Posted on 03/25/2024 8:58:23 AM PDT by george76
Spotify has never revealed how many listeners Joe Rogan has on his massively popular podcast – until now. "The Joe Rogan Experience" has a gigantic audience – triple the size of the next most-listened-to podcast on the streaming platform.
In February, the Wall Street Journal reported that Rogan had signed a new multiyear deal with Spotify worth an estimated $250 million. By re-signing with the streaming behemoth, Rogan reportedly received an upfront minimum guarantee and revenue-sharing based on sales of advertisements. The contract is a three-year deal, according to the New York Daily News.
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in the press release regarding Rogan's new deal, Spotify proclaimed him to be "podcasting’s king," adding that "The Joe Rogan Experience" is "consistently ranking as the most-listened-to podcast globally and our users have ranked the show as Spotify’s Wrapped top podcast each year since 2020."
However, Spotify had previously never released any actual audience totals for the prolific podcaster.
In February, Spotify quietly rolled out a new feature that revealed how many followers each of the podcasts on the streaming service have.
Bloomberg was the first to report on the new feature, and revealed that "The Joe Rogan Experience" has 14.5 million followers. The gigantic total is nearly three times more than the next most popular program – "TED Talks Daily." In third place is the "Call Her Daddy" podcast with 3.7 million followers.
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Rogan's new deal brings his entertainment show back to YouTube, where it previously had massive success. The podcast was yanked from YouTube after Rogan signed his 2020 exclusive deal with Spotify, which is said to be worth $100 million.
The top three YouTube episodes include: "Joe Rogan Experience" #1315 – Bob Lazar & Jeremy Corbell (58 million views), "The Joe Rogan Experience" #1368 – Edward Snowden (38 million views), and "The Joe Rogan Experience" #1470 – Elon Musk (33 million views).
Rogan has more than 16.4 followers on YouTube.
Earlier this month, musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell announced they were returning their music catalog to Spotify after a boycott aimed at Rogan.
Young, followed by Mitchell, took their music off Spotify for allowing "irresponsible people" who were “spreading lies that are costing people their lives" regarding COVID-19 vaccines. The shot was aimed at getting Rogan pulled from the platform for continually questioning the official coronavirus narrative.
Young walked back his protest and brought back his music to Spotify.
This Guy hopes Neil Young will remember, purebloods don’t need him around, anyhow.
And poor Jodi Mitchel. She just announced she was returning to Spotify!
What is the fascination with Ted Talks?
One of my favorite Ted Talks was banned after they broadcasted it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO4p3xeTtUA
Rogan has 14.5 million Spotify listeners and 16 million on youtube. Are there cross-over listeners registered on both? Yes - but regardless, that’s a huge audience on multiple platforms. For example, I don’t use Spotify, but may listen to Rogan on Youtube or Rumble.
Remember too - a MSNBC prime-time cable TV show will be lucky to get 1.2 million viewers, while CNN prime-time news show may get 500K
Dinosaur cable and print media are nearly dead.
All the more reason the CIA, Democrats and the deep-state want total control of the internet
Fair enough.
But why is there demand to see randos speaking to a crowd of randos on fractured topics, sponsored by Ted?
Just because someone is speaking before an audience, that doesn’t mean they’re worthwhile.
It’s the same thing with podcasts. *I* could launch a podcast. That doesn’t mean it’s worth anyone’s time (though, I assure you, it’d be riveting!).
Thanks george76. Considering what a crap stand-up comedian he is, and credulous cipher about everything brought by everyone he hosts, his is easily the most consistently fearless and interesting interview show that exists. With the kind of money he makes, he should contribute at least half of each quarter's FReepathon. Oddball GGG ping.
It’s too bad Rush isn’t still with us! He’d have nearly a billion worldwide by now.
Podcasts allow deep dives into topics not covered elsewhere—as well as points of view not available through “mainstream” outlets.
Here is one example—a brief series but imho outstanding work that would be banned everywhere from universities to mass media:
https://podbay.fm/p/where-is-my-mind
Here is another example on the topic of UFOs—one of my favorites:
https://podbay.fm/p/point-of-convergence
I’ve never listened to his podcast. Or any podcast for that matter. No interest.
My son(the Scientist) loves to listen to The Lex Fridman podcasts.
He does the deep dive into a lot of tech subjects. Frankly, a lot of the subjects are over my head. Although he gets interviews with people like Netanyahu that others can not.
Keep in mind, Lex has a PHD in Computer Science from Drexel. He is currently employed at MIT. Fridman holds a first degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He lives in Austin and is good friends with Joe Rogan.
14m isn’t that many these days.
a game, roblox, has 70m+ active daily users and 200m+ active monthly
Give me a hobby of yours—and I can probably find a podcast that you would like.
There are millions of them.
Rogan is a thinker.
He’s open about issues he isn’t fully settled on, but his
thoughts are reasoned and logical.
He’s a good guy.
I don’t recall the specific numbers but Rush used to talk about the audiences of the big three being around 40-50 million per day but then with cable, they were fighting for 10 million. If my numbers are accurate, Rogan is more successful then most news programs.
15MM doesn’t seem like very much when you have a worldwide audience potential and there’s supposedly 600MM+ on the platform...?
5x more that any Fox News show though.
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