50 Best Audiobooks Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent audiobooks companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 149 companies tracked on Fsome.

149
Total Companies
$790.1M
Total Funding
$5.3M
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Scribd, Inc.
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobo…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $106.8M Series E 2019-11-25
2
Yoto
Yoto is a screen-free audio platform for kids, fostering imagination and indepen…
London 101 - 250 $58.5M Non Equity Assistance 2026-03-19
3
Realm
Realm is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for rea…
New York 11 - 50 $11.3M Series A 2020-01-29
4
Spines
Publishing your book has never been easier. A one-stop shop for all your publish…
Boynton Beach 51 - 100 $23.6M Series A 2024-11-19
5
Voices
Voices is a voice marketplace allowing businesses to find, hire, and pay voice a…
London 101 - 250 $21.3M Private Equity 2017-07-11
6
Huxe
Huxe enables users to explore subjects in depth by automatically generating podc…
San Jose 1 - 10 $4.6M Seed 2025-09-23
7
Beek
Beek is the top audio platform in Latin America
Mexico City 51 - 100 $13.1M Series A 2023-02-02
8
Readmio
Readmio is a digital publisher of children's literature enhanced by a captivatin…
Prague 11 - 50 $3.5M Seed 2026-02-05
9
Replica Studios
Replica Studios creates naturally expressive voice-overs and performances throug…
Brisbane 1 - 10 $9.6M Seed 2022-11-01
10
FABA
FABA is a startup dedicated to the development of products that stimulate childr…
Treviso 11 - 50 $8.5M Series Unknown 2025-01-23
11
Pushkin Industries
Pushkin Industries is an audio production company developing audiobooks to creat…
New York 11 - 50 $12.8M Series Unknown 2021-03-24
12
Headfone
Headfone is a social audio platform where you can record, listen and share audio…
Bangalore 11 - 50 $13.0M Series B 2022-04-19
13
Nextory
Nextory is an online collection of e-books in pdf and audio formats.
Kista 1 - 10 $49.1M Series Unknown 2022-06-20
14
Speechki
The easiest way to convert ChatGPT texts to ready-to-use audio ’ download link, …
Austin 11 - 50 $1.8M Seed 2022-06-09
15
Storytel
Storytel is a provider of a phone-based audiobook and e-book streaming services.
Stockholm 501 - 1K $311.9M Post Ipo Equity 2022-11-09
16
Sesamy
Liberate yourself from zombie subscriptions. Pay only for the content you want. …
Stockholm 11 - 50 $8.7M Seed 2022-11-15
17
Fonos
Fonos is a digital content application including Copyrighted Audiobooks, Book Su…
Ho Chi Minh City 11 - 50 $2.9M Seed 2022-11-23
18
Podbbang
Podbbang is an online audio content platform that provides access to podcasts, a…
Mapo $7.7M Series B 2018-04-23
19
Deep Zen
AI company focusing on audiobook production and voiceovers with an audiobook mar…
London 11 - 50 $3.6M Seed 2020-03-01
20
Aniara
Aniara is a service that allows authors and rights holders to access a global au…
Stockholm 1 - 10 $671K Pre Seed 2025-05-14
21
Audimo
Audimo is the largest audiotainment company in Portuguese language, providing au…
Rio De Janeiro 51 - 100 $4.8M Series A 2019-11-10
22
Dinlebi
Dinlebi is an audio streaming service offering subscription-based access to audi…
Rotterdam 1 - 10 $906K Seed 2021-11-22
23
Influential
Influential provides professional speakers and books to global audiences.
Seoul 51 - 100 $33.5M Series C 2021-02-04
24
Millie
Millie is an online book reading application.
Mapo 51 - 100 $21.7M Series C 2019-03-31
25
Akhdar
Akhdar is a platform that generates simplified content from books.
Cairo 11 - 50 $200K Series Unknown 2023-11-12
26
Biryudumkitap
Biryudumkitap is a mobile app that provides nonfiction book summaries and short …
Istanbul 1 - 10 $542K Seed 2020-12-30
27
Kitab Sawti
Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and pod…
Dubai 11 - 50 $8.5M Grant 2020-03-01
28
Bookers
Bookers is a B2B organisations' unique reading education services.
Anyang 11 - 50 $722K Seed 2025-08-22
29
OMNI Broadcast
Diversity of voice, freedom of choice - OMNI the democratic marketplace for audi…
Austin 1 - 10 $250K Seed 2022-07-29
30
Audible
Audible is an internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, educational progr…
Newark 1K - 5K $14.5M Post Ipo Equity 2006-10-05
31
ShunBoi
ShunBoi is an audio streaming and media services provider company.
Dhaka 11 - 50 $10K Pre Seed 2023-01-15
32
Podvine
Podvine is the fastest growing podcast platform - The Youtube of podcasting
London 1 - 10 $120K Pre Seed 2020-09-03
33
Boodioapp
Boodioapp is an e-book and audiobook application.
Besiktas 11 - 50 $61K Seed 2022-01-01
34
Abel Studios
Abel is a content publishing startup that specializes in creating high-quality a…
Amsterdam 1 - 10 $146K Pre Seed 2022-10-19
35
Ugglo
Ugglo is a multilingual audio book service for children.
Stockholm 11 - 50 $421K Series Unknown 2019-01-24
36
Navaar
Navaar is the biggest Farsi spoken-word entertainment service (Audiobooks, Podca…
Tehran 11 - 50 $1.3M Series A 2017-03-11
37
H
Hanwujinian
Hanwujinian provides novel creating, reading, and audiobook listening services o…
Minhang 11 - 50 $453K Angel 2017-12-07
38
Voibook
Voibook provides internet access, artificial intelligence technology, and a serv…
Panyu 11 - 50 $548K Angel 2018-01-26
39
AkooBooks Audio
AkooBooks Audio is a leading Ghanaian publisher and digital distributor of Afric…
Accra 1 - 10 $70K Non Equity Assistance 2024-10-25
40
Subshine Culture
Subshine Culture is a provider of book publishing and distribution services.
Wuhan 501 - 1K $442K Angel 2016-11-09
41
Sheng Gongchang
Sheng Gongchang is an audiobook content production and provider.
Shenyang 11 - 50 $457K Angel 2016-06-03
42
I
IQ Zipper
Developer of an audio learning application designed to provide key ideas from be…
Sofia, Bulgaria $31K Pre Seed 2022-06-10
43
Pod People
Pod People is a content + marketing studio for award-winning podcasts and social…
Brooklyn 11 - 50 Pre Seed 2020-07-13
44
Teraki
Teraki App is an East-African that does audio streaming platform which hosts aud…
Bishoftu 1 - 10 $155K Pre Seed 2023-01-03
45
Amber
Digital platform for e-books and audiobooks in South Slavic Languages
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 10 $12K Seed 2021-06-01
46
Tuned Global
Tuned Global provides B2B turnkey streaming solutions to help users launch their…
Melbourne, Australia 11 - 50 $5.1M Series Unknown 2020-09-01
47
Boksy
AI powered platform for publishers that digitalizes content fast and enables the…
Skopje 1 - 10 Angel 2024-03-10
48
Audioteka
Audioteka is a mobile and multi-language audiobook application for smartphones/t…
Warsaw 51 - 100 Series A 2016-01-08
49
SINGDOO
Singdoo is an audio reading platform for listeners and readers.
Beijing 101 - 250 $5.3M Angel 2014-12-23
50
Rufoof
Information Technology & Services
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 51 - 100 Seed 2014-11-01