His appearance on Stern when George Takai touched him was so funny. I had no idea he was that big on Sirius. I was a die hard Stern fan but because of Sirius, I stopped. Jason is better off on the podcast platform due to it being free for users but the market is so saturated that who knows if you can make a steady paycheck off of it. Stern is on a dying platform but his fanbase will be there till he stops his show.
https://www.patreon.com/EllisMateEllis has 4441 loyal fans paying at minimum 5$ a month patreon takes 5% (and also taxes, editor, producer salary) he's doing alright, with that, the comedy, and other gigs he does. He's not doing sirius good, but okay. Seems to have his shit together so, maybe has a business or investment on the side.
the internet allegedly says his salary was 2mil a year, compared to stern who was getting allegedly 100mill a year. If he pulled in ever 20% of the stern audience that would be an argument for him to get a 20mil contract. Sirius obviously didn't want to pay him anything. I've never heard anyone mention the Jason Ellis show (or any Sirius radio show for that matter).