Ashley Flowers
- Net worth $150 million
- Birthday December 19, 1989
- Status -
- Country United States
- Source(-s) of wealth Entrepreneur, Podcaster
How much is Ashley Flowers Worth? Ashley Flowers Net Worth in 2026
Ashley Flowers’s net worth is estimated at $150 million as of October 2026. Ashley Flowers is the host of Crime Junkie and the founder and majority owner of the podcast company Audiochuck. A 2025 investment valued the company at about $250 million, and a distribution deal reported at $150 million followed in October 2025, so the business is the whole story.
| Net worth (our estimate) | $150 million (range $100 million to $200 million) |
| Estimated annual income | About $25 million a year in profit share and pay (our estimate) |
| Born | December 19, 1989, in South Bend, Indiana (age 36) |
| Country | United States |
| Known for | Crime Junkie, Audiochuck, Season of Justice, novels |
| Main income sources | Audiochuck ownership, podcast advertising and distribution deals, books, live tours |
How Ashley Flowers built it
- Founded a podcast company. She hosts Crime Junkie and is majority owner of Audiochuck.
- Took outside investment. In 2025 the Chernin Group put in $40 million at a reported $250 million valuation.
- Signed a distribution deal. A deal reported at $150 million followed in October 2025.
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We estimate Ashley Flowers’s net worth at about $150 million in 2026. Most of that is her majority stake in Audiochuck. In February 2025 the Chernin Group put in $40 million for a minority share at a reported company valuation of about $250 million, which implies the investor holds about 16 percent. A founder who owns a majority of the rest has a paper stake well above $150 million, so we discount for illiquidity, taxes and the gap between a valuation and a sale.
Profit is the second anchor. Reporting attributed to a financial wire put Crime Junkie profit at about $45 million a year, though that figure came second-hand. A newsletter analysis estimated total company profit near $56 million. Neither is audited and neither is a disclosure by the company.
Two distribution deals show scale. A SiriusXM agreement signed in 2021 was reported at over $100 million. In October 2025 the company moved to Fox’s Tubi Media Group in a multi-year pact valued at about $150 million by a business newspaper. The company has not confirmed the number, so we show a wide range.
Ashley Flowers in 2026: what they have been working on
- October 30, 2025: Audiochuck announced a multi-year deal with Fox Corp.’s Tubi Media Group for exclusive distribution and ad sales, reported near that figure. It includes Crime Junkie and more than 20 other shows, and a Crime Junkie FAST channel.
- May 6, 2025: Published the novel The Missing Half.
- February 2025: The Chernin Group invested $40 million in Audiochuck, the company’s first outside capital.
- 2024: Launched Crime Junkie AF and Crime Junkie Radio on SiriusXM and relaunched So Supernatural.
- Ongoing: Releases Crime Junkie weekly, and the company says its shows reach over 10 million monthly listeners.
How Ashley Flowers makes money
Audiochuck makes money like a media company with a hit show at the center. The founder gets paid through ownership.
- Advertising on Crime Junkie and other shows. The main engine. Distribution partners sell the ads, and the shows sell well because the audience skews toward women aged 25 to 40.
- Distribution deals. SiriusXM from 2021 (reported over $100 million) and Tubi Media Group from late 2025 (reported near $150 million).
- Ownership and investment. She holds a majority; the Chernin Group owns a minority share bought at a reported valuation of about $250 million.
- Live tours. A national Crime Junkie tour was announced in 2019, and The Deck Investigates went on an 11-city tour in December 2022.
- Books. All Good People Here (August 2022, a bestseller) and The Missing Half (2025).
What Ashley Flowers teaches (and what to take from it)
Flowers started with a topic she cared about and a very small budget. A few of the choices behind Audiochuck are copyable.
Fund the start yourself and stay lean
Audiochuck began in 2017 with $13,000 of her own savings. Spending that little forced her to prove the audience was real before growing. Set a hard cap on what you will spend on your next project before you find out whether anyone cares.
Do the unglamorous background work
Before podcasting she volunteered with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana and hosted a local radio segment, Murder Monday. She built the subject knowledge and the relationships first. Spend one hour this week learning something about your own field that nobody has asked you to.
Build a portfolio, not a single show
Audiochuck grew from Crime Junkie to 16 podcasts by July 2022 and to more than 20 shows by 2025, with new formats like The Deck, which became Apple’s top new show of 2022. Look at your best-performing project and name one neighbouring format you could test.
Attach a purpose to the work
In 2020 she founded Season of Justice, a nonprofit that pays for DNA testing in cold cases. A cause gave the audience something to join. Decide what your work gives back, and tell people.
Career timeline
- 1989: Born in South Bend, Indiana.
- Early career: Works in biomedical research, then sales, and volunteers with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana.
- 2017: Creates Crime Junkie with Brit Prawat and founds Audiochuck with $13,000 of personal savings.
- 2019: Announces a national Crime Junkie tour.
- 2020: Founds the nonprofit Season of Justice.
- 2021: Signs a multi-year SiriusXM deal reported at over $100 million.
- 2022: Launches The Deck, hits 16 podcasts and publishes All Good People Here.
- 2024: Launches Crime Junkie AF and Crime Junkie Radio on SiriusXM.
- February 2025: Takes a $40 million investment from the Chernin Group.
- May 2025: Publishes The Missing Half.
- October 2025: Announces the Tubi Media Group deal.
Early life and background
She was born on December 19, 1989, in South Bend, Indiana, and earned a bachelor of science in biological services at Arizona State University.
She started in biomedical research and moved to sales. Alongside work she volunteered for Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana, later joining its board, and hosted a 20-minute local radio segment called Murder Monday for about a year.
Ashley Flowers net worth FAQ
What is Ashley Flowers’s net worth?
Our estimate is about $150 million as of October 2026, mostly the value of her majority stake in Audiochuck.
How does Ashley Flowers make money?
Mainly through ownership of Audiochuck, which earns from podcast advertising and distribution deals, plus books and live tours.
How much did Ashley Flowers make from the Tubi deal?
Her personal take has not been published. A business newspaper valued the multi-year deal at about $150 million for the company, which she controls and mostly owns.
How old is Ashley Flowers?
She was born on December 19, 1989, so she is 36 in October 2026.
What is Ashley Flowers known for?
She is known for hosting Crime Junkie, founding Audiochuck and starting the Season of Justice nonprofit.
How is Ashley Flowers’s net worth estimated?
We start from the reported $250 million company valuation and her majority share, discount for illiquidity and taxes, and cross-check with reported profit. It is an estimate, not a disclosed figure.
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How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
Last updated: October 2026.
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