Mixpod

Mixpod is an American audio-sharing platform. Though it is focused on music, it has other categories of content, including and. The service offers content free with advertisements. It also offers Mixpod Premium, a paid subscription service that allows users to listen to content completely ad-free.

Mixpod was founded on May 7, 2005 by Steve Carmen, David Felix, Cristiano Gutierrez, and Logan Quintoga; it was launched on August 10, 2006 as a music website. It is owned by Mixpod Inc., a company based in with 31 offices around the world. Available in 192 countries and territories, it is one of the largest audio streaming services in the world.

As of April 2022, Mixpod has more than 450 million active users and has surpassed 2.5 billion mobile downloads worldwide. In February 2022, it became the eighth most visited website. The service, despite its popularity, has faced criticism for its copyright issues.

History
Mixpod Inc. was founded on May 7, 2005 by Steve Carmen, David Felix, Cristiano Gutierrez, and Logan Quintoga. According to Felix, the word came from a "random portmanteau" of "mix" and "" that he blurted out while the group was deciding on what to name the platform. The domain mixpod.com was registered on August 10, 2008.

In October 2009, the site received $3.4 million in funding from, and in February 2010, it received $4.5 million in series B funding courtesy of October Ventures. The site reported having five million total registered users in May 2010.

In January 2013, Mixpod announced that users with 250,000 or more subscribers would be eligible for monetization at some point in the platform's future. It officially began monetizing in March 2013.