Pocket Entertainment Tops $500M ARR, Retention Nearly Doubles
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Culver City, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Pocket Entertainment, parent company of AI audio drama platform Pocket FM, has surpassed $500 million in annual revenue run rate, growing 70% year-over-year.
Revenue retention nearly doubles as listener engagement strengthens
Revenue retention on Pocket FM rose from 44% to 76% over the past year, a shift the company attributes to deeper listener engagement rather than pure subscriber growth. Listeners now spend an average of 155 minutes daily on the platform, with 51% of weekly active users returning every day.
96 titles cross $1 million in revenue, 13 surpass $10 million
Pocket FM's catalog now includes 96 titles that have each generated more than $1 million in revenue, with 13 titles exceeding $10 million. The platform draws on a network of more than 550,000 creators producing 2.6 million hours of content annually.