We build tools for modern storytellingbased on market-leading research.

Spoilproof researches how modern audiences engage with narrative media, and puts our findings into practice with tools to help storytellers adapt, retain and grow.

Current Focus: Audio Media

Research, insights & infrastructure.
Built for the future of narrative.

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The Shift

The lean-back audience is gone.

Today's audio audiences are multitasking, constantly interrupted, and navigating more content across more devices than ever before.

This changes everything.

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Pause & Resume

Listening in sessions, not sittings. Context is lost.

Second Screen

Attention is split. Discovery happens elsewhere.

Fragmented Focus

Multiple shows. Multiple tabs. Multiple stories.

Cognitive Load

Confusion is one of the strongest drivers of abandonment.

Research-backed product · Now in beta

Fragmented attention
is a revenue problem.
Here's our fix.

PlotPal is the infrastructure we built in response to our research — a spoiler-safe companion layer designed specifically for narrative podcasts that lifts episode completion, reduces drop-off, and drives the word-of-mouth that comes when listeners actually finish.

We're looking for narrative podcast producers to join our first cohort — and help us further our research into the commercial impact of listener confusion.

Now open to new shows
Built for
True crime & investigative podcasts
Narrative fiction & audio drama
Docuseries & long-form storytelling
Any show with a cast your audience needs to track

Beta participants get early access, direct input into the product roadmap, and contribute to ongoing research into audience retention.

Research Library

Latest insights

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Wait, who was that again?
Research Report
Wait, who was that again?
Narrative Comprehension in Contemporary Media Consumption
Why Are Audiences Doing The Work?
Research Insight
Why Are Audiences Doing The Work?
Cognitive debt, narrative leakage, and the missing research on story comprehension.
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