Note: I stopped doing these food blog income reports in the beginning of 2016.
For those interested, I’m currently making a multiple six figure income. A lot of that has to do with my switching all of my advertising to Mediavine, whom I HIGHLY recommend.
If you have any questions at all about how I make money, please feel free to contact me. I’d love to help! And maybe someday I’ll start doing these income reports again.
If you are just starting blogging, please look at the income reports below for more information on the money I was able to make for the first two years of blogging. But please take them with a grain of salt, as much has changed in the world of blogging in the past few years.
Ever wonder how a blogger actually makes money? In January 2014 I started Bowl of Delicious with two intentions. The most important goal of my blog is to share healthy, whole foods recipes with busy people. But since I was putting so much work into it, I figured, why not try and make a little extra cash from it?
So, I started to document my income and share it with my readers (that’s you!). If you have a blog of your own, or if you are thinking of starting one, I hope you find this helpful. And even if you don’t, I hope you find it interesting!
Want more info on how to start a blog? Read about the three easy steps to starting your own blog, and you’ll have one up and running in a mere fifteen minutes.
Food Blog Income Reports
How I made over $1000 in three months food blogging.
How I made money from my food blog in three months.
How I made income from food blogging over $2000 in three months.
How I made over $1000/month food blogging.
How I made over $4000 in three months food blogging to quit my full-time job and become a full time blogger!
Debnath
Good to see your bog is making some good passive income. I found many food blogs sharing their income and reading their journeys are really inspiring,. Keep up the good work to motivate others.
Jane
Let me tell you that blogging has nothing to do with ‘passive income’, not even remotely. I hear a lot from internet marketing ‘gurus’ showing ways to set up it and forget it sites that earn thousands in so called passive income every month. Blogging is not that. I have a 3 year old food blog that provides me with a modest income of 3-4K every month but it requires a lot of work to maintain. A LOT. I spend about 16 hours a day, every day – researching ideas, creating and testing recipes, cooking, taking pictures, writing up recipes, making videos. The competition is intense and its getting worse by the day. If I don’t post for a week I see my traffic drop. It’s a grind. It’s a hard job. It requires dedication and hard work. There is no other way, and there is nothing ‘passive’ about it.
Elizabeth
Thank you for sharing your blogging experience! Your dedication to your blog is super admirable. And you’re right, the work seems to never end, and it IS hard, competitive work. There are always new social media algorithms to stay on top of, planning months in advance for things like the holidays, researching, etc. I think that while blogging isn’t ALL passive, it certainly is a bit. After all, passive income is income generated from work you’ve already done, right? So all the posts you’ve already put out there, and the traffic you get to these posts that generates ad revenue, is definitely passive income. When I had my baby in January, I took about 3 weeks off from almost everything in my blog, and my ad/affiliate income didn’t drop a cent. It was like a paid maternity leave (which is rare these days!). A few weeks ago, my family had a horrible virus and I had to take a couple weeks off, and same thing. So I love the flexibility that blogging provides in that you can choose to work 16 hours a day or 3 hours a day or however much you want, and for me, I love that it’s forgiving in that I still get paid regardless of the hours I put into it (to an extent). Of course, I’m not advocating for completely abandoning a blog! But if it weren’t for the passive income side of my blogging income, I wouldn’t be able to work from home while also taking care of my baby, or tend to emergencies as they come up, etc., and for that I’m very thankful :-)