Deezer adds five new podcast partners raising its game against rival streamers, such as Spotify and Pandora, who have recently increased their podcasting content. The demand for podcasting has rapidly increased as almost a quarter of internet users in Europe listened to a podcast in Q1 2019, including 44% in MENA and 34% in Latam. Deezer has been part of this increase and monthly podcast usage has increased by 250% including quadrupling the amount of podcast listening time over the last two years. The new global podcast partners include Libsyn, Ausha, Podomatic, Blubrry and Simplecast, plus technology updates with existing partners Audioboom and Voxnest.
Deezer’s five new podcast partners
Libsyn
Leading podcast publisher with 116 million monthly audience members and more than 64,000 podcasts
Ausha
The first podcast hosting platform in France with over 800 podcasters and features including video clip editing, private podcasts and comprehensive statistics
Podomatic
Everything you need to start and grow a podcast, from recording, publishing, distribution, and tracking
Blubrry
Full service podcast host providing hosting, statistics and PowerPress Podcasting Plugin
Simplecast
Podcast hosting and distribution analytics platform that doubled its amount of podcasts and subscriptions in the last year
Deezer has started to publish Popstar Playlist Podcasts – an example is Dua Lipa’s Favourite Music podcast (above). Other recent examples include Ed Sheeran’s Deezer Session, Cardi B Self-Love Lessons, Becky G’s Favourite Music and Cloud Control Deezer Session.
Two of Deezer’s existing podcast partners, Audioboom, a global on-demand audio and podcasting distribution platform, and Voxnest’s Spreaker, a high-end podcasting platform with over 50,000 monthly active creators, have also improved their technical solution on Deezer. Now podcasters will be able to submit their show instantly with just one-click and make it available to Deezer subscribers across the world.
Frédéric Antelme, VP of Content and Productions commented, “It’s great to see a huge increase of music fans enjoying podcasts as part of their Deezer streaming experience. Our goal is to help podcasters easily provide fans with the freshest shows from all over the world. We’re really excited to work with our new and existing partners to help more people than ever before discover podcast content.”
To discover podcasts on Deezer’s dedicated ‘Podcast Channel’ go here.
