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Engineering Resilience at Scale: The Offline-First Feed Architecture of Pocket FM

Engineering Resilience at Scale: The Offline-First Feed Architecture of Pocket FM

Explore how Pocket FM rebuilt its feed using an offline-first, MVVM architecture—cutting load times, surviving outages, and delivering a seamless listening experience

09 Jul 2025|Apoorv Nath Mishra, Senior Software Engineer - Android
Explainer: Why ‘audio series’ is not podcast or audiobook

Explainer: Why ‘audio series’ is not podcast or audiobook

Audio series are dramatized, episodic stories—unlike podcasts or audiobooks. Revived by Pocket FM, they blend gripping storytelling with modern habits for immersive, screen-free entertainment.

04 Jul 2025|Rahul Nag, Director, PR
Is the Audio Platform Monetization Playbook Ready for a Major Overhaul?

Is the Audio Platform Monetization Playbook Ready for a Major Overhaul?

Digital platforms now use AI-driven monetization. Video and audio apps blend ads, subs, and user-focused tools. Pocket FM leads with 90% user-paid revenue. Success = UX + data-led growth.

01 Jul 2025|Akansha Kumari, VP - Ads and Monetisation
Uninterrupted Listening: Exploring the Autoplay Feature in Pocket FM

Uninterrupted Listening: Exploring the Autoplay Feature in Pocket FM

Pocket FM's Autoplay delivers non-stop, personalized audio. It builds a tailored playlist, keeping you engaged, reducing decision fatigue, and promising an effortless listening journey

28 Jun 2025|Himanshu Solanki, Lead Data Scientist with Pannaga Shivaswamy and Rohit Mehra
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How Pocket FM Turned Fantasy into the New Big Thing for Audio

How Pocket FM Turned Fantasy into the New Big Thing for Audio

Whether it’s the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the frozen north of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire,” or the whispered campfire tales of childhood, fantasy has always been intriguing and has ignited imaginations. And yet, after decades of big-budget studios producing for the big screens that (quite literally) owned the rights to many of these worlds, fantasy has become more than just a figment of people’s own imaginations. However, big screens meant bigger budgets, which, by default, limited the number of productions that could be made per year. To add to that, the production houses determined every aspect of these films from the visuals to the audio, which, in turn, all but killed individual imaginations.

14 Jul 2025|OK! News
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Llega nueva opción para amantes de las historias en audio

Llega nueva opción para amantes de las historias en audio

Si te gustan las historias de horror, comedia o drama, pero no tienes tiempo para sentarte en la comodidad de tu hogar para ver series completas, llegó una nueva alternativa que te acompañará donde quiera que vayas. Y es que entre las más de 75 mil series originales de audio con las que cuenta la plataforma Pocket FM, seguro encuentras alguna alternativa para pasar un buen rato con historias innovadoras.

03 Jul 2025|EL HERALDO
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Pocket Entertainment elevates Umesh Bude as chief technology officer

Pocket Entertainment elevates Umesh Bude as chief technology officer

Pocket Entertainment, the parent company of audio series platform Pocket FM, has elevated Umesh Bude to chief technology officer as the company ramps up its focus on using artificial intelligence (AI) for future growth. In this role, Bude will oversee the end-to-end tech strategy for all Pocket Entertainment platforms, spearheading efforts to scale its products through next-gen AI solutions. This includes advancing the company's generative AI capabilities and building intelligent user experiences. He will continue to report to Pocket Entertainment co-founder Prateek Dixit.

17 Jun 2025|Moneycontrol.com
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Blockbusters Are No Longer A Movie Thing: Pocket FM Brings Blockbusters To Audio

Blockbusters Are No Longer A Movie Thing: Pocket FM Brings Blockbusters To Audio

When you think of a “blockbuster,” your first thought is probably of a big-budget movie or perhaps even a streaming or television show with a massive scale. Pretty soon, however, the epitome of a blockbuster won’t be in a visual medium like film or television but in audio, thanks to the groundbreaking work of innovators like Pocket FM. Pocket FM has revolutionised the audio entertainment space, having pioneered the audio series category. The platform launched in 2018 in India but has quickly grown to reach a massive, global audience with its unique brand of engaging storytelling that is virtually unparalleled in audio. The platform has gained immense popularity in India, the US and Europe and is emerging among the most engaged entertainment platforms.

06 Jun 2025|Business World
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