# Joseph Carlson

> Joseph Carlson is the creator of The Joseph Carlson Show, an investing YouTube and podcast series that documents his public stock portfolios and company research. A former senior software developer, he founded Qualtrim, a stock analysis platform built around the research workflow he demonstrates to his audience.

- **Role:** Host of The Joseph Carlson Show; founder of Qualtrim
- **Organizations:** The Joseph Carlson Show, Qualtrim, Joseph Carlson After Hours
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Utah Valley University
- **Known for:** Built The Joseph Carlson Show into a channel he said exceeded 500,000 subscribers by August 2026., Created Qualtrim, a stock analysis platform for his audience., Documented a personal investment portfolio publicly from 2019 onward.

## Career timeline

- **c. 2016** — Began building the stock portfolio he later documented publicly.
- **2019** — Launched The Joseph Carlson Show with a video of his roughly $25,000 M1 Finance dividend portfolio.
- **2020** — Reported more than 134,000 YouTube subscribers and 20,000 podcast listeners in a Reddit AMA; described his work as senior full-stack web development.
- **2022** — Qualtrim was referenced as his stock research product in show episode descriptions.
- **2026** — Described an approximately $1.5 million public portfolio, a main channel with more than half a million subscribers, and an After Hours channel with about a quarter million subscribers.

## Achievements

- Built The Joseph Carlson Show into a channel he said exceeded 500,000 subscribers by August 2026.
- Created Qualtrim, a stock analysis platform for his audience.
- Documented a personal investment portfolio publicly from 2019 onward.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published a retrospective, “How I Built A $1.5 Million Portfolio,” on Joseph Carlson After Hours and said Qualtrim had more than 13,000 paying members.
- **2026-01** — Published a show episode presenting a $1.4 million stock portfolio and discussing its company holdings.

## Links

- Website: https://www.qualtrim.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephjncarlson
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/joecarlsonshow
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JosephCarlsonShow
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joecarlsonshow/

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Last updated: 2026-09-29