Budden is pulling in seven figures every month from his podcast’s Patreon, according to a New York Times profile that breaks down his booming subscriber base and business model.
The former rapper-turned-media personality is reportedly earning about $1 million per month through The Joe Budden Podcast’s Patreon, thanks to roughly 70,000 subscribers paying between $5 and $50 monthly. The figures, confirmed by a Patreon spokesperson, position Budden as the platform’s top earner. Testa projects Budden and his team could bring in $12 million by the end of 2025 if the current pace holds. The former rapper-turned-media personality is reportedly earning about $1 million per month through The Joe Budden Podcast’s Patreon, thanks to roughly 70,000 subscribers paying between $5 and $50 monthly. The figures, confirmed by a Patreon spokesperson, position Budden as the platform’s top earner. Testa projects Budden and his team could bring in $12 million by the end of 2025 if the current pace holds.
The numbers went public just weeks after Budden accidentally posted a screenshot revealing his Patreon earnings—$902,000 for the month—without blacking out the total. The image quickly circulated online before he attempted to delete it. On a later episode of his show, Budden admitted the leak wasn’t exactly a mistake.