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.

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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.