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Week of June 8–14, 2026 · UTC
Weekly archive

Most-detected podcast advertisers this week: Jun 8–14, 2026

Shopify led the week with 24 detected ad reads across 18 podcasts. Overall, AdReads detected 1,198 ad reads across 135 podcasts and 510 sponsors during the completed UTC week.

Ad reads
1,198
-37% vs. prior week
Sponsors
510
-21% vs. prior week
Podcasts
135
-20% vs. prior week
Timed ad minutes
888
-40% vs. prior week
100% duration coverage

Podcast leaders

The shows carrying the most advertising, by volume, total time, and share of episode runtime.

Most ad reads

Read count
  1. 1NPR News Now63 reads
  2. 2Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar51 reads
  3. 3The Vergecast33 reads
  4. 4PBD Podcast33 reads
  5. 5The Megyn Kelly Show30 reads

Most ad time

Total timed inventory
  1. 1Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar28m 20s
  2. 2NPR News Now27m 03s
  3. 3The Megyn Kelly Show25m 55s
  4. 4The Vergecast22m 19s
  5. 5Prof G Markets21m 27s

Highest ad load

Share of episode runtime
  1. 1TechCrunch Daily Crunch5 measured episodes24.6%
  2. 2Techmeme Ride Home5 measured episodes12.3%
  3. 3The Journal.5 measured episodes10.5%
  4. 4The AI Breakdown: Daily Artificial Intelligence News and Discussions5 measured episodes9.5%
  5. 5The Daily Stoic5 measured episodes9.4%

Lowest measured ad load

Share of episode runtime
  1. 1All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg4 measured episodes0.6%
  2. 2Macro Voices3 measured episodes0.6%
  3. 3The Conversation with Dasha Burns3 measured episodes1%
  4. 4Technology Brothers3 measured episodes1.4%
  5. 5The Neuron: AI Explained4 measured episodes1.5%

The busiest advertisers, the brands buying longer reads, and first-time appearances.

Top sponsors

Most reads
  1. 1Shopify18 podcasts24
  2. 2Mint Mobile15 podcasts23
  3. 3Indeed12 podcasts19
  4. 4Quince8 podcasts16
  5. 5BetterHelp12 podcasts15

Longest reads

Average · min. 2 reads
  1. 1AlphaSense5 timed1m 34s
  2. 2Airbnb2 timed1m 21s
  3. 3Factor2 timed1m 13s
  4. 4The Wellness Company2 timed1m 13s
  5. 5Vanguard2 timed1m 12s

New this week

First detected appearance
  1. 1Doctors Without Borders3 podcasts9
  2. 2Snap Judgment5 podcasts7
  3. 3Xfinity4 podcasts5
  4. 4Ro1 podcast5
  5. 5SERP API1 podcast5

Category and objective mix

Where ads ran, which advertisers were active, and what the ads aimed to achieve.

Podcast categories

Share of weekly reads
  1. 1News334 · 28%
  2. 2Business261 · 22%
  3. 3Technology144 · 12%
  4. 4Comedy106 · 9%
  5. 5Society & Culture83 · 7%

Sponsor categories

Share of weekly reads
  1. 1Fintech146 · 12%
  2. 2Health & Wellness116 · 10%
  3. 3SaaS101 · 8%
  4. 4E-commerce91 · 8%
  5. 5Financial Services88 · 7%

Ad objectives

Share of classified reads
  • Direct response716 · 60%
  • Brand awareness460 · 38%
  • Tune-in22 · 2%

1,198 of 1,198 reads classified (100% coverage). All reads included in shares.

Weekly standouts

One unusually long read, plus the promo codes heard most often.

Longest individual read
2m 05s
Quince
on Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Open ad read

Top promo codes

0 qualifying codes
No qualifying activity this week.

Methodology and freshness

This report summarizes 1,198 public podcast ad reads detected by AdReads during June 8–14, 2026, a Monday-through-Sunday UTC window. Rankings reflect activity detected in the AdReads dataset—not estimated advertiser spend or total market share. Timing was available for 1,198 reads (100%); the latest included detection was Jun 14, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC. Ad objective shares are calculated across the 1,198 reads with a classified objective. Among podcasts with qualifying reads detected this week, ad load is unique occupied public-ad time divided by total runtime across each show's latest five measured episodes published before the report cutoff. Overlapping reads count once; leaderboards require at least three episodes with valid runtime and timing data.