Adventures With Purpose: Net Worth, Scandal, Cast and Income (2024)

Things You Didn’t Know About Them

Published: November 10, 2022

Last updated: January 6, 2024

By Joshua Smith 🇦🇺

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Welcome to the ultimate analysis of Adventures With Purpose for 2024.

I’ve spent an incredible amount of hours watching successful creators who help out their local community. I’m one of the biggest fans of their wildly successful and faith-driven YouTube channel.

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Adventures With Purpose Facts


💡Full Name and Age

Jared Leisek and Sam Ginn the founder of the Adventures With Purpose channel. Doug Bishop later joined the group.

🤑 Net Worth

You’d be surprised by how well these Mormon creators are doing on Youtube.

As of 2024, I can accurately estimate that Adventures With Purpose has a net worth of $1,400,000 USD.

This is based on the valuation of their business, their campervan, custom trailer, diving equipment and personal homes.

🤩 Income Streams

Brand sponsors, affiliate links and YouTube ads.

🌍 Location

They are location-independent, although they are originally from California.

✌️Common Praise

They never give up easily and share the wins, losses and emotional turmoil that comes with finding lost loved ones.

❌ Notable Complaints

Sometimes they can overshadow the work of local police and fire departments, given how much expertise AWP has.

🚔 Jared Arrested

Yes, Jared Leisek was arrested and charged recently due to a crime that happened in his teenage years. More details on that scandal are below.

🚀 The X-Factor

They are unlike any other YouTube channel. Once you watch one video, the rest becomes super addictive. I’m one of their biggest fans.

📈 Creator Trends

Their growth may stall now with the court case happening, and chances are, they’ll lose a ton of subscribers.

🕵🏻‍♂️ Private Life

Little is known about their private life.

👨🏻‍💻 My Verdict

With the current darkness surrounding Jared’s future, I hope the team can continue pushing forward and not give up on the mission.

They have brought close to so many families and are supported by the YouTube community for the work that they do.

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How much does Adventures With Purpose make and how?

The popular YouTube channel called ‘Adventures With Purpose’ makes $23,000 per month on YouTube.

They do this through:

➜ YouTube ads that play during their videos

➜ Brand sponsorships that help the channel

➜ Affiliate links to diving gear on Amazon

➜ Selling their exclusive AWP merchandise

Jared has a video about this here:

AWP Praise

Their audience really praises them for:

➜ Sheer perseverance in solving missing person cases

➜ Dealing with rejections and setbacks along the way

➜ Accepting help from many others along the journey

➜ Using their incredible skills to assist regional communities

And most importantly, they run this as a not-for-profit exercise.

AWP Red Flags

Up until Friday the 4th of November, Adventures With Purpose had little controversy or red flags, but that all changed in an instant.

Jared Leisek was charged with two counts of child rape, as reported here:

This occurred in Utah in 1992. His first court appearance is booked for November the 30th. This really is horrible stuff that has rocked the YouTube community in recent days.

In addition to this alleged crime, Adventures With Purpose generated controversy due to making errors with their professional diving equipment and rushing into jobs without adequate permission from local authorities.

The help Jared has provided to hundreds of families does not excuse him from this (alledged) horrid crime. I really do hope that this controversial time doesn’t impact the team and they can continue helping bring closure to loved ones.

The X Factor

Let’s jump back into the positive territory.

Why do people love their channel so much?

➜ They have worked incredibly hard for their success

➜ They have dealt with some of the toughest situations

➜ They never allow their ego to get in the way of their work

➜ They don’t accept the prize money and give it to the family

And they still live on a very small budget, despite their high net worth.

My Verdict

As a loyal subscriber, I’ve learned a ton from watching their videos on Youtube.

Just like you, I’m on the edge of my seat and am eager to see the outcome of this court case. Somehow I think it’ll drag on for years to come.

Regardless, their videos are fascinating to watch and I hope the team can continue strong without Jared’s presence.

It seems from their most recent video that they are:

Their audience also appears very engaged from the comments, although there are fewer comments than usual.

Anyway, we can learn a ton from their success on YouTube as creators.

My key takeaways include:

➜ Work on things that you truly believe in

➜ Good people definitely exist in the world

➜ Opportunities come to those who take action

➜ YouTube can still pay incredibly well

They have done wonderful work for years and hope they can overcome this hurdle, regardless of what the outcome is.

And I do hope the victim finds closure at the end of this. As I noted above, this is horrible stuff.

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