Sponsorship Media Kit  /  Q3 2026

Put your product in front of
the QA engineers who
choose the tools.

The Testing Academy is one of the largest software-testing education brands: a 206K-subscriber YouTube channel, 127K Instagram followers, a 46K-follower LinkedIn presence, a 50,000+ QA email list, and a learning platform used by thousands of SDETs. One partner, every channel your buyers are on.

206K
YouTube subscribers
127K
Instagram followers
50K+
QA email subscribers
10K+
students trained
thetestingacademy.com  ·  by Pramod Dutta, Principal SDET
01 / The audience

QA engineers, SDETs, and automation leads. Nobody else.

This is not a general programming audience. Every follower signed up to get better at software testing: Selenium, Playwright, API testing, and now AI-powered QA. They evaluate and adopt testing tools as part of learning them.

100%
testing-intent audience. Manual testers upskilling to automation, SDETs, and QA leads who pick the tooling for their teams.
Channel and platform focus since 2019
IN + Global
India-first with a worldwide long tail. The largest and fastest-growing QA hiring market, plus US, EU and SEA practitioners.
Audience analytics
B2B ready
The people in your funnel: they run proof-of-concepts, write the automation, and recommend the platforms their companies buy.
Ideal for QA and dev-tool vendors
02 / The channels

Verified numbers, channel by channel.

Every figure below was pulled live from the platforms. Screenshots and analytics exports are available on request before you book.

206K
YouTube subscribers, 1.2K videos published since 2019. Recent breakout: 19K views on one AI-testing tutorial in 2 months.
youtube.com/@TheTestingAcademy
127K
Instagram followers, 936 posts. Reels + carousels on QA careers, automation and AI testing.
instagram.com/thetestingacademy
50K+
opted-in QA email subscribers. A typical send reaches 3,500 to 5,000 opens from testers who chose this list.
Email platform export on request
46K
LinkedIn followers on Pramod's profile, where QA leads and managers scroll. Plus 3.1K+ paid course enrollments across the academy.
linkedin.com/in/pramoddutta
500+
articles and tutorials on the platform blog, ranking for QA and automation keywords on Google.
app.thetestingacademy.com/blog
16K+
organic Google clicks per quarter across The Testing Academy web properties, growing with 2026 content pushes.
Google Search Console
9.8K
weekly users on the course platform during launch periods. Your brand can sit inside the learning flow itself.
GA4, course platform

The evergreen advantage: tutorials keep collecting search views for years. A sponsored integration on a Playwright or AI-testing video keeps delivering long after launch week, unlike feed ads that stop the moment you stop paying.

03 / What you can book

Seven formats, one partner.

Everything is produced in The Testing Academy voice: practical, demo-first, and honest. Audiences act on it because it never reads like an ad break.

FormatWhat you get
YouTube dedicated video
10-20 min
A full tutorial or hands-on review of your product: setup, real use case, verdict. Evergreen, searchable, permanently linked in the description.
YouTube integration
60-90 sec
A native segment inside a planned tutorial, with your pitch in context ("here is how I would test this with X") plus a pinned comment and description link.
YouTube Short
under 60 sec
A vertical quick-hit: one problem, your product as the answer. Great for launches and awareness bursts.
LinkedIn post
personal + page
A story-style post from Pramod's personal profile, amplified by The Testing Academy page, where QA managers and leads actually scroll.
Instagram Reel
30-60 sec
A produced vertical reel for the 127K-follower QA audience, cross-posted to Facebook and available for your own paid amplification.
Instagram post
carousel or static
A carousel breakdown (the format that saves and shares best with this audience) featuring your product in a practical workflow.
Dedicated email blast
50K+ list
A solo email to the full opted-in list: your message, our voice, one CTA. The single highest-intent placement we sell.
04 / Rate card

Q3 2026 rates, plainly listed.

Billed in USD or INR (GST invoice available). Rates hold for campaigns booked this quarter. Category exclusivity: one vendor per category per format at a time.

PlacementIncludesRate (USD)Rate (INR)
YouTube dedicated video
Full video + description link + pinned comment, evergreen$800Rs 70,000
YouTube integration (60-90s)
In-video segment + description link + pinned comment$450Rs 40,000
YouTube Short
Dedicated Short + link sticker/comment$200Rs 18,000
LinkedIn post
Personal profile post (46K followers) + company page amplification$300Rs 26,000
Instagram Reel
Produced reel to 127K followers + story reshare$350Rs 30,000
Instagram post
Carousel or static + story reshare$250Rs 22,000
Dedicated email blast
Solo send to 50K+ QA list (3,500-5,000 typical opens), your CTA only$500Rs 44,000
◆ Pricing benchmarked against dev-tools sponsorship CPMs, adjusted honestly for audience mix. ◆ Sponsored content is always disclosed; links marked rel="sponsored". ◆ Creative approval on messaging, we keep editorial control of the format.
05 / Bundles

Or take a package.

Multi-channel campaigns outperform single placements: the audience sees your product in their feed, their inbox, and their tutorial in the same week.

Starter
$550 / campaign
  • YouTube Short
  • LinkedIn post (46K followers)
  • Instagram post
  • Campaign click report
saves $200 vs a la carte
Amplify
$1,300 / campaign
  • YouTube dedicated video
  • Instagram Reel
  • LinkedIn post
  • Newsletter feature (shared send)
  • Campaign click report
saves $400 vs a la carte
Full takeover
$2,200 / campaign
  • Everything: dedicated video + integration + Short
  • LinkedIn + Instagram Reel + Instagram post
  • Dedicated email blast to 50K+
  • 30-day category exclusivity
  • Full campaign report
saves $650 vs a la carte
06 / Why it works

The case for this audience.

A

Exact ICP for QA and dev tools

Test-management, automation platforms, device clouds, AI testing, API tooling: this audience does not need convincing that testing matters. They are actively choosing tools.

B

Instructor trust, not ad-network reach

Recommendations come from the person teaching them Playwright and AI testing. That trust converts at rates banner inventory never touches.

C

Evergreen, compounding placements

Tutorials rank on Google and YouTube search for years. Your dedicated video keeps collecting qualified views long after the campaign week.

D

One partner, every channel

YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, email and the learning platform in one buy, with one point of contact and one consolidated report.

07 / Next step

Tell us the product. We will map the campaign.

Send the product, target launch window, and the formats or bundle you want. You will get a same-week response with available slots and creative specs.

Pramod Dutta  ·  Founder, The Testing Academy
[email protected]

Channel figures verified live in August 2026: YouTube 206K subscribers and 1.2K videos, Instagram 127K followers and 936 posts, LinkedIn 46K followers. Analytics screenshots available before booking. Rates reviewed quarterly as reach grows.