But unlike most of them, it carries no audio advertising.
The same goes for the amount of audio advertising it subjects listeners to.
In a further bid to compete with Pandora, iHeartRadio's custom streams still have no audio advertising.
Spotify's free tier has audio advertising, but is missing offline listening and – on mobile – the ability to pick tracks on-demand, although you can play an artist's catalogue on shuffle mode.
That will bring new commercial opportunities – Six to Start is exploring the idea of audio advertising, with Hon citing the "extremely high" rates for popular podcasts like Serial as inspiration.
Meanwhile, social media advertising grew 37percenttoto $9.5 billion, while digital audio advertising grew 42percenttoto $603 million.
What he is really selling is a relatively new form of audio advertising.
Triton Digital has been appointed to provide audio advertising for it.
The more call volume it can generate, the more audio advertising inventory it can sell.
"With our scale in audio advertising and AdsWizz's tech expertise, we will create the largest digital audio advertising ecosystem, better serving global publishers and advertisers — while improving Pandora's own monetization capabilities".
