Stories Podcast

What Stories Podcast does

Stories Podcast is an independently operated children's storytelling podcast delivering free, audio-first story content to children and their families. The show distributes its content across major podcast platforms including Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Wondery, with a content library of over 200 episodes spanning original adventure series (Dog King, Max Goodname, Amazing Grace, Mick Munter Monster Hunter, The Brilliant Firefly) alongside fairy tales, mythology, folklore, and holiday-themed stories. Content is positioned for use during bedtime routines, car rides, and other situations where screen-free entertainment is desired.

The underlying technology stack is straightforward podcast infrastructure: a WordPress-based website hosts show information, audio distribution runs through Art19 podcast hosting via RSS feeds, and discovery is driven by platform-level algorithms in major podcast directories. The company has no proprietary mobile app, no public API for developers, and no documented integration partnerships. Episodes are produced by a small team led by identified operators Dan and Amanda, with no publicly disclosed formal management structure.

The business model combines two monetization streams. The primary premium channel is a Patreon subscription tier that offers ad-free episodes and early releases via a private RSS feed, with supporters paying recurring monthly fees. The secondary stream is advertising embedded in the free, publicly distributed episodes, supplemented by merchandise sales through a Teespring storefront selling branded apparel. The company operates as a private, bootstrapped media venture with no disclosed external institutional funding, venture capital investment, or parent company ownership.

Name

Stories Podcast

Legal name

StoriesPodcast.com

Website

https://storiespodcast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stories Podcast is an independently operated children's storytelling podcast offering over 200 free audio episodes of bedtime stories, fairy tales, mythology, and original fiction, distributed across Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Wondery, monetized via Patreon subscriptions, podcast advertising, and Teespring merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Audio Entertainment

NAICS

Sound Recording Industries (5122), Other Sound Recording Industries (51229), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Audio Publishing (Audiobooks & Podcasts) (MPAJAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE), Podcast Networks & Multi-Show Publishers (MPACADAB)

Keywords

• Children's podcast
• Bedtime stories
• Audio storytelling
• Kids entertainment
• Free podcast

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patreon Memberships: The primary monetization channel is Patreon, where supporters pay monthly memberships to access ad-free episodes and early releases. Patrons receive a private RSS feed to access premium content through their preferred podcast app.
2. Podcast Advertising: The free podcast episodes are supported by advertising, generating revenue from brands seeking to reach the podcast's audience of children and parents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stories Podcast is a free children's story podcast that produces and distributes audio episodes of bedtime stories, original children's fiction, fairy tales, mythology, fables, and holiday-themed stories. Episodes are produced in-house and syndicated across Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Wondery, and a direct Art19-hosted RSS feed, with monetization through embedded podcast advertising and a Patreon subscription that unlocks ad-free episodes and early releases.

Product overview

Stories Podcast operates as a single-product podcast company offering a free children's storytelling podcast for bedtime, car rides, and kids of all ages. The core product is the free podcast episodes distributed across major platforms (Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts). A premium Patreon tier provides ad-free episodes via private RSS feeds. The company also operates a merchandise shop selling branded apparel through TeeSpring. The product portfolio is unified around children's audio storytelling content, with the free podcast as the primary offering and Patreon as the monetization mechanism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Audible (Amazon): Audible is the dominant audiobook and spoken-word platform with a large children's audiobooks catalog — comparable as a broad incumbent in the children's audio content space competing for the same parent-driven listening minutes.
• Pinna: Pinna is a subscription-based audio streaming service exclusively for children, offering podcasts, audiobooks, and music — comparable to Stories Podcast as a children's audio platform, but operating as a broader incumbent paywalled service rather than a single free show.

Direct peers

• Storynory: Storynory is a free children's audio story podcast offering original and classic tales, fairy tales, and myths — directly comparable to Stories Podcast in format, audience (children and families), and free ad/Patreon-style distribution model.
• Story Pirates: Story Pirates is a children's storytelling podcast and media brand featuring original stories and songs based on ideas from kids — directly comparable to Stories Podcast as a free, multi-platform children's audio storytelling product with original IP.
• Be Calm on the Highway: Be Calm on the Highway is a children's story podcast designed for car rides — directly comparable to Stories Podcast in targeting the car-ride use case, format, and free multi-platform distribution model.
• Brains On!: Brains On! is a children's science podcast from American Public Media featuring kid co-hosts — directly comparable as a free, parent-driven children's audio product distributed on major podcast platforms.
• Wow in the World: Wow in the World is a leading children's science and storytelling podcast from Tinkercast — comparable to Stories Podcast as a free, ad-supported children's audio brand distributed across major podcast platforms targeting parents and kids.
• Sleepy Stories Podcast: Sleepy Stories is a free children's bedtime story podcast with calm narration — directly comparable to Stories Podcast in niche positioning (bedtime/sleep), free distribution, and target audience of parents and young children.
• Sparkle Stories: Sparkle Stories is a subscription-based children's audio story service featuring original and folk tales — comparable to Stories Podcast in audience and content type, though it operates behind a paywall rather than the freemium Patreon model.
• Circle Round: Circle Round is a children's storytelling podcast distributed by WBUR/NPR featuring folktales from around the world — directly comparable in format, age targeting, and free multi-platform distribution to Stories Podcast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/podcaststories
• Facebookfacebook.com/storiespodcast
• Instagraminstagram.com/storiespodcast
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stories-podcast

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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