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.

    • ziggurat@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 days ago

      Their YouTube video titles are super clickbaity but the contents of the videos are very good, and not hyperbole. But the video titles, makes you want to have a service to crowd source video titles…

      Oh there is one, called dearrow

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        That’s how people click on them. I follow a science interview podcast and they hired a new producer that started changing the YouTube thumbnails to those generic dumb click bait ones.

        The host says he hates it, but can’t argue that whenever they make a thumbnail like that, the views are significantly higher.

        In the end, you do what draws eyeballs. The content is what matters.

        • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          What kills me is all of a sudden everyone is using ai art in thumbnails I actually turned off my thumbnail switching plugin to block channels that were using ai art in their thumbnails.