50 Best Podcast Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent podcast companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 884 companies tracked on Fsome.

884
Total Companies
$7.5B
Total Funding
$8.5M
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Acast
Acast is an audio-on-demand and podcast platform that hosts, monetizes, and dist…
Stockholm 251 - 500 $126.2M Series Unknown 2020-06-15
2
Riverside
Riverside is an audio-video recording platform for broadcast media and podcasts.
Tel Aviv 51 - 100 $77.0M Series C 2024-12-09
3
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is an audio company that delivers adventure and thrilling true stor…
New York 1 - 10 $8.6M Series A 2025-07-14
4
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
5
Volley
Volley builds voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Googl…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $107.3M Series C 2024-07-09
6
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
7
Lemonada Media
Lemonada Media is a podcast network that shares the unfiltered version of the hu…
Minneapolis 51 - 100 $10.5M Series A 2022-01-27
8
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital…
Stockholm 5K - 10K $2.1B Post Ipo Equity 2023-02-10
9
audiochuck
audiochuck is a media company that creates and produces content.
Indianapolis 51 - 100 $40.0M Private Equity 2025-02-23
10
Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf creates entertainment that delights audiences through location-based a…
Santa Fe 501 - 1K $185.2M Grant 2019-11-13
11
Subly
Your AI Ally for Accessible Video and Audio. Scan every file, spot every issue, …
London 1 - 10 $3.5M Seed 2024-12-20
12
gamma
gamma operates as a modern media and music company.
Los Angeles 51 - 100 $1.1B Private Equity 2024-02-01
13
Meet Cute
Meet Cute is a podcast company romantic comedies and entertain people.
New York 1 - 10 $9.2M Series A 2020-11-30
14
Glow
Glow provides podcast creators the tools to establish direct relationships with …
Seattle 1 - 10 $2.3M Seed 2019-08-08
15
Blockworks
Blockworks is a data and software platform for crypto markets.
New York 51 - 100 $12.1M Series Unknown 2023-05-09
16
Submittable
Submittable offers a social impact platform for managing programs and fostering …
Missoula 101 - 250 $155.7M Series Unknown 2024-08-21
17
Patreon
Patreon is an online platform connecting musicians and other artists with their …
San Francisco 251 - 500 $413.3M Secondary Market 2021-11-10
18
Async
Async is an all-in-one AI-powered content creation platform
Yerevan 51 - 100 $22.2M Series A 2024-02-01
19
Podimo
Podimo is an open podcast platform that offers a subscription service for creato…
Copenhagen 251 - 500 $221.6M Series Unknown 2023-12-21
20
Kuku FM
Kuku FM is a vernacular podcasting platform that creates and distributes exclusi…
Mumbai 101 - 250 $155.9M Undisclosed 2026-03-30
21
Luminary Media
Luminary Media provides podcast application that contains various digital audio …
Chicago 11 - 50 $100.0M Series Unknown 2019-03-04
22
Wondercraft Lab
AI-powered creative audio studio for brands & creative teams.
London 1 - 10 $3.5M Seed 2024-01-29
23
Zencastr
The easiest way to record your remote podcast interviews in studio quality
Salt Lake City 1 - 10 $4.6M Series Unknown 2022-03-23
24
Wondery
Wondery, a network of storytellers, creates and curates immersive podcasts.
West Hollywood 101 - 250 $15.0M Series B 2019-06-27
25
Beatoven.ai
AI powered music creation tool for video, podcast and game content creators
Bengaluru 1 - 10 $2.4M Seed 2024-03-18
26
Stuff.io
Stuff.io is the tokenization infrastructure for next-gen digital media, custom L…
Mckinney 11 - 50 $1.3M Undisclosed 2025-04-03
27
Dear Media
Dear Media is a podcast network with an emphasis on female hosts and voices.
Austin 101 - 250 $12.7M Series Unknown 2022-08-17
28
Resonance AI
Resonance AI specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, analytics, an…
Seattle 11 - 50 $5.8M Series Unknown 2020-09-22
29
Headgum
Headgum is a comedy podcast network that produces, curate, and promote podcast c…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $14.5M Seed 2021-12-09
30
Himalaya Media
Himalaya builds a podcast platform, audio content network, and original producti…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $100.0M Series Unknown 2019-02-06
31
Beek
Beek is the top audio platform in Latin America
Mexico City 51 - 100 $13.1M Series A 2023-02-02
32
Dexa AI
Where curiosity meets credibility.
New York 1 - 10 $6.0M Seed 2024-02-05
33
StashAway
StashAway is a wealth management platform that delivers personalized portfolio m…
Singapore 101 - 250 $73.7M Series D 2022-09-12
34
Podeo
Podeo is the largest podcast platform in the MENA unlocking the potential of the…
Dubai 51 - 100 $5.4M Series A 2024-09-30
35
Casted
Casted offers an audio and video content marketing platform for enterprise brand…
Indianapolis 11 - 50 $10.5M Series Unknown 2024-10-04
36
GBH
GBH is making sure you have our content when and where you choose: on air, onlin…
Boston 501 - 1K $25.9M Grant 2022-01-01
37
Anchor
Anchor allows anyone to record or upload high-quality audio, host unlimited epis…
New York 11 - 50 $14.4M Non Equity Assistance 2018-02-01
38
Brat TV
Brat is a teen-leaning digital production company.
Los Angeles 51 - 100 $45.5M Debt Financing 2020-07-02
39
Simplecast
Simplecast is a podcast management platform for creators to publish and distribu…
Troy 11 - 50 $12.5M Series A 2019-03-15
40
Men In Blazers
Men In Blazers is a soccer-focused media company that covers sports events, leag…
New York 1 - 10 $15.0M Series A 2025-01-20
41
Digital Wildcatters
Digital Wildcatters is a community platform for energy professionals.
Houston 11 - 50 $13.7M Series Unknown 2025-03-14
42
FABA
FABA is a startup dedicated to the development of products that stimulate childr…
Treviso 11 - 50 $8.5M Series Unknown 2025-01-23
43
Pushkin Industries
Pushkin Industries is an audio production company developing audiobooks to creat…
New York 11 - 50 $12.8M Series Unknown 2021-03-24
44
Audiolo
Audiolo has raised $150K Pre-Seed ($90K Founder, $50K & $10K Angels) plus $35K g…
Austin 1 - 10 $225K Grant 2025-05-15
45
Nomono
Nomono provides AI-powered audio recording hardware and cloud software that help…
Trondheim 11 - 50 $14.1M Seed 2022-09-14
46
Podsights
Podsights builds the tools to take podcast advertising from guesswork to a scien…
New York 11 - 50 $5.5M Seed 2021-03-23
47
Auddy
Podcast publishing solutions for both enterprises and consumer
London 11 - 50 $5.8M Seed 2024-03-14
48
Blue Wire
Blue Wire is an audio-centric media company hosting podcasts with athletes, infl…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $12.3M Series Unknown 2024-02-20
49
NumberEight
NumberEight is an ID-less audience intelligence company helping advertisers cura…
London 11 - 50 $5.7M Seed 2024-01-11
50
Backtracks
Backtracks helps podcasts, audio content creators, and brands know and grow thei…
Austin 1 - 10 $4.1M Pre Seed 2021-11-20