Simplecast
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Website: www.simplecast.com
Owned by: SiriusXM
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It was certified for v2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on May 15, 2025.
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Latest news
- Jul 20: Edison Research at SSRS released the top 50 podcasts in the US for Q2 2026. The Bill Simmons Podcast, which is now visible on Netflix, has jumped 17 positions to make it into the top 25 for the first time. British podcast The Rest Is History has entered the top 50 for the first time. (Simplecast hosts 17, Megaphone hosts 16, Omny Studio 4, ART19 and Audioboom 3, FlightCast, Acast, Blubrry, Libsyn, WNYC and WideOrbit 1)
- Mar 16:
More video is coming. At Podcast Movement Evolutions at SXSW, Stacey Goers and Jake Shapiro from Apple Podcasts announced a number of new podcast hosting partners for the upcoming Apple Podcasts HLS video feature. Transistor, Audiomeans, PodBean, Captivate, RSS
.com and Podigee are all soon to support HLS video on Apple Podcasts. The companies join Acast, Omny Studio, ART19 and Simplecast. - Mar 4: Simplecast shares How to Scale Podcast Revenue Without Sacrificing Creative Control. While it’s a bit of a sales piece for AdsWizz and SImplecast, it’s also helpful to explain how dynamic ad insertion works, and whether it’s for you.
- Feb 17: Unlike Spotify or YouTube, your podcast host will continue to host the video files, using HLS to deliver video in good quality. However, it only works with participating podcast hosts; Apple has launched with just four participating companies: Acast, ART19, Omny Studio and Simplecast.
- Jan 1: Stephen Hallgren, CTO at Bumper and former CTO at Simplecast, writes Staying Afloat in the Rising Sea of AI Content, discussing the rise of AI slop generation companies last year.
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