Flightcast
A video-first podcast hosting and analytics platform built for the modern creator economy
Website: flightcast.com
About Flightcast
Flightcast is a video-first podcast hosting and analytics platform built for the modern creator economy. Designed for a landscape where podcasting extends beyond audio, Flightcast enables creators and media companies to publish once and distribute seamlessly across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and RSS. The platform unifies cross-platform analytics into a single dashboard, offering insight into audience behavior, retention, and performance across formats. With AI-powered tools for clip generation, metadata optimization, and data analysis, Flightcast helps creators streamline production, maximize reach, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. Founded by entrepreneur and host of The Diary of a CEO Steven Bartlett and developer and creator-tech entrepreneur Rox Codes, Flightcast provides the infrastructure behind some of the world’s most successful video podcasts and is built to scale with the next generation of creator-led media businesses.
Latest news
- Sep 9: Flightcast Expands Video Ad Capabilities Across Spotify, Apple Podcasts and RSS - New capabilities allow publishers to run a single video advertising campaign across major podcast platforms, enabling creators to capture more monetizable impressions as podcast consumption shifts toward video PRESS RELEASE
- Aug 31: In Australia, LiSTNR has partnered with Flightcast to power its podcasting distribution, including video. More than 150 shows will move onto Flightcast, which was launched by Steven Bartlett and Rox Codes in Oct 2025 - it's the company's biggest customer yet. LiSTNR is run by Australia's largest commercial radio company SCA: they currently use Triton's Omny Studio for podcast hosting.
- May 18: Flightcast has announced support for video on Apple Podcasts, and HLS video through the alternate enclosure, at no extra cost for all customers. The enterprise video podcast host is not charging for additional bandwidth or hosting to enable this feature, and all existing episodes have been pre-processed for customers on the platform, meaning they can enable Apple Podcasts video with no delay.
- May 18: Flightcast Launches Support for Video on Apple Podcasts and HLS Video for All Customers at No Additional Cost - With storage plans starting at 3TB and support for 4K video, Flightcast is uniquely positioned to bring video podcasting to shows of any scale PRESS RELEASE
- May 4: John Spurlock's HLS Podcast Radar - a list of video podcasts available using the alternate enclosure (which Apple doesn't, yet, support) notes that Flightcast has begun producing a number of video shows using the tag. It means that it only needs one open podcast RSS feed to deliver both audio and video.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter