Where Success Takes Off with DroneSense

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The Story

DroneSense (Versaterm) is a platform designed for first responders, enabling remote drone operation and real-time video streaming for comprehensive situational awareness. In pursuit of becoming a thought leader in the drone public safety industry, DroneSense collaborated with Fame to launch an insightful podcast named “Dronecast: Rethinking Public Safety, One Drone at a Time” that showcased the company's core values.

The podcast's carefully crafted tone, balancing friendliness and informativeness, aimed to provide actionable insights for the audience. In addition, Fame worked on connecting with key executives and creating social media content to enhance the podcast's reach and engagement. The result was the successful positioning of DroneSense as a trusted resource and authority in the drone public safety space. The podcast built brand awareness and fostered a community aligned with its core values.

Within 24 hours after launch, our podcast soared to the number four spot in the Aviation category, and the momentum has only compounded since. Across 29 months of consistent publication, the show has amassed over 166,900 all-time downloads, driven by strategic promotion and paid marketing that yielded massive listener spikes, including a record-breaking 51,150 downloads in April 2026 alone. Today, the show boasts a loyal, cumulative audience of over 2,450 dedicated followers across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Downloads & Total Followers by Month

Podcast growth metrics · Apr 2024 - Sep 2026

  • Actual Downloads
  • Total Followers
1001K10K100KActual Downloads (log scale)64311K51K2K3K2K0Total Followers842,461OCT 2025
YouTube became a major growth driver, fuelling the show's first five-figure download month.
APR 2026
Record month: 51,150 downloads.
Apr '24Aug '24Dec '24Apr '25Aug '25Dec '25Apr '26Sep '26Apr 2024 - Actual Downloads: 643, Total Followers: 84May 2024 - Actual Downloads: 649, Total Followers: 97Jun 2024 - Actual Downloads: 542, Total Followers: 99Jul 2024 - Actual Downloads: 474, Total Followers: 113Aug 2024 - Actual Downloads: 669, Total Followers: 137Sep 2024 - Actual Downloads: 935, Total Followers: 1,158Oct 2024 - Actual Downloads: 633, Total Followers: 1,168Nov 2024 - Actual Downloads: 480, Total Followers: 1,362Dec 2024 - Actual Downloads: 648, Total Followers: 1,422Jan 2025 - Actual Downloads: 761, Total Followers: 1,464Feb 2025 - Actual Downloads: 1,780, Total Followers: 1,523Mar 2025 - Actual Downloads: 2,490, Total Followers: 1,528Apr 2025 - Actual Downloads: 2,761, Total Followers: 1,541May 2025 - Actual Downloads: 5,266, Total Followers: 1,772Jun 2025 - Actual Downloads: 2,629, Total Followers: 1,823Jul 2025 - Actual Downloads: 3,421, Total Followers: 1,861Aug 2025 - Actual Downloads: 7,432, Total Followers: 1,932Sep 2025 - Actual Downloads: 3,950, Total Followers: 1,975Oct 2025 - Actual Downloads: 11,050, Total Followers: 2,072Nov 2025 - Actual Downloads: 5,315, Total Followers: 2,120Dec 2025 - Actual Downloads: 11,874, Total Followers: 2,149Jan 2026 - Actual Downloads: 1,010, Total Followers: 2,174Feb 2026 - Actual Downloads: 5,140, Total Followers: 2,250Mar 2026 - Actual Downloads: 8,895, Total Followers: 2,277Apr 2026 - Actual Downloads: 51,150, Total Followers: 2,325May 2026 - Actual Downloads: 9,680, Total Followers: 2,362Jun 2026 - Actual Downloads: 13,073, Total Followers: 2,384Jul 2026 - Actual Downloads: 6,968, Total Followers: 2,425Aug 2026 - Actual Downloads: 6,627, Total Followers: 2,452Sep 2026 - Actual Downloads: 2,277, Total Followers: 2,461
  • Oct 2025

    YouTube became a major growth driver, fuelling the show's first five-figure download month.

  • Apr 2026

    Record month: 51,150 downloads.

Downloads use a log scale - this show grew through more than one order of magnitude, and on a linear axis the early months would be too small to read.

View the data as a table
MonthActual DownloadsTotal Followers
Apr 202464384
May 202464997
Jun 202454299
Jul 2024474113
Aug 2024669137
Sep 20249351,158
Oct 20246331,168
Nov 20244801,362
Dec 20246481,422
Jan 20257611,464
Feb 20251,7801,523
Mar 20252,4901,528
Apr 20252,7611,541
May 20255,2661,772
Jun 20252,6291,823
Jul 20253,4211,861
Aug 20257,4321,932
Sep 20253,9501,975
Oct 202511,0502,072
Nov 20255,3152,120
Dec 202511,8742,149
Jan 20261,0102,174
Feb 20265,1402,250
Mar 20268,8952,277
Apr 202651,1502,325
May 20269,6802,362
Jun 202613,0732,384
Jul 20266,9682,425
Aug 20266,6272,452
Sep 20262,2772,461

Dronecast is no longer just a domestic success, it is rapidly expanding globally. It currently ranks in the top 10 in the Aviation category in countries such as Norway (#7) and Slovenia (#4), while holding strong positions in Canada (#31), Sweden (#47), and Germany (#48). Furthermore, the show is successfully capturing highly targeted search traffic on Apple Podcasts, ranking #3 for the keyword “drone program” and #32 for “Drones First Responder”.

Our team is charging ahead, releasing thrilling new episodes, and achieving milestones solidifying DroneSense's position as a true industry leader. The excitement never stops!

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Sarah Dameron

Testimonial

“I had worked previously with Fame, a couple of years ago with a different company and, you know, without a shadow of the doubt, I knew that Fame would be the company for us and not only Fame but Martin, they've exceeded our expectations on, you know, how to deliver this podcast, how to get us the most value out of this podcast.”

Sarah Dameron

Marketing and Communications Manager

Sarah Dameron

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