How Drake makes money is still streaming first in a catalog year. Forbes estimated about $78 million pretax in 2025; Stake and OVO are supporting lines that headlines overstate.
Celebrity Net Worth’s record of Drake net worth over the years steps from about $1 million in 2009 to about $400 million in 2026, with the steepest prints after Views, the first $100 million mark, and the Universal partnership.
Celebrity Net Worth estimates Drake at about $400 million in 2026. That is a large catalog-and-property fortune, and it is still hundreds of millions short of Forbes’ celebrity-billionaire line.
Taylor Swift’s 2018 Spotify clause is being triggered as Universal Music Group sells half its equity stake in Spotify for $1.4 billion, sending non-recoupable payouts directly to UMG artists.