Torenberg: Turpentine reaches $2M run rate on 350,000 monthly downloads
Erik Torenberg · How To Build A Million-Dollar Media Empire | Erik Torenberg · Jan 5, 2024 · at 6:39
Erik Torenberg, founder of media network Turpentine, discloses download figures and revenue run rate across the network's 13 shows.
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“We're doing about 350,000 downloads a month across 13 shows, which is not huge. Like some shows, you know, my first million does is bigger than all of our shows put together probably, but we're at about two million run rate probably because the shows monetize pretty well.”
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