Podcasting has matured into a core enterprise communications channel. Marketing and communications leaders use it to connect with key accounts, amplify internal voices, and streamline employee communications. But to succeed, it needs to be managed like any other strategic initiative, with clear goals, stakeholder alignment, and reliable workflows.

This guide walks through the complete lifecycle of an enterprise podcast. You'll find guidance on planning with business impact in mind, managing production at scale, distributing episodes effectively, measuring performance, and selecting the right agency partner.

Selecting an enterprise podcast stack is less about features and more about how your team ships, repurposes, and measures every episode. You need tools that:

Publish to Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and owned channels,

Keep approvals and rights clean,

Feed reliable data into Google Analytics, your CRM, and your marketing automation platform.

This guide brings those requirements together with a practical selection framework. Use the vendor cards and criteria to assemble a stack your team can run confidently at scale, with clear ownership and measurable impact.

Let’s dive in.

In 2025, 55% of Americans aged 12 and older listened to podcasts monthly. And they’re doing so across different platforms. Enterprise listeners, in particular, increasingly split their attention across Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, LinkedIn, and internal newsletters. 

This guide shows how to build a scalable distribution engine across those channels while maintaining consistency in metadata, rights, and analytics. You’ll see which platforms to prioritize, how to tailor assets for each environment, and how to optimize B2B podcast content strategy according to the target platform.