The growth of global podcast ad spend (Magellan)
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The growth of global podcast ad spend (Magellan)
Podcast advertising market trends data charts global growth in podcast advertising spending over time, including 2025 monthly increases from $257M to $408M. The dataset identifies seven leading advertisers across seven national markets, including advertisers not commonly seen in US-only views. In 2025, financial services spend the most on podcast ads globally at $139M, followed by business services software at $89.9M. The data also ranks campaign approaches between brand awareness and direct response across seven countries and shows differences in ad positions such as pre-roll, midroll, and post-roll. For example, French shows lead with pre-roll at 57%, while midrolls are least common at 22%.
"Looking just at 2025, we see impressive spending growth in a fairly continuous monthly march from $257M to $408M, as illustrated below."
"We also learn about the biggest industries advertising in podcasts in 2025, according to global spend. That graphic gives us to understand that financial services advertise the most ($139M), by a large margin, followed by business services software ($89.9M)."
"Campaign approach between brand awareness and direct response as measured in seven countries Most common ad positions (pre, middle, post) in those seven countries. That delivers nuggets like this: "In French shows, pre-roll placements led at 57%, while midrolls - dominant elsewhere - were least common at 22%." (Clearly, this is a deck for audio advertising geeks.)"
"From that global perspective it's natural to know which companies are spending the money, and Magellan delivers a cohort of seven big spenders, across seven national markets. The result is an interesting uncovering of leading advertisers that are not familiar names in US-only reckonings (see below)."
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