Peak 13 unique shows in Sep 26
Grouped by show — a brand running multiple ads on one podcast counts as one active sponsorship.
| Show / Categories | Ad reads | Ad type | Last seen | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Economist Podcastsnews, politics | 1 read | Network ad | Sep 13, 2026 | |
 New Podcasts - trailers for new and noteworthy showsarts, performing, news | 1 read | Unclassified | Sep 12, 2026 | |
 Iowa Everywheresports, football, society | 1 read | Unclassified | Sep 12, 2026 |
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Ancestry advertises on 13 shows in total.
Transcribed directly from episode audio and quoted verbatim — this is the receipt.
“I just recently got on ancestry.com. And within like, I was probably, I probably worked six, seven, eight hours. But I traced the money family all the way back to 1480 in England. Yes, there was a revelation and all that. But there's a kinship that ties Britain and America. A messy, tangled history. You can feel it in the way Brent talks. There's an old church, and I looked it up on Google Maps. It's righ...”
“Somebody in our family decided to do ancestry.com or as I like to call it, ancestry.com. We know what you did. It took me a long time to just say my dad died without feeling it and remembering it. Oh, shit, I just spilled my jolt cola. I am totally buggin' right now. Oh, okay. Monologue. Check. What would Oprah do? Ooh, you get a car and you get a car. Hey, Holly, how's it going? How are you doing? Hey!...”
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Each one includes the verbatim quote, its position in the episode and any promo code. 13 in total for Ancestry.
Talked about without evidence of a paid placement. Kept separate from verified sponsorships deliberately.
How Ancestry is talked about
Only 4 of 73 mentions carry an opinion — too few to score.
Classified from the transcript sentence around each mention. Most mentions of any brand are neutral — earnings, release dates, a brand named in passing — so the score reflects only the mentions that actually carry an opinion.
“The two largest databases, 23 and me and ancestry DNA, don't face this issue because they don't allow copied files of DNA samples to be uploaded.”
“this is something much larger than just finding out your ancestry. Right. People are saying cloning”
“revelation if true. CIA accused of using ancestry in 23andMe to hunt down alien bloodlines in”
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Sponsorships are identified from transcribed episode audio and reflect what was observed on the dates shown. Many podcasts insert ads dynamically, so different listeners can hear different sponsors on the same episode — this is not a complete or exclusive list of Ancestry’s podcast advertising.