# Podchaser: new features and launches URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/ Covers: 2016 to March 19, 2025 Updated: 2026-10-28 License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: Newsprint, "Podchaser: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/, updated 2026-10-28 > We confirmed 12 product launches from Podchaser since October 2020. The latest, Transcripts in episode search, became available March 19, 2025. We also record 1 funding round, 1 acquisition and 1 new company. Podchaser, owned by Acast, sells a podcast database to PR teams and agencies. Podchaser Pro searches podcasts by reach, demographics and chart position, with role-tagged contacts and exports. An Alerts add-on monitors podcasts for mentions of a brand or topic, and sponsor history shows who advertises on each show. ## Facts - Site: [podchaser.com](https://www.podchaser.com/) - Founded: 2016 - Category: Podcast booking - Status: Active - Price: demo-gated; Podchaser says most engagements start ~$5K/yr for independent consultants. ## Every dated launch, newest first ### Transcripts in episode search Available March 19, 2025. Podchaser Pro searches the spoken words of nearly 10M episode transcripts across 150k English podcasts. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring). Source: [Podchaser (Transcripts in search)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/podcast-episode-transcripts-now-available-in-search). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N256 ### Tell Me Why Announced Dec. 14, 2024. AI assistant in Podchaser Pro that scores a podcast's fit against a user prompt and generates a tailored outreach pitch. Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research). Source: [Podchaser Pulse (Beehiiv newsletter)](https://podchaser.beehiiv.com/p/ai-powered-podcast-vetting). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-R123 ### Political Skew Filter Available Oct. 28, 2024. API filter that labels podcasts Left, Right or Neutral using AI models that read each show's content and recent episodes. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database). Source: [Podchaser](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/podchaser-launches-industry-first-political-skew-capability-across-500000-podcasts). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-R118 ### Performance+ Available Nov. 16, 2023. A recommendation engine that picks the podcasts likely to perform best for direct-response ad campaigns. Sources: [Podchaser (Performance+)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/introducing-performance-plus), [Podnews (press release)](https://podnews.net/press-release/performance-plus). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N255 ### Airchecks Announced Oct. 12, 2023. Scans podcast episode audio to flag ad reads, brand mentions and competitor mentions for campaign verification. Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring). Source: [Podnews](https://podnews.net/press-release/podchaser-airchecks). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-R083 ### Predictive Demographics Announced Sept. 28, 2023. Predictive language modeling that analyzes a podcast's spoken language to predict its audience's age and gender. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database). Sources: [Marketing Dive (press release)](https://www.marketingdive.com/press-release/20230928-podchaser-launches-industry-first-predictive-language-modeling/), [Podnews](https://podnews.net/update/podchaser-predictive). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-R081 ### Collections+ Announced June 8, 2023. AI-powered tool that automatically sorts podcasts into verticals/collections for advertiser targeting, beyond manual classification. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database). Source: [Podnews](https://podnews.net/press-release/podchaser-collections). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-R064 ### Brand Watchlist Available April 3, 2023. Pro tool to track a brand's estimated podcast ad spend and which podcasts it sponsors, with a weekly email. Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring). Source: [Podchaser (Brand Watchlist)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/new-brand-watchlist). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N254 ### Estimated Rate Cards Available Jan. 10, 2023. Podchaser Pro shows estimated pre-, mid- and post-roll ad costs on each podcast insights page. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database). Source: [Podchaser (Estimated Rate Cards)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/new-podchaser-pro-adds-estimated-rate-cards-for-ad-buyers). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N253 ### Podchaser Alerts Available Nov. 30, 2022. Daily email alerts when a tracked keyphrase is mentioned in new podcast episodes, with the timestamp. Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring). Source: [Podchaser (Podchaser Alerts)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/new-podchaser-alerts-let-you-track-episode-mentions). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N252 ### Acast acquires Podchaser Announced July 18, 2022. Acast announced acquisition of Podchaser for $27.2M upfront plus up to $6.8M in earn-out; deal closed Aug 1, 2022. Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/acast-acquires-podcast-database-podchaser/). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-E127 ### Podcast Sponsors and Ad Spends (beta) Available April 28, 2022. In beta. Sponsor history and estimated ad spend for the top 5,000 podcasts and 1,000 brands, as a Pro add-on. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database). Source: [Podchaser (Sponsors & Ad Spends)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/sponsors). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N251 ### Podchaser raises $4M Series A Announced Jan. 19, 2021. Podchaser raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Greycroft to build out its podcast database. Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/19/podchaser-raises-4m-to-build-a-comprehensive-podcast-database/). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-E094 ### Podchaser Pro Available Oct. 27, 2020. A service for PR and ad professionals with podcast reach, contacts, demographics, a Power Score, notes and pitch lists across 1.4M+ podcasts. Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research). Source: [Podchaser (Introducing Podchaser Pro)](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/announcements/introducing-podchaser-pro). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-N250 ### Podchaser founded Announced 2016. Podchaser founded in 2016 by Bradley Davis and three co-founders as an "IMDB for podcasts"; Davis was based in Louisville, Ky. Source: [Oklahoma OCAST news](https://oklahoma.gov/ocast/about-ocast/news/podchaser-5-4-21.html). Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podchaser/#launch-E047 ## Methodology and corrections How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology