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Marketing Against The Grain · 15 Sep 2026
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For brands and media buyers
Know what a sponsorship reaches before you sign
See each show’s estimated audience, where it listens, who already sponsors it, and the host’s past ad reads.
My First Million
HubSpot Media · Sam Parr, Shaan Puri · 919 episodes since 2019
1.12M monthly listeners Estimated
956K YouTube subscribers
Sponsors, last 10 episodes 
Mercury 8/10 
beehiiv 8/10 
Somewhere 7/10
Mercury 8/10 beehiiv 8/10 Somewhere 7/10 - 147.8M
- episodes indexed
- 7.4M
- full transcripts, searchable
- 1.39M
- ad reads detected
- 694
- episodes mention HubSpot since 1 Sep
01 What you can check
The three questions before you buy a show
Audience
How big is the audience, really?
- An estimate with a confidence level
- Audio and YouTube counted separately
- Sort any search by audience size
532K Lenny’s Podcast, listeners a month Estimated · Medium confidence
Sponsors
Who already sponsors it?
- Sponsors found in the audio of each episode
- How often each brand appears
- See where your competitors buy
My First Million · last 10 episodes BETA
- Mercury 8/10
- beehiiv 8/10
- Somewhere 7/10
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Hampton 3/10 -
HubSpot 2/10
Ad reads
How does the host read an ad?
- Ad reads marked in transcripts
- Jump to the episode on Apple or YouTube
- Hear the read before you sign
02 How it works
From a long list to a shortlist
- 1
Search shows
Search by topic, keyword or what hosts said, and sort by audience size.
- 2
Check the audience
See the estimate, its confidence and the audio and YouTube split.
- 3
Check sponsors and reads
See which brands sponsor each show and play past ad reads.
- 4
Shortlist and export
Save shows to a project and export them for your media plan.
Questions
Before you buy
How accurate are the listener estimates?
They’re estimates, not download counts. Each one comes with a confidence level and the signals behind it.
Which shows have transcripts?
7.4M episodes so far, with the biggest shows first. You can request a transcript for any episode and we’ll add it.
Is there a free plan?
Searching is free. You pay for contacts, exports, alerts and the API.
Check a show before you sponsor it
Free to search. Pay when you need contacts, exports or the API.