Podcast Clipping Agency

Clipping for podcasts.

ATTN is the podcast clipping agency built to turn long-form audio and video episodes into mass-distributed short-form clips. One two-hour episode becomes 60 to 100 clips. Posted across TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and X by editor-owned accounts. Show discovery is downstream of short-form awareness in 2026 — clipping is how it happens.

60-100
Clips per episode
$1-2
Effective CPM
48h
Strategy call to live
Daily
Clip approvals
By Cyrus Greco, Founder, ATTN
5 min read
The thesis

Show discovery is downstream of short-form.

Apple Podcasts and Spotify charts in 2026 don't reflect who makes the best show. They reflect who's most discoverable on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Listeners find an episode through a 45-second clip on a feed they were already scrolling, then search the show in their podcast app.

The funnel starts on short-form, not in the podcast app. Most podcasters know this — the bottleneck isn't strategy, it's volume.

One episode in
60→100
clips out
Average yield from a two-hour episode

Cutting your own clips means three episodes a month and ten cuts each. A clipping agency means one episode becomes 60 to 100 cuts, each with a different hook, distributed across hundreds of editor-owned accounts that already have their own algorithmic weight.

Format variance is the lever. The same two minutes of conversation can be cut a dozen different ways with different hooks, captions, and emphasis. The algorithm picks the version that gets the most early engagement.

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What pops

Hooks. Beefs. Reactions.

01 / The hot take

Contrarian opens.

A strong opinion in the first frame. The clips that out-perform on podcast tape lead with a take audiences immediately want to argue with.

02 / The number

Specific stats.

A dollar amount, a percentage, a result. Specificity is what stops the thumb. Editors are briefed to find these first.

03 / The vulnerability

Guest moments.

The instant where a guest drops the armor and says something honest. Highest watch-through-rate of any podcast clip format.

Why managed beats DIY

Cutting clips yourself vs running a campaign.

The slow way

DIY clipping

  • 3-10 clips per episode max
  • One editor's stylistic angle on every cut
  • Posted to one or two brand-owned accounts
  • Algorithm fatigue from format repetition
  • Hours of editor time per episode
  • No A/B variance — the algorithm picks the only version you made
Managed scale

ATTN podcast clipping

  • 60-100 clips per episode across the network
  • Format diversity enforced — every clip opens differently
  • Posted to hundreds of editor-owned accounts with own audience
  • Algorithm sees variance, rewards the cuts that land
  • Zero editor time on your side
  • Pay only for verified human views, not impressions
Frequently Asked

Common
questions.

Ready when you are

Ready to clip your podcast?

Thirty-minute call. We scope your show, your back-catalog, and what a campaign looks like for your specific audience size. Walk away with a plan whether you work with us or not.