The highly anticipated “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast featuring Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has become the most viral episode in the series’ history. The podcast's video has amassed more than 26 million views in the first 24 hours since its release, according to Newsweek.
Trump sat with Rogan for three hours, discussing political issues, UFOs, nuclear energy, wind turbines, Trump’s regrets from his presidency, and the false claim that he won the 2020 election and that it was stolen through voter fraud.
The audio podcast is available on iHeartPodcasts, Spotify, Apple, and other platforms. However, listening statistics are not released for individual episodes. Until the Trump appearance, Rogan’s most viewed episode featured Elon Musk smoking marijuana.
Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have appeared on podcasts and radio programs throughout the campaign. The Harris campaign team said the Democratic nominee would not be able to join Rogan on his podcast due to scheduling conflicts.
"We talked with Rogan and his team about the podcast. Unfortunately, it isn't going to work out right now because of the scheduling of this ... period of the campaign," spokesperson Ian Sams said, according to Reuters.
The jury is out on whether the Harris or Trump appearances on podcasts will do much to sway voters.
USA Today and Suffolk University asked 1,000 likely voters whether they were aware of some recent podcast interviews. According to the report, roughly one in four were aware of the podcast appearances. That includes 28% who knew that Harris appeared on “Call Her Daddy,” and 22.5% who knew that Harris was on podcasts like “This Past Weekend with Theo Von” or Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh’s “Flagrant.”
While the data also means that 72% weren’t aware of Harris on Alex Cooper’s show, and 77.5% were clueless as to Trump’s podcast interviews, the niche appeal of podcasts is the real story. “Call Her Daddy” is the show with the largest number of young female listeners, and that is what Harris’s campaign was likely targeting. Similarly, Trump has been mainly speaking with podcasters that have big numbers of young, male listeners — a demographic his campaign staff is focused on turning out.
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