Taylor Frankie Paul Net Worth 2026: MomTok Money After The Bachelorette Fallout

Taylor Frankie Paul’s net worth is about $400,000, according to the widely reported estimate cited by Cosmopolitan in December 2025 and Parade in March 2026. Other outlets have put her fortune anywhere from that figure up to about $3 million, so treat any number for her with caution. None of her TV salaries or brand-deal fees have been officially disclosed.

Taylor Frankie Paul: quick facts

Net worth

$400 Thousand

Source of wealth

TikTok, brand deals, reality TV

Profession

TikTok Creator, Reality TV Personality

Nationality

American

Place of birth

Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Date of birth

May 23, 1994 (age 32)

Paul built her fame on TikTok, where she is known as the self-described founder of #MomTok, a group of young Mormon mothers in Utah who posted dance and lifestyle videos. That following led to Hulu’s hit reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in 2024 and then to a history-making casting as the lead of ABC’s The Bachelorette.

2026 has been the most turbulent year of her career. ABC pulled her Bachelorette season days before its March premiere, a major sponsor dropped her, and in September 2026 she announced she was leaving Mormon Wives after five seasons. Her income now rests mainly on her social media audience.

Taylor Frankie Paul at a glance

• Net worth: about $400,000 (widely reported estimate, 2025–2026); other reports range up to $3 million
• Born: May 23, 1994, in Pueblo, Colorado
• Profession: TikTok creator, influencer and reality TV personality
• Known for: #MomTok, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu), The Bachelorette season 22 (unaired)
• Audience: about 6 million TikTok followers and about 2.5 million on Instagram
• Biggest payday: likely her Bachelorette lead role, though ABC never disclosed the fee
• Honors: named to the TIME100 Creators list in 2025
• Marital status: divorced from Tate Paul (married 2016, split 2022); three children

Where Taylor Frankie Paul’s money comes from

Source	Details	Estimate
TikTok and Instagram	Sponsored posts, creator payouts, affiliate links for about 8.5 million combined followers	Her main income; per-post rates not disclosed
Brand deals	Partnerships boosted by her Hulu fame; Cinnabon tie-in cancelled in March 2026	Castmates have reported single deals worth $20,000 to $75,000
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives	Cast member for five seasons on Hulu (2024–2026)	Pay not disclosed; Paul has said the cast is paid equally
The Bachelorette	Lead of season 22, filmed in late 2025 but never aired	Not disclosed; past leads reportedly earned $110,000 to $250,000
Podcast and media appearances	Guest spots such as Call Her Daddy and Hulu’s Get Real podcast	Small share

What reality stars like Paul are reported to earn

Because Hulu and ABC keep cast pay private, the best guide to Paul’s income comes from what her peers have shared and from reported pay for past Bachelorette leads. These are reference points, not her actual fees.

Pay item	Reported figure	Who reported it
Rachel Recchia, Bachelorette co-lead (2022)	About $110,000	Reported pay, cited by Cosmopolitan (2025)
Emily Maynard, Bachelorette lead (2012)	About $250,000	Reported pay, cited by Cosmopolitan (2025)
Mayci Neeley, one-year brand deal	$75,000	Neeley, as reported by Parade (2026)
Whitney Leavitt, one Instagram promotion	$20,000	Leavitt to E! News, cited by Parade (2026)
Mormon Wives season 1 cast pay	Unknown	Parade said it could not confirm per-episode pay

Fellow cast member Mikayla Matthews has said she can earn as much from one brand deal as her husband makes in a year. As the show’s breakout star, Paul likely commanded rates at the top of that range before the 2026 controversies.

Early life

Taylor Frankie Paul was born on May 23, 1994, in Pueblo, Colorado, and grew up there. At 16 she moved to Utah with her mother and stepfather.

In Utah she attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the faith that would later shape her public image and her Hulu series. She announced in April 2026 that she had left the church.

Paul married Tate Paul in 2016. The couple had two children, a daughter, Indy, born in 2017, and a son, Ocean, born in 2020.

Building #MomTok on TikTok

Before reality TV, Paul was a full-time content creator posting lifestyle, parenting and dance videos from her home in Utah. She describes herself as the founder of #MomTok, a loose community of young Mormon mothers whose lip-sync and dance clips drew millions of views.

What began as casual videos turned into a business. The group’s members collaborated on content and attracted sponsorships from brands that wanted to reach young families. Her audience has grown to about 6 million TikTok followers, which remains the core of her earning power.

The 2022 scandal

In May 2022, Paul said on a TikTok Live that she and her husband had been “soft swinging” with other couples and that she had broken the rules of that arrangement. She announced her divorce the same month.

The story went viral far beyond TikTok. It made her a national name and, two years later, became the opening storyline of her Hulu show.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

Hulu premiered The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on September 6, 2024. The show followed Paul and other MomTok creators, and the first season centered on the fallout from her scandal and her 2023 arrest.

The series was an instant hit:

• Hulu said it was its most-watched unscripted season premiere of 2024.
• It became Hulu’s first unscripted series to reach Nielsen’s weekly streaming top 10 for original shows.
• Season 2 was viewed 5 million times in its first five days.
• It earned a 2025 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.

Critics widely called Paul the breakout star of season 1. Hulu kept the show coming: season 2 premiered in May 2025, season 3 in November 2025, season 4 in March 2026 and season 5 in September 2026. In June 2025, TIME named her to its first TIME100 Creators list.

Reality fame turned into higher-value brand partnerships for the whole cast, and Paul was the most recognizable face. Hulu has never disclosed the cast’s salaries. Paul has said everyone on the show is paid the same and that she has never asked to be the top earner.

The Bachelorette that never aired

On September 10, 2025, Paul announced on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast that she would be the lead of season 22 of The Bachelorette. She was the first lead in the show’s history who did not come from the Bachelor franchise.

Filming ran from October to December 2025, starting in Agoura Hills, California, with trips to Steamboat Springs, Las Vegas and Miami before wrapping in Saint Lucia. ABC set a March 22, 2026 premiere and aired a preview special after the Oscars.

On March 19, 2026, TMZ published video of a 2023 incident in which Paul threw chairs at her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen. Disney pulled the season the same day, three days before it was due to air. Other money hits followed quickly:

• Cinnabon ended a Bachelorette and Mormon Wives product tie-in it had announced on March 9.
• The Tonight Show cancelled a planned appearance.
• Production on Mormon Wives season 5 was paused for a time.

ABC later considered a summer release but never set one. In August 2026 Paul backed a fan petition, which passed 25,000 signatures, asking the network to air the season. In September she said on Hulu’s Get Real podcast that she had become engaged to contestant Doug Mason in the finale. The couple have since split, and as of October 2026 the season remains unaired.

ABC has never said what it paid her. Past leads have reportedly earned between about $110,000 and $250,000, so the role was likely the largest single TV paycheck of her career.

Leaving Mormon Wives

Paul returned to Mormon Wives in a limited role in July 2026, filming intros and opening credits for season 5. On September 21, 2026, she announced on Instagram that she was leaving the show, saying other cast members had bullied her.

Castmates Whitney Leavitt and Mikayla Matthews also said they would not continue, and Jen Affleck moved to the Orange County spinoff. Hulu has renewed the series through season 6. Without the show, Paul’s income depends on her online audience and on whether brands are willing to work with her again.

Brand deals and endorsements

Like most of the MomTok cast, Paul earns most of her money from sponsored content. Typical partners for creators in her space include beauty, fashion, home and family brands that pay for TikTok videos and Instagram posts.

The most public deal of her career was the Cinnabon collaboration of March 2026. It included Bachelorette-themed packaging and a “Swirled Soda” inspired by the dirty-soda trend from Mormon Wives. Cinnabon ended it about a week later, saying it no longer aligned with its brand values.

Her fees are not public. Based on what castmates have disclosed, single deals for top Mormon Wives stars have ranged from about $20,000 to $75,000.

Real estate

Paul lives in Utah. There are no reliable public reports of her home purchases or their prices, so no property figures are included here.

Personal life

Paul and Tate Paul divorced in 2022. Later that year she began dating Dakota Mortensen, a real estate agent, and their son, Ever, was born in March 2024. She has three children in total.

Her relationship with Mortensen has led to well-documented legal matters, summarized briefly here:

• February 2023: arrested after a domestic incident with Mortensen. In August 2023 she entered a plea in abeyance to one third-degree felony count of aggravated assault; four other charges were dismissed, and she received three years of probation.
• February–April 2026: police investigated a new domestic incident between the two. Prosecutors declined to file charges in April 2026. Custody of their son has since been the subject of ongoing family court proceedings.
• August 2026: a judge reduced her 2023 conviction from a felony to a Class A misdemeanor.

She has said she stopped drinking after her 2023 arrest.

Philanthropy

Paul has no major publicly reported charitable foundation or large documented donations.

How Taylor Frankie Paul compares

Star	Reported net worth	Main source
Jen Affleck	$1 million to $5 million	Social media, Mormon Wives
Jessi Ngatikaura	About $1.65 million	Social media, Mormon Wives
Whitney Leavitt	About $1 million	Social media, Mormon Wives
Mayci Neeley	$500,000 to $750,000	Social media, Mormon Wives
Taylor Frankie Paul	About $400,000 (reports up to $3 million)	TikTok, brand deals, reality TV

Figures are unconfirmed estimates for her Mormon Wives castmates, as collected by Hello! magazine in April 2026. Even the richest creators in this group are far from the top of the influencer rich list, which is led by stars such as MrBeast.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Taylor Frankie Paul worth?

About $400,000, according to the most widely reported estimate in 2025 and 2026. Some outlets have put her net worth as high as $3 million.

How does Taylor Frankie Paul make money?

Mainly from TikTok and Instagram sponsorships, plus pay from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and her role on The Bachelorette.

How much did Taylor Frankie Paul get paid for The Bachelorette?

ABC has not disclosed her fee. Past leads have reportedly earned between about $110,000 and $250,000.

Why didn’t Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette season air?

ABC pulled it on March 19, 2026, three days before the premiere, after TMZ released video of a 2023 domestic incident involving Paul and her ex-boyfriend. As of October 2026 it has not aired.

Is Taylor Frankie Paul still on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?

No. She announced on September 21, 2026 that she was leaving the show after five seasons.

How many children does Taylor Frankie Paul have?

Three: Indy and Ocean with ex-husband Tate Paul, and Ever with Dakota Mortensen.

Sources: Cosmopolitan (December 2025), Parade (March 2026), Hello! (April 2026), NBC News, Deadline, Today, Marie Claire, Cox Media Group, Wikipedia. All net worth figures are estimates.