It’s the final day of MaxFunDrive!

Hellllooooooooooo mates!

It’s the final official day of MaxFunDrive and we’re, as some may say, ACTUALLY QUITE FAR INDEED from our aim of 16,000. This is true. And it’s not NOT scary.

But LOOK, aim apart, you’ll be able to nonetheless make a distinction. A giant one. And these of you who’re members have already got! Next week we’re going to determine what all these numbers imply, and we’re going to ship our companion exhibits their checks, and each of these issues shall be vastly totally different should you and others studying this resolve to hitch now.

There’s a purpose you hearken to exhibits on MaxFun. They’re your sort of bizarre. They’re enjoyable and humorous and heartfelt and so they aren’t filled with playing adverts and manosphere-adjacent nonsense (which is the way in which many podcasts make cash in 2026). Most MaxFun exhibits make juuuust sufficient cash to maintain going, as a result of solely a small fraction of the parents who depend on a present truly pay for it, and people memberships make up virtually all of a present’s revenue.  Your becoming a member of that fraction, uh, making the small numerator larger, makes a big distinction to the exhibits and the individuals who love them.

The cash you give goes on to assist the exhibits you select. A portion of that cash goes to the community, so we will assist these exhibits, too. We are 25 actual individuals who work truly fairly arduous to do what we will for these hosts as a result of we love them, too. And fortunately, they appear to love being on the community:

John Moe, whose Depresh Mode helps numerous individuals handle the troublesome activity of getting a thoughts (it me), posted a message this week about why he chooses to be on the community. It’s value studying the entire thing, however right here’s his TL;DR: “MaxFun operates in a hugely more human way than other media organizations. That’s why the stuff you hear is so heartfelt and interesting. I’m delighted to work with them as a producing partner because more than anywhere else, I can fret about quality and not instead of bosses.”

Jordan Morris, of Free with Ads and Jordan, Jesse, Go! calls us “the network that makes this show possible” and claims we’ve by no means paid “hundreds of millions of dollars in order to put Joe Rogan on the air” (reality examine: TRUE). We’ve additionally “never used his voice to train AI,” which is a bonkers factor to should brag about however right here we’re.

In final week’s episode, the Tribeca-award profitable Mission to Zyxx crew known as Maximum Fun, “this beacon of good in a world and on an internet that both seem like they are hell-bent on getting worse.” We’re making an attempt!

Speaking of hell, it’s 2026 right here within the United States of America. Which is, in some (however not all!) methods, hell*. So, it’s INCREDIBLY heartening that hundreds of you may have come collectively as a gaggle to assist the media you like (on this financial system?). We are so grateful to everybody who has supported us ever, and to people who’ve heeded the decision over the past two weeks. When you develop into a member, you’re in neighborhood with a bunch of fine individuals saying, “I care about this and want more of it to exist.”

Sign as much as obtain a present membership!

And should you do care about these exhibits, however can’t assist them financially proper now, make certain to join the prospect to be paired with a present membership: maximumfun.org/waitlist. We’ve 137 and counting! And please, advocate the exhibits to your mates!

OK THAT’S ALL. We’ll ship a bit reminder about tonight’s finale livestreams as they begin, so you’ll be able to come chat with different MaxFunsters and possibly have your case heard by Judge John Hodgman.

Thank you, really,

– Your mates at Maximum Fun

* By the way in which, if Depresh Mode hits their targets, they’ll make “Your Best Life in Hell,” a present I would like BIGTIME and possibly you do, too.

P.S. You ought to observe us on Bluesky. 1. Because we haven’t used Twitter in a very long time for apparent causes, and a pair of. as a result of yesterday our Senior Producer and our CEO obtained caught in an elevator and we had enjoyable (bc fortunately it was not for extraordinarily lengthy so nobody needed to set up a pee nook).

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