Anghami

MENA-focused podcasters

Anghami is mandatory if your podcast targets Arabic-speaking audiences, full stop. 70M+ users across MENA, 200,000+ shows, and regional publisher deals Spotify hasn't matched. For everyone else, it's a low-effort distribution checkbox that adds reach but few listeners.

Anghami is the leading music and podcast streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa, with over 70 million users across MENA, Europe, and the US. It's positioned as the regional Spotify equivalent — a NASDAQ-listed public company with deep catalogs of Arabic and international content. For podcasters, Anghami hosts roughly 200,000 shows including international names like Joe Rogan and Trevor Noah alongside a fast-growing Arabic-language roster. The company has signed content partnerships with major regional publishers — ITP's Time Out, Arabian Business, Harper's Bazaar, Eurosports Arabia, Gulf News — and launched 'Sajjel,' the Arab world's first podcast competition, with Saudi Arabia's Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission. Getting on Anghami means submitting your RSS through a host with a distribution agreement (Blubrry is one common route); there's no direct indie creator submission portal in the way Spotify or Apple offer. For shows targeting Arabic speakers or MENA-based audiences, Anghami is unavoidable — the language and regional reach just don't exist on the global platforms. For English-language shows with no regional ties, listing here adds reach but rarely generates meaningful listener numbers. It's worth doing because submission is free and one-time, not because it'll move top-line metrics.