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Pretend Podcast

@pretendradioTracked since May 2026

Observed Aug 7, 2026Public earnings

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creating a podcast about people pretending to be someone else.

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Paid members

1,006

−1% · 30 days

Total audience

3,152

incl. free followers

Observed monthly earnings

$2.9K

Starting price

$3/mo

5 membership tiers

Membership tiers

Where the 3,152 observed tier members sit

$068.1%$325.7%

Largest observed tier is $0 Free— the bar only uses public tier patron counts.

$0/moFree2,14668.1% of observed tier members

$3/moEarly Access / Ad-free Episodes81025.7% of observed tier members

$5/moAd-free episodes and stickers1514.8% of observed tier members

$10/moName In The Credits + Merch341.1% of observed tier members

$20/moTee, Mug, Sticker + Co-Host the Show110.3% of observed tier members

Growth signals — Pretend Podcast

−1%

1,006 paid members · past 30 days

Membership

1K1K997

May 202614 weeks trackedNow

Pretend Podcast1K members · $2.9K/mo

The chart only uses Pretend Podcast's observed public history. Comparison peers are listed below, but comparable trend series are not available yet.

Creator comparisons

Where Pretend Podcast ranks

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Ranking data · includes stale rows

Pretend Podcast's paid members rank in Recommended cohort
Rank	Creator and why included	Paid members	Gap vs Pretend Podcast	Freshness
#1	True Crime All The TimePodcastsContent relevance + business context	1,902	896 more	Aug 5, 2026
#2	Cleanup on Aisle 45 PodcastPodcastsContent relevance + business context	1,793	787 more	Jul 21, 2026Stale
#3	Pretend PodcastProfilePodcastsPaid members position in Recommended cohort	1,006	Reference	Aug 7, 2026
#4	The Ghost Story GuysPodcastsContent relevance + business context	497	509 fewer	Aug 1, 2026
#5	GruesomePodcastsContent relevance + business context	316	690 fewer	Aug 5, 2026

The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around Pretend Podcast; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.

What they publish

Recent posts

125Posts total4 postsLast month91.7%Members-only

Previews available for 125 posts

Audio Latest postPublicHe Turned His Own Father In. Then Built a Career Catching Con Artists.

William Ruzich's father stole his identity while he was deployed in Afghanistan. He came home from war at 21 to find bills, liens, and credi

4 days ago at Aug 7 crawl 0 likes 0 comments

The Playwright | Marla InterviewWho Is Jayson Bartlett? Allegations Surrounding the Controversial Playwright Note: This is a lightly edited version of my interview with MarImageJul 23, 2025$3 tier & up 15 1

The Playwright | Bryanie InterviewWas it love or a carefully crafted romance scam? Listen to the lightly edited full interview with Bryanie.ArticleJul 18, 2025$3 tier & up 19 10

The Playwright part 1In this episode, we investigate the mysterious Jayson Bartlett and the many women whose lives he upended. Emma was a single mother in EnglanImageJul 11, 2025$3 tier & up 21 9

The Playwright part 2In Part 2 of The Playwright, we shift focus to the show at the center of it all: The History of Now. Written and directed by Jayson BartlettImageJul 14, 2025$3 tier & up 20 9

The Gypsy Rose Obsession | Official Trailer | PRETEND Podcast | Coming SoonGypsy Rose Blanchard is America's most beloved convicted murderer. She spent 23 years in a wheelchair with a feeding tube, a breathing machArticleJuly 27$3 tier & up 23 18

How Edward Smog Scammed a Retired Nurse Out of $150KMy friend Joe sells real estate. He called me about one of his clients, a retired nurse who was selling her house, because something about hArticleJuly 21$3 tier & up 15 8

Chain of Command: An Inside Man SpeaksDarnell Emanuel spent years inside Rony Denis's inner circle at the House of Prayer Christian Church. His name is on documents. His credit wArticleJuly 20$3 tier & up 6 1

Javier Stops by the Hot Mess Happy Hour Podcast 🍸This week, Javier stops by the Hot Mess Happy Hour Podcast and it didn't disappoint. It was a hot mess! About Hot Mess Happy Hour: Are you aArticleJuly 6$3 tier & up 8 3

Javier and Jared Visit a Cult (House of Prayer Christian Churches of America)For this bonus episode, I took my friend Jared Smith to a House of Prayer Christian Church service in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Jared isArticleJune 18$3 tier & up 14 4

Chain of Command part 7Federal prosecutors say the man known as Rony Denis isn't Rony Denis at all. The arrest finally came in the fall of 2025. Three years afterImageJune 14$3 tier & up 14 9

Chain of Command part 6In Part 6, the FBI comes knocking. Rony Denis and his top associates allegedly defrauded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and militarImageJune 9$3 tier & up 12 4

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