What's the difference between Estimated and Available balances

With PAID (Programmatic Ads Inserted Dynamically), ads automatically run on both new and old episodes, generating earnings based on your audience’s location, device, language, and content category.

The earnings generated by running these ads are shown in two balances:

Estimated Balance (Pending Earnings)

As ads continue to play on your podcast, earnings accumulate in your estimated balance. However, this money is not immediately available for withdrawal. Our ad partners pay us at the end of the month after the ads play, and we only pay out money we have already received, so each day’s earnings wait 60 days. Ad partners can still remove traffic they find invalid in that time. That rarely happens, so in practice your estimated earnings become available.

Learn more about how the estimated balance works.

Available Balance (Ready for Payout)

Each day’s earnings are added to your available balance once 60 days have passed since the ads played, so your available balance grows a little every day. They stay in your estimated balance until they are paid out. This amount is now confirmed and eligible for payout through your PayPal account.

Learn more about how payouts work.