Podscan: new features and launches
We confirmed 6 product launches from Podscan since February 2024. The latest, Adds content-based IAB categories for every episode, became available Feb. 10, 2026. We also record 1 funding round and 1 new company.
Updated . Launches from 2024 to Feb. 10, 2026.
Podscan sells podcast monitoring and search to brands and PR teams. AI keyword alerts detect brand and topic mentions soon after an episode goes live. Users can search shows by what hosts and guests said and get host contacts for guest pitching, with mention reports and share of voice.
- Site
- podscan.fm
- Founded
- 2024
- Category
- Media monitoring and analysis
- Status
- Active
- Price
- Premium $100/mo ($1,000/yr), Professional $200, Advanced $2,500, Enterprise from $5,000/mo; $20 day pass, $50 research pass; free Premium-level monitoring for a verified company domain
Every dated launch, newest first
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Adds content-based IAB categories for every episode
Available Feb. 10, 2026.
Podscan assigns IAB categories from what each episode actually discusses, not the show's self-chosen category, so buyers can filter shows by true topic. The data is in the dashboard and the API.
Features: Coverage analysis.
Source: Podscan newsletter.
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Adds sentiment to every topic and entity mention
Available Feb. 10, 2026.
Each topic and entity Podscan extracts from podcasts is tagged positive, negative or neutral, and users can filter results by sentiment in the dashboard and API.
Features: Coverage analysis, Media monitoring.
Source: Podscan newsletter.
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MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration
Announced Feb. 10, 2026.
Connects Podscan's 4M+ podcast database to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants so agents can search and query podcast content.
Features: MCP servers and connectors, MCP server.
Source: Podscan.fm newsletter (Kit).
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Podscan Ideas Vault
Available August 2025.
Podscan launched the Ideas Vault, a SaaS built on the Podscan API that scores and ranks business ideas mined from fresh episodes of ~500 podcasts.
Source: The Bootstrapped Founder blog.
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Podscan reaches profitability
Announced April 4, 2025.
Arvid Kahl announced Podscan became profitable roughly a year after taking Calm Company Fund investment.
Source: The Bootstrapped Founder blog.
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Calm Company Fund investment
Announced April 2024.
Arvid Kahl raised a six-figure, bootstrapper-compatible investment from the Calm Company Fund for Podscan.
Source: The Bootstrapped Founder blog.
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Podscan launch: podcast transcripts, search and mention alerts
Available February 2024.
Podscan launched a podcast monitoring service that transcribes episodes and alerts brands to mentions in near real time.
Features: Media monitoring, Media database.
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Podscan founded
Announced 2024.
Arvid Kahl started Podscan.fm, a podcast transcription and mention-tracking platform; it began as a marketing play for his Podline voicemail tool.
Source: The Bootstrapped Founder blog.
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