{"id":552826,"date":"2026-07-31T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/552826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:12:08","slug":"joe-rogan-tops-forbes-list-of-highest-paid-podcasters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/552826\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan Tops Forbes List Of Highest-Paid Podcasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan has once again secured the top spot as the highest-paid podcaster for 2026, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mattcraig\/2026\/07\/30\/the-highest-paid-podcasters-of-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>. Rogan earned an estimated $82 million from June 2025 to June 2026. His podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, continues to be a major draw, with over 80 million downloads and views each month. Rogan&#8217;s success is largely attributed to his three-year contract with Spotify, signed in 2024, which could reach up to $250 million.<\/p>\n<p>Following Rogan, the hosts of the Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN), John Coogan and Jordi Hays, earned $70 million, making them the second highest earners. <a href=\"https:\/\/greyjournal.net\/hustle\/inspire\/highest-paid-podcasters-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to Grey Journal<\/a>, TBPN was acquired by OpenAI for an estimated $150 million in cash and stock earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>At number three is Steven Bartlett, host of The Diary of a CEO, with earnings of $45 million. Bartlett&#8217;s podcast has seen significant growth, contributing to his entrepreneurial ventures valued at $425 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/chelsea-handler-slams-joe-rogan-223202000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ashley Flowers<\/a> of Crime Junkie follows, earning $42 million, while the trio of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes from Smartless round out the top five with $37 million.<\/p>\n<p>These figures highlight the lucrative nature of podcasting, particularly for those who can leverage large audiences and secure substantial distribution deals. As the podcasting industry continues to grow, high-profile podcasters like Rogan remain at the forefront, capitalizing on their widespread influence and dedicated listener base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan has once again secured the top spot as the highest-paid podcaster for 2026, according to Forbes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2246,53692,430,156,16049,271408,19841,111,139,69,271409,18609,61794,190092],"class_list":["post-552826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-2246","tag-ai-assisted","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-forbes","tag-highest-paid-podcaster","tag-joe-rogan","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasting-industry","tag-spotify","tag-steven-bartlett","tag-tbpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}