We will build a new medium that will redefine and enhance the nature of spoken information, education, entertainment, and other modes of verbal expression we will help create ourselves.Don Katz, Founder, AudibleJuly 30, 1996
What We Do
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives.
The Best in Audio Entertainment
We are passionate about expanding what’s possible in audio entertainment. With more than a million titles in our catalog, we work with some of the biggest names around the world, as well as emerging talent, to bring distinctive Originals, audiobooks and podcasts to listeners in over 180 countries, in 50 languages.
Innovative, Original Content
Our Audible Originals have won numerous prestigious awards and span all genres and categories, from short-form podcasts to long-form audiobooks and everything in between. Together with writers, performers and producers we experiment and explore new creative possibilities, bring Audible Theater productions to life, combine memoir with intimate concerts in our Words + Music series, give comedic talent free range to invent new ways to make us laugh, and create large, immersive multicast productions that cross genres and cultures.
A Home for Creatives
Sparking our listeners’ imaginations starts by making Audible a home for creators. We invite some of the biggest names in their respective fields, including many of the most beloved franchises and production companies, to build new worlds with us and bring their visions to life. We also work to discover, develop and promote emerging storytellers from all over the world through programs like our Podcast Development Fund, Emerging Playwrights Fund, Singapore Accelerator, and Indigenous Writers’ Circle, as well as ‘Hear My Story,’ in which our editors help amplify voices through curated content and editorial lists. And our Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) enables content creators to produce an audiobook, connect with narrators and producers, and enable access to an audience of millions of audio lovers across the globe.
Leading Talent Creating Originals
Audible Theater Announces “The Energy Curfew Music Hour” Season Two
Featuring Grammy Award-winning Chris Thile and Punch Brothers, season two of “The Energy Curfew Music Hour” will begin in January 2025 at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. It will also be recorded live and later released globally as an Audible Original.
Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell to Launch New Audible Interview Series
Sue Bird, Ursula Burns, David Chang, Ava DuVernay, Jimmy Kimmel, and Wes Moore will join Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell for interview series “The Unusual Suspects,” premiering January 30, exclusively from Audible.
Audible Announces “Self-Conscious with Chrissy Teigen”
“Self-Conscious with Chrissy Teigen” will feature conversations with bestselling authors including Adam Grant, Glennon Doyle, Peter Attia, Mel Robbins and Gabby Bernstein. This wellness interview series will release weekly, starting in January.
A Culture of Innovation
Audible creates cutting-edge experiences for our listeners, like in spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, and helps drive equitable access, such as integrating Alexa voice controls into the Audible app. We have always known that technology can transform culture. This drives our work into the future, and extends to programs like internships and returnships, which are designed to foster an inclusive culture of tech at Audible.
Who We Are
We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
We serve members in 180 countries with content in 50 languages.
Our People Principles
Audible’s People Principles celebrate who we are and where we’ve been, and guide the way we work shoulder to shoulder to enhance the lives of our millions of customers. They reflect and apply to everyone who works at Audible—the entrepreneurs and operators, the dreamers and the doers, those who have worked here for 20 years and those who have arrived in the past few weeks and months.
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Life at Audible
Our customers span the globe, and so do we, with hubs all over the world. We have long been committed to building a workplace that empowers, engages, and inspires colleagues and fosters meaningful connections—both inside Audible and with our creators and local communities. Employee-led impact groups encourage us to embrace our human spectrum and be who we are.
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Our Global Impact
We moved our headquarters to Newark in 2007 to contribute to the city’s renaissance as a thriving hub of innovation. Working with local leaders, we help support Newark’s economy through programs that promote equity, like seeding startups, hiring locally, encouraging local spending and keeping downtown restaurants open through the pandemic and beyond. We launched the Global Center for Urban Innovation to generate more programs like these in the cities where we operate. We also invest in the creative economy worldwide, building ecosystems of performers, studios, sound engineers, writers and other creatives.
Audible users listened to more than 4.6 billion hours of content in 2023.
Our History
- 1995
Audible Inc. is founded
While jogging around Riverside Park in Manhattan with a cassette player, Don Katz has a vision for a better way to listen to books while on the go: downloadable digital files.
- 1997
Audible MobilePlayer is released
Audible.com goes live
Audible debuts the world’s first commercially available portable digital audio player. The first audiobook downloaded: Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus.
- 1999
Audible goes public on NASDAQ
- 2000
Audible creates our first subscription model
Audible introduces a membership model, giving customers access to our catalog for a flat monthly fee.
- 2001
Weekly audio show with Robin Williams debuts
Audible Otis portable audio player introduced
Audible launches a downloadable weekly audio program with Robin Williams years before the word “podcast” is coined. The Audible Otis portable audio player is introduced.
- 2003
Audible inks deal to provide audiobooks to iTunes
- 2004
Audible service for Germany launches
Audible Germany launches with a catalog of 250 German audiobooks–the first step in our mission to serve customers globally.
- 2005
Audible services for the UK and for France launch
- 2007
Audible moves global headquarters in the US to Newark, New Jersey
A key element of Audible’s culture is defined by our moving our world headquarters to Newark and being an active player in the city’s turnaround.
- 2008
Audible joins the Amazon family
Audible wins first Audiobook of the Year Audie Award
Leveraging Amazon’s reach and technological innovations has helped millions of readers discover the joy of listening. Audible is also awarded our first Audiobook of the Year Audie Award for The Chopin Manuscript.
- 2011
ACX launches
Audible’s self-publishing marketplace ACX launches, helping connect authors, agents, and publishers with narrators, engineers, recording studios, and producers to create new audiobooks.
- 2012
Whispersync for Voice & Immersion Reading are released
Audible introduces Whispersync for Voice, enabling book lovers to switch seamlessly between reading and listening without losing their place. Also, Immersion Reading, which enables people to read and listen to a book simultaneously with real-time highlighting of the text so they can be fully immersed in the experience.
- 2013
Audible wins Grammy Award
Soft launch of Audible.com.au, Audible’s offering for Australia
Audible Studios wins a Grammy Award for Janis Ian’s autobiography, Society's Child.
- 2014
Audible service for Australia launches
Audible acquires Rooftop Media
Bringing Rooftop Media into the Audible family expands our offerings of comedy series and specials.
- 2015
Audible service for Japan launches
- 2016
Audible service for Italy launches
- 2017
Audible listeners in 150+ countries
Our People Principles are introduced
Audible service for Canada launches
We mark our 20th anniversary with the introduction of our People Principles, which celebrate who we are and where we’ve been, and guide how we work together.
- 2018
Audible service for India launches
- 2019
Innovation Cathedral Opens in Newark
Paris Studio Opens
- 2020
Audible service for Spain launches
Audible adds all-you-can-listen streaming option for customers in the US, and multiple marketplaces around the world
Audible establishes Global Center for Urban Innovation
From April 2020 to June 2021, Audible offers hundreds of titles free globally through Audible Stories
- 2021
Audible launches hybrid work model, Hub + Home
Hub + Home, our new hybrid work model, rolls out globally. Audible hubs around the world are renovated to support this new way of working.
- 2022
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Audible's service
- 2023
Audible service for Brazil launches
- 2024
Audible launches first-ever global brand campaign
The campaign brought Audible’s bold brand promise vibrantly to life for customers across marketplaces and audience touchpoints, proving that “there’s more to imagine when you listen.”
