[HN Gopher] The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does ...
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       The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does an audio drama
       podcast make?
        
       Hi, I'm the author of The Program audio series, a fairly successful
       fiction podcast that launched on HackerNews in 2018. Seven years
       later, this little sci-fi anthology is still ongoing, having
       released 37 (soon 38) episodes and surpasaing 1 million downloads.
       I chronicle the ups and downs of creating a niche artistic product
       such as this in annual reports, the latest of which I just released
       last week. It offers a transparent view into what goes into making
       a creative project such as this, and also what you get out of it,
       because I share all the financial data down to specific revenue
       streams.  As such, I hope it can be of use to others who are
       undertaking a similar endeavour. Feel free to ask questions should
       you have any!  Cheers
        
       Author : I-M-S
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2025-12-22 19:52 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | pclark wrote:
       | > The Program audio series is a sci-fi anthology podcast set in a
       | future in which Money, State, and God became fused into a single
       | entity called the Program. Each episode is a standalone story
       | focusing on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world.
       | And for them, it is not this future that is terrifying - it is
       | our present.
        
       | WoodenChair wrote:
       | Thanks for posting this detailed history and breakdown. And
       | congratulations on your success. As someone with a podcast in the
       | same ballpark of downloads, I will say it's a real testament to
       | how much people must like The Program that you have managed to
       | monetize to the tune of ~$30K CAD in a single year with just
       | 140,000 downloads in the same year. That's really good! People
       | must love what you're doing and that must be very gratifying.
       | Cheers!
        
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