Toni and Ryan nominated for Webby Award

7 April 2025 Australian podcasters Toni and Ryan are up for Best Comedy Podcast Episode at the 29th Annual Webby Awards.Hailed as the internet’s highest honour by The New York Times, The Webbys are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) and recognise online excellence.“Nominees like Toni and Ryan are setting the standard for… Read More

Acast expands into Queensland with new hire and key promotions

27 March 2025 Podcast company Acast has announced a raft of promotions in the Acast AU/NZ sales team and appointed Lauren Everist to the newly created role of Senior Account Manager, Queensland.Everist (main photo) will oversee the strategic direction and growth of Acast’s sales presence in the region.She brings to Acast twenty years of commercial experience in media,… Read More

Mel Robbins atop the Australian Podcast Ranker again

19 March 2025 Over the festive break, while many radio shows and podcast stars like Hamish and Andy took a break, American author and former lawyer Mel Robbins stormed...

Mel Robbins tops the Australian Podcast Ranker for the first time

19 February 2025 The Triton Australian Podcast Ranker, for January 2025, has a new No 1 and it's from American author and former lawyer Mel Robbins. The Mel...

Acast signs partnership with Between Two Beers

23 January 2025 Acast has signed a global partnership with the New Zealand longform interview podcast Between Two Beers. Launched in 2019 and hosted by Steve Holloway and...

The Rainbow Warrior’s last journey: RNZ Podcasts and ABC Radio Australia co-produce new podcast

27 November 2024 Radio New Zealand Podcasts and ABC Radio Australia have collaborated on a new six-part podcast series The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior, hosted and distributed by Acast. Presented by writer, broadcaster and comedian James Nokise, the podcast explores the final journey of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior prior to its bombing in Auckland… Read More

Casefile True Crime signs with Acast

19 November 2024 Casefile True Crime has signed an exclusive ad sales, hosting and distribution deal with Acast bringing with them their 80 million annual listens and near...

3 years and a new partnership with Acast for the Toni and Ryan podcast

8 August 2024 In August 2021 Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon made the decision to invest in themselves and their friendship starting the Toni and Ryan podcast. Three...

Wondercraft creates Parrot Mode to help AI deliver lines

21 May 2024 Wondercraft, the world's first AI-powered creative audio studio which was founded by Spotify and Acast's Oskar Serrander has launched Parrot Mode, a new feature allowing...

One Minute Remaining podcast uses generative AI for Spanish translation

19 April 2024 Acast have teamed with Wondercraft, an AI powered creative audio studio, to introduce former Australian radio personality Jack Laurence's globally successful true crime podcast One Minute Remaining...

Acast providing beyond the podcast advertising solutions

10 March 2024 Independent podcast company Acast continues to create innovative “beyond the podcast” advertising solutions to help brands reach audiences across the world through traditional and emerging...

Acast gets some Half-Arsed History

26 February 2024 Melburnian Riley Knight has had his popular podcast Half-Arsed History join the Acast Creator Network. With 90,000 weekly listeners across the world, Knight's 'dumb podcast'...

This Is Money, plus spin off podcasts, aim to make finance, career & property more accessible

6 February 2024 Australian finance podcast, My Millennial Money, has rebranded to become This Is Money. Hosted by Glen James, This is Money will be accompanied by spin-off...

Acast reveals global podcast study findings

15 December 2023 Independent podcast company Acast has today unveiled the results of a recent study of marketers based in the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Singapore.Conducted between September and October this year, the research found that globally, marketers are ten times more likely to predict an increase rather than a decrease in podcast ad spend over… Read More

Eleven new shows for Acast with more than $30M in returns for local podcasters

11 December 2023 Independent podcast company Acast continue to grow. Since launching in 2017 in Australia and New Zealand they’ve delivered podcast creators returns of more than AUD $31 million and had more than 31 million monthly listens. This year they’ve invested in 11 new shows spanning comedy, sports, true crime and business content.Acast allows all podcasters, irrespective… Read More

One Minute Remaining creator launches new true crime podcast Wanted

7 August 2023 Australian true crime podcast Wanted has launched, with One Minute Remaining host Jack Laurence interviewing people who have been, or are currently, wanted by authorities...

Veritonic and Acast partnership analyses podcast advertising

26 July 2023 With podcasting allowing advertisers to better target their audience, Veritonic, the industry’s comprehensive audio analytics and research platform, and Acast have partnered to analyse commonalities...

Nobody Joins a Cult podcast soundtrack released by Joe Gould

19 July 2023 For those who have worked in imaging or commercial production, you’ll well know the satisfaction of putting the right sound behind the audio, at just...

GUILT podcast investigates New Zealand’s unsolved cases

12 July 2023 True crime podcast GUILT is back for season three, investigating an active case that could change the course of justice. Lawyer and actor Ryan Wolf...

Global success for One Minute Remaining podcast

5 July 2023 The true crime podcast genre continues to grow with the Australian made One Minute Remaining podcast, featuring interviews with United States inmates, hitting two million...

Acast survey finds listeners and podcasters are embracing AI usage

30 June 2023 If you are having reservations about using AI in your podcast creation, don’t. A new Acast survey indicates that listeners are supportive of this new...

Acast announces self-serve host-read podcast advertising

28 June 2023 Acast continue to provide tailored options for Australian podcasters and advertisers. After allowing advertisers to utilise their first-party data towards more effective campaigns, they are...

Acast+ Access gives subscriber publications integrated podcast benefits

22 June 2023 New research from Acast has shown that there are a significant and financial opportunities for publishers and other companies to integrate podcasts into their current...

Acast offers podcast listeners more effective ads.

27 October 2022 In a first for podcasting, Australian advertisers can now harness the power of their first-party data to create more effective campaigns. Independent podcast company Acast...

Making podcasts pay #RDE22

15 May 2022 Daniella Murphy, creative director at Acast UK talked about how to make podcasts pay without selling out, in today’s Podcast stream at Radiodays Europe. “Ads...

Record entries for the Australian Podcast Awards

20 October 2021 This year’s Australian Podcast Awards has seen a record number of entries from award hopefuls in 2021 with thousands of individual entries recorded across the...

Podcasts are now becoming fit for purpose: Acast’s Joe Copeman #RDE21

11 October 2021 Acast’s Managing Director Joe Copeman gave Radiodays Europe delegates an insight into what podcast advertisers want now and into the future. He summed it up...

ACAST net sales are up by 130%, and listens reach 880M in Q2

19 August 2021 Podcast company ACAST is reporting a net sales growth of 130% for Q2 2021 compared to the same time last year. CEO Ross Adams...

A series of Podcast Sessions rounded out day two of #RadiodaysAsia

26 March 2021 Rachel Corbett (Head of Podcast and Digital Content, NOVA), Henrik Isaksson, (Regional Managing Director, Acast), Corey Layton (Head of Digital Audio, ARN/iHeart), Tanya Nolan (Head...

Patreon and Acast collaborate to make private podcast distribution easier

10 November 2020 Patreon, and Acast, have joined forces to make patron-only podcast content available to listeners across all of the major podcast platforms. This collaboration enables podcasters...