February 2026
What each company type bought in February 2026 across newsletters and podcasts. Events aren’t here: most event lists have no date of their own.
Newsletters
We read 1,664 issues from 355 newsletters published in February 2026. Coverage of this month is thinner than October 2026, when we read 29,752 issues, so keep that in mind when you compare months.
By company type
| Company type | Placements | Companies |
|---|---|---|
| AI & ML | 272 | 69 |
| Developer tools | 144 | 51 |
| Sales & marketing software | 106 | 36 |
| Crypto & web3 | 101 | 19 |
| Security | 94 | 39 |
| Investing & trading | 82 | 27 |
| Health & wellness | 74 | 26 |
| Finance & fintech | 65 | 27 |
| Productivity & collaboration | 60 | 20 |
| Consumer goods | 48 | 22 |
| Education & courses | 40 | 19 |
| Newsletters | 37 | 13 |
| E-commerce & retail | 27 | 11 |
| HR & recruiting | 24 | 10 |
| Data & analytics | 22 | 11 |
| Banking & insurance | 14 | 7 |
| Food & drink | 14 | 10 |
| Real estate | 8 | 4 |
| Travel & hospitality | 8 | 5 |
| Media & entertainment | 7 | 7 |
| Telecom & hardware | 7 | 4 |
| Events & conferences | 5 | 5 |
| No type on file | 76 | 42 |
Most active companies
| Company | Placements | Newsletters |
|---|---|---|
| Wispr Flow | 45 | 18 |
| HubSpot | 40 | 12 |
| Polymarket | 20 | 4 |
| EnergyX | 18 | 9 |
| NVIDIA GTC 2026 | 17 | 1 |
| Gearbox Protocol | 16 | 1 |
| WorkOS | 14 | 7 |
| You | 13 | 6 |
| Deel | 11 | 7 |
| Figure Markets | 11 | 1 |
| Unblocked | 11 | 4 |
| Abra | 10 | 1 |
| Arch Public | 10 | 1 |
| Atlassian | 10 | 5 |
| Bitcoin IRA | 10 | 1 |
Seen for the first time
The first newsletter placement we have for each company. We add more newsletters over time, so a company here may have bought before we started reading where it ran. The 15 with the most placements, of 185.
| Company | Placements | Newsletters |
|---|---|---|
| EnergyX | 18 | 9 |
| Summ | 10 | 1 |
| Recall | 8 | 3 |
| Clustie | 7 | 1 |
| Haystack | 7 | 5 |
| General Assembly | 5 | 2 |
| Superagent | 5 | 2 |
| New Relic | 4 | 3 |
| Saily | 4 | 1 |
| Scrunch | 4 | 2 |
| Socket | 4 | 1 |
| Trail of Bits | 4 | 1 |
| Vivint | 4 | 1 |
| WiseStamp | 4 | 1 |
| depthfirst | 3 | 1 |
Podcasts
We read 4,574 episodes from 483 podcasts published in February 2026. Coverage of this month is thinner than October 2026, when we read 26,045 episodes, so keep that in mind when you compare months.
By company type
| Company type | Placements | Companies |
|---|---|---|
| Health & wellness | 715 | 50 |
| E-commerce & retail | 522 | 19 |
| Consumer goods | 309 | 46 |
| Finance & fintech | 266 | 25 |
| Food & drink | 238 | 17 |
| Security | 204 | 16 |
| Investing & trading | 152 | 24 |
| AI & ML | 106 | 20 |
| HR & recruiting | 106 | 8 |
| Telecom & hardware | 99 | 7 |
| Crypto & web3 | 96 | 15 |
| Developer tools | 80 | 11 |
| Travel & hospitality | 63 | 6 |
| Sales & marketing software | 62 | 8 |
| Productivity & collaboration | 59 | 12 |
| Education & courses | 52 | 7 |
| Data & analytics | 44 | 5 |
| Government & nonprofit | 26 | 1 |
| Banking & insurance | 20 | 5 |
| Real estate | 16 | 2 |
| Media & entertainment | 7 | 2 |
| Events & conferences | 5 | 2 |
| Automotive | 4 | 1 |
| Newsletters | 1 | 1 |
| No type on file | 4,646 | 752 |
Most active companies
| Company | Placements | Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Quince | 208 | 48 |
| PrizePicks | 178 | 11 |
| Shopify | 130 | 50 |
| BetterHelp | 106 | 42 |
| DeleteMe | 102 | 20 |
| Gametime | 83 | 7 |
| Helix Sleep | 81 | 14 |
| Mint Mobile | 79 | 20 |
| Cozy Earth | 70 | 26 |
| Factor | 70 | 38 |
| HelloFresh | 70 | 15 |
| Indeed | 69 | 4 |
| FanDuel | 58 | 5 |
| AG1 | 56 | 19 |
| Bud Light | 56 | 1 |
Seen for the first time
The first podcast placement we have for each company. We add more podcasts over time, so a company here may have bought before we started reading where it ran. The 15 with the most placements, of 178.
| Company | Placements | Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Club | 15 | 1 |
| Fastenal | 14 | 2 |
| Pepsi | 14 | 8 |
| Club Orange | 10 | 1 |
| Brix | 8 | 1 |
| Christian Brothers Automotive | 8 | 1 |
| Fairwinds | 8 | 1 |
| Guardian Litigation Group | 8 | 1 |
| Health Trust Financial | 8 | 1 |
| Loadboost,Com | 8 | 1 |
| Mama Bear Legal Forms | 8 | 1 |
| Timhortons | 8 | 1 |
| Unto | 8 | 1 |
| Healf | 7 | 1 |
| Ninjasgo | 7 | 1 |
Counts are the ads we’ve found from companies we could identify, by the date each ran. They don’t show spend. A company missing here may still have bought; we only count what we read. How we get this data.