Performance-first podcast advertising

Your audience is already listening. We make sure they hear you.

Podcast Agency is the performance-first podcast advertising partner for growth brands. We negotiate smarter, measure everything, and deliver more reach per dollar than any other buyer in the market.

$2B+
Client revenue generated
~30%
Lower effective CPMs
1,500+
Shows sponsored
Last buy CAC $31 · ROAS 4.2×
Free strategy session

Tell us your target CAC.
We'll tell you if we can hit it.

Replies within 1 business day · No lock-in · Test budgets from $35k
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Shows sponsored
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Lower effective CPMs
0
Average ROAS
0
Host-read ads
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Client revenue generated
Why most podcast campaigns underperform

You're paying full price for partial results.

Most agencies treat podcast advertising like a branding channel. They book a few shows, hand you some talking points, and call it done. You get an invoice and a handful of promo code redemptions — no real attribution, no optimization, no proof it worked.

The standard rate card is a suggestion, not a ceiling. Most buyers never push back on it. And when it comes to measurement, platform-reported attribution is inherently biased — every network wants to claim credit for your conversions.

You deserve better. Better rates, better data, and a partner who treats your media investment like it's their own.

Rate cards
Treated as a ceiling
Most buyers never push back
Attribution
Self-reported by networks
Every network claims credit
Optimization
Set and forget
No weekly review, no cuts
True lift
~15–20% captured
Promo codes miss most signal
That's exactly what Podcast Agency delivers.
Three things no other buyer does better

We buy smarter. We measure better. We get you more.

Three unfair advantages built on 10+ years of buying, measuring, and optimizing podcast and audio campaigns.

Unmatched pricing

  • ~30% lower effective CPMs
  • 20%+ added value vs. standard rates
  • 80%+ off rate card via supply-led buying
  • Daily negotiations to capture market lows

Proof-first measurement

  • Custom pixel attribution per campaign
  • Geo-holdout incrementality testing
  • Data triangulation across multiple sources
  • M-squared Club Advanced Attribution certified

Unrivaled access

  • 1,500+ shows with active relationships
  • NPR, iHeart, Amazon, SiriusXM, Spotify & more
  • 90% host-read ads for authentic delivery
  • Magellan AI competitive intelligence
Pricing

More reach. Less cost. No guessing.

Our supply-driven buying model delivers CPMs ~30% below market rates and 20%+ in added value — simply because we negotiate differently than everyone else.

Standard agencies go to ad sales. We go to revenue management — the people who actually control pricing. Our direct network relationships give us the kind of leverage that translates into real savings on every single buy.

We also operate with real-time market intelligence, negotiating daily and capturing pricing at its lowest points rather than locking in rates months in advance.

How it works

  1. 01
    Direct network access

    We work with revenue management teams, not ad sales, unlocking pricing most buyers never see.

  2. 02
    Daily negotiations

    Our buyers actively pursue market lows every day, not quarterly at contract time.

  3. 03
    Competitive intelligence

    Magellan AI data shows exactly what your competitors are spending by show, so every placement decision is informed.

  4. 04
    Performance-first optimization

    Show selection, frequency, and creative are actively managed based on results, not set at launch and forgotten.

Measurement

Proof, not promises.

We don't ask you to trust a black box. Every Podcast Agency campaign comes with a custom measurement framework — collaboratively designed, built for transparency, and independently verified.

Standard podcast attribution — promo codes and vanity URLs — captures, at best, 15–20% of true campaign impact. We're designed to capture the full picture.

Tier 1 — Immediate signal

Platform-level pixel attribution links each ad exposure to on-site behavior within minutes. Timestamped, user-matched, and tagged with campaign metadata. This is the optimization engine that tells us what's working in real time.

Credential

M-squared Club certified. Advanced Attribution — independently verified, not self-assessed. Our Director of Attribution, Madan Bharadwaj, founded Measured, one of the most respected attribution platforms in the industry. Attribution isn't an add-on here. It's core infrastructure.

Full-funnel MMM, optional. Connect podcast performance to your entire media mix — see how audio amplifies every other channel, not just what it drives on its own.
Client story · Liquid Death
A Mynt Agency relationship-led negotiation

50% more impressions. 6 new markets. Super Bowl access. Zero extra spend.

How Mynt's relationship-led audio negotiation transformed a routine contract renewal into a full-funnel expansion for Liquid Death.

+50%
More impressions
vs. prior contract
+6
New markets
added to audio footprint
10M
Streaming bonus
at zero incremental cost
6.6M
Super Bowl impressions
via premium audio
The brief

Liquid Death had built significant audio momentum. But a major media contract renewal was approaching — and with it, real risk. They needed to protect existing impression volume at or below current CPMs, while simultaneously expanding into new markets to support aggressive growth targets.

What we did
  • Renegotiated the full audio contract from the ground up, defending CPM efficiency across the existing footprint
  • Negotiated 10 million bonus streaming impressions as zero-incremental-cost added value
  • Unlocked Super Bowl audio inventory — 6.6 million impressions during the biggest broadcast window of the year
  • Extended coverage into 6 new markets through the renegotiated partnership structure
  • Activated a new CTV pipeline, turning a contract renewal into a full cross-channel expansion

What began as a routine renewal became a full-funnel expansion. Mynt's relationship-led buying converted a standard audio commitment into 50% more reach, six new markets, and Super Bowl access — without asking Liquid Death for an extra dollar. That's what access and trust, compounded over time, actually deliver.

The process

Start out on target. Buy smarter. Measure, scale, and win.

We don't do extensive discovery periods or long contract lock-ins. We move fast, test smart, and scale what the data tells us to scale.

01

Start out on target

Before we spend a dollar of your budget, we know which shows, formats, and creative approaches drive the most engagement for brands like yours. We build a custom show selection matrix using Magellan AI competitive data, audience analysis, and engagement benchmarks across 1,500+ shows.

No guessing on day one
02

Buy smarter

Our supply-driven model means we're actively negotiating every week — capturing market-low rates through direct network relationships, unlocking bonus inventory, and staying agile as conditions change. Your competitors are locked into rate cards. You're not.

~30% lower effective CPMs
03

Measure, scale, and win

We pair every campaign with a transparent, collaboratively designed measurement framework. Real-time pixel attribution tells us what's working now. Incrementality testing tells us what's actually driving growth. When something works, we scale it. When something doesn't, we cut it — fast.

Weekly optimization, not set-and-forget
Network access

Access to every show that matters.

1,500+ active show relationships. Every major audio network. Deep creative support from first briefing to final aircheck.

We have direct relationships across the entire podcast ecosystem — from the biggest networks to niche shows with rabid audiences. If your customer is listening to it, we can get you on it.

90% of our ads are host-read, because the data is clear: host-read ads convert at significantly higher rates than pre-produced spots. We handle show selection, rate negotiation, host coordination, read optimization, and full post-campaign reporting — end to end.

NPR
iHeartMedia
Amazon
SiriusXM
Audacy
Wondery
Spotify
Podcastone
Competitive intelligence, built in. We use Magellan AI to analyze exactly what your competitors are spending by show — so every placement decision is backed by real market data, not guesswork. You don't just get access. You get a strategic advantage.
Trusted by growth brands

Brands that take performance seriously work with us.

We work with growth-stage brands across consumer health, DTC, CPG, SaaS, and direct-to-consumer categories — brands that need measurable returns on every media dollar, not just impressions.

Liquid Death
LaserAway
DuckDuckGo
Rosetta Stone
IXL
Goli Nutrition
Blue Apron
Orangetheory
Aroma360
4Patriots
The Mynt team is gritty, honest, and a little bit savage.
— #1 consumer health brand on Amazon
With Mynt's spot-level, real-time pixel tracking and our rigorous Advanced Attribution test design, I can make high-stakes decisions with low uncertainty.
— Paul Baumgarthuber, CMO, LaserAway
Ready to get started?

Find out what podcast advertising can really return.

Test campaigns start at $35K. Launch in 2–4 weeks. No long-term contracts required.

No lock-in No black boxes No guessing on what's working