Acast's dedication to the open ecosystem continues to attract Sweden's most famous podcast creators

The podcast company Acast can today announce that the successful podcast Flashback forever, with nearly 1.2 million listens a month, has chosen Acast as podcast partner to further strengthen its existing format. Through the choice of Acast as a platform, the podcast now has access to Acast's entire offering – from hosting and distribution to marketing towards listeners, and much more.

In a short time the podcast, with its three hosts, has completely organically grown into a great success – with almost 23 million listens since the start in January 2020.

In 2021 the podcast has had continued positive growth, and has climbed up to fifth place as one of Sweden's largest commercial podcasts, according to Poddindex. Last week, the show also won the title of Humor Podcast of the Year at the Childhood Cancer Gala – The Swedish Humor Awards 2021.

Emma Knyckare, from Flashback forever, said: “At first we mostly saw the podcast as a fun project and we had not really thought about growth or financing. But as the podcast grew, it became clear that people wanted us to continue – and also have the right circumstances to continue to prioritize the episodes and develop the format, such as arranging our upcoming live show."

For the winter, the trio is planning a grand podcast tour with more than 50 performances across Sweden. Acast's goal is to help the podcast reach new audiences and thereby broaden its existing listener base.

“This is an extremely significant signing for Acast and we see great potential for the pod to grow further. Flashback forever has in a short time become one of Sweden’s most acclaimed podcasts – the trio has an outstanding ability to capture their audience in a smart and humorous way. We hope that more people will discover their spot-on and witty observations in Sweden's most mythical internet forum,”said Frida Klevemark, content manager at Acast.

Ina Lundström from Flashback forever adds: “In the future, we hope to continue to be able to do exactly what we do now – say ‘no’ to boring things and say ‘yes’ to fun things – but above all to have the freedom to do whatever we feel like doing. Maybe that's what many of our listeners appreciate about us.”

For more information, please contact

Madeleine Käck, PR and Marketing Manager Nordics
madeleine.kack@acast.com
+46 73 822 27 96 

About Acast

Acast was founded in 2014 and is one of the most eminent podcast platforms, and a pioneer in the open podcast ecosystem, connecting all podcasting stakeholders to one common software infrastructure.

Through its infrastructure, Acast allows advertisers to efficiently target an engaged audience of listeners through dynamic ad insertion, while podcasters are given access to a range of monetization opportunities and the necessary tools to expand their listener base. 

The company has a global footprint across 12 countries and, during 2020, had approximately three billion listens on Acast-connected podcasts. Today, Acast hosts more than 30,000 shows. Acast’s headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden and the Company has nine local subsidiaries including UK, US, Australia, Norway, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico and Canada.

In recent years, Acast has undergone an expansion with continued strong growth, with net sales increasing from SEK 180 million in 2018 to SEK 592 million in 2020. As a result of Acast’s recent growth initiatives, the number of listens grew from approximately one billion (2018) to three billion (2020). In the second quarter of 2021, Acast had 880 million listens and an organic net sales growth of 130%. Acast was co-founded by Johan Billgren, its current Chief Product and Tech Officer, and is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market. Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se, +46 (0) 8528 00 399.

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