Joe Rogan has topped the first-ever Forbes list of highest-earning podcast hosts.

The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast entered its tenth year of production last year (2019) and according to Forbes its brainchild and presenter is paid an estimated $30 million a year.

Described as ‘a long-form conversation’ guests that have included comedians, actors, musicians, MMA fighters, authors and artists.

Only ‘My Favorite Murder’ true-crime podcast hosts Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff come close to at number 2 in the list — reportedly earning around half of Rogan’s earning at makes at $15 million per year.

‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ quotes ‘190 million downloads per month’ as the show’s listener figures and is widely accepted as the most listened to and wide-reaching podcast in the US.