The former Slaughterhouse rapper’s podcast reportedly earns $1 million month-to-month by means of Patreon, making him the platform’s prime earner and solidifying his media dominance.

Joe Budden is pulling in seven figures each month from his podcast’s Patreon, in line with a New York Times profile that breaks down his booming subscriber base and enterprise mannequin.

The former rapper-turned-media persona is reportedly incomes about $1 million per thirty days by means of The Joe Budden Podcast’s Patreon, because of roughly 70,000 subscribers paying between $5 and $50 month-to-month. The figures, confirmed by a Patreon spokesperson, place Budden because the platform’s prime earner.

Testa tasks Budden and his group might herald $12 million by the top of 2025 if the present tempo holds.

The numbers went public simply weeks after Budden by accident posted a screenshot revealing his Patreon earnings—$902,000 for the month—with out blacking out the overall. The picture rapidly circulated on-line earlier than he tried to delete it. On a later episode of his present, Budden admitted the leak wasn’t precisely a mistake.

“My moment of excitement, I said to Ian, ‘Yo, do me a favor, big dog, on a FaceTime. Hey, blackout all this other s###. I need to hit that $30 million on him,’” he stated.

He later joked within the Times piece that the viral second led to a wave of wage requests from his co-hosts.

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Budden’s present success follows a rocky historical past with streaming platforms. He beforehand walked away from a cope with Spotify, claiming the corporate undervalued his contributions. Before that, he was a bunch on Complex’s Everyday Struggle, the place he stated he was paid simply $500 per week.

Even when offered with a profitable $44 million supply within the early 2020s, Budden declined, selecting as a substitute to keep up management of his content material and construct independently.

Before changing into a media mogul, Budden was greatest recognized for his 2003 hit “Pump It Up” and his function within the Hip-Hop supergroup Slaughterhouse. He later transitioned into commentary and podcasting, gaining a repute for blunt takes and viral moments.

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