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      "id": "learn_r986_freelance_writing_realistic_income_ranges_problogger_survey_2024_readers_earnings",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "ProBlogger reader survey on blogging income: Money.payout",
      "summary": "A ProBlogger survey of 1,500 readers found that 63% of those attempting to make money blogging earn less than $3.50 per day, while 4% earn over $10,000 per month.",
      "body": "A ProBlogger survey of 1,500 readers found that 63% of those attempting to make money blogging earn less than $3.50 per day, while 4% earn over $10,000 per month.\n\nWhat ProBlogger (Darren Rowse) actually says:\n\n“In a recent survey of 1500 ProBlogger readers we asked about their monthly earnings. What you're seeing below is the spread of earnings from readers who are attempting to make money blogging... So of those trying to make money blogging, 10% don't make anything and 28% are making less than 30 cents per day. A total of 63% make less than $3.50 per day... of the 1508 bloggers surveyed 65 (4%) are making over $10,000 per month (over six figures per year) and a further 9% were doing over $1000 per month”\n\nNote: Survey data self-reported by ProBlogger readers; not a random sample of all freelance writers",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://problogger.com/can-you-really-make-money-blogging-7-things-i-know-about-making-money-from-blogging/",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-30",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "ProBlogger (Darren Rowse)",
      "evidence_quote": "In a recent survey of 1500 ProBlogger readers we asked about their monthly earnings. What you're seeing below is the spread of earnings from readers who are attempting to make money blogging... So of those trying to make money blogging, 10% don't make anything and 28% are making less than 30 cents per day. A total of 63% make less than $3.50 per day... of the 1508 bloggers surveyed 65 (4%) are making over $10,000 per month (over six figures per year) and a further 9% were doing over $1000 per month",
      "volatility": "medium",
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      "subject": "ProBlogger reader survey on blogging income",
      "topic": "Money.payout",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "ProBlogger readers are generally newish bloggers; about half had been blogging less than two years",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
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        ],
        "platform": "problogger",
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      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r986_freelance_writing_realistic_income_ranges_problogger_podcast_2020_30k_year",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "ProBlogger podcast on making $30,000/year blogging: Money.pricing",
      "summary": "ProBlogger founder Darren Rowse outlined a plan to make $30,000/year blogging, breaking it down to $82.19/day, and shared case studies of three bloggers achieving that level.",
      "body": "ProBlogger founder Darren Rowse outlined a plan to make $30,000/year blogging, breaking it down to $82.19/day, and shared case studies of three bloggers achieving that level.\n\nWhat ProBlogger Podcast actually says:\n\n“Today's episode is all about how to make a full time income from your blog... $30,000 is $576.92 per week... On a daily rate that's $82.19 per day... She makes about $2400 per month which is just under $30,000 per year... he makes about $2500 per year from those five different income streams... she's earning about $2600 per month which takes her just over $30,000 per year”\n\nNote: Podcast transcript; figures are targets and case study examples, not aggregate survey data",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://problogger.com/podcast/how-to-make-30000-a-year-blogging/",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-30",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "ProBlogger Podcast",
      "evidence_quote": "Today's episode is all about how to make a full time income from your blog... $30,000 is $576.92 per week... On a daily rate that's $82.19 per day... She makes about $2400 per month which is just under $30,000 per year... he makes about $2500 per year from those five different income streams... she's earning about $2600 per month which takes her just over $30,000 per year",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "ProBlogger podcast on making $30,000/year blogging",
      "topic": "Money.pricing",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "Based on Darren Rowse's personal experience and interviews with other bloggers",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r986_freelance_writing_realistic_income_ranges_problogger_income_report_2016_h1",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "ProBlogger income breakdown for first half of 2016: Money.payout",
      "summary": "Darren Rowse published a percentage-based income breakdown for ProBlogger and Digital Photography School for H1 2016, showing eBooks as the largest profit category at 38%, followed by Affiliate Commissions at 26%, AdSense at 8%, and other streams.",
      "body": "Darren Rowse published a percentage-based income breakdown for ProBlogger and Digital Photography School for H1 2016, showing eBooks as the largest profit category at 38%, followed by Affiliate Commissions at 26%, AdSense at 8%, and other streams.\n\nWhat ProBlogger (Darren Rowse) actually says:\n\n“This report is based upon the first six months of 2016... I've tried as much as possible to show you the profit of each sector rather than the total revenue... eBooks... 38%... Affiliate Commissions... 26%... AdSense... 8%... Sponsorships... 12%... Job Board... 5%... Event... 3%... Other... 8%”\n\nNote: No absolute dollar amounts disclosed; percentages only",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://problogger.com/blogging-income-breakdown-first-half-2016/",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-30",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "ProBlogger (Darren Rowse)",
      "evidence_quote": "This report is based upon the first six months of 2016... I've tried as much as possible to show you the profit of each sector rather than the total revenue... eBooks... 38%... Affiliate Commissions... 26%... AdSense... 8%... Sponsorships... 12%... Job Board... 5%... Event... 3%... Other... 8%",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "986-freelance-writing-realistic-income-ranges",
      "subject": "ProBlogger income breakdown for first half of 2016",
      "topic": "Money.payout",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "Percentage of profit, not revenue; combined ProBlogger and Digital Photography School",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r986_freelance_writing_realistic_income_ranges_problogger_podcast_2020_darren_income_split",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Darren Rowse personal income split at $36,000/year blogging: Money.payout",
      "summary": "Darren Rowse reported that when he hit his $36,000/year full-time blogging income, his daily split was: AdSense $35/day, Chitika $20/day, private ad sales $20/day, Amazon $15/day, and other affiliate commissions $10/day.",
      "body": "Darren Rowse reported that when he hit his $36,000/year full-time blogging income, his daily split was: AdSense $35/day, Chitika $20/day, private ad sales $20/day, Amazon $15/day, and other affiliate commissions $10/day.\n\nWhat ProBlogger Podcast actually says:\n\n“When I look back on my own figures for around the time that I went full-time which was about $36,000 a year, I was earning from five main income streams... My split was that I was making about $35 a day from AdSense, about $20 a day from Chitika, about $20 a day from private ad sales, about $15 a day from Amazon, and about $10 a day from other affiliate commissions.”\n\nNote: Personal anecdotal income split from ~2008, shared in a 2020 podcast episode; not a systematic survey",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://problogger.com/podcast/how-to-make-30000-a-year-blogging/",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-30",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "ProBlogger Podcast",
      "evidence_quote": "When I look back on my own figures for around the time that I went full-time which was about $36,000 a year, I was earning from five main income streams... My split was that I was making about $35 a day from AdSense, about $20 a day from Chitika, about $20 a day from private ad sales, about $15 a day from Amazon, and about $10 a day from other affiliate commissions.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "Darren Rowse personal income split at $36,000/year blogging",
      "topic": "Money.payout",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "Personal income report from ~12 years before the podcast episode (circa 2008)",
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