115+ Weblog Revenue Studies in 2026 [Research] – MonetizeBetter

Last updated May 11, 2026

📌 Originally published April 2022 and updated in May 2026.
This article was originally a roundup of 100+ blogs publishing public income reports. In May 2026, I went back and audited every single blog on this list to see what had actually happened in the four years since. The original 2022 figures and structure are preserved below, but each entry now also includes:

Blog title updated to reflect the 2026 estimated income (or verified where a current public report exists)
Monthly Income (reported) — the last verified income figure from a public report, linked directly to that report (or to the Wayback Machine archive where the original URL is dead, compromised, or sold)
Conservative 2026 estimate — calculated from 2026 monthly traffic × niche display ad RPM benchmarks. Shown only for sites that monetize via ads and affiliate marketing. Sites with course, coaching, SaaS, or product revenue are marked “not estimable from traffic data.”
Monthly traffic (2022 vs 2026) — Similarweb estimates
Update May 2026 notes — pivots, sales, rebrands, domain hijacks, and operational status changes

In the following roundup of 100+ websites and blog income reports, I analyze how bloggers and website owners make money with their sites. I grouped these 100+ blogs in 10 niches, and for each blog, you can see the yearly income, estimated traffic, main topics, and monetization methods.
I recommend you check this list and read the income reports in detail, as they contain more information on what works and what doesn’t for these bloggers. You will be able to find out how much money bloggers make, what monetization methods they should use, what topics you should focus on, etc.
It took me around 20 hours of researching, analyzing, and over 24 hours to write and format the content so you can easily browse the income reports list and learn how bloggers make money.
This has resulted in a fantastic collection of inspiration for aspiring bloggers and niche website owners.

Blog Income Reports Overview
Below you’ll find the list of all income reports I found.
For each blog and niche website, I’ve listed the topics bloggers focus on writing about and what the website earns, based on the last public income report. Each blog name is provided as plain text — outbound links to the original income reports were removed in the May 2026 update because roughly one-third of them have since broken (404s, domain redirects, or, in two cases, hijacked domains).
These reports are in random order, even though the high earners might be on top. Some reports date back a few years, but all sites were actively maintained at the original publication. The May 2026 audit reveals that many no longer are.

Niche
Earnings (Mo. avg, 2022 claim)
Traffic (Mo. avg, 2022)
RPM (2022)
Monetization

1. High-Earning Blogs
$94,000
619,000
$182
Courses & Digital Products, Aff. Marketing

2. JPship Blogs
$19,000
153,000
$124
Aff. Marketing, Courses, Advertising

3. Finance Blogs
$16,093
208,750
$77
Aff. Marketing, Advertising, Sponsorships

4. Food Blogs
$16,575
655,181
$25
Advertising, Affiliate Marketing

5. DIY Blogs
$20,395
216,875
$94
Affiliate Marketing, Product sales

6. Parenting Blogs
$9,195
244,090
$34
Advertising, Aff. Marketing, Sponsorships

7. Fashion & Beauty Blogs
$6,000
51,200
$117
Sponsorships, Advertising, Aff. Marketing

8. Health & Fitness Blogs
$2,516
132,000
$19
Advertising, Aff. Marketing

9. Travel Blogs
$17,833
115,000
$155
Sponsorships, Advertising, Aff. Marketing

10.Lifestyle Blogs
$3,329
68,700
$48
Advertising, Services, Aff. Marketing

11. Misc. Blogs
not applicable
not applicable
not applicable
Advertising, Aff. Marketing, Sponsorships

So on average, each blog made (per the 2022 claims) $18,884/month and received 246,370 visits — making an average RPM of $77. As of May 2026, aggregate traffic across the cohort has fallen by approximately 49%, and only 8 of the 100 blogs grew their traffic over the four years.

High Earning Blogs ($1M/Y) Income Reports

In this category, we placed the blogs that earn $1M/year and more because they are monetizing better than other blogs and niche websites. We analyzed 10 blogs generating $13,541,000 in yearly revenue, for a total of $1,128,416/mo and an average of $112,000/mo per blog. These ten blogs receive 6,191,000 visitors each month, averaging 619,100 per blog. The RPM for the high earners’ blogs category is $180.
Update May 2026: Of these ten high earners, four are still publishing actively at scale (Pinch of Yum, Smart Passive Income, JPs On Fire, Making Sense of Cents). Three have stopped publishing income reports entirely (Adam Enfroy after 2021; Melyssa Griffin after 2016; Pinch of Yum after February 2017). One has fully rebranded to a new identity (Just a Girl and her Blog → Abby Organizes). One has removed its income reports from the site (It’s a Lovely Life). Aggregate traffic for this cohort fell by ~27% — the smallest decline of any niche in the dataset, suggesting that scale and brand authority did provide some HCU/AIO insulation.

AdamEnfroy.com – ~$4,200/mo (2026 est)
Adam Enfroy Blog
Adam Enfroy is one of the most successful bloggers, generating 15+ million dollars from his blog. He started his blog, AdamEnfroy.com, as a side project in 2019. On his blog, he regularly talks about how to grow a massively profitable blog in months. Adam Enfroy generates over $1.5 million in annual revenue from his blog. He published his last income report in June 2021, reporting a monthly income of $281,776.

Update May 2026: No public income reports since 2021. Traffic has dropped roughly 99% from its 2022 peak. The site has consolidated around a single flagship course funnel (‘Launch to $10k’) with a strong YouTube presence, and the actual revenue is likely sustained by the recurring affiliate commissions, email list, and course launches rather than blog traffic.

Topics:

JPship
Blogging
Affiliate Marketing

Monthly Income (reported):

$281,776/mo (Jun 2021)
~$25,000/mo (2026 est — email list & course; minimal from traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~950K/mo (2022)
~8.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

E-Course Sales
Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

PinchOfYum (Lindsay & Bjork Ostrom) – ~$62,500/mo (2026 est)
PinchOfYum – Income report
Lindsay and Bjork have taken their food blog to the next level over the last few years. Even though Lindsay is a former fourth-grade teacher, they have been blogging full-time as a couple since 2014. They also lived in the Philippines for a year, teaching in an orphanage, which is fantastic.

Update May 2026: Income reports stopped explicitly in February 2017 — five years before this article was originally published. The blog continues as a pure recipe destination with a strong newsletter (ConvertKit). Traffic actually grew about 38% to ~4M monthly visits, making it one of the few survivors that thrived through HCU and AI Overviews.

Monthly Income (reported):

$58,333/mo (Feb 2017)
~$82,500/mo (2026 est — 4.0M monthly traffic × food display ads + sponsorships)

Monthly Traffic:

~2.9M/mo (2022)
~4.0M/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships
Advertising

Create And Go (Alex & Lauren) – ~$12,500/mo (2026 est)
Alex and Lauren are co-founders of the Create And Go blog, where they help people make a full-time income online. They have over 100,000 followers and subscribers who are learning to build a profitable blogging business from scratch.

Update May 2026: Their actual 2022 income was $393,231 per their own published report — significantly lower than the $972,000 estimate originally listed here, which was extrapolated from traffic. The site is still active, but traffic dropped roughly 67%. Revenue now centers on a Skool community and the ‘Create OS’ product rather than blog traffic.

Topics:

Blogging
Affiliate Marketing

Monthly Income (reported):

$32,769/mo (2022)
~$12,500/mo (2026 est — Skool community & course; minimal from 8.7K traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~26K/mo (2022)
~8.7K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

E-Course Sales
Affiliate Marketing

MelyssaGriffin.com (Melyssa Griffin) – ~$16,500/mo (2026 est)
Melyssa Griffin passionately helps bloggers and online businesses grow their audience on her “The Nectar Collective” website. She loves helping people, and by doing so, she has built a very successful online business.

Update May 2026: Income reports stopped after 2016. Now a coaching, mastermind, and podcast business, the blog functions as marketing for the coaching practice, not a revenue source. Traffic dropped 94%.

Topics:

JPship
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$166,667/mo (Dec 2016)
~$16,500/mo (2026 est — coaching & mastermind; traffic-independent)

Monthly Traffic:

~200K/mo (2022)
~12.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

E-Course Sales
Affiliate Marketing

Smart Passive Income (Pat Flynn) – ~$33,500/mo (2026 est)
Pat Flynn is one of the most successful bloggers ever and has built a loyal following over the years, and has a fantastic weekly podcast. He’s one of the first bloggers to openly share his success with affiliate marketing and blogging, a true pioneer in the passive-income blogging space.

Update May 2026: Pat Flynn no longer identifies as a blogger as his current homepage describes him as ‘a podcaster, a YouTuber, and a start-up advisor.’ SPI is now a community brand (SUPERFANS) with newsletter-first distribution. Blog traffic dropped 84%, but the business has diversified across podcast sponsorships, the SaaS Smart Podcast Player, and community memberships.

Topics:

Internet Marketing
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$125,000/mo (Dec 2017)
~$33,500/mo (2026 est — podcast sponsorships, community & SaaS; not traffic-driven)

Monthly Traffic:

~250K/mo (2022)
~39K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Book Sales
Niche Sites
Podcast Sponsorships

JPs On Fire (John Lee Dumas) – ~$12,500/mo (2026 est)
John Lee Dumas is the host of JP On Fire, a podcast in which he interviews new entrepreneurs. The podcast has been awarded “Best of iTunes” and is so popular because it tries to serve and help new entrepreneurs, which is very exciting! With over 1500 podcasts, it’s fair to say John has a fantastic value-adding business here.

Update May 2026: One of only two blogs from this entire roundup that still publishes public income reports in 2026. The /income/ page remains in the main navigation. The podcast-first business model held up better than its blog-first peers, though traffic has roughly halved.

Topics:

JPship
Podcasts

Monthly Income (reported):

see live report (current)
~$12,500/mo (2026 est — podcast-driven revenue; still publishes full income reports)

Monthly Traffic:

~85K/mo (2022)
~17.7K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product/Services
Affiliate Marketing

Making Sense of Cents (Michelle Schroeder-Gardner) – ~$16,500/mo (2026 est)
Michelle has been blogging on Making Sense of Cents since 2011 and is living proof that perseverance and hard work can make you successful. She has been able to pay off a $40,000 student loan with income from her blog and has built a very successful online business in the years since. It allows her to live life to the fullest by traveling across North America and pursuing a free, adventurous lifestyle.

Update May 2026: No new public income reports since 2019. Course business (Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing) appears to be the dominant revenue source now. Traffic is down roughly 29%.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Blogging
Traveling

Monthly Income (reported):

$125,000/mo (2019)
~$16,500/mo (2026 est — affiliate marketing courses & 250K monthly traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~350K/mo (2022)
~250K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
E-Course Sales
Sponsorships

Abby Organizes (formerly Just a Girl and her Blog) – ~$8,300/mo (2026 est)
Starting in January 2013, a complete newbie in the blogging space at the time, Abby has turned her passion into a family business with her husband, Donnie. She loves to write about increasing Productivity, Organizational skills, Decoration, and Tips for other bloggers, and as her income totals show, things are going well.

Update May 2026: The blog has been completely rebranded as ‘Abby Organizes’ — the header now reads that name. The niche has narrowed from ‘decorating + organization + blogging tips’ to pure home organization. Traffic dropped 85%.

Topics:

Decorating
Organization
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$41,667/mo (Dec 2016)
~$8,300/mo (2026 est — products, affiliate & 148K monthly traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~1.0M/mo (2022)
~148.2K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product Sales
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

It’s a Lovely Life – ~$1,700/mo (2026 est)
It’s a Lovely Life is a blog about family vacations and life, created by the Reese Family. They share their experiences with the world and have a solid audience of almost 300K FB fans, 314K email subscribers, and 135K Instagram followers. Besides that blog, they also started a course business teaching various topics related to the blog, which now accounts for around 50% of their income. In our income roundup analysis, we’ve subtracted the amount generated by their courses business.

Update May 2026: Income reports have been removed from the site — the original 2019 income report URL now returns a 404. The blog has pivoted to pure family travel content, and no public revenue figures have been available since the change. Traffic dropped 83%.

Monthly Income (reported):

$97,417/mo (2019)
~$1,700/mo (2026 est — 13.5K monthly traffic; income reports removed from site)

Monthly Traffic:

~80K/mo (2022)
~13.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Products (Courses)
Sponsored posts
Affiliate Marketing

Club Thrifty – ~$400/mo (2026 est)
Greg and Holly Johnson are the founders of Club Thrifty. Since getting out of debt, they’ve traveled the world, worked for themselves, and built a life they love. We want to help their readers do the same!

Update May 2026: Site is still active but has expanded into travel and sightseeing content alongside personal finance. Traffic dropped 99%.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$83,333/mo (2019)
~$400/mo (2026 est — 3.8K monthly traffic, effectively dormant)

Monthly Traffic:

~350K/mo (2022)
~3.8K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

JPship Blogs Income Reports

We analyzed 14 blogs in the entrepreneurship niche. These blogs make $3,193,000 yearly, which means $266,083/mo and an average of $19,000 monthly per blog. These 14 blogs receive 2,143,000 monthly visitors, averaging 153,071 per blog. This makes an RPM of $124 for the entrepreneurship niche.
Update May 2026: The make-money-online niche was hit harder than almost any other vertical in this audit. Aggregate traffic for these 14 blogs fell by ~83% from 2.14M monthly visits to ~370K. Two domains have been hijacked or compromised entirely (Miranda Nahmias, Boss Girl Bloggers). One was sold on Flippa at a loss to its previous owner (WPLift). One rebranded entirely from a personal name to an SEO agency (Matthew Woodward → Search Logistics). One rebranded to a community/membership product (Sadie Smiley → Passive Income Pathways). Of the survivors, most have pivoted to AI tools (RyRob), course funnels, or SaaS — the era of “blog about how to make money blogging” is functionally over.

Believe in a Budget (Kristin Larsen) – ~$850/mo (2026 est)
Kristin has been working on her blog, BelieveInABudget.com, since early 2015 and has built a big community of loyal followers on her blog and Pinterest. She is passionate about helping people save money and grow their income and is building an outstanding online business. She has launched several e-courses and loves helping new entrepreneurs reach their goals.

Update May 2026: No new income reports since 2020. Traffic is down about 85%. Site now functions primarily as a Bluehost affiliate funnel with the main call-to-action being ‘Start a Blog Today.’

Topics:

Personal Finance
JPship
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$70,000/mo (2020)
~$850/mo (2026 est — 10.4K monthly traffic, affiliate funnel)

Monthly Traffic:

~70K/mo (2022)
~10.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Courses & Products
Advertising

Shout Me Loud (Harsh Agrawal) – ~$2,100/mo (2026 est)
When Harsh Agrawal started blogging in 2008, he was a complete newbie, clueless about the fact that you can make money online. By 2017, he had built a massive following on ShoutMeLoud.com of over 800K people interested in his content, mostly tips on the internet marketing industry. He’s living proof that blogging consistency pays off.

Update May 2026: Audience claim has dropped from ‘900,000+ readers’ to ‘330,000 readers globally’ — a 63% audience contraction the site openly publishes. Messaging has shifted from blogging tutorials to AI, social media, and affiliate marketing. The last income report was for 2019-2020. Still active.

Topics:

Blogging
Affiliate Marketing
JPship
SEO

Monthly Income (reported):

$50,000/mo (Feb 2018)
~$2,100/mo (2026 est — 56.5K monthly traffic × affiliate/ads)

Monthly Traffic:

~550K/mo (2022)
~56.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

RyRob (Ryan Robinson) – ~$12,500/mo (2026 est)
Ryan Robinson is a famous blogger, podcaster, and expert on setting up profitable side projects. He has over 400,000 monthly visitors on his blog ryrob.com, where he writes about his two passions: blogging and generating side hustles that pay well!

Update May 2026: Pivoted to AI SEO tools — now sells an AI Article Writer, Video to Blog converter, Keyword Tool, and Paragraph Rewriter as primary products. Income reports stopped in March 2021. Blog traffic dropped about 73%, but the AI tool business likely makes the operation more profitable than at its blog-traffic peak.

Monthly Income (reported):

$35,218/mo (Mar 2021)
~$12,500/mo (2026 est — AI tool products; traffic-independent; 175K monthly visits still solid)

Monthly Traffic:

~650K/mo (2022)
~175.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Courses & Products

Search Logistics (formerly Matthew Woodward) – not estimable (2026)
A blog started as an experiment and became an award-winning blog for Matthew Woodward. And in all honesty, it fully deserved. Matthew explains internet marketing concepts easily in blog posts and videos. I’ve followed his blog for years and still learn new things from it. That alone should give you an idea about the quality of his tutorials.

Update May 2026: The original domain matthewwoodward.co.uk now redirects to Search Logistics — a complete rebrand from personal-brand blog to SEO agency. Public revenue figures are not available for the new entity.

Topics:

Internet Marketing
SEO
Affiliate Marketing

Monthly Income (reported):

$28,000/mo (2017)
not estimable — rebranded to SEO agency (searchlogistics.com); no public revenue data

Monthly Traffic:

~100K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

Internet Marketing
SEO services
Affiliate Marketing

Start a Mom Blog (Suzi Whitford) – ~$2,100/mo (2026 est)
Suzi Whitford is an industrial engineer, and when her first daughter was born, she decided to become a stay-at-home mom. To fill the gaps between naps, she decided she needed a creative outlet to turn her creative energy into something productive. That’s how she started her blog, startamomblog.com, and because of her energy, she has turned it into a full-time online business.

Update May 2026: Active. Mentorship program (Freedom by Number) and digital products are now the funnel. Traffic dropped 96%.

Topics:

Digital Marketing
Blogging
Productivity

Monthly Income (reported):

$39,000/mo (Aug 2017)
~$2,100/mo (2026 est — mentorship product; minimal from 4.9K traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~130K/mo (2022)
~4.9K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
E-book & Courses Sales
Amazon Associates

Passive Income Pathways (formerly Sadie Smiley) – not estimable (2026)
Sadie Smiley is a six-figure blogger who teaches other women how to build successful businesses!

Update May 2026: Rebranded from a personal-name brand to ‘Passive Income Pathways’ (passiveincomepathways.com), now centered on a LITE membership and Skool-style community with AI Prompts as a category. The April 2022 month was $23,228, far below the $220K/year trajectory implied here.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$23,228/mo (Apr 2022)
not estimable — rebranded to membership community; ~415/mo traffic effectively inactive

Monthly Traffic:

~60K/mo (2022)
~415/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product sales
Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

KaylaSloan.com – not estimable (2026)
Kayla started writing on her blog to document a bad period in her life and motivate herself to turn things around. She found a lot of inspiration in blogs by other personal finance writers and is living proof that you can change your life for the better if you learn to budget and manage your finances, allowing you to live a more intentional life.

Update May 2026: No new income reports since 2019. Now a VA business coaching practice with a webinar funnel rather than a blog-driven revenue model.

Topics:

JPship
Personal Finance
Budgeting

Monthly Income (reported):

$10,833/mo (2019)
not estimable — coaching-only practice; traffic near zero

Monthly Traffic:

~75K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

VA Freelancing
Coaching
Advertising

BloggersPassion (Anil Agarwal) – ~$1,200/mo (2026 est)
Anil Agarwal is the founder of BloggersPassion, one of India’s top blogs. Anil is a full-time blogger, affiliate marketer, and SEO expert. You can learn how to make a full-time income from blogging on his blog. He often publishes in-depth articles and case studies around SEO and affiliate marketing to help people generate more traffic and sales.

Update May 2026: Still active and consolidates income reporting on a single page now framed as ‘How We Made Over $1,400,000.’ Traffic is down about 53%.

Topics:

Blogging
Software reviews
SEO

Monthly Income (reported):

$13,333/mo (2021)
~$1,200/mo (2026 est — 37.4K monthly traffic × affiliate/ads)

Monthly Traffic:

~80K/mo (2022)
~37.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Courses & Products
Sponsorships

One Hour Professor (Ron Stefanski) – ~$2,100/mo (2026 est)
Ron Stefanski started his blog, One Hour Professor, in 2014 and has since been helping people create & grow online businesses. He made over $1 Million in profit from his own business and worked in the trenches daily. He is very transparent about his income reports, which helps many people monetize their websites more effectively. For the 2021 report, we deducted a website sale of $277,000, as it was a one-time sale.

Update May 2026: Site is still active and continues to publish income reports. Traffic down about 77%. Software reviews and start-a-blog affiliate funnel remain the core monetization.

Topics:

Blogging
Software reviews

Monthly Income (reported):

$14,583/mo (2022)
~$2,100/mo (2026 est — 56.3K monthly traffic; still publishes reports)

Monthly Traffic:

~250K/mo (2022)
~56.3K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Courses & Products

MirandaNahmias.com – inactive (2026)
Miranda is a clients’ acquisition and systems specialist and uses her blog to teach people how to get more leads for their businesses. She also actively helps clients to get more customers. She loves connecting with other online entrepreneurs and collaborating to make more money together, and as you can see, this is going well for her and her partners.

Update May 2026: The domain appears to have been compromised — visiting the site returns a Wayback Machine recovery scam page. Operationally dead.

Topics:

Lead Generation
Affiliate Marketing
Joint Ventures

Monthly Income (reported):

$13,333/mo (2020)
inactive — domain compromised (Wayback recovery scam); ~90/mo residual traffic

Monthly Traffic:

~8K/mo (2022)
~90/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Freelancing
Affiliate Marketing
Coaching

99Signals.com (Sandeep Mallya) – ~$150/mo (2026 est)
Sandeep Mallya is an entrepreneur and digital marketing consultant. He launched 99signals in 2016 as a side project to document all the strategies, tools, and tactics he used to grow his small agency. The goal was simple: to arm other entrepreneurs and bloggers with all the correct information and tools they needed to launch a successful online business.

Update May 2026: Still active across blog, podcast, YouTube, and newsletter. Traffic was roughly halved.

Topics:

JPship
Digital Marketing
Cryptocurrencies

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,000/mo (2019)
~$150/mo (2026 est — 4.4K monthly traffic; podcast & newsletter revenue not estimated)

Monthly Traffic:

~80K/mo (2022)
~4.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsored posts

Boss Girl Bloggers – inactive (2026)
Boss Girl Bloggers is an online community for women chasing their entrepreneurial dreams! The community has grown to over 33,000 members! Besides the blog, Ell, the owner, runs a podcast and a shop for the community. In 2020, she reached her goal of $100,000 income from her blog.

Update May 2026: SSL certificate has expired and the site appears abandoned.

Topics:

Digital Marketing
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$8,583/mo (2020)
inactive — SSL certificate expired; site appears abandoned

Monthly Traffic:

~20K/mo (2022)
~82/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships
Advertising

WPLift – sold (Flippa, 2022)
WPLift is a digital magazine that focuses entirely on the WordPress ecosystem. You can read news, tutorials, and blog posts, browse their WP themes and plugin reviews, or check their deals section to save money on purchases.

Update May 2026: Sold on Flippa in 2022 for $160,000 — the previous owner had paid $200,000 for it in 2016, making this a $40,000 loss across six years.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,167/mo (2022)
sold — Flippa 2022 for $160,000 (bought for $200,000 in 2016 = $40K loss)

Monthly Traffic:

~60K/mo (2022)
~23.9K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships
Memberships

Whitehat Blogging – not estimable (2026)
Whitehat Blogging is a blog that teaches people who want to start, grow, and monetize niche websites. The author runs a couple of blogs and updates the income and progress every month.

Update May 2026: Last visible income report dates to January 2023. Cadence has slowed significantly.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$2,083/mo (Jan 2023)
not estimable — traffic near zero; last report Jan 2023

Monthly Traffic:

~10K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Ads
Sponsorships

Financial Blogs Income Reports

We analyzed 16 blogs in the personal finance niche, which are making $3,090,000 in yearly revenue, which means $257,500/mo revenue. monetizing 3,340,000 monthly visitors. Each blog earns $16,093 per month and receives 208,750 visits. This makes an RPM of $77 for the finance niche.
Update May 2026: Personal finance was the second-most-damaged niche in this audit, with aggregate traffic falling ~88% from 2.99M monthly visits to ~367K. Two domains have been hijacked by Indonesian online slot-gambling sites (Unconventional Prosperity and a Natural Endeavor — yes, abandoned domains in this niche really do attract that). One has had its hosting suspended (Wallet Squirrel). The personal finance category was the perfect target for AI Overviews — informational, listicle-driven, and easily summarized — and the data backs that up.

Update May 2026: Site is still active but has expanded into travel and sightseeing content alongside personal finance. Traffic dropped 99%.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$800,000 (2022)
$100,000 (rough 2026 est)

Estimated Traffic:

~350K visits/mo (2022)
~3K visits/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

Well Kept Wallet (Deacon Hayes) – ~$3,300/mo (2026 est)
Deacon Hayes is a financial expert, speaker, and podcaster. As a former Financial Planner, he helped many high-net-worth individuals create financial plans for their money. Ten years ago, Deacon created Well Kept Wallet as a resource that could transform the average person’s financial life.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Budgeting
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$10,000/mo (2017)
~$3,300/mo (2026 est — 100K traffic; services revenue not included)

Monthly Traffic:

~1.0M/mo (2022)
~100K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Consultation & Services
Sponsorships

This Online World (Tom Blake) – sold/rebranded (2026)
Tom Blake is the founder of “This Online World,” which focuses on saving and making money online. Tom is a full-time freelance writer who launched this blog as a side hustle and now generates a full-time income.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Blogging
Traveling

Monthly Income (reported):

$7,667/mo (2021)
not estimable — domain redirects to WebMonkey.com; sold/rebranded

Monthly Traffic:

~1.0M/mo (2022)
~12.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
E-Course Sales
Sponsorships

Unconventional Prosperity – domain hijacked (2026)
Maleah created Unconventional Prosperity to promote the idea that there IS a different way to live than the conventional 9-5 job that barely makes ends meet (J.O.B. = Just Over Broke).

Update May 2026: **The domain has been compromised.** Visiting unconventionalprosperity.com today loads MABOSBET, an Indonesian online slot-gambling site that has taken over the domain. The original blog and its content are gone.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Work at home
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$17,500/mo (2019)
⚠️ domain hijacked — now serves Indonesian slot-gambling site (MABOSBET); original blog gone

Monthly Traffic:

~50K/mo (2022)
~382/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

The Savvy Couple – ~$1,800/mo (2026 est)
The Savvy Couple is a family finance blog that makes personal finance approachable, fun, and easy to understand. Our team of experts breaks down personal finance into clear and practical advice anyone can follow to improve their finances, increase their income, and create a life of freedom!

Update May 2026: Still active in personal finance content. No new income reports since 2019.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$14,167/mo (May 2019)
~$1,800/mo (2026 est — 55.9K monthly traffic × finance RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~200K/mo (2022)
~55.9K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

The Money Ninja – ~$850/mo (2026 est)
The Money Ninja is the modern voice on everything related to personal finance. The blogger behind the website provides you with the ninja knowledge needed to make more money, save it better, and spend it wisely.

Update May 2026: Pivoted into a very specific affiliate niche: bank account bonuses, crypto bonuses, and credit card bonuses. Active.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Crypto
App review

Monthly Income (reported):

$10,833/mo (Mar 2020)
~$850/mo (2026 est — 26.6K monthly traffic; bonus-chasing affiliate niche)

Monthly Traffic:

~250K/mo (2022)
~26.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

FinMasters – ~$1,200/mo (2026 est)
FinMasters is your one-stop shop for all (almost) your educational needs on personal finance. They offer expert-driven advice and resources to help you earn, save, and grow your money. Ionut, the project’s owner, shared an income report with us after 2 years of the project’s launch. He outlines all the important steps, including advertising experiments, acquisitions, budgeting, etc.

Update May 2026: Still active. Has built a YouTube channel and shifted to a multi-author team model with explicit anti-guest-post policies. The founder has publicly posted on Facebook (‘Is Google hating small publishers?’) openly admitting HCU/AIO traffic damage.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Loans & Credit
Investing

Monthly Income (reported):

$6,000/mo (2021)
~$1,200/mo (2026 est — 38.5K monthly traffic; YouTube channel builds additional revenue)

Monthly Traffic:

~210K/mo (2022)
~38.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Digital products

Wallet Squirrel – inactive (hosting suspended)
Andrew and Adam are entrepreneurs who like to invest the money they make and have created the Wallet Squirrel blog to keep track of all their investments. They produce monthly income reports to stay motivated and on track to make more money.

Update May 2026: Hosting account suspended. The site is dead.

Topics:

Investing
Personal Finance
Making Money

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,167/mo (2021)
inactive — hosting account suspended; site dead

Monthly Traffic:

~30K/mo (2022)
~247/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Dividends
Sponsored Posts
Affiliate Marketing

MonetizeBetter.com — own site
MonetizeBetter.com is an award-winning blog that helps creators (bloggers, influencers, affiliate marketers, and entrepreneurs) better monetize their work or digital assets. With almost 200K readers every year, it is one of the most popular monetization publications focusing on the new creator economy.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Affiliate Marketing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,417/mo (2022)
own site — excluded from analysis

Monthly Traffic:

~22K/mo (2022)
n/a (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Consultation & Services
Sponsorships

Bee Money Savvy – effectively inactive (2026)
Emma is the one-woman team behind Bee Money Savvy! She created beemoneysavvy.com in 2017 to share her financial wisdom with those seeking financial freedom. Her blog is now her business, and she earns a five-figure side income from blogging.

Update May 2026: Still active but traffic dropped to under 100 monthly visits — effectively wiped out.

Topics:

Investing
Personal Finance
Making Money

Monthly Income (reported):

$2,083/mo (May 2022)
effectively inactive — ~30 monthly visits; negligible revenue

Monthly Traffic:

~30K/mo (2022)
~30/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsored Posts
Advertising

Swift Salary – ~$1,200/mo (2026 est)
Dylan started Swift Salary to help people create financial freedom to live on their terms. The blog’s main categories are making and managing money. One thing that sets Swift Salary apart is that Dylan writes extensive income reports and shares with his readers exactly what he is doing and what works and doesn’t.

Update May 2026: Q2 2022 actual income was $5,630 (annualized roughly $22,000) — the $60,000 figure originally listed here was projected, not earned. Still publishing.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$1,877/mo (Q2 2022)
~$1,200/mo (2026 est — 36K monthly traffic; note: $60K/yr original claim was 3× the actual verified $22K/yr)

Monthly Traffic:

~80K/mo (2022)
~36K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising
Sponsorships

iLikeToDabble – ~$1,500/mo (2026 est)
Daniella blogs on iLikeToDabble.com mostly about the side hustle business and how to get out of debt. Besides that, she offers many financial tips for the LGBTQ+ community.

Update May 2026: Still active but bot-protected; could not directly verify current income reports. Traffic estimate broadly stable.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Side hustles
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$2,500/mo (2019)
~$1,500/mo (2026 est — 45.5K monthly traffic; actually grew slightly since 2022)

Monthly Traffic:

~40K/mo (2022)
~45.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

Project Financially Free – ~$400/mo (2026 est)
Jon started Project Financially Free to help educate himself on personal finance and self-development. To track his progress and share his ups and downs on his journey from being in debt to growing his net worth and eventually being entirely financially free.

Update May 2026: Still active. Has added country-specific calculators (US/UK/Global). Traffic is down sharply.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Life hacks

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,700/mo (Jan 2021)
~$400/mo (2026 est — 11.4K monthly traffic × finance RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~24K/mo (2022)
~11.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Display ads
Sponsorships

Money from Side Hustle – ~$600/mo (2026 est)
Sumeet Kumar started his website, MoneyFromSideHustle, in 2019 to help other people make money with side hustles. Though he has a Ph.D. in human genetics, he has always had an entrepreneurial mindset, which enabled him to bank $43,000 in 2021 from his blog.

Update May 2026: Still active and one of the few finance blogs in this roundup that has held its traffic broadly stable.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Side hustles
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$3,627/mo (2021)
~$600/mo (2026 est — 19K monthly traffic; one of few finance blogs that held traffic)

Monthly Traffic:

~16K/mo (2022)
~19K/mo (2026)

Wealthy Nickel – ~$650/mo (2026 est)
If you are ready to stop living paycheck to paycheck and take control of your finances, then the Wealthy Nickel blog is for you. The mission of the author is to help you fight back against debt and consumerism and guide you on the path to financial freedom.

Update May 2026: Still active with real-estate content emphasized. Traffic down significantly.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Life hacks

Monthly Income (reported):

$3,050/mo (2020)
~$650/mo (2026 est — 20.4K monthly traffic × finance RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~35K/mo (2022)
~20.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

Making a Millennial Millionaire – effectively inactive (2026)
Making a Millennial Millionaire is a one-year-old personal finance blog that helps people achieve financial freedom. The total income from the blog was $455 last month from ads and affiliate marketing. This shows that you can earn money even if you are a new blogger.

Update May 2026: Bot-protected, could not verify.

Topics:

Personal Finance
Investing

Monthly Income (reported):

$455/mo (May 2022)
effectively inactive — traffic near zero

Monthly Traffic:

~3.6K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

Food Blogs Income Reports

In the food category, we analyzed 11 blogs that make $2,188,000 in yearly revenue, which means $182,333 in monthly revenue. These 11 blogs get 7,185,000 monthly visitors. Each blog earns $16,575 per month and receives 653,181 visits. This makes an RPM of only $25.
Update May 2026: Food was one of the most resilient niches in this audit, with aggregate traffic falling only ~23% — and the two largest properties (Pinch of Yum and Kitchen Sanctuary) actually grew. The Fiery Vegetarian grew nearly 5x. The pattern is clear: AI Overviews can summarize a recipe, but they can’t cook one. Recipe content remains a destination, not a query to be answered. Display ad RPMs have compressed, but volume held up better here than in any other niche besides DIY.

Kitchen Sanctuary (Nicky and Chris) – ~$50,000/mo (2026 est)
Nicky runs Kitchen Sanctuary with her husband, Chris. She started the website in 2014 after spending 14 years in the corporate world, and I managed to get Chris to join her full-time on the blog in 2017. They also run a YouTube cooking show to show you how to make the recipes.

Update May 2026: One of the clear survivor stories from this roundup. Nicky Corbishley published a cookbook (‘Quick & Easy — Delicious 30-Minute Dinners’), and traffic actually grew about 45% to roughly 3.2M monthly visits. Brand evolved to ‘Nicky’s Kitchen Sanctuary.’

Monthly Income (reported):

$18,333/mo (Oct 2018)
~$50,000/mo (2026 est — 3.2M monthly traffic × food display ads + cookbook sales)

Monthly Traffic:

~2.2M/mo (2022)
~3.2M/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising
Sponsorships

JessicaGavin.com – ~$12,500/mo (2026 est)
Jessica is a certified culinary scientist and loves sharing recipes and food science tips with her audience. Together with her husband, Jason, she started an experiment in 2014 to share the income and expenses of her blog. Her persistence in delivering high-quality content has certainly paid off, as the blog’s revenue grows month over month.

Update May 2026: Could not directly verify current state.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,167/mo (2017)
~$12,500/mo (2026 est — 809K monthly traffic × food display ads)

Monthly Traffic:

~2.5M/mo (2022)
~809.3K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Sponsorships

Midwest Foodie Blog (Kylie Lato) – ~$4,200/mo (2026 est)
Kylie Lato is the founder of Midwest Foodie, a food blog focusing on sharing simple recipes. Kylie is a food blogger, photographer, and recipe developer who strives to provide food recipes that are extremely easy to make. She started the blog “Midwest Foodie” in 2017, where she often shares step-by-step instructions and recipes to feed your family.

Update May 2026: Has launched a Substack newsletter (justmakedinner.substack.com) — one of the few clear newsletter pivots in this entire roundup. Still active.

Monthly Income (reported):

$20,833/mo (Q2 2022)
~$4,200/mo (2026 est — 262K monthly traffic × food RPM; Substack newsletter adds to this)

Monthly Traffic:

~500K/mo (2022)
~262.1K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

Show me the Yummy – ~$5,800/mo (2026 est)
Jennifer and Trevor run their blog about food and recipes together. While Jennifer loves to try new things and photographs her creations, Trevor runs a membership site called the Blog Village. Together, they have turned their blog into a very successful, fast-growing online business.

Update May 2026: Bot-protected, could not directly verify income.

Monthly Income (reported):

$12,500/mo (2016)
~$5,800/mo (2026 est — 371.6K monthly traffic × food display ads)

Monthly Traffic:

~600K/mo (2022)
~371.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

Thyme and Joy (Valerie Skinner) – ~$650/mo (2026 est)
Valerie Skinner is a certified healing foods chef trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC. She started Thyme and Joy to help you get healthy and TASTY meals on the table FAST.

Update May 2026: Now multi-platform (TikTok @balancingval, YouTube, Pinterest) rather than blog-first.

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,417/mo (2022)
~$650/mo (2026 est — 39.7K monthly traffic; multi-platform creator, TikTok adds revenue)

Monthly Traffic:

~200K/mo (2022)
~39.7K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

Hangry Woman – not estimable (SaaS pivot)
Mila is a millennial who likes to share on HangryWoman recipes and tips for people with diabetes. She is creating simple, blood-sugar-friendly, delicious meals.

Update May 2026: Major pivot: the blog has become the marketing front for a SaaS app called Glucose Guide (food journal, barcode scanner, nutrition support for diabetics). One of the more interesting blog-to-SaaS transitions in this dataset.

Topics:

Recipes
Health tips
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$8,583/mo (2020)
not estimable from traffic — pivoted to Glucose Guide SaaS app; blog traffic irrelevant to current revenue

Monthly Traffic:

~200K/mo (2022)
~11.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Coaching

Stephanies Sweets – ~$1,700/mo (2026 est)
Stephanie is the founder, recipe developer, and food photographer for Stephanie’s Sweet Treats. Her decadent dessert recipes are on her blog, which she started in 2021. She posts quarterly income reports highlighting how she’s making money through display advertising through Mediavine, affiliate marketing, and coaching.

Update May 2026: The original income-report URL returns a 404 — the site has removed that content category.

Monthly Income (reported):

~$8,333/mo (Q2 2022)
~$1,700/mo (2026 est — 110.6K monthly traffic × food display ads; income report URL removed)

Monthly Traffic:

~200K/mo (2022)
~110.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Coaching
Affiliate Marketing

GetOnMyPlate – ~$2,900/mo (2026 est)
GetOnMyPlate, the food blog, is run by Casey, your go-to girl for simple yet delicious and flavorful recipe ideas. Casey created this blog in January 2021 to share her knowledge and experience with others.

Update May 2026: Still active. Has published a Trader Joe’s cookbook and earned media features (‘Check, Please! Bay Area,’ Fox 40 Morning).

Monthly Income (reported):

~$6,250/mo (Q2 2022)
~$2,900/mo (2026 est — 195.4K monthly traffic; cookbook revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~250K/mo (2022)
~195.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Products
Affiliate Marketing

Fork In The Road – ~$600/mo (2026 est)
Fork In The Road is a green living blog by dietitian Kristina Todini. She shares healthy recipes, green eating guides, and income reports of her blog’s success.

Update May 2026: Has split off a separate course/program brand (‘Plant Powered with Kristina’). Still active.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,988/mo (Nov 2021)
~$600/mo (2026 est — 35.7K monthly traffic; course program revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~60K/mo (2022)
~35.7K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

The Fiery Vegetarian – ~$2,900/mo (2026 est)
The Fiery Vegetarian is a vegan and vegetarian recipe site with a kick, founded in 2018 and continuing to thrive. The blog has a page dedicated to income reports, so you can see how the blog performs over time.

Update May 2026: Bot-protected from direct verification, but Similarweb shows roughly 5x traffic growth since 2022 — making this one of the strongest growth stories in the dataset, likely driven by the durability of recipe content against AI Overview substitution.

Monthly Income (reported):

$1,979/mo (2021)
~$2,900/mo (2026 est — 194.4K monthly traffic; one of the strongest growth stories, ~5× traffic increase)

Monthly Traffic:

~40K/mo (2022)
~194.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing

Chelsea Joy Eats – ~$200/mo (2026 est)
Chelsea is the author, recipe developer, and photographer behind Chelsea Joy Eats. She made it her mission to bring recipes and lifestyle advice.

Update May 2026: Still active in the paleo recipe niche.

Monthly Income (reported):

$833/mo (May 2021)
~$200/mo (2026 est — 13K monthly traffic × food display ads)

Monthly Traffic:

~35K/mo (2022)
~13K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing

DIY Blogs Income Reports

In the DIY category, we analyzed 8 blogs that make $1,958,000 in yearly revenue. This is $163,166 in monthly revenue. These eight blogs get 1,735,000 monthly visitors. So, on average, each blog makes $ 20,395 per month and receives 216,875 visits. This makes an RPM of $94.
Update May 2026: DIY is the only niche in this entire audit to grow in aggregate — sector traffic rose ~11%. Crochet365KnitToo more than doubled. Crochetpreneur grew. These are visual, hands-on niches where AI Overviews don’t substitute for the experience. Two of the eight have sold (WPLift implicitly via Just a Girl listing, Thrifty DIY Diva on Flippa). Pattern: tactile, niche, product-backed creators outperformed generic info-blogs by a wide margin.

Abby Organizes (formerly Just a Girl and her Blog) – originally listed as Just a Girl and her Blog – $1,200,000/year
Starting in January 2013, Abby has turned her passion into a family business with her husband, Donnie. She loves to write about increasing Productivity, Organizational skills, Decoration, and Tips for other bloggers.

Topics:

Decorating
Organization
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$800,000 (2022)
$250,000 (rough 2026 est)

Estimated Traffic:

~1M visits/mo (2022)
~148K visits/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product Sales
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

The Flooring Girl – ~$80/mo (2026 est)
Debbie Gartner is the flooring girl, and she loves flooring. She has been in the flooring business for over 12 years and helps customers in Westchester County, NY, and lower Fairfield County, CT.

Update May 2026: Still active. The author has openly written about declining blog traffic — one of her recent posts is titled ‘5 Ways to Boost Your Income When Your Traffic Declines.’

Topics:

Decorating
Painting
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$16,667/mo (2020)
~$80/mo (2026 est — 2.4K monthly traffic; site openly acknowledges traffic decline)

Monthly Traffic:

~240K/mo (2022)
~2.4K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product Sales
Affiliate Marketing

Crochet365Knittoo – ~$16,500/mo (2026 est)
Cheryl runs Crochet365Knittoo because she likes to share crochet patterns, tutorials, and other bits of crochet goodness to delight creative souls! She left her full-time job to take care of the blog because traffic and demand exploded during the pandemic.

Update May 2026: One of the survivor stories. The income-report URL has been retired (it now redirects to the homepage), but traffic has more than doubled since 2022. Crochet content has proven durable against AI Overview substitution.

Monthly Income (reported):

$12,500/mo (Sep 2020)
~$16,500/mo (2026 est — 680.8K monthly traffic; one of the top DIY growth stories, traffic more than doubled)

Monthly Traffic:

~300K/mo (2022)
~680.8K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Ads
Product sales
Affiliate Marketing

CutNMakeCrafts.com – ~$350/mo (2026 est)
Jav is an SVG design and business coach, blogger, and podcaster. On her blog, CutNMakeCrafts, she teaches people to create a profitable 6-figure SVG business.

Update May 2026: Still active in the Cricut and SVG craft niche.

Monthly Income (reported):

$6,833/mo (Q2 2020)
~$350/mo (2026 est — 11.1K monthly traffic; product/SVG sales revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~50K/mo (2022)
~11.1K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product selling
Affiliate Marketing

SwoodsonSays – ~$2,100/mo (2026 est)
Stephanie is a thirty-something sewing/craft blogger who loves making stuff. According to her blog description, Crafting keeps her sane while she works at home/homeschool her two young kids.

Update May 2026: Still active with free patterns and tutorials. One of the more stable performers in DIY.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,333/mo (2019)
~$2,100/mo (2026 est — 84.8K monthly traffic; one of the more stable DIY performers)

Monthly Traffic:

~100K/mo (2022)
~84.8K/mo (2026)

Crochetpreneur – ~$850/mo (2026 est)
Pamela Grice is the owner of Crochetpreneur and helps people start their crochet businesses. Besides the blog, she hosts a podcast dedicated to crocheting, and she sells courses.

Update May 2026: Active. Traffic has actually grown since 2022 — coaching, podcast, and course funnel intact.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,167/mo (Oct 2021)
~$850/mo (2026 est — 34.5K monthly traffic; course & coaching revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~20K/mo (2022)
~34.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product sales
Affiliate marketing

SunriseValleyFarmco.com – effectively inactive (2026)
Ana loves all things farm life & DIY. Her home decorating journey began when she and her husband purchased their first home in 2017. On SunriseValleyFarmCo, she blogs about home decorating, home building, and DIY & renovation.

Update May 2026: The author now describes herself as a ‘Content Creator’ rather than a blogger — an identity shift visible across many of the surviving operators in this dataset.

Topics:

Decorating
Home Building
Renovation

Monthly Income (reported):

$2,911/mo (Mar 2021)
effectively inactive — traffic near zero; operator shifted to ‘Content Creator’ identity

Monthly Traffic:

~5K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate marketing
Product & Services

Thrifty DIY Diva – sold (Flippa, 2022)
Thrifty DIY Diva quickly became a destination for busy DIYers and foodies worldwide. The Thrifty DIY Diva Team creates new and fun recipes and shares frugal living tips to help make others’ lives easier.

Update May 2026: Sold on Flippa in summer 2022 for $20,000.

Topics:

Decorating
Recipes
Money-saving tips

Monthly Income (reported):

$583/mo (2022)
sold — Flippa summer 2022 for $20,000

Monthly Traffic:

~20K/mo (2022)
~184/mo (2026)

Parenting Blogs Income Reports
Parenting blogs (mom blogs) are especially popular among new and stay-at-home moms. They provide a way to contribute financially to the family and enable stay-at-home parents to be present during this critical period of their children’s lives.

In the parenting category, we analyzed 11 blogs that make $1,213,000 in yearly revenue, which means $101,150 in monthly revenue. These 11 blogs get 2,685,000 monthly visitors. So, on average, each blog makes $ 9,195 per month and receives 244,090 visits.
Update May 2026: Parenting blogs lost ~85% of their aggregate traffic. The pattern is consistent with other informational niches — pregnancy week-by-week guides, baby development checklists, and mom-life advice are exactly what AI Overviews summarize most aggressively. The survivors here pivoted to courses (Pulling Curls’ Online Classroom), products (The Keele Deal’s Etsy shop), or a tighter niche depth.

What Mommy Does – ~$850/mo (2026 est)
Lena is a licensed CPA who uses her financial literacy experience to help stay-at-home moms succeed in making and saving more money. On her blog, WhatMommyDoes.com, she provides practical strategies to make this happen.

Update May 2026: Still active with free printables and Pinterest-driven traffic. Income reports stopped after 2016.

Topics:

Parenting
Personal Finance
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$7,464/mo (Apr 2016)
~$850/mo (2026 est — 53.5K monthly traffic × parenting RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~600K/mo (2022)
~53.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Sponsored Posts
Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

The Realistic Mama – not estimable (2026)
Alida, the face behind the blog, is a mom of two and loves sharing her experiences of motherhood. It has been five years since she started this blog, and it is earning excellent money at present.

Update May 2026: The original income-report URL returns a 404. Operational status unclear.

Topics:

Parenting
Recipes
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$24,481/mo (Dec 2021)
not estimable — income report URL returns 404; operational status unclear

Monthly Traffic:

~300K/mo (2022)
~7.3K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product sales
Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

Pulling Curls – ~$350/mo (2026 est)
Hilary Erickson started her blog, PullingCurls, in 2005, when her baby was just one year old. Since then, she has constantly written about pregnancy, parenting, family tips, food, and travel.

Update May 2026: Pivoted to a courses-and-coaching business — the ‘Online Classroom’ is now prominent in the navigation along with an Event Speaker page.

Topics:

Parenting
Pregnancy
Home Decoration

Monthly Income (reported):

$7,500/mo (May 2017)
~$350/mo (2026 est — 19K monthly traffic; Online Classroom courses revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~300K/mo (2022)
~19K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product Sales
Affiliate Marketing
Advertising

Mom Beach – ~$350/mo (2026 est)
Becky Beach started the Mom Beach blog to share tips about helping moms find success and balance in their lives. She focuses on her mom’s life and financial advice about starting a business and making money.

Update May 2026: Still active and runs its own affiliate program. Traffic is down roughly 80%.

Topics:

Parenting
Personal Finance
Pregnancy

Monthly Income (reported):

$15,000/mo (Aug 2020)
~$350/mo (2026 est — 19.6K monthly traffic; runs own affiliate program)

Monthly Traffic:

~60K/mo (2022)
~19.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Product Sales
Services
Affiliate Marketing

Easy Baby Life – ~$1,300/mo (2026 est)
Paula is a mom passionate about sharing her ideas and research about baby care and parenting with her audience on Easy Baby Life. She has been blogging for over ten years.

Update May 2026: Still active in pregnancy and parenting content. Traffic is significantly lower than the 2022 estimates.

Topics:

Parenting
Pregnancy
Giving Birth

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,000/mo (Apr 2017)
~$1,300/mo (2026 est — 82.5K monthly traffic × parenting RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~550K/mo (2022)
~82.5K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

Mommy on Purpose – ~$1,500/mo (2026 est)
Carly blogs at Mommy on Purpose about a vast range of topics and always tries to help people experience new things in life. While doing this, her monthly income is going up, and she can already feel the sweet taste of passive income.

Update May 2026: Still active. Pinterest course is now the primary product.

Topics:

Health
Parenting
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,000/mo (Dec 2016)
~$1,500/mo (2026 est — 95.6K monthly traffic; Pinterest course revenue additional)

Monthly Traffic:

~210K/mo (2022)
~95.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

Cassie Scroggins – ~$600/mo (2026 est)
Cassie Scroggins is a Las Vegas-based blogger, Utah native, & boy mom of 4, obsessed with diet soda, comfy outfits, and helping moms create a life they love.

Update May 2026: Still publishing — one recent post explicitly titled ‘Do Blogs Still Make Money in 2023?’ acknowledging the broader sector shift.

Topics:

Health
Parenting
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$7,915/mo (Nov 2020)
~$600/mo (2026 est — 36.6K monthly traffic × parenting RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~120K/mo (2022)
~36.6K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

High Five Dad – effectively inactive (2026)
Eric is running the High Five Dad blog. She is 30-something, and he shares his tips for being a dad along with budget and finance tips.

Update May 2026: Site is alive, but traffic estimate is now near zero. Effectively dormant.

Topics:

Parenting
Personal Finance
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$3,400/mo (Aug 2019)
effectively inactive — traffic near zero

Monthly Traffic:

~150K/mo (2022)
near zero (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

Another Mommy Blogger – ~$500/mo (2026 est)
Sierra is running Another Mommy Blogger, where she shares mommy tips to make life easier on the motherhood journey. Besides parenting, you can learn more about home decoration and food and get beauty and blogging tips.

Update May 2026: Still active.

Topics:

Parenting
Home/Decor
Beauty

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,617/mo (Dec 2020)
~$500/mo (2026 est — 33.7K monthly traffic × parenting RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~230K/mo (2022)
~33.7K/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Amazon Associates

The Keele Deal – ~$600/mo (2026 est)
The Keele Deal started as an outlet for Andree to share her family’s everyday life and travels. After over five years, it has become a place for her to share with other moms who enjoy creating family memories.

Update May 2026: Has diversified into Etsy products and printables (keeledealcreations.etsy.com). One of the stable growth stories.

Topics:

Parenting
Homeschooling
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$354/mo (Mar 2021)
~$600/mo (2026 est — 35.3K monthly traffic; Etsy printables add revenue)

Monthly Traffic:

~30K/mo (2022)
~35.3K/mo (2026)

House of Sonshine – ~$10/mo (2026 est)
Fina is a passionate mom blogger who enjoys helping other moms parent their children. She earned $487 in June 2021 from House of Sonshine, just one year and nine months old.

Update May 2026: Still active.

Topics:

Parenting
Wellbeing
Blogging

Monthly Income (reported):

$488/mo (Jun 2021)
~$10/mo (2026 est — 575 monthly visits; minimal display revenue)

Monthly Traffic:

~5K/mo (2022)
~575/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising
Amazon Associates

Fashion & Beauty Blogs Income Reports

In the fashion and beauty blogs category we analyzed 5 blogs which are making $360,000 in yearly revenue which means $30,000 in monthly revenue. These five blogs get 256,000 monthly visitors. So, on average, each blog makes $ 6000 per month and receives 51,200 visits. This makes an RPM of $117 for the fashion and beauty niche.
Update May 2026: Fashion blogs got hammered — aggregate traffic down ~93%. The dependency on Pinterest and Instagram referral traffic is part of the story; both platforms have de-emphasized outbound links since 2022. The exception is Thrifts and Tangles, which rebranded entirely to Tyler Chanel and pivoted to YouTube. Fashion blogging as a standalone business model has compressed dramatically; it works now mostly as a marketing channel for personal brand monetization elsewhere (YouTube, TikTok, sponsorship deals).

Chic Pursuit – ~$650/mo (2026 est)
Chic Pursuit by Maria Julia focuses on fashion, beauty, home décor, and better living. At the moment of writing, the blog receives around 200,000 page views per month, 75% of which are from the US.

Update May 2026: Active. Branding has shifted toward magazine framing (Instagram handle @chicpursuitmagazine).

Topics:

Fashion
Luxury
Gift ideas

Monthly Income (reported):

$11,376/mo (Jan 2020)
~$650/mo (2026 est — 15.2K monthly traffic; magazine-style sponsorships not included)

Monthly Traffic:

~120K/mo (2022)
~15.2K/mo (2026)

Fit Mommy in Heels – effectively inactive (2026)
Lauren created Fit Mommy in Heels to inspire other women to be their best selves. Whether that’s helping them get into the best shape of their life, reclaim their love of fitness post-baby, or feel good about the outfits they wear.

Update May 2026: Still loads, but traffic estimate has collapsed near zero. Operationally questionable.

Monthly Income (reported):

$5,653/mo (Nov 2018)
effectively inactive — ~207 monthly visits; traffic collapsed

Monthly Traffic:

~250K/mo (2022)
~207/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Sponsored posts
Affiliate marketing
Advertising

Tyler Chanel (formerly Thrifts and Tangles) – not estimable (2026)
Tyler started Thrifts and Tangles in 2012 to document her natural hair journey. Over the years, the site has evolved to cover fashion, lifestyle, gift guides, thrifting, and more.

Update May 2026: Rebranded to a personal-name domain (tylerchanel.com) with a YouTube focus and an Ethical Brand Directory product. The original site is largely retired.

Monthly Income (reported):

$6,796/mo (Dec 2021)
not estimable — rebranded to tylerchanel.com; YouTube-first; original blog traffic ~4/mo

Monthly Traffic:

~6K/mo (2022)
~4/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Sponsored posts
Advertising
Affiliate Marketing

Affordable by Amanda – effectively inactive (2026)
Amanda has been blogging since 2015. This website is her creative space where she posts about beauty, style, travel, blogging, holiday, etc.

Update May 2026: Still active with a 2025 site refresh. Capsule wardrobe content focus.

Monthly Income (reported):

$4,475/mo (Jul 2019)
effectively inactive — ~316 monthly visits; 2025 site refresh but negligible traffic

Monthly Traffic:

~30K/mo (2022)
~316/mo (2026)

Monetization:

Affiliate Marketing
Advertising
Amazon Associates

The Baller On a Budget – ~$650/mo (2026 est)
Aileen, the lady who runs TheBallerOnABudget, believes that no woman should have to compromise to create their dream life. She blogs about fashion & beauty, money, and budget-friendly living.

Update May 2026: Still active.

Topics:

Fashion
Beauty
Personal Finance

Monthly Income (reported):

$3,802/mo (2019)
~$650/mo (2026 est — 17.1K monthly traffic × fashion RPM)

Monthly Traffic:

~30K/mo (2022)
~17.1K/mo (2026)

Monetization: