Joe Rogan Is No Longer the King of Podcasts

Following the 2024 Presidential election, it seemed like there was one big winner who wasn’t on a ballot: Joe Rogan. The podcast host seemingly succeeded in putting his finger on the scale and using his platform to help propel Donald Trump back into the White House. But ever since Trump took office, Rogan’s numbers have been slipping. According to The Daily Beast, he got knocked out of the top spot on the charts by anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch, and he’s not taking it particularly well. On Twitter, Rogan sent out a not-at-all bitter “Who?” in reply to a post about MeidasTouch snatching the top spot. It’s the type of thing that you’d say to show that you aren’t bothered by someone’s success even though you really are. Per The Daily Beast, citing data from Podscribe, the MeidasTouch Podcast has managed to rack up 56 million downloads and views across all platforms through February, jettisoning it ahead of the Joe Rogan Experience and its combined 48.6 million downloads and views durin ... Read full article.