Acast is a global podcast platform that provides premium hosting, distribution and monetization. Acast’s app and web service provides on-demand audio content enhanced by additional interactive media and links.
Headquartered in Stockholm and founded by Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam, Acast first launched in Sweden in April 2014, opened a London office in October 2014, and entered the US market in November 2015.
Available for iOS and Android, the service currently serves 30 million streams per month. The platform enables producers to host podcasts for free and monetize them via its ad-supported platform. Acast features podcasts from media houses like The Financial Times, BuzzFeed, The Economist, SKY, TV4, Londonist, and Fusion to name a few.
Where Acast got mentioned
“Acast’s free-to-use platform and app lets users browse or recommend podcasts and, like on Spotify, introduces them to new relevant shows and lets them share shows across a social network.”– FastCompany
“5 / 5”– The Sun
”Best in Test” (Podcast-App) – Macworld
Awards won
”Tech5 Sweden 2016”
”Red Herring Top 100 Europe 2016”
”Best Digital Media Platform 2016” – IAB Sweden
”100 hottest European Startups” – WIRED
”Super startup 2015” – Veckans Affärer
”Start up of the year 2014” – IDG
”Most innovative media service” – Mobilgalan
- Company Name:Acast
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Headquarters: (View Map)Stockholm, Sweden
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Office Locations:Stockholm
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50 - 200 employees
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Desktop Display, Desktop Video, Mobile Display, Mobile Video, Social, Email, Digital Audio
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CPM
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Affiliate Network
- Headline:Makes good stories great!
- Self / Managed Service:Managed Service
- IndustriesEntertainment, Retail, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile App Installs
- Key DifferentiatorWhen you advertise with Acast you reach 18 million unique individuals across our 45 million monthly listenings. You reach them in the context of the Financial Times podcast or the Economist podcasts, or Vogue podcasts. Or any of our other premium podcasts. The people you reach will be interested in the content and they will listen through headphones. Welcome to Acast!
- Approved 3rd Party Ad Serving / Rich Media VendorsSizmek - http://www.sizmek.com
- 27054 Global Rank
- 22272 United Kingdom
- 3.35 M Estimated Visits
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Direct38.52%
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Search34.90%
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Referrals12.24%
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Social9.99%
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Display3.03%
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Mail1.31%
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21.59%
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20.34%
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8.50%
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5.46%
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4.54%
- China 15.7%
- United States 11.0%
- India 9.9%
- France 5.9%
- United Kingdom 4.7%
- Site Construction
- Site Furnishings
- 500 Downloads
- 0 SDKs
- 4.55 Avg. Rating
- 14 Total reviews
- App Url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mathias.android.acastkey
- App Support: http://acast.squarespace.com
- Genre: media_and_video
- Bundle ID: com.mathias.android.acastkey
- App Size: 8.09 K
- Version: 1
- Release Date: February 13th, 2010
- Update Date: February 13th, 2010
Description:
This key can be installed to remove the ads in the podcast player ACast.
ACast has to be installed separately.
IMPORTANT! ACast will detect when this key is installed and disable/hide the visual ads.
A restart of the phone/ACast may be required for ACast to detect the key.
They are headquartered at Stockholm, Sweden, and have 27 advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava. According to their Ads.txt, Acast inventory partners include: adswizz.com.
Acast works with Advertising technology companies such as Facebook Custom Audiences, Google Adsense, DoubleClick.Net, Twitter Ads, App-Ads.txt, Ads.txt, Less than 5 Ads.txt, Less than 5 DIRECT Ads.txt, RubiconProject Reseller, Rewardful.
