Acast

Leading global podcast hosting and advertising platform with significant market share in Europe and growing presence in North America

Acast is a leading global podcast technology and advertising platform founded in 2014 that connects podcast creators, advertisers, and listeners. The company provides an end-to-end podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform that serves thousands of podcasters worldwide, including major media brands and independent creators. Acast operates one of the world's largest podcast marketplaces, offering dynamic ad insertion technology and programmatic advertising capabilities that enable targeted, measurable audio advertising at scale. As a significant player in the podcast advertising ecosystem, Acast differentiates itself through its global reach across multiple markets including Europe, North America, and Australia, and its sophisticated ad technology that supports both host-read and dynamically inserted advertisements. The company went public on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in 2021 and has established itself as a key infrastructure provider in the rapidly growing podcast advertising industry, competing with platforms like Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Megaphone), Triton Digital, and other podcast ad tech providers.