2026 is already shaping up to be a great year for podcasting.
2025 was a year of big shifts and even bigger headlines (check out our 2026 predictions episode here). We saw company closures, new ventures launch, and familiar players rebrand or pivot. Video podcasts continued to grow, bringing shows to streaming platforms, theaters, and even the Golden Globes stage. Revenue models evolved, AI loomed large, and creators explored new ways to connect with audiences, from premium content to live events and derivative IP.
Despite all the change, the podcasting community remains vibrant, and many companies reported record revenues. Optimism is high, and opportunities for creators are abundant, whether you’re experimenting with video, exploring new formats, or building the next breakout show.
And throughout it all, The Podglomerate grew as a company and supported the work of countless podcasts through our production, marketing, and monetization services. Thank you to all of our friends, colleagues, partners, and listeners for helping us get here. It’s been a long, crazy experience so far, and we’re just getting started.
What better way to look toward the future than to look back and reflect on 2025 and its “New and Noteworthy” moments:
- We were named as a Top 10 Fastest Growing Company in New England by The Boston Globe, and The Best Podcast Production and Marketing Agency by PR Daily.
- We were also interviewed/featured in Transom, Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, Creator Science, Business Insider, and more for our insights on podcast audience growth, production, and monetization.
- We represented more than 120 podcasts in 2025, accounting for hundreds of millions of downloads (I know, wild), with our shows topping the podcast charts and receiving features on every major podcast distribution app with national coverage across print, digital, radio, and television. You can listen to those shows here.
- We earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for our more than 85 ad sales partners, including sales from more than 100 brands and 30 agencies, accounting for more than 37,000,000 ad impressions. You can browse those sponsors here.
- Regarding ad sales partners, we’re excited to announce that as of this week, The Podglomerate is the exclusive ad sales partners of New Hampshire Public Radio’s entire slate of podcasts, including Bear Brook, The 13th Step, Outside/In, and Civics 101. Read the press release here.
- We produced 180 new audio episodes and 110 video episodes for 9 unique productions, with our award-winning production team booking expert interview guests including Rep. Steve Scalise, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Rep. Tom Emmer, Bill McKibben, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ocean Vuong, Pico Iyer, Gillian Tett, and John Green, to name a few. You can listen to those shows here.
- We published more than 70 pieces of content on our website’s new blog, which includes webinars (on podcast attribution, video production, how to pitch a podcast critic, etc.), articles (best podcast events, SEO optimization, realistic monetization goals, etc.), case studies, and press releases. In fact, you may have seen these blog posts featured in such publications as Podnews, Sounds Profitable, The Podcast Review, and The Podcast Academy.
- We celebrated over 75 episodes of our Signal Award-winning Podcast Perspectives, which has helped break down the most important podcast headlines while going deep into topics that podcasters need to know today. Since launching in August 2023, we’ve brought on nearly 80 industry experts as guests, with our 2025 interviews including such folks as Audioboom’s Stuart Last, Adlarge’s Cathy Csukas, PodX’s Patrick Svensk, Audacy’s Leah Reis-Dennis, MrBallen’s Nick Witters, and NASA’s Katie Konans.
- We were proud to work with some of 2025’s most critically-acclaimed podcasts, including the Boston Globe’s Spotlight: Snitch City (named a “best podcast of 2025” by Rolling Stone and The New Yorker), CT Public’s Generation Gilmore Girls (named a “New & Noteworthy” show by NPR and Apple Podcasts), and Long Lead’s Long Shadow (named a “best podcast of 2025” by Rolling Stone), among others.
- We celebrated our clients receiving more than 20 nominations across various award ceremonies, with clients like American Prestige, Into the Impossible, Generation Barney, The Future of Our Former Democracy, Spotlight: Snitch City, and Master Plan bringing home trophies.
- What’s more, we were invited to speak at podcast and media events including SXSW, Podcast Movement Evolutions, The Bumper Audience Growth Summit, the Chelsea Film Festival, RESONATE Podcast Festival, and the Podcasting for Business Summit, as well as being featured in case studies by Magellan and MuckRack, and we ran webinars with the Podcast Academy, AIR, The Podcast Review, Red Circle, The NY Radio Awards, The Communicator Awards, SONY, Pushkin, ESPN, Sounds Like Impact, The IAB, and Sounds Profitable.
- We had the honor of representing stellar clients including Netflix, PBS, The Mayo Clinic, NOTUS, The Garrison Institute, Harvard Business School, NPR stations (including New Hampshire Public Radio and Connecticut Public), Long Lead, Microsoft, The Boston Globe, National Park After Dark, Forever Dog, The Gist, The Fuller Seminary, The Augustine Institute, Tricycle, The Lever, Bad Magic Productions, Tokens Media, WNET, The Progress Network, More Equitable Democracy, Totally Booked with Zibby, 3 Takeaways, An Arm & A Leg, Lost Roman Heroes, The Real Organic Podcast, All Ears English, Creative Pep Talk, The History of Literature, History on Fire, The Podcastica Network, Yellowgold Productions, American Prestige, and many more.
- We continued to grow our team, in addition to celebrating promotions and work anniversaries for our long-standing staff, with no signs of slowing down!
And that’s all thanks to our amazing team, our clients, our collaborators and partners, our listeners, and you.
Thank you for your continued support — over the past 8 years, and for the many years to come. And here’s to even more stories and sonic moments in 2025.
P.S. if your “New Year’s Resolution” is to produce, grow, monetize (or something in between) your podcast and need help to amplify your work, schedule a free consultation with us.
Best,
Jeff Umbro, Founder and CEO of The Podglomerate
