Hannah Berner Net Worth

What Is Hannah Berner's Net Worth and Salary?

Hannah Berner is an American comedian, podcast host, author, and former reality television personality who has a net worth of $10 million. After first gaining national attention on Bravo's "Summer House," Berner successfully turned reality-TV exposure into a much larger independent career encompassing stand-up comedy, podcasting, live touring, books, social media, and streaming comedy specials.

Her most valuable business is "Giggly Squad," the comedy and pop-culture podcast she co-hosts with Paige DeSorbo. The pair launched the show in 2020 and built it into one of the country's highest-earning podcasts. In 2026, Forbes estimated that "Giggly Squad" generated $18 million in podcast-related earnings during the 12 months ending in June 2026. The figure included podcast revenue and live events associated with the show and represented earnings before taxes and representation fees.

Berner has simultaneously built a significant solo comedy business. Her debut Netflix special, "We Ride at Dawn," premiered in 2024 and entered Netflix's global English-language TV Top 10. Her second special, "None of My Business," premiered as a Hulu Original in June 2026. She has also headlined sold-out theaters around the country and toured extensively with both her own stand-up shows and "Giggly Squad."

Early Life and Tennis Career

Hannah Lucy Berner was born on August 12, 1991, and raised in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She developed into an elite tennis player as a teenager and attended the Beacon School in Manhattan.

Berner eventually accepted a scholarship to play tennis at the University of Wisconsin. She became one of the school's top players, competed at No. 1 singles, earned Academic All-Big Ten honors multiple times, and was named the Wisconsin women's tennis team's MVP during her senior season in 2013.

Although she considered continuing with tennis professionally, Berner decided after college that she no longer wanted to build her life around the sport. She briefly taught tennis and worked in sports broadcasting before moving into digital marketing.

Digital Media and Betches

Berner initially took a conventional marketing job but quickly realized that she wanted to work in comedy and video. She taught herself more about editing and production and eventually joined Betches, the female-focused digital media company.

At Betches, Berner became the company's first video producer. She wrote, directed, edited, produced, and appeared in comedy sketches, giving her practical experience in nearly every aspect of short-form digital content.

The job also put her in regular contact with professional comedians, which helped convince Berner that comedy could become a serious career. At the same time, she began developing an audience through social media and launched her first podcast, "Berning in Hell," which combined comedy with conversations about anxiety, relationships, insecurity, and mental health.

"Summer House"

In 2018, Bravo approached Berner about joining the third season of "Summer House." She joined the cast in 2019 alongside fellow newcomer Paige DeSorbo and returning cast members including Kyle Cooke.

The reality series followed a group of New York professionals sharing a summer house in the Hamptons. Berner appeared during seasons three through five, with storylines involving friendships, dating, career ambitions, and conflicts with other cast members.

Berner left "Summer House" in 2021 following a particularly contentious final season. She later described the experience as difficult but ultimately valuable because the show gave her an audience that she could redirect toward projects she controlled herself.

Rather than continuing primarily as a reality personality, Berner concentrated on stand-up, podcasts, and social media. That decision eventually proved much more lucrative than remaining dependent on a Bravo cast salary.

"Giggly Squad"

Berner and Paige DeSorbo launched "Giggly Squad" in 2020 after developing a close friendship on "Summer House." The name grew out of the pair's reputation for laughing together during filming.

The weekly show mixes pop culture, relationships, fashion, mental health, internet trends, celebrity news, and stories from their personal lives. Unlike many podcasts created around reality-TV personalities, "Giggly Squad" eventually developed an audience much larger than the Bravo franchise that introduced its hosts.

The podcast has been distributed through Acast since its launch. In January 2025, Acast announced a renewed exclusive, multiyear advertising partnership covering the show's audio feed, YouTube simulcast, social platforms, newsletter, and opportunities connected to its live tours.

By 2026, Berner's official touring biography stated that her podcasts had generated more than 100 million combined downloads.

Giggly Squad Earnings

"Giggly Squad" has become the most important known source of Hannah Berner's wealth.

Forbes ranked Berner and DeSorbo among the world's highest-paid podcasters in 2026 and estimated that the show generated $18 million between June 2025 and June 2026. Forbes' methodology included minimum guarantees, revenue sharing, platform fees, and income from live events related to the podcast.

The $18 million should not be interpreted as $18 million of personal take-home pay for either woman. The revenue is associated with the hosts and/or their corporate entities and must cover representation, business expenses, staff, production costs, and taxes.

Even so, if the economic benefits are divided relatively evenly, the figure indicates that Berner's share of the business was generating several million dollars per year by the middle of the decade.

The pair were reportedly already exploring another major podcast deal for late 2026, potentially creating an additional step up in the value of the franchise.

Club Giggly Live Tour

Berner and DeSorbo successfully converted the podcast audience into a live-events business.

Their "Club Giggly" tour expanded into theaters across North America and included numerous sellouts. Berner's official biography describes the completed run as a 43-city sold-out tour.

The biggest milestone came in January 2025, when Berner and DeSorbo performed two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Radio City has a capacity of roughly 6,000 people, giving the pair nearly 12,000 available seats across the two-night engagement alone.

Live podcast tours can be particularly profitable because they combine ticket revenue with merchandise sales and sponsorship opportunities while drawing an audience created through a show that already monetizes advertising.

Stand-Up Comedy

Berner began experimenting with stand-up while she was still hosting "Berning in Hell." An invitation to perform the podcast live at Carolines on Broadway led her to include a short stand-up set, and she increasingly concentrated on comedy following her departure from "Summer House."

Her rise was unconventional. Rather than spending years exclusively performing short sets in traditional clubs, Berner used TikTok, Instagram, podcasts, and self-produced videos as a way to test material and build an audience.

She eventually began headlining theaters rather than merely performing comedy-club dates. Her solo tours have included sold-out performances at venues such as the Chicago Theatre, the Wiltern in Los Angeles, the Masonic in San Francisco, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Berner was named one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2023 and became part of a new generation of female comics able to build large direct-to-consumer audiences alongside established stand-up stars such as Nikki Glaser.

"We Ride at Dawn"

Netflix released Berner's first hour-long stand-up special, "Hannah Berner: We Ride at Dawn," in July 2024.

The special covered relationships, marriage, sex, dating, and the expectations placed on women. It debuted at #2 among Netflix comedy programming and reached the streamer's global Top 10 for English-language television, recording approximately 1.9 million views during one measured week.

The special helped establish Berner as a comedian independent of her reality-TV origins and significantly expanded her touring profile.

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"None of My Business"

Berner followed her Netflix breakthrough with a second stand-up hour titled "None of My Business."

The special premiered on Hulu on June 5, 2026, as part of the streamer's expanding stand-up comedy slate. It focused on Berner's career, marriage, dating advice, personal insecurities, and the increasingly strange experience of becoming successful in entertainment.

She supported the special with the "None of My Business Tour," performing at major theaters across the United States during 2025 and 2026.

By releasing substantial specials on two different major streaming platforms within two years, Berner demonstrated that her comedy audience had become valuable independently of "Giggly Squad."

"How to Giggle"

Berner and DeSorbo expanded their partnership into publishing with "How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously."

Simon & Schuster released the book in April 2025. It combined humor, relationship advice, friendship observations, quizzes, social-media etiquette, and the conversational style of their podcast.

"How to Giggle" became an immediate commercial success, debuting at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and becoming an instant New York Times bestseller.

The pair also recorded the audiobook, creating another revenue stream around the "Giggly Squad" brand.

Social Media and Brand Deals

Social media has been central to Berner's career from the beginning. Following her departure from "Summer House," she aggressively expanded her TikTok presence by posting multiple videos per day and developed a large following for stand-up clips, observational comedy, and street interviews.

Her "Han on the Street" interview series subsequently generated hundreds of millions of views. By the time of her first Netflix special, Berner had accumulated millions of followers across her social platforms.

That audience has created a substantial endorsement business. Berner and DeSorbo have worked with brands through "Giggly Squad," including a Lancôme campaign, while Berner has separately partnered with consumer and beauty companies.

The economics of individual sponsorship agreements are private, but Berner's combination of a large social following, podcast audience, and live fanbase gives her multiple ways to monetize the same audience.

Berner Phone

Berner also hosts "Berner Phone" with her husband, comedian Des Bishop.

The project evolved from her earlier "Berning in Hell" podcast and focuses on relationships, advice, comedy, and listener questions.

Although "Giggly Squad" has become the larger business, "Berner Phone" provides Berner with an additional advertising and media property outside her partnership with DeSorbo.

Personal Life

Berner began dating Irish-American comedian Des Bishop in 2020 after he contacted her through social media. Bishop had already spent decades working as a stand-up comedian in Ireland, the United States, and internationally.

The couple became engaged on Valentine's Day in 2021 and married on May 13, 2022, at Bishop's home in the Hamptons. Paige DeSorbo and several other Bravo personalities attended the wedding.

Berner and Bishop live primarily in New York City and have frequently incorporated their marriage into their comedy and podcast material. Berner has credited Bishop with understanding the demands of touring and stand-up because of his own long comedy career.

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