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The Day One story

It started with a podcast about regional founders. Here’s how the network grew, one show at a time.

Network milestones

  1. Welcome to Day One

    Adam Spencer starts a podcast in Newcastle about the people building regional Australian startups.

    Explore the original show
  2. A history of Australian startups

    Day One releases a six-part documentary on Australia’s startup ecosystem. The interviews become a searchable archive.

    Explore the archive
  3. First Cheque

    Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter bring early-stage investors into the conversation and unpack how they make their first bets.

    Explore First Cheque
  4. The Startup Retro

    Gemma Clancy and Will Richards bring Overnight Success’s reporting on Australian startups and venture capital to a weekly podcast.

    Explore The Startup Retro
  5. In the Blink of AI launches

    Georgie Healy leads the interviews and shapes the editorial voice. W2D1 develops the format and builds the production, publishing and distribution behind the show.

    How we built Blink
  6. Perspective X

    Pauline Fetaui brings a new perspective to the network, asking founders and leaders about the decisions that changed their careers.

    Explore Perspective X
  7. Blink finds its audience

    With Georgie hosting and W2D1 producing and distributing the show, Blink reaches 350,000 content plays. In one month it records 20,000 Spotify downloads.

    Read the growth case study
  8. More shows for operators

    Building Tech Teams and Operator AI bring conversations about hiring, leading technical teams and using AI at work into the Day One line-up.

    See the network’s shows
  9. Blink’s next chapter

    We helped Georgie build Blink from its first episode into an established show. In November, Blink left Day One and Georgie took the show forward.

    Follow Georgie’s work

How Day One grew

Earlier audience and traffic figures are illustrative estimates, calculated as percentages of the recorded snapshots. Show counts come from the episode archive.

  • Recorded
  • Illustrative estimate
Shows in the archive
  • Recorded 4 2022
  • Recorded 5 2023
  • Recorded 8 2024
  • Recorded 15 2025
  • Recorded 22 2026

Cumulative shows by earliest episode on record. Includes former shows and excludes shows with no dated episode.

Podcast plays in 30 days
  • Estimated ~7,000 2022
  • Estimated ~17,000 2023
  • Estimated ~35,000 2024
  • Estimated ~67,000 2025
  • Recorded 117,914 Aug ’26

Audio plays and long-form YouTube views. Recorded for the 30 days to 23 August 2026. Audience figures

LinkedIn followers
  • Estimated ~400 2022
  • Estimated ~900 2023
  • Estimated ~1,700 2024
  • Estimated ~2,650 2025
  • Recorded 3,826 2026

Day One’s public company-page follower snapshot, checked in November 2026. Day One on LinkedIn

Website page views in 30 days
  • Estimated ~600 2022
  • Estimated ~1,500 2023
  • Estimated ~2,900 2024
  • Estimated ~5,100 2025
  • Recorded 7,919 Nov ’26

Google Analytics 4 views on dayone.fm, 13 October to 11 November 2026. Website audience snapshot

Day One today

Podcasts for founders, investors and startup operators.

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Shows in the network
19+
Plays reached in 30 days
100,000+

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