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Robo-advisors sponsors side by side: Acorns, Betterment, Stash and Wealthfront, and where each one ran by quarter.
146Acorns7 newsletter · 139 podcast · 0 event
98Betterment53 newsletter · 38 podcast · 7 event
85Stash1 newsletter · 84 podcast · 0 event
31Wealthfront6 newsletter · 25 podcast · 0 event
Where they ran Newsletter and podcast placements by lane and quarter.
Lanes come from each newsletter’s topic and each podcast’s genre. 2026 Q4 runs through 2026-11-02. We read many more newsletters and podcasts from late 2026, so compare companies within a quarter, not one quarter to the next.
| Acorns | Betterment | Stash | Wealthfront | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | |||
| Business podcasts | 0 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Comedy podcasts | 15 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Finance & investing newsletters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| History podcasts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| News podcasts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Health & fitness podcasts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Technology podcasts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Society & culture podcasts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| HR & careers newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arts podcasts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other lanes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Events Sponsor lists, booths and partner listings by event sector.
| Sector | Acorns | Betterment | Stash | Wealthfront |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance & crypto | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Business & tech | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Top outlets By newsletter and podcast placements.
Acorns
- Financial Audit73
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von18
- Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald16
- Bad Friends11
- 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer8
- Moneywise6
Betterment
- The Compound and Friends29
- The Irrelevant Investor27
- The Daily Upside7
- The Compound7
- Money with Katie6
- Chart Kid Matt4
Stash
- Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More47
- The President's Daily Brief16
- The Tim Dillon Show10
- The Shawn Ryan Show4
- Unsubscribe Podcast3
- The Team House2
Wealthfront
- The Tim Ferriss Show11
- Huberman Lab8
- FAANG FIRE3
- The Water Coolest2
- Deep Questions with Cal Newport2
- Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast2
The detail Outlets behind each lane.
Acorns · Business podcasts · 2025 Q4
- Financial Audit12 placements
Acorns · Business podcasts · 2026 Q1
- Financial Audit30 placements
Acorns · Business podcasts · 2026 Q2
- Financial Audit14 placements
Acorns · Business podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Financial Audit10 placements
Acorns · Business podcasts · 2026 Q4
- Financial Audit7 placements
Betterment · Business podcasts · 2025 Q4
- The Compound and Friends3 placements
Betterment · Business podcasts · 2026 Q1
- The Compound and Friends8 placements
- Animal Spirits Podcast1 placement
Betterment · Business podcasts · 2026 Q2
- The Compound and Friends8 placements
- Animal Spirits Podcast2 placements
Betterment · Business podcasts · 2026 Q3
- The Compound and Friends6 placements
- Animal Spirits Podcast1 placement
Betterment · Business podcasts · 2026 Q4
- The Compound and Friends4 placements
Wealthfront · Business podcasts · Earlier
- All the Hacks: Money, Points & Life1 placement
Wealthfront · Business podcasts · 2025 Q4
- The Tim Ferriss Show2 placements
Wealthfront · Business podcasts · 2026 Q1
- The Tim Ferriss Show3 placements
Wealthfront · Business podcasts · 2026 Q2
- The Tim Ferriss Show3 placements
Wealthfront · Business podcasts · 2026 Q3
- The Tim Ferriss Show3 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · Earlier
- Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald12 placements
- History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas2 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · 2025 Q4
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von5 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q1
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von5 placements
- Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald4 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q2
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von3 placements
- 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer3 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Bad Friends6 placements
- 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer3 placements
Acorns · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q4
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von4 placements
- TigerBelly1 placement
Stash · Comedy podcasts · 2025 Q4
- The Tim Dillon Show2 placements
- Broken Simulation with Sam Tripoli and Johnny Woodard2 placements
Stash · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q1
- The Tim Dillon Show4 placements
- Unsubscribe Podcast2 placements
Stash · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q2
- The Tim Dillon Show4 placements
- Unsubscribe Podcast1 placement
Acorns · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q1
- Moneywise2 placements
Acorns · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q3
- Moneywise2 placements
Acorns · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q4
- Moneywise2 placements
Betterment · Finance & investing newsletters · 2025 Q4
- The Irrelevant Investor4 placements
- The Compound1 placement
Betterment · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q1
- The Irrelevant Investor7 placements
- The Compound2 placements
Betterment · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q2
- The Irrelevant Investor6 placements
- Chart Kid Matt1 placement
Betterment · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q3
- The Irrelevant Investor6 placements
- Money with Katie4 placements
Betterment · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q4
- The Daily Upside4 placements
- The Irrelevant Investor4 placements
Wealthfront · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q1
- FAANG FIRE2 placements
- Moneywise1 placement
Wealthfront · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q2
- FAANG FIRE1 placement
Stash · History podcasts · 2025 Q4
Stash · History podcasts · 2026 Q3
- The Team House2 placements
Acorns · News podcasts · 2026 Q1
- Pod Save the World1 placement
Acorns · News podcasts · 2026 Q2
- Pod Save America1 placement
- Pod Save the World1 placement
Acorns · News podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Pod Save America1 placement
Stash · News podcasts · 2025 Q4
- The President's Daily Brief5 placements
Stash · News podcasts · 2026 Q1
- The President's Daily Brief11 placements
Betterment · Health & fitness podcasts · Earlier
- Mayim Bialik's Breakdown1 placement
Wealthfront · Health & fitness podcasts · 2025 Q4
- Huberman Lab2 placements
Wealthfront · Health & fitness podcasts · 2026 Q1
- Huberman Lab1 placement
Wealthfront · Health & fitness podcasts · 2026 Q2
- Huberman Lab3 placements
Wealthfront · Health & fitness podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Huberman Lab2 placements
Betterment · Technology podcasts · 2026 Q4
- Machine Gods3 placements
Wealthfront · Technology podcasts · 2025 Q4
- Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast2 placements
Wealthfront · Technology podcasts · 2026 Q2
- Deep Questions with Cal Newport1 placement
Wealthfront · Technology podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Deep Questions with Cal Newport1 placement
Stash · Society & culture podcasts · 2026 Q1
- The Shawn Ryan Show2 placements
Stash · Society & culture podcasts · 2026 Q2
- The Shawn Ryan Show2 placements
Betterment · HR & careers newsletters · 2026 Q3
- HR Brew1 placement
Betterment · HR & careers newsletters · 2026 Q4
- HR Brew1 placement
Acorns · Arts podcasts · Earlier
- Myths and Legends1 placement
Betterment · Arts podcasts · 2026 Q3
- Fresh Air1 placement
Acorns · Other lanes · Earlier
- True Crime with Kendall Rae1 placement
Acorns · Other lanes · 2025 Q4
- Beats and Business Newsletter1 placement
Acorns · Other lanes · 2026 Q1
- The Sabrina Zohar Show1 placement
Acorns · Other lanes · 2026 Q3
- Serialously with Annie Elise1 placement
Stash · Other lanes · 2026 Q4
- The Flyover1 placement
Wealthfront · Other lanes · 2026 Q2
- The Water Coolest2 placements
Wealthfront · Other lanes · 2026 Q3
- The Daily Stoic1 placement
Counts are the ads we’ve found. They don’t show spend. A company with few ads here may buy elsewhere.