Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is the king of podcasts according to Spotify charts, as he recently maintained his number 1 spot on Spotify 2022 latest figures.
“The Joe Rogan Experience,” which has been exclusively available on Spotify since December 2020, took the No. 1 slot for most popular podcast of the year globally for second year in a row.
Rogan, the comedian-actor who first launched his podcast in 2009, has a multiyear distribution deal with Spotify worth more than $200 million.
On “The Joe Rogan Experience,” he hosts a range of guests spanning the worlds of comedy, sports, politics, entertainment, business, academia and cultural commentary.
He’s a controversial figure: Rogan came under fire this year for spreading misinformation about the COVID vaccine on his show, prompting a boycott of Spotify by Neil Young and a few other artists.
Rogan also faced a backlash over his use of the N-word in older episodes of his podcast.
Earlier this year, Spotify removed 70 episodes “The Joe Rogan Experience” that included “racially insensitive language,” which Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said were pulled at Rogan’s request.
Variety
