Donald Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan completes the podcast’s big three

Donald Trump appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience this week, celebrating my last strive to connect with younger voters through alternative media channels.

Over the 15 years of its existence The Joe Rogan Experience has amassed a significant following: 14.5 million Spotify subscribers and 17.5 million YouTube subscribers. The show, which is the highest-rated podcast on Spotify, attracts a largely young male audience, a demographic Trump leans toward, as he previously appeared on Shawn Ryan Shaw and Theo Von’s podcast, which are the second and third most popular podcasts in the US on Spotify.

republican The presidential candidate also appeared on Lex Friedman’s podcast. According to audience tracking site Likeweb, Friedman’s audience is 74 percent male, with the majority of his audience being between the ages of 25 and 34.

Collectively, these performances have received over 23.7 million views on YouTube. At the time of writing, Rogan’s podcast with Trump had 3.1 million views.

Trump’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience came two years after Rogan said he refused to invite the former president on his show, calling him an “existential threat to democracy.”

In the latest episode of his podcast, Rogan said he had reconsidered his stance on having Trump on his show after the former president’s experience assassination attempt in July at a rally in Pennsylvania.

“As soon as they shot you, I thought, ‘He’s got to come here,'” Rogan said. “It’s all about timing.”

During the podcast, Trump floated the idea of ​​repealing the income tax and replacing it with tariffs; repeated his statement that Democrats “used COVID for fraudin 2020; and stated that there is “no reason not to think” that there is life on Mars.

He also examined the claims made John Kellyhis former chief of staff, who recently told Atlantic what Trump said: “Hitler did a lot of good thingsKelly also said Trump said he wanted the same level of loyalty that was found among German generals during World War II.

Trump brushed off Kelly on the podcast, comparing him to a “bully” and calling him a “weak man.” He also called his former national security adviser. John Bolton “idiot”. Earlier this month Bolton told Newsweek that Trump had his Secret Service protection cut off “hours after” he left office.

vice president Kamala HarrisTrump’s Democratic opponent has also used podcast appearances to reach younger audiences. Earlier this month she appeared on Call her dad podcast, which is the fifth most popular podcast in the US on Spotify and has 5 million downloads per week. About 90 percent of the show’s listeners are women, according to Facts.net.

Call her dad host Alex Cooper lost thousands of subscribers after the interview, when some listeners accused Cooper of promoting propaganda for Democratic Partywhile others said they didn’t want to see political content from Cooper.

Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll takes place after the podcast found that 51 percent of independent independent experts surveyed noted Harris’ appearance on Call her dadlike her other media appearances, hurt her, while 49 percent said it helped her.