---
title: "Upload an audience"
slug: "upload-an-audience"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "How-to", "Site Administrator"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:12Z
canonical: "totara.help/upload-an-audience"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Upload an audience

Instead of manually creating audiences, you may want to upload them from existing files. As a Site Administrator you can upload multiple [audiences](/19/docs/what-is-an-audience) at once using a CSV (comma-separated values) file. You can create an audience at either the site-wide (system) context, or if you have Totara Learn, in the course category context.

To upload an audience (or audiences), follow these steps:

1. Create an audience CSV text file for uploading (this file must include a **name** column with the name of each new audience on a new line).
2. Go to *Quick-access menu >* *Audiences*.
3. Select the **Upload audiences** tab.
4. Add a file to upload and configure the [settings](/19/docs/audience-upload-settings).
5. Click the **Preview** button to review the upload settings and check for any errors. If errors are reported with the file, correct these as needed.
6. Click **Upload audiences.**
7. Click **Continue** on the confirmation screen.

The audiences will now be created on your site.

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_audiences.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A45%3A21Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A45%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nbz%2FQ4r%2BGPSglrGl%2BCxYnZSOKgd3iAozRZyASNu3YAg%3D)Why not visit the Totara Academy for our latest course on [Audiences](https://totara.community/mod/page/view.php?id=24689) in Totara. Here you can learn more on how to use audiences, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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