- Jul 29: Acast announced a global partnership with Magnite, which will make Acast’s podcasts available to advertisers via the world's largest independent supply-side platform for advertising.
- Jul 25: Acast released its Q2/25 financials (the full PDF is here). Sales grew by 27% to 606.7 SEK ($63.6mn); and for the first time, the US is now Acast’s largest market, with sales growing 70% in the region. However, the number of listens decreased further to 1,102mn, and the company’s operating loss has doubled to 66.3 SEK ($7mn), though part of this are one-off costs related to the change of CEO: the figures are the first under new CEO Greg Glenday. The company employs 445 people.
- 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.
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