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Did you know?
50 Cent made more from vitaminwater ($100M+) than from his entire rap career.
Did you know?
50 Cent made more from vitaminwater ($100M+) than from his entire rap career.
Multiple songs with over a billion streams each. A face full of tattoos and a wine brand. But his lavish lifestyle keeps the net worth surprisingly modest.
Where the Money Comes From
Estimated Total
$45M
Current Net Worth
$45M
What They Kept
100%
How Much Does Post Malone Make?
$4.5M
Per Year
$375,000
Per Month
$86,538
Per Week
$12,329
Per Day
$513.70
Per Hour
$8.56
Per Minute
Estimated based on net worth of $45M over career span. Actual earnings vary by year.
Why $45M is below expected
Post Malone is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet. "Rockstar," "Sunflower," "Circles," and "Congratulations" have each crossed the billion-stream mark. His Spotify monthly listeners regularly top 50 million. By streaming metrics alone, he's in the same tier as Drake and The Weeknd. By net worth? He's in a completely different zip code.
The $45M figure makes more sense when you look at the spending. Posty is famous for his lavish lifestyle — a 12,000+ sq ft mansion in Utah, extensive car collection, custom jewelry, and a general approach to money that prioritizes experience over accumulation. He also launched Maison No. 9, a rosé wine brand, but wine is a notoriously low-margin business that's more lifestyle project than wealth builder.
The bigger structural issue is the same one that hits most streaming-era artists: the per-stream payout is tiny, and after label cuts and team commissions, even billions of streams translate to tens of millions, not hundreds. Post's touring revenue is strong but not at the stadium-residency level that generates truly massive income. At $45M, he's proof that being one of the biggest artists in the world doesn't automatically mean being one of the richest.
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