Megan Markle’s Podcast: A Royal Flop Worth Millions

Grab your popcorn, everyone!

The ongoing saga of Meghan Markle's podcast misadventures with Lemonada Media is turning out to be a real spectacle.

Unfortunately for Lemonada, this drama has come at a steep price—a staggering £16 million loss tied to Meghan's Archetypes podcast, which failed to even crack the top 200 on any chart.

Imagine throwing a lavish party and forgetting to send out the invitations.

Classic Meghan, right?

Let's rewind a bit.

Lemonada Media, in what they thought was a brilliant move, signed the Duchess of Sussex, believing they had struck gold.

Their plan?

To broaden the audience for Archetypes, which sounds like a noble cause.

But here's the twist: you don't even need a Spotify account to listen.

This raises eyebrows about why anyone would choose Lemonada over other platforms.

Reports from the Express indicate that Lemonada might be facing significant financial losses.

They're caught in a revenue battle against Spotify that resembles David versus Goliath.

Remember when Harry and Meghan decided to break free from royal duties?

They signed lucrative deals left and right, including an impressive £18 million from Spotify for their podcast series.

However, Archetypes flopped harder than a fish out of water after just one season.

Despite featuring big names like Serena Williams and Mariah Carey, Meghan's podcast was about as exciting as watching paint dry.

Fast forward to this year, and Meghan announced her new partnership with Lemonada Media, promising fresh content that, let's be honest, doesn't seem to have many people lining up.

What was once a golden ticket now feels more like a consolation prize.

Branding expert Andrew Block weighed in, suggesting that Meghan's latest deal might be worth a mere 10% of what they received from Spotify.

So, from £18 million to potentially just £1.9 million—talk about a significant downgrade.

But the plot thickens further.

If you're a fan of Apple Podcasts, good luck finding Archetypes without some serious sleuthing.

It's like the podcast is playing hide and seek, and no one seems to be searching for it.

Amazon Music and Audible aren't any better; finding it there is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Even with enthusiastic five-star reviews from the Sussex squad on Audible, Archetypes barely managed to scrape together a three-star rating out of ten.

That's got to sting.

The final verdict?

Meghan may envision herself as the next Oprah of the audio world, but the public seems to think otherwise.

She appears more focused on her own voice than allowing her guests to shine.

As for the podcast being a success?

The only thing it has successfully illustrated is a massive miscalculation of Meghan's appeal as a podcaster.

To add insult to injury, a spokesperson for the Sussexes claimed Archetypes was the number one podcast on Spotify.

Spoiler alert: it wasn't.

Joe Rogan still reigns supreme at the top of the charts, and unlike Meghan's fleeting fame, he's still enjoying his success.

Spotify's grand plan to boost Meghan's podcast with a New York advertising blitz seemed more like a desperate attempt to save face rather than a celebration of success.

In the end, Meghan and Harry's podcast fiasco serves as a textbook example of how not to launch an audio career.

Each misstep and financial flop adds another chapter to their guidebook on media blunders.

So here's to Archetypes.

May it rest in peace among the countless forgotten podcasts.

And to Lemonada Media, our deepest sympathies go out to you.