How Much Money Do Bloggers Make? 57 Blog Income Reports
When people ask me the key to monetizing my travel blog to earn a full-time income from it, I always tell them: blog income reports. Read them. Analyze them. Reverse engineer them.
If you're wondering how much money bloggers make, you're in the right place. Think of blog income reports as blueprints, roadmaps if you will, from people who are at the destination you wish to get to.
Through blog income reports, you can see how much traffic a site is getting, what strategies they're using to grow their blog, their income sources, what worked and didn't worked. They are GOLD.
And you're in luck: I spent NINE HOURS scouring the Internet and putting together this blog post of more than FIFTY blog income reports that reveal just how much income you can make from a blog.
Enjoy!
Notes About the Following Blog Income Reports
- The following blog income reports are categorized by niche (food, travel, business, etc.), and within each niche, they are in order of age (youngest to oldest.)
- Age of blog refers to how old the domain was at the time of the income report.
- That does not necessarily mean they launched it on the date it was purchased.
- It ALSO does NOT necessarily mean that that's when they started monetizing their blog. Lots of people start a blog and then don't try to make money from it until 5 years later.
- To find out how old the blog was, I tried to find out if the blogger mentioned when they started blogging either in their income reports or their About pages.
- If I couldn't find out the blog's age from the blog itself, I used Duplichecker.com to find the age of the domain.
- The domain age can be misleading when a blogger changes domains. So, if they start with myblogname1.com and then two years later, they change their blog to myblogname2.com, the domain age checker will ONLY know the age of myblogname2.com.
- So, at best, this is an estimate. Take the domain age with a grain of salt.
- Monthly income refers to GROSS income. That means income BEFORE expenses and taxes. It is NOT the same as net profit.
Personal Finance Blog Income Reports
#1 My Worthy Penny
Age of blog: 4 months
Monthly income: $231.63 in May 2019
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Money-making apps (Shopkick, Fetch Rewards, etc.)
Pageviews: 4,295
#2 Financial Flamingo
Age of blog: 7 months
Monthly income: $1,043.63 in January 2020
Income sources:
- YouTube
- Printables shop
- Affiliate income
- Ads (Ezoic and Google)
Monthly pageviews: 49,201
#3 One Big Happy Life
Age of blog: 1 year and 9 months
Monthly income: $10,900 in November 2018
Income sources:
- YouTube
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored posts
Pageviews: 5,879 (though it's worth noting that they had 106,388 YouTube subscribers at the time and were earning much of their income via that channel)
#4 The Savvy Couple
Age of blog: 2 years and 10 months
Monthly income: $43,547 in May 2019
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Sponsorships
- Products
Pageviews: Over 250,000
#5 Believe in a Budget
Age of blog: 4 years
Monthly income: $18,128.60 in July 2018
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Online courses and products
Pageviews: Not reported
#6 Millennial Boss
Age of blog: 4 years and 5 months
Monthly income: $6,698 in December 2019
Income sources:
- Affiliate
- Ads (Adthrive)
- Etsy printables
Pageviews: Not reported
#7 Making Sense of Cents
Age of blog: 6 years and 10 months
Monthly income: $159,592 in November 2018
Income sources:
- Advertising
- Affiliate income
- Online course
- Sponsored posts
- Sponsorships
Pageviews: About 400,000
Business Blog Income Reports
#8 Passive Income Superstars
*Note: This income report involves TWO blogs:
- A travel blog
- PassiveIncomeSuperstars.com
Age of blog:
- A travel blog – Unknown, as the domain name is not revealed.
- PassiveIncomeSuperstars.com – 6 months
Monthly income: $4,048.12 in November 2019
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
Pageviews:
- Travel blog: 37,285
- Passive Income Superstars: 1,253
#9 Her Paper Route
*Note* This income report combines income and traffic for two blogs:
- BeautyIsCrueltyFree.com
- HerPaperRoute.com
Age of blogs:
- BeautyIsCrueltyFree.com: 7 months
- HerPaperRoute.com: 1 year and 1 month
Monthly income: $9,033 in April 2018
Income sources:
- Ads (Media.net and AdSense)
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored posts
- Surveys
Pageviews: Not reported exactly, though she mentions that the BeautyIsCrueltyFree.com traffic was over 70,000 pageviews at the time.
#10 Introvert Coach
Age of blog: 1 year and 3 months
Monthly income: $13,695.50 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Courses and programs
- Freelancing
Pageviews: Not reported
#11 Adam Enfroy
Age of blog: 1 year and 3 months
Monthly income: $61,572 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 303,960
#12 Blog Blossom
Age of blog: 1 year and 4 months
Monthly income: $122.78 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (AdSense)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 11,268
#13 Cassie Scroggins
Age of blog: 1 year and 9 months
Monthly income: $3,713.40 in December 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- YouTube
- Affiliate income
- Digital products
Pageviews: 117,549
#14 Crowd Work News
Age of blog: 1 year and 11 months
Monthly income: $4,566.34 in January 2018
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 166,737
#15 Kimi Kinsey
Age of blog: 2 years
Monthly income: $12,844 in July 2019
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Digital products
- Collaborations
Pageviews: Not reported
#16 Anastasia Blogger
Age of blog: 2 years and 1 month
Monthly income: 8,336.62 in March 2019
Income sources:
- Ads( Mediavine and Ezoic)
- Affiliate income
- Ebook
- Online course
Pageviews: 236,717
#17 Suzana Rose
Age of blog: 2 years and 11 months
Monthly income: $17,934.17 in November 2017
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored content
Pageviews: 704,326
#18 Chic Pursuit
Age of blog: 3 years
Monthly income: $8,364.73 in December 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine, YouTube)
- Affiliate income
- Digital products
Pageviews: 167,234
#19 Melyssa Griffin
Age of blog: 3 years and 11 months
Monthly income: $283,680 in December 2016
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Online courses
Pageviews: Not reported
#20 Let's Reach Success
Age of blog: 6 years and 1 month
Monthly income: $4,305 in June 2019
Income sources:
- Sponsorships
- Ads
- Freelancing
- Affiliate income
- Books
Pageviews: 103,231
#21 Matthew Woodward
Age of blog: 6 years and 3 months
Monthly income: $28,429.85 in December 2017
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 137,513
#22 Ryan Robinson
Age of blog: 8 years and 1 month
Monthly income: $28,387.79 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Freelancing
- Online courses
- Sponsorships
Pageviews: 464,360
Lifestyle Blog Income Reports
#23 The Thought Journal
Age of blog: Less than a year
Monthly income: $1,257.89 in April 2018
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Online course
Pageviews: 55,329
#24 By Sophia Lee
Age of blog: 1 year and 9 months
Monthly income: $12,379.67 in May 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 419,000
#25 Minding Minimal
Age of blog: 2 years
Monthly income: $700.82 in January 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (AdSense and YouTube)
- Affiliate
- Sponsorships
Pageviews: 404
#26 Fit Mommy in Heels
Age of blog: 2 years and 9 months
Monthly income: $11,562.19 in September 2019
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Freelancing
- Sponsored Posts
Pageviews: She doesn't explicitly state her traffic but says her goal is to hit 25,000 sessions, so we can safely assume her traffic at the time was less than 25,000 sessions.
#27 Just a Girl and Her Blog
Age of blog: 4 years
Monthly income: $41,700 in December 2016
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Online courses
- Ebooks
Pageviews: About 450,000
#28 Root + Revel
Age of blog: 4 years and 6 months
Monthly income: $23,491.76 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored content
Pageviews: 139,606
#29 Nikki's Plate
Age of blog: 4 years and 8 months
Monthly income: $2,827.51 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 156,096
#30 Blair Staky
*Note: The income report is for her personal blog thefoxandshe.com*
Age of blog: 6 years and 11 months (though she writes in her about page that she's only been focusing on full-time monetization over the past four years).
Monthly income: $9,497.95 in February 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliates
- Blog collaborations
Pageviews: 153,014
Food Blog Income Reports
#31 Elizabeth Chloe
Age of blog: 9 months
Monthly income: $25.69 in March 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (Gourmet Ads and AdSense)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 8,594
#32 The Fiery Vegetarian
Age of blog: 1 year and 4 months
Monthly income: $497.55 in February 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
Pageviews: 37,984
#33 The Fit Delish
Age of blog: 2 years
Monthly income: $570 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Sponsored posts
Pageviews: Not reported
#34 The Twin Cooking Project
Age of blog: 2 years and 8 months
Monthly income: $682 in April 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
Pageviews: 140,820
#35 Midwest Foodie
Age of blog: 2 years and 10 months
Monthly income: $4,483.37 in April 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 558,709
#36 Thyme & Joy
Age of blog: 3 years and 4 months
Monthly income: $1,415.00 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Freelancing
Pageviews: Not reported
#37 A Sassy Spoon
Age of blog: 3 years and 5 months
Monthly income: $9,390.10 in March 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Business coaching
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored content
Pageviews: 295,343
#38 Home Sweet Farm Home
Age of blog: 3 years and 9 months
Monthly income: $17.98 in October 2018
Income sources:
- Ads (AdSense)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 2,139
#39 Hangry Woman
Age of blog: 3 years and 9 months
Monthly income: $2,605.65 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Partnerships
- Consulting
Pageviews: 62,543
#40 Pinch of Yum
Age of blog: 6 years and 7 months
Monthly income: $95,197.34 in November 2016
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Online course
- Sponsored Content
Pageviews: 4,245,565
#41 40 Aprons
Age of blog: 10 years
Monthly income: $31,225.13 in August 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Sponsored posts
- Freelancing
- Affiliate income
- Digital products
Pageviews: 954,338
#42 Whole Kitchen Sink
Age of blog: 1 year and 8 months
Monthly income: $10,631.29 in October 2018
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored posts
Pageviews: Not reported
Mom Blog Income Reports
#43 Mommy Explained
Age of blog: 1 month
Monthly income: $3.96 in January 2020
Income sources: Affiliate (Amazon Associates)
Pageviews: 992
#44 The Frugal Mom Guide
Age of blog: 9 months
Monthly income: $200.54 in March 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 27,176
#45 Start a Mom Blog
Age of blog: 1 year and 10 months
Monthly income: $24,754 in September 2017
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Online courses
- Ebooks
Pageviews: Not reported
#46 Another Mommy Blogger
Age of blog at time of report: 1 Year and 11 Months
Monthly Income: $2,261.60 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate (Awin and Amazon Associates)
Pageviews: 153,801
#47 On Budget Moms
Age of blog: 3 years
Monthly income: $518.06 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Affiliate
- Ads
Pageviews: 29,000
#48 Mom Makes Joy
Age of blog: 3 years
Monthly income: $1,095.62 in February 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Products
Pageviews: 47,149
#49 Redefining Mom
Age of blog: 3 years and 3 months
Monthly income: $280.09 in September 2016
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: At least 40,000 pageviews
Travel Blog Income Reports
#50 Indian Girling
*Note: This income report combines her traffic and income over 8 months.
Age of blog: 8 months
Income: $1,000 in 8 months
Income sources:
- Ads (AdSense)
- Sponsored posts
- Affiliate marketing
Pageviews: 51,204
#51 Practical Wanderlust
Age of blog: 1 year and 11 months
Monthly income: $5,882.77 in April 2018
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Social media consulting
- Courses
Pageviews: 122,145
#52 Travel Blog Stories
Age of blog: 2 years and 1 month
Monthly income: $1,560 in January 2020
Income sources:
- Affiliate income
- Digital products
Pageviews: Not reported
#53 Adventure in You
Age of blog: 3 years and 4 months
Monthly income: $12,782 in January 2018
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored posts
- Brand partnerships
- Ebooks
Pageviews: 400,584
#54 Mathers on the Map
Age of blog: 4 years
Monthly income: $237.74 in February 2020
Income sources:
- Ads (Ezoic)
- Affiliate income
Pageviews: 13,454
#55 Local Adventurer
Age of blog: 4 years and 9 months
Monthly income: $21,714.49 in May 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (AdThrive)
- Affiliate income
- Sponsorships
Pageviews: 674,621
#56 Two Wandering Soles
Age of blog: 5 years and 2 months
Monthly income: $14,179.97 in March 2019
Income sources:
- Ads (Mediavine)
- Affiliate income
- Curated content
Pageviews: 275,008
#57 Living the Dream
*Note: This income report is based on TWO blogs:
- Global travel blog (livingthedreamrtw.com)
- Local travel blog (discovertheburgh.com)
Age of blog:
- Global travel blog (livingthedreamrtw.com) – 10 years and 3 months
- Local travel blog (discovertheburgh.com) – 5 years
Monthly income: $2,769 in May 2020
Income sources:
- Ads
- Affiliate income
- Sponsored content
Pageviews: 117,540
Let These Blog Income Reports Inspire You!
You just saw 57 blog income reports from all sorts of niches of all different ages. No matter WHERE you are right now or what you write about, you have a shot at making money blogging.
I encourage you to revisit these blog income reports regularly for inspiration. You can analyze them to see what works, and try those tactics yourself! You can even make your own income reports. You don't even have to share them publicly; they're just a good way to keep track of progress.
