The TV titan walked away from her hit daily series last May, after 25 years at the top and set up her OWN network, which has struggled to attract the same level of viewers.
However, that hasn't lost Winfrey her place atop Forbes magazine's highest paid women in Hollywood countdown - she earned $US165 million ($A160.08 million) between May 2011 and May 2012.
Comeback queen Britney Spears is at number two, with $US58 million, after signing up as a judge on the US's The X Factor, while country singer Taylor Swift is in third place with $US57 million.
Other stars to make the list include Rihanna and Ellen DeGeneres (tied with $US53 million), and Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez (tied with $US52 million.
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