2025

Media

Kit

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“Fast Company is the only media brand dedicated to chronicling the future of

business. We cover the leaders, ideas, and companies defining where business

is headed, from agile startups to multinationals transforming themselves from

within. Technology, design, impact, and creativity—these are the pillars of Fast

Company’s coverage, and the keys to winning in the innovation economy.”

—Brendan Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company

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UPDATED: 10.18.24 GA GLOBAL JAN-OCT 2024 AVE, IPSOS SPRING 2024 (PRINT AND DIGITAL), AAM JUNE 2024, SOCIAL 8/5/24, GLOBAL MONTHLY AVE PLAYS JAN - JULY JW PLAYER, FC MEGAPHONE,

APPLE NEWS, IPSOS SPRING 2024

C-

eve

COMP: 57% | INDEX 201

Graduated

College+

COMP: 93% | INDEX 119

Top

Management

COMP: 47% | INDEX 175

Biz Decision

Makers

COMP: 72% | INDEX 156

MEDIAN AGE

$190K

MEDIAN HHI

$1.6MM

MEDIAN NET WORTH

60%

40%

MALE

FEMALE

TOTAL

FOOTPRINT

26.5MM

250,000

RATEBASE

1.1MM

2024 MAGAZINE

READERSHIP ESTIMATE

7.4MM

AVG. MONTHLY

UNIQUE VISITORS

11.8MM

AVG. MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS

SPRING

Most Innovative Companies

PRINT AD CLOSE: 2/13/25

PRINT ON SALE: 3/25/25

COVER + LIST DIGITAL: 3/18/25

SUMMER

World Changing Ideas

PRINT AD CLOSE: 5/8/25

PRINT ON SALE: 6/17/25

COVER + LIST DIGITAL: 6/10/25

FALL

Best Workplaces for

Innovators/ Innovation by

Design

PRINT AD CLOSE: 8/14/25

PRINT ON SALE: 9/23/25

DIGITAL LISTS: BWFI: 9/9/25

IBD: 9/16/25

WINTER

Brands That Matter

PRINT AD CLOSE: 11/6/25

PRINT ON SALE: 12/16/25

COVER + LIST DIGITAL: 12/9/25

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*ISSUE THEMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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BLACK & WHITE

Page

Spread

2/3 Page

1/2 Horiz

1/3 Page

FOUR COLOR

Page

Spread

2/3 Page

1/2 Horiz

1/3 Page

COVERS

2nd Cover

2nd Cover + Pg 1

3rd Cover

4th Cover

GROSS

$35,000

$70,000

$26,950

$21,700

$15,400

GROSS

$55,000

$110,000

$42,350

$34,100

$24,200

GROSS

$66,000

$121,000

$60,500

$68,750

*ALL RATES ARE GROSS. THESE RATES AND ALL ADVERTISING TRANSACTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO MANSUETO VENTURES’ ADVERTISING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

PAID RATEBASE:

250,000

FREQUENCY:

4 ISSUES

Specialty Units

Billing Information

Commission is 15% to agencies

Production premiums are not commissionable or discountable

Frequency Discounts

Custom Regional Buys/Copy Splits

Pricing and regional options available upon request

Premium Charges

Check with your account manager

Rates and production specifications available upon request

No bleed charge

Special fifth color rates available upon request

(Single Pg Only)

(Spread)

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PLACEMENT

ROS

Welcome Ad

Targeted Channel

Geo Targeted (ROS)

Homepage Takeover

AD UNIT

Leaderboard

Half Page

IMU

Video

Billboard

Mobile Banner

Leaderboard

IMU

Half Page

Billboard

Welcome Mat

Leaderboard

Half Page

IMU

Video

Billboard

Mobile Banner

Leaderboard

IMU

Half Page

Billboard

Mobile Banner

SPECS

728x90

300x600

300x250

Pre-roll

970x250

320x50

728x90

300x250

300x600

970x250

Full-Width, Responsive

728x90

300x600

300x250

Pre-roll

970x250

320x50

728x90

300x250

300x600

970x250

320x50

NET CPM

$105

$130

$110

$225

$130

$100

$147

$157

$183

$250

$120

$145

$125

$240

$145

$110

$115

$135

$105

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PAGE DIMENSIONS

Page

Spread

½ Horizontal Spread

⅔ Vertical page

½ Horizontal page

⅓ Square

⅓ Vertical

LIVE/NON-BLEED

7 ½” x 10”

15 ½” x 10”

15 ½” x 4 ½”

4 ¾” x 10”

7 ½” x 4 ½”

4 ¾” x 4 ⅝”

2 ⅜” x 10”

TRIM

8” x 10 ½”

16” x 10 ½”

16” x 5”

5” x 10 ½”

8” x 5”

5” x 4 ⅞”

2 ⅝” x 10 ½”

BLEED

8 ¼” x 10 ¾”

16 ¼” x 10 ¾”

16 ¼” x 5 ¼”

5 ⅛” x 10 ¾”

8 ¼” x 5 ¼”

5 ¼” x 5 ¼”

2 ⅞” x 10 ¾”

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Printing

Process

WEB OFFSET

Binding

Method

PERFECT BOUND

Line

Screen

133

Max Density

4 COLOR: 290%

2 COLOR: 190%

Safety

Proofs

Materials

Shipping for Ad Proofs

For Extensions Contact:

Gutter Safety for Spreads

Quad

Attn: Max Thomson c/o Fast Company

N64 W23110 Main St. Sussex, WI 53089

P: 262-673-1177

E: mjthomson@quad.com

Dave Powell, Production Manager

C: 347-605-0183 E: dpowell@mansueto.com

One SWOP-certified proof AND one ruled proof as a

positioning guide

Allow 1/4” on each side of gutter, 1/2” total gutter safety

For ad spread units please supply 1/16” duplicated

image on both sides of the centerline

Please submit your ads for Fast Company via the web

at https://www.adshuttle.com

Preferred digital format: PDFX-1A

Please see our materials specifications site

Keep all LIVE matter, not intended to trim, 1/4” from

TRIM edges. Offset for registration marks should be

set at .1875

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For All Digital Platforms

Advertiser provided 3rd party tags must be secure (https), and all partner file requests within the tags must also

be secure (https).

UNIT SIZE

Leaderboard

Rectangle

Half Page

Billboard

Mobile Banner

PIXEL

SIZE

728x90

300x250

300x600

970

320x50

INITIAL

FILE SIZE

200 KB

ANIMATION

:15 Sec

RICH

MEDIA

SERVED

3RD

PARTY

FOR TERMS & CONDITIONS GOVERNING ADVERTISING IN FAST COMPANY, GO TO

MANSUETO.COM/TERMS-OF-USE/

UNIT

Pre-Roll

VIDEO TARGET

BITRATE MAX

3500

LENGTH

:06,

:15, :30

AUDIO BITRATE

128-192 kbps for

AAC-LC

64-128 kbps for

E-

ACv1

SKIP GUIDANCE

:15 & :30 lengths must be

skippable after :05

AUDIO LEVELS

-24 LKFS (+/- 2.0 dB) in the US

as per ATSC A/85

-23 LUFS (+/- 1.0) in the EU

as per EBU R128

ASPECT RATIO

16:9 Widescreen

SERVING OPTIONS

3rd party – VAST 3.0

1st party site served

MP4, MOV (No FLV)

Rich Media Ad

Requirements

In-Banner Video/

Audio Requirements

Display Ad Requirements

User initiated sound

Pause and mute controls

All rich media must be 3rd-party served

Lead Time: 5 business days prior to launch

date

Language/Call-to-action on all ads

(ex. roll over to learn more)

Audio must be muted by default

Max pixel size within a tag: 10

Lead time: 5 business days prior to

launch date

File Formats Accepted: .jpg, .gif, HTML5, .png

3rd Party Ad Serving Accepted: Doubleclick,

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