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Supercast sees success in cross-platform paid podcast subscriptions

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  • Paid podcast subscriptions seem to be having a moment: Breaking Points, a podcast and YouTube show, has seen 10,000 paying subscribers in just two days using Supercast. The company tells Podnews that their top ten podcasters are earning more than $9 million in annual recurring revenue from paid subscribers on the platform; and that their growth rate is outperforming Substack’s early published milestones.

  • RedCircle has landed $6m in funding. The company monetises podcasts, selling host-read ads or programmatic advertising, as well as a method of selling podcast subscriptions. The company says many of their podcasters are earning six figures annually.

  • Callin, a social podcast app, has raised $12m in funding. It appears to be a Clubhouse-like service; Axios says it’s “a single software stack for recording, editing, transcription and distribution, plus an added twist of live audience participation”.


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