The Highest-Paid Podcasters Were Just Revealed and Their Earnings Are Mind-Blowing

Ever wondered what your favorite (and least favorite) podcasters are making? Turns out...enormous amounts of money!Forbes just revealed the highest-paid podcasters of 2026, and the top earner? That’d be Joe Rogan, whose podcast The Joe Rogan Experience brought in $82 million in earnings. Note: Forbes calculated the total “earned by talent and/or their corporate entities through minimum guarantees, revenue sharing, platform fees, and live events from June 2025 to June 2026.”Next on the list is Technology Business Programming Network, which brought in $70 million in earnings, followed by Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO at $45 million, Ashley Flowers’ Crime Junkie, which came in just under at $42 million, and the SmartLess podcast (hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes), which earned $37 million in the same time frame.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.If you’re wondering about New Heights (Jason and Travis Kelce’s podcast), it earned $35 million—the same as The Mel Robbins Podcast. And, of course, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy made the list, earning $32 million from June 2025 to July 2026.Other notable earnings? Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert brought in $25 million, Amy Poehler’s Good Hang brought in $24 million, Jay Shetty’s On Purpose brought in $21 million, and Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo’s Giggly Squad brought in $18 million.In conclusion: no wonder literally every celebrity has a podcast.