It’s built for the podcast ecosystem, for podcast fans and podcast creators.
It’s simple on the surface with some purposeful, equitable and financially meaningful features underneath.
If you want to monetize, Lenny.fm is one of many great options.
Why not have more than one?
How Lenny.fm works
- Listeners choose 4 or more podcasts to support in order of preference
- Listeners contribute US$4 a month, which is split between top 4 podcasts they chose.
- If a podcast in their top 4 doesn’t publish an episode that month, the preferences reorder to 4 that have.
- The podcast can choose how best to reward listeners supporting them via Lenny.fm, if they choose to.
Why go to the effort of making Lenny.fm?
- After years of trying to monetize podcasts we found a way that’s efficient and simple.
- Money is significant to everyone involved, even if the amount isn’t in the scheme of things. It can show decision, commitment and value beyond its amount. If more podcast creators have more money because they’ve been supported by their audience that’s great.
- Having to make more content outside the core/best content (the podcast that started it all) to get some money back is exhausting.
