Your bridge to the podcast industry
The Sprout Hive helps brands advertise smarter, helps podcast hosts turn their shows into real revenue, and points anyone with a question about the podcast or influencer industry toward the right next step.
Three ways The Sprout Hive can help
Podcast Advertising for Brands
Built on 13+ years selling podcast advertising — matching brands to the right shows, hosts, and formats to grow audience trust, not just impressions.
Monetization for Podcast Hosts
Helping hosts turn a show into real revenue — from getting ad-ready to pricing inventory and landing the right sponsors for your audience.
Industry Guidance
Not sure where to start? Ask a question about podcasting or influencer marketing and get pointed toward the right resource, partner, or next step.
A straightforward path from audit to results
Assess
A clear-eyed look at where you stand — a brand's media plan, a show's ad-readiness, or just the question you're trying to answer.
Connect
Direct introductions to the shows, sponsors, networks, or resources that fit — backed by relationships, not a cold list.
Grow
Ongoing support as results come in — refining the strategy or the revenue mix so progress keeps compounding.
Ryan founded The Sprout Hive to put over a decade of podcast advertising experience directly to work for brands.
Across roles at Veritone One, TWiT.tv, Right Side Up, Performance Bridge Media, and Studio71, he's worked both sides of the table — buying and selling — which means he knows what actually moves a podcast media plan forward, and where most brands leave growth on the table.
That experience covers dynamic ad insertion, programmatic and SSP/DSP marketplaces, host-read inventory, private marketplaces, upfronts, and the category and ranking data (Edison Research and beyond) that separates a good buy from a guess. The Sprout Hive brings that fluency to brands directly, without the overhead of a full agency engagement.
Let's grow your show, or your brand's reach into podcasting.
Whether you need a fresh media strategy, a roster audit, or an introduction to the right partners — The Sprout Hive is ready to help.
Email hello@thesprouthive.com