Simplecast
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Website: www.simplecast.com
Owned by: SiriusXM
Simplecast is IAB Certified
It was certified for v2.1 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on Mar 7, 2024.
It is certified for Download and Listener. Learn more
Latest news
- Mar 28: Simplecast and RedCircle announced a partnership earlier in the year for optimised ad insertion, claiming 21% improved ad delivery over traditional VAST integrations. It means podcasters hosting with Simplecast Professional can now find advertisers through RedCircle without switching hosting platforms. You can join the OpenRAP waitlist here.
- Mar 19: Simplecast posts a recap of On Air Fest 2025
- Dec 25, 2024: How many podcasts still have the Chartable prefix in them? As of last weekend, there were still 14,241 (not including shows hosted on Megaphone). Omny Studio has the most, at 1,665 (down by 15% since Dec 1), Libsyn has 1,192 (down by 57%) and Simplecast 973 (down by 37%). Chartable prefixes still work - but they won’t for much longer.
- Dec 12, 2024: Daily Wire has just received IAB v2.2 certification for “download” and “listener”. They’re currently hosted with Simplecast, which is only at v2.1.
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