How Do The Duggars Make Money Now?

In April 2021, Josh Duggar was arrested for possessing and receiving child pornography. While the troubled eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had not appeared on the family’s reality TV show since admitting to molesting several of his sisters years earlier, TLC opted to cut ties with the family. The network stressed that it did not have any association with Josh but was giving the Duggar family the privacy they needed to address their family issues. The family has, understandably, not returned to television. A new docuseries from Amazon, Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, is due out on June 2 and promises to expose the supersized family’s long-kept secrets. In light of the upcoming tell-all, we can’t help but wonder exactly what the Duggar family is doing for money. As it turns out, reality TV wasn’t ever their only revenue stream. 

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar made much of their family’s money in real estate 

When Counting On ended, some Duggar family followers questioned if the now wealthy family would find themselves with money troubles. It doesn’t seem to be a problem. While the Duggars were not wealthy before 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, they invested much of the money they did have in real estate. Those investments have paid off.