| Founded: | 1998[1] |
| Founder: | Matthew Pinto |
| Status: | Active |
| Distribution: | Worldwide |
| Keypeople: | Jonathan Strate (President) |
| Numemployees: | 96[2] |
| Country: | United States |
| Headquarters: | West Chester, Pennsylvania[3] |
Ascension (previously known as Ascension Press) is a publisher of Catholic books and digital media. The company, founded in 1998, is based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Ascension's YouTube channel is called Ascension Presents, one of the largest Catholic YouTube channels in English, with nearly 973,000 subscribers and more than 144 million total views.[4]
Ascension began in 1998. In 2021, Ascension produced The Bible in a Year podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz, which was iTunes' most popular podcast for 17 consecutive days in early 2021, and for 5 days in early 2022.[5] [6] In 2023, Ascension produced The Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz, which debuted as iTunes’ #1 podcast on January 1, 2023.[7] In 2024, Ascension produced The Bible in 10 Minutes with Fr. Mike Schmitz, which received over 1 million views in its first week. [8]
Authors and presenters published by Ascension include Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Edward Sri, Matt Fradd, Jackie and Bobby Angel, Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Jason and Crystalina Evert, Tim Gray, Mark Hart, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Fr. Josh Johnson, Danielle Bean, Fr. Sergio Serrano, Fr. Mark Toups, Christopher West, and Fr. Mark-Mary Ames.[9] [10]
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