Summary
Joe Rogan’s podcast has lost its long-held No. 1 ranking to the anti-Trump MeidasTouch Podcast, according to Podscribe data.
MeidasTouch, founded by the Meiselas brothers, saw a 101% increase in downloads, reaching 56 million, while The Joe Rogan Experience dropped 32% to 48.6 million.
The shift marks a rare moment where a left-leaning podcast overtakes typically dominant conservative voices.
It remains uncertain whether MeidasTouch will maintain its top position or if other anti-Trump podcasts will gain traction.
This is like the gen alpha version of “MSNBC beats out Fox as most viewed cable news network” headlines from 2017
Is your point that no one listens to podcasts? Because they do.
Non-children listen to these podcasts?
I’m just depressed that Rogan’s podcast was nr 1.
Yeah, I legitimately don’t understand it. I used to like his show back around 2016-2017sh time frame. Back then, he usually just had well known comedians on and shot the shit and it was funny. Hell, he’d even have cool scientists on discussing new research they were doing that he found interesting. He’d have the occasional fringe topic, e.g. UFOs, conspiracies, etc., but it was always done in an entertaining way and wasn’t overly political.
I don’t know what the hell happened, but around 2019/2020 he just went way to the far right and became a giant piece of shit. I haven’t listened to his garbage show in years.
Same, freaking crazy. 2016-2017 it was awesome, he was actually progressive too, podcast was dope af, had all kinds of cool people on and conversations. Now it’s just pathetic
Im not american, so i don’t know the american lore. Was he “bought” or something? I also heard a few of his podcasts back in the day and it was pretty good.
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Money is what happened.
It’s been number one for over a decade. Think about what that means for our society.
Fuck him.and allnhis bs missinformstion. He exploited ignorance to be rich… he could care less about truth.
Oh hey I didn’t know Meidas Touch had a podcast, I’ve been watching them on youtube for a while.
Thanks. I hate it.
Why is Donna Shellstrop sitting next to him?
Not necessarily “anti-trump”, just “pro-democracy”. Just happens that pro-democracy is inherently anti-trump
I fucking loved listening to Joe for probably a decade, but I haven’t listened to a single ep since December.
That Trump, Vance, Gabbard, Musk run was a stunning indicator to me that he is now bought and sold, and his pods are scripted, which is a complete 180’ on why I liked him.
He used to be genuine and a centrist. Not anymore.
I am interested in why it took you that long, he has been heavily right wing long before Dec and even last year? I also used to listen to him when he was progressive, but he went full MAGA a while ago
I guess I didn’t see him as scripted or paid-for until that 4-guest GOP-a-thon, then it was blindingly obvious (and I’m not American, so I don’t even care about your politics).
I liked Joe because he never appeared to have any agenda, usually saw, or at least humoured both sides of an argument, and right or wrong (yes, he was plenty wrong), he was always at least genuine.
Now, he’s just a 3-hour long commercial.
Great to see it.
