Gervais Premium Podcast – New Chart

Posted by Paul Colligan on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

People are missing this one so badly it hurts sometimes. But I guess that’s where profit is made.

Got this comment on my initial post about Gervais going paid Podcast.

In my opinion, the $7 price tag is far too steep to maintain a stable audience, especially one that sits around 300K listeners. Surely, this show is going to drop off of charts ’round the internet due to reduced listenership.

I’m reading simliar comments arond the blogosphere.

Yes, the 300k people who were listening for free won’t be able to listen for free any more and, yes, a good chunk of them (huge chunk of them) won’t want to pay. Fine, such is the marketplace.

Of course, if he gets 1 half of 1 percent to pay (he’ll do better), that’s $126k+ a year to sit around and crack jokes with his buddies.

But he’ll be on a NEW CHART – a chart of PROFITABLE PODCASTS.

The chart has a lot less people on it, but I have a lot more respect for it. I think a chunk of my readers will as well.

So, I grabbed the domain ProfitablePodcasts.com. Post whatever Podcasts you know are profitable in the comments below and I’ll start a little chart of casts that “pay the bills.” I’ll also get an early list into the book.

This should be fun!

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  • http://www.aol.com Friend

    Two come to mind – Gervais, of course, and the Grape Radio guys.

  • http://www.ffstv.com FarFromSubtle

    Of course, I’ll be suggesting TikiBar TV, to date the most profitable video podcast. As Jeff Macpherson, the creator, has said on business week, he has recieved a “handsome sum… handsome, handsome sum” for an upcoming episode.

    In addition to this, the new “StrongBad Emails” podcast (a spin-off of the HomstarRunner.com website) should be considered profitable straight out of the gate, considering that the “Brothers Chapman” have been living off T-shirt sales for some time now.

    Unfortunately, I will not be recommeding my own podcast “The Little Buzzers” for this list, as I have yet to turn a profit. However, with 5000 subscribers, and a very vocal and seemingly dedicated viewer community, I am sure that this is just around the corner.

  • http://nextbigthing.com.au Craig Ashley Russell

    Your $126k assumes 52 shows per year. He will get $10500 per month which is cool too.

  • http://www.aol.com Friend

    Tikibar made more than the 40k Amanda and crew got for Rocketboom on eBay?