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Hera Rises: UK's First Female-Focused Video Podcast Network Launches
1 Oct, 2025
Summary
- Hera aims to champion and support women in podcasting
- Founders claim 80% of top UK podcasts are hosted by men
- Hera plans to develop "cutting-edge AI tools" for creators
In October 2025, Hera, the UK's first video podcast network focused on stories through a female lens, has launched with a mission to "close the gender gap in podcasting." The network's founders - Nishma Patel Robb, Rosie Allimonos, and Kirsty Hunter - claim that 80% of the top 10 podcasts on the UK Spotify Charts are hosted solely by men.
Hera aims to champion and support women through every stage of the creative and commercial process. The founders plan to produce original shows, broker partnerships with brands, and build "cutting-edge proprietary AI tools" to support creators, streamline workflows, and create new audience experiences. Hera has also opened a membership club for women and non-binary podcast hosts.
The founders believe there is a significant cultural and financial opportunity to create a platform for advertisers to connect with women, who are expected to control 75% of discretionary spending by 2030 according to NielsenIQ research. With the podcast industry generating $7.3 billion in sales last year and platforms like YouTube seeing over 1 billion monthly podcast viewers, Hera is poised to give women's voices the scale and financial reward they deserve in this rapidly growing market.
