Rogan slips into second spot, as the MeidasTouch Podcast becomes the country's most downloaded and listened to show this month.

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    12•3 days ago

    Why would he mean that? They appear to be the two most-watched cable news channels in the US.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

    In the fourth quarter of 2023, MSNBC was the second most-watched cable news network in the U.S., averaging 792,000 total day viewers, behind rival Fox News, which averaged 1.212 million viewers, and ahead of CNN, which averaged 502,000 viewers

    Also, man, that surprises me. I thought that CNN was the largest. I was expecting Fox to be second-largest and MSNBC to be in the top five or something.

    Maybe I’m just really out-of-date.

    • @TrickDacy
      7•3 days ago

      Just trying to figure out what they meant. Cable news is on the downswing so that was my guess

      • @[email protected]English
        9•3 days ago

        Oh, gotcha.

        Yeah, actually, I mean, I know that it was losing viewers, but I’m also kind of surprised that the numbers are that low, now that I think about it, if that’s “viewers” and not “households viewing”.

        It looks like 2010 was the beginning of the decline.

        I think I last had cable service somewhere around 2004.

        • JWBananasEnglish
          1•2 days ago

          No surprise that it aligns with the proliferation of smartphones.

        • @TrickDacy
          4•3 days ago

          Yeah I think I had cable until about 2014. But for about 8-10 years before that my cable company literally gave me a discount for taking cable with my Internet. I basically never watched it but I’m not paying extra to lose that option.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•3 days ago

        Pretty sure they weren’t implying anything behind it, just that it is similar to what happened back then but with Fox vs MSNBC. People shifting more into left once again, will have to wait and see if it will be major shift.