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I've wondered how well being The Oatmeal has financially treated Mr. Inman. Even with the popularity, does he still barely pay the mortgage? Olympic-size pool in the backyard full of $100 bills? If he's driving around in a top-shelf Model S, I guess he's not starving.

Regardless, very cool that Musk ponied up. Makes me want to go buy a Tesla even more now.




From his wikipedia page "In 2012, its annual revenue was around $500,000, 75% from merchandising and the rest from advertising"- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oatmeal


He does extremely well. He has a very high page view site and is excellent at monetizing.




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