21 Companies That Use Audacity [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

Free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Audacity, along with some Audacity testimonials and Audacity case studies.

Here's the list:

1. The Unofficial Shopify Podcast

The Unofficial Shopify Podcast is a podcast started by Kurt Elster in 2014. The Unofficial Shopify Podcast uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$9K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Skokie, Illinois, USA

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How Kurt Elster Monetized And Grew A Podcast to 750K Downloads

Unofficial Shopify Podcast has generated 750,000 downloads and has four sponsors, resulting in significant monetary gain for ecommerce consultant and host, Kurt Elster, who has created a thriving business and community around his podcast.

About
Kurt started The Unofficial Shopify Podcast over 9 years ago
Revenue
Kurt grew the business to $9K/month
Read by 4,305 founders

2. Web Designer Academy

Web Designer Academy is a marketing coaching business started by Shannon Mattern in 2015. Web Designer Academy uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$42K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Columbus, Ohio, USA

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How I Started A $10K/Month Business Selling DIY Web Design And Marketing Courses

How Shannon Mattern built a DIY web design training business from scratch that now generates $10k/month in revenue through affiliate commissions and courses, without outside investment or debt.

About
Shannon started Web Designer Academy over 9 years ago
Revenue
Shannon grew the business to $42K/month
Costs
It cost Shannon $500 to start the business
Read by 20,014 founders

3. Freelance Cake

Freelance Cake is an online course started by Austin L. Church in 2019. Freelance Cake uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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How I Launched A $1K/Month Business Growth Course For Freelancers

Learn how writer and brand strategist Austin L. Church accidentally started his own freelance writing business, and eventually launched his $1K/month business growth course, Freelance Cake, distilling a decade's worth of hard-earned insights on how to thrive as a freelancer or consultant.

About
Austin started Freelance Cake over 4 years ago
Revenue
Austin grew the business to $20K/month
Read by 6,925 founders

4. Entrepreneur Business Blog

Entrepreneur Business Blog is a marketing agency started by Emenike Emmanuel in 2016. Entrepreneur Business Blog uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$13K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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How A Young Entrepreneur From Nigeria Started A Profitable Blog

This case study follows the journey of a young entrepreneur from Nigeria who started a profitable blog generating a monthly revenue of $1,500+ through sales of advertising space, sponsored posts, and information products, and shares his strategies for success including a Twitter growth challenge and guest post pitches.

About
Emenike started Entrepreneur Business Blog over 7 years ago
Revenue
Emenike grew the business to $13K/month
Read by 10,865 founders

5. Counterweight Creative

Counterweight Creative is a podcast started by Jeremy Enns in 2016. Counterweight Creative uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$16K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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How I Started A Successful Podcast Production Company

A successful podcast production company that grew from one client making $15/hour to a team of 10 contractors producing over 30 shows per week with revenue of over $10k/mo, primarily through referrals and with a focus on providing high personal touch and being picky about working only with clients who are a good fit.

About
Jeremy started Counterweight Creative almost 8 years ago
Revenue
Jeremy grew the business to $16K/month
Read by 17,642 founders

6. The Blog Proofreader

The Blog Proofreader is a proofreader started by Lenny Bron in 2016. The Blog Proofreader uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$2K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How I Added $2,000 To My Monthly Income Proofreading Blog Posts

A proofreader was able to build a consistent income of ~$2,000 per month from scratch with zero experience in the field, no expenses, and barely any upfront costs by targeting bloggers and content creators who want their content to be copy edited and proofread.

About
Lenny started The Blog Proofreader almost 8 years ago
Revenue
Lenny grew the business to $2K/month
Read by 14,234 founders

7. PayKickstart

PayKickstart is a shopping cart software started by Mark Thompson in 2016. PayKickstart uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$85K / month
Team
2 founders / 15 employees
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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Bootstrapping To $1M ARR By Building Something I Needed

PayKickstart, a flagship product of a startup co-founded by Mark Thompson, reached $1 million in ARR and doubled in size year-over-year by solving the outdated, archaic solutions for selling various digital goods online and providing one that is focused on flexibility, minimal functionality, and profit boosts.

About
Mark started PayKickstart almost 8 years ago
Revenue
Mark grew the business to $85K/month
Read by 9,446 founders

8. Forged Axe Throwing

Forged Axe Throwing is an axe throwing business started by James Anderson in 2017. Forged Axe Throwing uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$60K / month
Team
2 founders / 6 employees
Location
Whistler Resort Municipality, British Columbia, Canada

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How We Started A $1M Axe-Throwing Party Business

Forged Axe Throwing is a successful axe throwing venue that teaches people the art of axe throwing while hosting tournaments, generating $960k of revenue per year and hosting over 30k people in their venue in a year.

About
James started Forged Axe Throwing about 7 years ago
Revenue
James grew the business to $60K/month
Read by 39,576 founders

9. Forgotten Mermaids

Forgotten Mermaids is a temporary tattoo artist started by Anslea in 2018. Forgotten Mermaids uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$1K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA

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How I Started A Passive Income Business While Living Out Of A Van

Forgotten Mermaids creator Anslea shares how she started a passive income business while living out of a van, creating mermaid temporary tattoos and accessories, and has grown to average $1,000 per month in mostly passive income over the last six months.

About
Anslea started Forgotten Mermaids almost 6 years ago
Revenue
Anslea grew the business to $1K/month
Costs
It cost Anslea $100 to start the business
Read by 8,228 founders

10. PushPress

PushPress is a gym management software started by Dan Uyemura in 2017. PushPress uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
3 founders / 35 employees
Location
El Segundo, California, USA

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How I Created A Software To Manage Gyms And Reached $100K/Month In Revenue

PushPress, a modern boutique gym management system, shares their journey of bootstrapping their business to over $100,000 MRR, and the lessons learned about focusing on marketing to attract and retain customers and putting processes in place to learn from failure.

About
Dan started PushPress over 7 years ago
Revenue
Dan grew the business to $300K/month
Read by 87,583 founders

11. Pushtak

Pushtak is an online course started by Adam Tal in 2014. Pushtak uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$150K / month
Team
1 founders / 10 employees
Location
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

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How A High-School Dropout Started A $150K/Month Online Courses Company

A high school dropout turned entrepreneur started an online education business teaching "money hacking" and "equity hacking", generating over $6 million in revenue in the past 5 years, and plans to expand globally to revolutionize the way people make a living remotely.

About
Adam started Pushtak over 10 years ago
Revenue
Adam grew the business to $150K/month
Read by 7,387 founders

12. Results Imagery

Results Imagery is a mobile photography business started by Kyle Nelson in 2017. Results Imagery uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$110K / month
Team
2 founders / 8 employees
Location
Chico, California, USA

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How We Started A $45K/Month Product Photography And Video Company

Results Imagery co-founders Kyle Nelson and Eli Libby launched their digital agency that focused solely on media creation for brands and product companies, helping clients monetize their conversion-centric media, with their current monthly revenue at $45,000.

About
Kyle started Results Imagery almost 7 years ago
Revenue
Kyle grew the business to $110K/month
Read by 9,322 founders

13. Siva Solutions Inc.

Siva Solutions Inc. is a niche web design business started by Senthil Kumar in 2004. Siva Solutions Inc. uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
1 founders / 20 employees
Location
Cathedral City, California, USA

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On Starting A Niche Web Design Business In The Dental Industry

Senthil Kumar spearheads Siva Solutions Inc, a game-changing digital marketing and software development company which caters to dentists using an array of well-crafted products to manage patient data and inquiries, thus enabling efficient management of processes, while boosting them to the 1st page on Google.

About
Senthil started Siva Solutions Inc. almost 20 years ago
Revenue
Senthil grew the business to $5K/month
Read by 5,433 founders

14. Bloomy Lab

Bloomy Lab is a real estate marketing agency started by Aleksandr Lanin in 2019. Bloomy Lab uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$40K / month
Team
3 founders / 19 employees
Location
Kyiv, Ukraine

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On Starting A Web And App Development Studio Coming From The Real Estate Industry

Bloomy Lab, a web and app development studio, shares insights on how they developed their virtual staging platform Tantify and their process of launching new products without any ads, resulting in 40,000 downloads and $1,000 monthly revenue, as well as their plans for future expansion.

About
Aleksandr started Bloomy Lab over 4 years ago
Revenue
Aleksandr grew the business to $40K/month
Read by 6,286 founders

15. JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io)

JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io) is a marketing agency started by Jay Vics in 2012. JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io) uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$37K / month
Team
1 founders / 2 employees
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA

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How I Started A $7.5K/Month Digital Marketing Coaching And Consulting Business

How a side-hustle turned into a full-service digital marketing fulfillment agency that is currently bringing in around $7,500 a month in revenue, with big goals for the future, by focusing on human-to-human connections and continually evolving to meet their clients' needs.

About
Jay started JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io) almost 12 years ago
Revenue
Jay grew the business to $37K/month
Read by 6,939 founders

16. Write Perspectives

Write Perspectives is a bubble bath product started by Betsy Van Die in 2011. Write Perspectives uses Audacity for their business.

Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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17. The Board Game Design Lab

The Board Game Design Lab is a board game business started by Gabe Barrett in 2016. The Board Game Design Lab uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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How I Started A $10K/Month Podcast And Community For Board Game Creators

A podcast and community creator who loves designing board games shares how he started the 'Board Game Design Lab', with his small niche community of around 8,000 people generating $10,000 per month in revenue through consistent quality content and customer focus, with plans to grow online courses and publications for game creators.

About
Gabe started The Board Game Design Lab over 7 years ago
Revenue
Gabe grew the business to $10K/month
Costs
It cost Gabe $300 to start the business
Read by 7,645 founders

18. VSTEAM Education

VSTEAM Education is an education workshop started by Vidura in 2019. VSTEAM Education uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$3.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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On Starting A STEM School Workshops And Speaker Services Business

Vidura, a qualified Aerospace engineer, started an educational startup delivering STEM workshops in schools and delivering speaking engagements with dancing for entertainment, having delivered over 5,000 engagements reaching out to schools and is looking to resume after the pandemic.

About
Vidura started VSTEAM Education almost 5 years ago
Revenue
Vidura grew the business to $3.5K/month
Costs
It cost Vidura $2500 to start the business
Read by 4,673 founders

19. Mashman Ventures

Mashman Ventures is a branding agency started by Isaac Mashman in 2020. Mashman Ventures uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 12 employees

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20. Emoface

Emoface is a medical software development business started by Adela Barbulescu in 2020. Emoface uses Audacity for their business.

Team
2 founders / 3 employees

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On Developing Tools For Training Socio-Emotional Skills

Emoface is a research spin-off that develops tools for training socio-emotional skills, which includes their flagship product Emoface Play&Learn emotions, an app that proposes an adaptive learning platform allowing autistic kids to train by playing and interacting with expressive 3D avatars.

About
Adela started Emoface over 4 years ago
Revenue
Adela grew the business to $0/month
Costs
It cost Adela $30000 to start the business
Read by 4,136 founders

21. Kopf Consulting

Kopf Consulting is a tech support business started by LaKenya Kopf in 2007. Kopf Consulting uses Audacity for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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How I Created A Six-Figure Virtual Tech Support Company

Kopf Consulting is a six-figure virtual tech-support company that has provided affordable and professional virtual technical support to all levels of entrepreneurship for over 14 years and has expanded to providing training, consulting, and hiring services without a particular niche or location, serving clients worldwide.

About
LaKenya started Kopf Consulting almost 17 years ago
Revenue
LaKenya grew the business to $3K/month
Costs
It cost LaKenya $300 to start the business
Read by 3,557 founders

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