Sponsorships & Partnerships

Identified with Nabil Ayers, the podcast that explores family, identity, race, and culture is about to enter it’s 3rd season. So far we have released 40 episodes, reaching an audience of approximately 112,000 , and have welcomed Academy Award, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Grammy nominated guests on to the show.

Season 1 of Identified featured audio and short form video only, and pulled in 39,946 views and listens.

Season 2 saw the launch of our full video component, raising views and listens to 71,733. Close to an 80% increase from our inaugural season.

(n.b. audience number exclude social reach)

Season 3 is in post-production now, and will be our biggest yet, and we are looking to partner with a platform or brand. There will be a multitude of different sponsorship opportunities available, across audio, video, social, newsletter, and our live events.

Custom packages and placements can be arranged, in addition to a full-platform sponsorship.

Explore Season Three.

Below are the guests that have already been recorded, or confirmed for Season 3 of Identified. Below you will see there YouTube and Instagram audience reach, our two main methods of show distribution. These numbers do not include X, Facebook, Threads, or Blue Sky.

Matt Berninger of The National

Combined Reach: 1.03m

IG (680,000), YT (350,000)

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast

Combined Reach: 715,000

IG (563,000), YT (152,000)

X-Ambassadors

Combined Reach: 1.67m

IG (237,000), YT (1.44m)

Brendan Yates of Turnstile

Combined Reach: 1.14m

IG (904,000), YT (236,000)

Allison Russell

Combined Reach: 158,000

IG (131,000), YT (27,000)

Valerie June

Combined Reach: 172,500

IG (112,000), YT (61,500)

Nabil Elderkin

Combined Reach: 224,000

IG (224,000)

Meshell Ndegeocello

Combined Reach: 179,100

IG (120,000), YT (59,100)

Mellissa Auf Der Mar

Combined Reach: 71,100

IG (70,000), YT (1,700)

Brian Aubert (Silversun Pickups)

Combined Reach: 233,000

IG (100,000), YT (133,000)

Dayme Arocena

Combined Reach: 117,100

IG (105,000), YT (12,100)

August Ponthier

Combined Reach: 127,200

IG (113,000), YT (14,200)

Eleri Ward

Combined Reach: 79,200

IG (71,600), YT (7,600)

Billy Woods

Combined Reach: 73,600

IG (46,600), YT (27,000)

Liz Tran

Combined Reach: 145,000

IG (145,000)

Bedouine

Combined Reach: 41,900

IG (34,300), YT (7,600)

Jahi Sundance

Combined Reach: 14,700

IG (14,700)

Events.

Intimate conversations, in fascinating venues, with A-list guests. Our sponsors and partners for Season Three will have access to sponsor all four of our upcoming events. Events will be held in New York, London, Nashville, and our flagship live event during Grammy Week in Los Angeles.

So far we have held 3 events across New York and Los Angeles, all of which have sold out. All production and logistics is covered by the Identified team.

Learn more about our live events here.

Back Catalogue Publishing.

Our content has always been designed to be evergreen, and alongside our new programming for Season Three, Identified will be publishing eight of our most exciting previous conversations in full video for the first time. Guests will include:

Nate Mendel of the Foo Fighters

Combined Reach: 9.9m

IG (5,766,000), YT (4,160,000)

Dawn Richard

Total Audience Reach: 1.06m

IG (1,000,000), YT (63,200)

Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway

Total Audience Reach: 141,000

IG (141,000)

Reggie Watts

Total Audience Reach: 561,000

IG (404,000), YT (157,000)

Ione Skye

Total Audience Reach: 76,000

IG (76,000)

Moshe Kasher

Total Audience Reach: 138,000

IG (138,000)

Geoff Rickley of Thursday

Total Audience Reach: 181,500

IG (146,000), YT (35,500)

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Total Audience Reach: 490,000

IG (370,000), YT (120,000)

New Distribution Channels.

2026 will see the launch of our new online publication, offering our audience a new way to explore the fascinating subject of family, race, culture, and identity. This is to reach a new audience through a comprehensive SEO and GEO strategy.

This content will also be distributed through a new Identified newsletter.

New Formats.

Alongside our tried and tested interviews, 2026 will see the launch of bi-weekly features exploring some of the most fascinating topics from the platform.

Our Audience.

Across all channels Identified has a subscriber/follower count of over 30,000.

  • Our primary distribution method is our YouTube channel has which so far amased just under 700,000 views, with a total watch time of close to 10,000 hours. We currently have an average of 150,000 monthly views on the channel.

  • Instagram sees an average of 65,000 monthly views.

  • Across both our hosts and shows native Instagram, over a 90 day period average, we reach just shy of 350,000 accounts, with an average view count of just under 730,000.

  • We have a core audience of 2,500 what we consider to be true fans.

  • Our YouTube campaigns have so far reached close to 800,000 people.

  • We have an 87% male audience

    25–34 years = 24.4%

    35–44 years = 29.7%

    45–54 years = 24.0%

  • North America accounts for 46.9% of our audience, UK 7.3%, and RoW 45.8%.