By the time we close the door on 2025, the Joe Budden Network will have likely brought in over $20 million. At least, that’s the estimate included in a recent New York Times profile on Budden and company.
As you’ll recall, Budden made headlines last month after accidentally sharing stats on his podcast membership earnings to his Instagram Stories. Thanks to some swift action from fans, the redacted image first shared by Budden was cleaned up to reveal that his podcast network appeared to have brought in over $903,000 in membership earnings in a single month.
As reported by Jessica Testa for the Times on Tuesday, citing figures shared by chief exec Ian Schwartzman, the Joe Budden Network is set to end the year having brought in over $20 million. At the time of the Times piece’s publication, the Budden Network’s monthly Patreon earnings average was said to be just over $1 million, with around 70,000 total paying subscribers.
While these stats alone would bring the total haul for the year to around $12 million, there are millions more made through advertising, merch, and more.
Complex has reached out to Patreon for comment. This story may be updated. In Tuesday’s Times piece, it’s noted that a rep for the platform confirmed the aforementioned figures.
In the independently operated podcast space, there’s little argument against the Complex alum‘s elite status. Just last year, for example, he landed at No. 2 on Complex’s Hip-Hop Media Power Ranking list.
Budden himself, meanwhile, is confident he and the team will see continued success.
“We will revisit this talk in about five years, maybe sooner,” he said Tuesday.
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