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Joe Rogan has completely disrupted the legacy media

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The statistics are inconsistent and not comparable. Spotify is global. Nielsen is the US and only for watching on your TV. Not sure if it’s for watching literally on your TV or also includes watching via your cable tv app on smart tv or mobile devices.

If major clips of any of those channels/shows get millions of views on YouTube every episode, that is not counted. Same if any of this stuff have their own podcasts.

> If major clips of any of those channels/shows get millions of views on YouTube every episode, that is not counted.

But that’s also true of Rogan. His show’s clips get way more views than those other networks.

Sure but it’s not reflected in this chart at all.

This chart is worthless. It takes two unequal measures and puts them on the same chart to suggest a narrative.

Not to mention that the list of shows that you find on this the chart is akin to the magazines that you find by the grocery checkout anyway. They’re entertainment shows. I might listen to Joe Rogan once in a while but it’s like putting on a sitcom.

People don't want to be informed. They want to be entertained.

Then it should not be surprising what occurs here- legacy media are certainly not media used to inform.

I am a fan of the long form interview talking to the guests for 2-3 hours versus what seems like 3-4 minutes on CNN\FOX\MSNBC\CNBC. Also the variety of guests and the diversity of their backgrounds keeps me entertained.

Any suggestions on a Joe Rogan alternatives? Already listening to Lex Fridman.

Rogan guests aren’t as diverse as the general hype for his podcast indicates. The number of right leaning guests is so much more than left leaning guests. Unless things have changed, even far right guests are equal to or more than left guests.

This is only a portion of Rogan guests of course. Not all are political, in any way. Though guests like MMA ones don’t have much to do with CNN/FOX/MANBC/CNN since that’s not something they really cover.

Not necessarily interviews, but The Good Fellows have interesting and nuanced discussions between an economist, historian, and a former general.

Thank you will check it out.

Conversations with Tyler, The Portal (seems dead now)

Making Sense podcast by Sam Harris is pretty good, although he posts much less frequently than Lex Fridman.

That's probably why they tune in to Rogan.

Who is this aimed at? Rogan and legacy media viewers? It can’t just be legacy media viewers

Or, perhaps, they want both

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