Acast Celebrates Success
Acast announces a return of AUD $31 million for its Australian and New Zealand podcast makers.
Acast is supercharging the audio world for podcasters. Image supplied.
Since launching locally in 2017, Acast now boasts more than 31 million monthly listens in Australia and New Zealand and has committed to empowering all podcasters - irrespective of their size or location - to discover their audience and make money from their craft, on their own terms.
With ambitious audio creators at the forefront of podcasting, and prominent voices in a wide range of key categories, Guy Scott-Wilson, Content Director of Acast AU/NZ says creators value independence and the ability to do things on their own terms.
Guy Scott-Wilson. Image supplied.
“They have been able to build large-scale and highly engaged audiences by doing just that,” Scott-Wilson says.
Acast strives to be the foremost creator-centric podcast company, developing innovative and world-class products, tools and services, which allows podcasters to grow and monetise their shows to their full potential.
Dedicated to distributing high-quality and premium podcasts across a broad range of categories, Acast has recently started working with Mark Bouris’ The Mentor and Straight Talk podcasts, and collaborated with Casefile Presents to launch their latest compelling podcast series The Bakersfield Three.
Mark Bouris’ acclaimed podcasts consistently appear at the top of the business charts and offer audiences and advertisers a rich back catalogue of inspiring conversations and a large, highly engaged local audience.
The Bakersfield Three has garnered 700,000 listens across Australia and New Zealand and over 4 million globally within the first four weeks of launching. the true crime podcast swiftly claiming the top spot on the Apple Podcasts Charts in Australia, USA, UK and Canada.
These much-loved podcasts join a suite of recent additions to the Acast Creator Network in 2023, which includes Alpha Blokes, Basically Besties, Girls That Invest, Hello Sport, Only Wrong Answers, To Be Frank with Constance Hall, We Got the Chocolates and We Mean Well - podcasts that span comedy, sports, true crime and business with more than 2.35 million monthly listens locally - adding over three million global monthly listens.
Managing Director of Acast AU/NZ, Henrik Isaksson. Image supplied.
Henrik Isaksson, Managing Director of Acast AU/NZ says it was only a few years ago that the platform set out to create the most valuable marketplace for podcasters of all sizes.
“Fulfilling Acast’s promise to deliver unprecedented returns to podcast creators is incredibly rewarding,” says Isaksson of this milestone for the platform.
“To see that Acast has delivered $31 million dollars to creators since launching in Australia and New Zealand, is a testament to the strong relationships and services we offer,” Isaksson says.