Who owns Wake Word Studios?
Wake Word Studios is owned by Acast (Sweden, Nasdaq Stockholm: ACAST), which has owned the brand since 19 December 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Acast Annual Report 2025, Acast AB, 17 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Acast AB (publ) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Radio & audio › Podcast networks
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Stockholm: ACAST
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wake Word Studios
Wake Word Studios is a creative studio for audio and video and a producer of original content, with operations in Munich and Berlin. Acast AB acquired 100% of Wake Word GmbH on 19 December 2025 for EUR 2, per its 2025 annual report. The deal also brought in Podius, a media planning platform for German advertisers that Acast says will stay independent, and Wake Word is now part of Acast Creative Studios.
Ownership timeline of Wake Word Studios
Where Wake Word Studios sits in Acast
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Acast
Acast controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in podcast networks, and who owns them
Acast has more brands in podcast networks on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lazy Audio | Tencent Music | 🇨🇳 China |
| CuriousCast | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Cumulus Podcast Network | Cumulus Media | 🇺🇸 United States |
| iHeartPodcast Network | iHeartMedia | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PodcastOne | LiveOne | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Podme | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| LiSTNR | Southern Cross Media Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Ximalaya | Tencent Music | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Acast
Acast is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Stockholm: ACAST.
Acast is a Swedish podcasting company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and headquartered in Stockholm. Its 2025 annual report describes a marketplace that hosts more than 140,000 podcasts, distributed to any listening app, and sells advertising across them to more than 4,000 advertisers. It has grown by buying podcast businesses: the data company Podchaser in 2022, the New York studio Wonder Media Network on 2 January 2025 and the German studio Wake Word in December 2025. The last two now form Acast Creative Studios.
🇩🇪 Wake Word Studios and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wake Word Studios among them.
- BMG — Bertelsmann 🇩🇪
- Borussia Dortmund — Borussia Dortmund KGaA 🇩🇪
- Highfield Festival — CTS Eventim 🇩🇪
- Springer — Springer Nature 🇩🇪
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wake Word Studios?
The parent company of Wake Word Studios is Acast, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is Wake Word Studios German or Swedish?
Wake Word Studios originated in Germany, but it is owned today by Acast, which is headquartered in Sweden. So Wake Word Studios is a German-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Since when has Acast owned Wake Word Studios?
Acast has owned Wake Word Studios since 19 December 2025.
Is Wake Word Studios still owned by Acast?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Wake Word Studios is still owned by Acast. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Acast Annual Report 2025 — Acast AB, Annual report, published 17 April 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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