Joe Rogan Claims Huge Subscriber Increase As a result of Latest Controversies

Joe Rogan says his current controversy has given his Spotify podcast much more horsepower.

The podcaster claims the media frenzy over anti-vax conspiracy theorist visitors and his previous use of the N-word has netted him two million further subscribers.

In Friday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Expertise, the comedian and UFC commentator was requested by his visitor, British political commentator Douglas Murray, in regards to the uproar.

“You might have been put via the wringer since we final met,” Murray says. “They did a quantity on you. Wow.”

“It’s attention-grabbing, my subscriptions went up massively — that’s what’s loopy,” Rogan replies. “Throughout the top of all of it, I gained two million subscribers … Yeah, [the media] went for it. It’s additionally lucky that the individuals who went for it had been CNN. They’re so untrustworthy and folks understand how biased they’re and socially bizarre their anchors are.”

Spotify doesn’t publicly launch its JRE subscriber numbers. However sources clarified the present has been persistently rising for the reason that podcaster joined the streamer and hasn’t spiked attributable to any explicit occasion. By one current estimate, Rogan sometimes averages 11 million listeners per episode.

Throughout the episode, Rogan mocked CNN particularly, which had inaccurately claimed that he took “horse dewormer” when he had COVID-19. (He took the formulation of Ivermectin made for people.) The podcaster additionally took the chance to mock CNN for the shuttering of its ultra-short-lived streaming service CNN+, which folded after simply three weeks.

“They spent $300 million {dollars}, they acquired 10,000 subscribers,” he marvels. “Think about the hubris of considering that one thing that individuals don’t need free of charge … that you simply’re going to cost cash for it.”

The current controversies had many pressuring Spotify to cancel the podcaster, and musicians similar to Neil Younger and Joni Mitchell pulled their music from the streamer in protest. As well as, Spotify eliminated about 70 of Rogan’s previous episodes and added an advisory to episodes that mentioned COVID-19.

After the controversy, Rogan took the stage in Austin, Texas, and mentioned the headlines in a set at Vulcan Fuel Firm.

“I speak s— for a dwelling — that’s why that is so baffling to me,” he stated. “Should you’re taking vaccine recommendation from me, is that actually my fault? What dumb s— had been you about to do when my silly concept sounded higher?” he stated. “‘You recognize that dude who made individuals eat animal d—s on TV? How does he really feel about drugs?’ If you would like my recommendation, don’t take my recommendation.”’

This text was initially printed by The Hollywood Reporter.