Ad reads at $15 CPM. Subscribers at $7.99/month. Do the math.
Your listeners are your most loyal audience in media. Get paid like it.
Podcast listeners are the most loyal audience in media. They listen at 1.5x speed for hours. They follow up on everything you recommend. They tell their friends. And most of them would pay directly for ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to you. Spotlightly is where they come to do that.
The problem with Spotify podcasting / ad networks
Podcast ad networks pay $15-25 CPM. A podcast with 10,000 listeners earns $150-250 per episode from ads. The same listeners at $7.99/mo would earn $79,900/mo. You're the one building the audience — the ad network collects the margin.
What you can do on Spotlightly
Six ways to earn from the audience you already have.
Ad-free episodes for subscribers
Same episode, no ads. The single most common reason podcast fans pay.
Bonus episodes
Extended interviews, behind-the-scenes commentary, research deep dives.
Live recordings
Stream live episode recordings. Subscribers watch the process.
Show resources
Research documents, reading lists, episode transcripts. 0% cut.
Listener Q&A
Paid priority questions for episodes. Front Row messages.
Video versions & bloopers
The full video recording, outtakes, pre-show chatter.
The math
What 1,000 subscribers at $5.99/mo actually earns you.
Ad networks
$1,600/mo
10,000 listeners → ~$200/episode from ads in platform cuts and fees
Spotlightly
$5,741/mo
$249/mo flat flat — you keep everything else
Getting started
Up and earning in under an hour.
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Your audience is already out there.
Give them somewhere real to go.
30-day free trial. No card required. Your handle, your page, your money.
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