In May 2026, 1,849 companies actively purchased newsletter sponsorships — accounting for 4,138 total ad placements tracked across newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube channels. This is your complete reference for who was buying and where.
Which sectors were spending the most on newsletter advertising:
| Industry | Companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | 240 companies |
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| Finance | 221 companies |
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| Sports | 130 companies |
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| Artificial Intelligence | 129 companies |
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| Business | 98 companies |
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| SaaS | 97 companies |
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| Media | 64 companies |
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| Entertainment | 56 companies |
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| Marketing | 49 companies |
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| Consumer Goods | 48 companies |
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Ranked by number of placements tracked. Companies with more placements are running broader campaigns.
| # | Company | Placements | Sponsored in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Technology
|
46 placements | Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast, Mario Lochner – Weil dein Geld mehr kann!, The Personal Finance Podcast +19 more |
| 2 |
Artificial Intelligence
|
36 placements | Recomendo, The Daily Bite, TLDR Newsletter +18 more |
| 3 |
Health & Wellness / Therapy
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24 placements | Market Munchies, Jobseeking is Hard, Alexandra Gater +15 more |
| 4 |
CRM Software
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24 placements | Future Blueprint, The Daily Bite, Bay Area Times +11 more |
| 5 |
Artificial Intelligence
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23 placements | The AI Entrepreneurs, MakerThrive, The Neuron +8 more |
| 6 |
SaaS
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23 placements | Lenny's Newsletter, The VC Corner, Deep Questions +8 more |
| 7 |
Finance
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23 placements | The Personal Finance Podcast, Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi, Money For Couples +5 more |
| 8 |
Trading
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22 placements | Milk Road Crypto, Alternative Investing Report, Need2Know +10 more |
| 9 |
SaaS
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20 placements | Bay Area Times, Big Desk Energy, The Deep View +6 more |
| 10 |
Finance
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20 placements | Chat With Traders, NoDesk, Artificial Intelligence Act - EU AI Act +10 more |
| 11 |
Home & Garden
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20 placements | DIY Wife, Mental Illness Happy Hour, All Healthy +8 more |
| 12 |
Finance
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17 placements | Investing Insights, Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer, CNBC's "Fast Money" +8 more |
| 13 |
SaaS
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16 placements | AI Fire, Science Says, The Rundown AI +8 more |
| 14 |
Technology
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16 placements | I Can’t Sleep, Stock Market Today With IBD, BiggerPockets Money Podcast +7 more |
| 15 |
Finance
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16 placements | Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer, CNBC's "Fast Money", ETF Edge +8 more |
| 16 |
Finance
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16 placements | The Personal Finance Podcast, Young and Profiting with Hala Taha, Weekends with Rob Fai |
| 17 |
FinTech
|
15 placements | Milk Road Crypto, The Drip |
| 18 |
Technology
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15 placements | Mac Power Users, Peter McKinnon, Matt D'Avella +5 more |
| 19 |
CRM Software
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15 placements | Open Source CEO, The AI Report, Future Blueprint +4 more |
| 20 |
SaaS
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14 placements | Open Source CEO, Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast, Practical AI +5 more |
| 21 |
Finance
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14 placements | Pivot & Flow, Need2Know |
| 22 |
Finance
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14 placements | The Personal Finance Podcast, Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement, 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer |
| 23 |
Cybersecurity
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13 placements | The Rundown, The AI Report, The Neuron +4 more |
| 24 |
Finance
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13 placements | How to Money, The Money Café with Alan Kohler, Motley Fool Money +3 more |
| 25 |
Finance
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12 placements | The Personal Finance Podcast, Deep Questions, Money Guy Show +1 more |
| 26 |
Finance
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12 placements | The Personal Finance Podcast, First Up with Korolnek & Colaiacovo, Weekends with Rob Fai |
| 27 |
Finance
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12 placements | Money For Couples, Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi, The Brutal Truth about Sales and Selling - We interview the world's best B2B Enterprise salespeople. +2 more |
| 28 |
FinTech
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11 placements | The Intrinsic Value Newsletter, Dividend Talks, How They Make Money |
| 29 |
Artificial Intelligence
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11 placements | How They Make Money, Open Scout, Pivot & Flow +1 more |
| 30 |
Consumer Goods
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11 placements | The Dink Newsletter, D3Playbook, Bay Area Times +3 more |
| 31 |
SaaS
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11 placements | Not Boring by Packy McCormick, GRIT, The Neuron +6 more |
| 32 |
Artificial Intelligence
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11 placements | The Deep View, Bay Area Times, The Signal |
| 33 |
Artificial Intelligence
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11 placements | Run Your Private Practice with AI (Artificial I..., Run Your Private Practice with AI, Mental Illness Happy Hour +1 more |
| 34 |
Technology
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11 placements | Deep Questions, Deep Questions with Cal Newport, Money For Couples +3 more |
| 35 |
Food & Nutrition
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11 placements | Scott's Newsletter, Young and Profiting with Hala Taha, Neuro Athletics |
| 36 |
Home & Garden
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11 placements | Jenna Phipps, Young and Profiting with Hala Taha, MacBreak Weekly (Audio) +3 more |
| 37 |
SaaS|Productivity
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10 placements | Feed Me, Deep Questions, Deep Questions with Cal Newport +5 more |
| 38 |
Technology
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10 placements | Up Rugby, PewDiePie, SEN Breakfast +2 more |
| 39 |
Technology
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10 placements | AppleInsider Podcast, Product Talk, The Gutsy Podcast | Mindset, Personal Development & Entrepreneurship for Women +7 more |
| 40 |
Technology
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10 placements | Connected, AppStories, Upgrade |
| 41 |
Technology
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10 placements | Total Leo, Hands-On Tech, Hands-On Tech (Audio) +3 more |
| 42 |
Technology
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10 placements | Mac Power Users, Money For Couples, Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi +2 more |
| 43 |
Sports
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10 placements | The Bill Simmons Podcast, OverDrive, The Ringer NBA Show +1 more |
| 44 |
Technology
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9 placements | Mac Power Users, The Changelog, The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source |
| 45 |
SaaS
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9 placements | Lenny's Newsletter, TLDR, TLDR Founders |
| 46 |
SaaS|Collaboration Tools
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9 placements | There's An AI For That, Bay Area Times, There's an AI For That |
| 47 |
FinTech
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9 placements | Pivot & Flow, Big Technology, The AI Report +3 more |
| 48 |
FinTech
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9 placements | The Pomp Letter, The Scoop |
| 49 |
FinTech
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9 placements | The Pomp Letter, The Scoop |
| 50 |
FinTech
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9 placements | The Pomp Letter, The Scoop |
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