About

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

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Desktop Video
    • In-Banner Video
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    • Pre-Roll
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    • Mid-Roll
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    • Post-Roll
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    • Video Companion Ad
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    • Outstream Video
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    • Custom Video Executions
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  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Mobile Video
    • Pre-Roll
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    • Mid-Roll
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    • Post-Roll
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    • Outstream Video
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    • Custom Mobile Video Executions
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  • Social
  • Email
  • Digital Audio
    • Pre-Roll
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    • Mid-Roll
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    • Post-Roll
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    • Companion Banner Ad
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    • Sponsored Reading
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  • Desktop Display, Desktop Video, Mobile Display, Mobile Video, Social, Email, Digital Audio
  • CPM
  • Affiliate Network
  • Headline:
    Makes good stories great!
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Entertainment, Retail, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile App Installs
  • Key Differentiator
    When 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 Vendors
    Sizmek - http://www.sizmek.com
Site Traffic
URL: acast.com
  • 27054 Global Rank
  • 22272
    United Kingdom
  • 3.35 M Estimated Visits
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Traffic Sources
  • Direct
    38.52%
  • Search
    34.90%
  • Referrals
    12.24%
  • Social
    9.99%
  • Display
    3.03%
  • Mail
    1.31%
Geography Breakdown
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Alexa Traffic Data
URL: acast.com
Global Rank 3,359
908
China Rank 4,143
1,101
China Page Views 15.7%
2.3%
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Top Countries
Top Search Keywords
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Mobile App Data
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| ACast Unlock Key
  • 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.

Ads.txt
URL: All O/O Properties
Ad Exchange
Type
Publisher ID
Certification ID
adswizz.com
direct
acast
Acast advertising reaches 3.35M visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Thailand. Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Video, Mobile, MobileVideo, Social, Email, DigitalAudio Advertising on Acast will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as Retail, Entertainment, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile App Installs.

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.
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