Audiencelift, The Podcast Audience Growth Platform, Ranks No. 616 on the 2026 Inc. 5000

Audiencelift, the podcast and YouTube audience-growth technology created by Amaze Media Labs, has been named No. 616 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, Inc.’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

The recognition marks the third company co-founders Robert Tuchman and Brett Sklar have built together to make the Inc. list during their 25-plus-year partnership. TSE Sports & Entertainment ranked No. 396 in 2005, followed by Goviva at No. 175 in 2015. AudienceLift now joins them at No. 616 in 2026.

“People ask us what the secret is, but there really isn’t one,” said Robert Tuchman, co-founder of Audiencelift and Amaze Media Labs. “It comes down to trust, complementary strengths and showing up for each other every day. Even on the difficult days when we disagree. Brett and I set the tone, but our colleagues make the growth possible. Every company we’ve built has had a lean team in which every person mattered.”

Audiencelift was created to address one of podcasting’s most persistent challenges: discoverability. Even as the volume and quality of podcast content has grown, many shows still struggle to reach listeners beyond their existing audiences.

The platform promotes podcasts within contextually relevant content across a network of premium digital publishers, connecting shows with people whose interests align with the subject matter. Interested users can listen immediately or choose their preferred podcast destination, helping creators turn discovery into measurable listening. AudienceLift’s technology tracks the listener journey from initial exposure through engagement and listening destination.

AudienceLift has expanded from its original audio growth product into a broader suite of audience-development solutions. Podcasters can use the platform to generate listening through web players, reach specialized business audiences based on attributes such as industry and job function, grow YouTube views and channel subscribers through targeted campaigns, and even drive listeners to leading podcast apps and players.

Today, more than 1,000 podcasters, creators, companies and major networks have worked with AudienceLift to grow audiences across audio and video.

“There is an enormous amount of great podcast content that people never discover,” Sklar said. “We built Audiencelift to close that gap. Audience is the foundation of the creator economy, but different shows have different growth goals. Some need scale, some need a highly targeted business audience, some want listeners on specific podcast apps and others are focused on YouTube. Our goal is to give each of them a transparent and effective path to reach more of the people who will genuinely value their content.”

Across TSE Sports & Entertainment, Goviva and Audiencelift, Tuchman and Sklar credit their repeated growth to the same operating principles: build a true partnership, hire people smarter than you, stay lean, create a strong culture and assemble a team that cares deeply about the outcome.

“The companies and industries have changed, but the constants have not,” Tuchman added. “Brett and I continue to show up for one another, and we surround ourselves with extremely talented people who work incredibly hard and refuse to accept failure. That is the real reason we keep making this prestigious list.”

The 2026 Inc. 5000 ranks companies according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 through 2025.