The Joe Rogan Experience debuted in 2009, has been a Spotify exclusive since 2020, and we’re just getting started. Today we announced our new multiyear partnership deal with JRE. There’s so much more ahead, including that the show will soon be available on additional platforms. JRE remains podcasting’s king, consistently ranking as the most-listened-to podcast globally and our users have ranked the show as Spotify’s Wrapped top podcast each year since 2020.
We wanted to know how Joe gets it all done. He’s changed podcasting, but how has podcasting changed him? Joe also queued up an exclusive Green Room playlistfor fans (peep the iconic neon sign from the Comedy Mothership as the playlist cover art), just to help set a proper mood.
You’ve released more than 2,200 episodes of JRE and have a signature interview style—especially the length of those conversations. Talk a bit about how your style has evolved over the years?
I think podcasting is an art form and I definitely sucked at it when I first started. I was curious, but I didn’t understand how to make a conversation flow. I didn’t know when to shut up and listen, and I didn’t know how to make someone comfortable so that you can get the most out of their perspective. I’ve learned how to assist the conversation’s flow instead of waiting for my turn to talk. I learned how to be fully locked in with what the other person is saying.
A lot of what helps is that I’ve done it for so many hours and learned how to do it better over trial and error, but also that I only have people on the show that I’m genuinely interested in talking to. I never do a podcast just because a person is popular. It’s always from a place of “I think it would be cool to talk to that person.” I’ve also learned so much—not just from all the episodes themselves—but also from all the audiobooks I’ve listened to, articles and books that I’ve read, and documentaries I’ve watched either for the show, or because of the show. I always feel like, in starting this podcast, I stumbled into this fantastic accidental education just by being interested in talking to people, and being fortunate enough that people want to listen.
Any guests that changed the way you think about life?
Too many to name. I’ve been blown away countless times by the way brilliant people interface with the world, and how it shapes the way they describe life. Cool conversations are a kind of mental nourishment, and if you’re never around interesting people, and you don’t get to have conversations with people who are exceptional, I think it’s almost a kind of social starvation. I think that’s why so many people like to listen to podcasts—because you can be a fly on the wall and experience the inner workings of the mind of someone way different than anyone you would normally encounter in your life.
I also think that from listening to these cool conversations it encourages people to have similar conversations with their friends, and it just generally makes life more interesting. I’m also lucky to be friends with some of the funniest people alive, and when people hear those episodes, it’s a hilarious relief from all the bullshit most people are going through in life. I think that experience is extra special because nothing is planned out. There’s no script of what we’re going to talk about, and it all just sort of happens in real time. It’s just an actual organic conversation with people enjoying themselves, which is something we all can relate to, and something we all love to do. These conversations have changed the way I think about life immeasurably and continue to do so. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to do it.
Tell us about your Green Room playlist. What kind of music do you want to listen to before you start a show or go on stage?
The Green Room playlist is something we started when I realized it’s more fun to turn the green room into a party. I learned that from Dave Chappelle. He would always come to the Comedy Store and bring a big bluetooth speaker, and Dave has dope taste in music. It changed the vibe of the room and it actually enhanced the conversations. I copied that and started doing it everywhere I went, and it made it way more fun. When we set up the Comedy Mothership, we installed a killer sound system in the green room and whenever someone introduces me to something cool it makes it on the list.
I usually play it randomly. Sometimes I’ll start at the last song on the list. Sometimes I just spin the scroll and let my finger land anywhere. I think the current list is over 15 hours of music. It’s everything from Run The Jewels to The Black Keys to Janis Joplin and Liz Phair. A lot of the songs are recommended by my fellow comics and there’s some gems in there that I also picked up from Spotify’s suggestions. There’s all kinds of music on the list, from country to hip-hop to classic rock and Delta blues. I’ve even got a 1970’s Christian rock song in there. I love the vibe you get from shit hopping from Die Antwoord to Nina Simone right to Wu-Tang Clan and Led Zeppelin. It’s just a fun list of cool music and I love it. If I had to pick one song to get the party started, it’s KC & The Sunshine Band‘s “I’m Your Boogie Man.” That’s the best song ever to be listening to while you walk into a sold out arena green room. It just sets the mood perfectly.
“Stream On is about all the ways we are bringing Spotify to life and letting creators at all stages of their careers know that we are open for business,” Spotify Founder and CEO Daniel Ek said. “We are focused on building the best home for them—a place where they can establish a career, thrive, and grow, and where the world can be inspired by their creativity. And that’s what we’ve been doing for almost 17 years: building, improving, and reimagining this home to better meet creator needs and help them chart new pathways to success.”
From new app functionality to a holistic one-stop shop for podcasting to more opportunities for artists to engage with their fans, Stream On further cements our commitment to the creative community.
“As we look to the future, we are excited to expand that ambition to even more creators across new formats. We’re enabling more creativity, discovery, and personalization than ever before by providing the best resources, support, and interactivity,” Daniel said.
Helping fans discover creators and artists
We’ve unveiled one of the biggest evolutions since Spotify’s inception: a new, dynamic interface on mobile built for deeper discovery and more meaningful connections between artists and fans.
With this new experience, we’re giving fans an even more active role in the audio discovery process, and giving creators even more space to share their work. Powered by advanced recommendations, new visual canvases, and a completely new and interactive design, the new interface is making discovering new audio easier than ever before and helping introduce users to their next favorite artist, podcast, or book. It’s all about closing the distance between creators and fans—and setting the stage for long-term, lasting connections that reach beyond viral success.
The new Spotify will roll out in waves to our 500 million+ monthly active users beginning today. Here’s what to expect:
Music, podcast, and audiobook previews across Music, Podcasts & Shows, and Audiobooks feeds for listeners to sample before they play or save. We’re also bringing “shortcuts” to the top of listeners’ feeds—giving users easy access to some of their recent and favorite listens.
New feeds for discovery on Searchthat will allow users to quickly and easily explore personalized, short Canvas clips from tracks across some of your favorite genres. Users can easily save the song to a playlist, follow the artist, or share it with friends, all from one place. Looking for something else? Explore related genres using the hashtag within the feed, all with the goal of making discovery even easier.
We’re also bringing this feature to popular playlists like Discover Weekly, Release Radar, New Music Friday, and RapCaviar, inviting users to preview tracks on a playlist before diving in.
Just like with music, we’re now serving Autoplay for Podcasts—when a podcast ends, another episode that fits the user’s tastes and is relevant will automatically start playing.
Smart Shuffle, the easiest way to breathe new life into custom curated playlists with just the tap of a button.
“Spotify recommendations drive close to half of all users’ streams. And when listeners decide to follow a creator, they listen to, on average, five times more of their music,” said GustavSöderström, Spotify Co-President and Chief Product & Technology Officer. “That’s why discoveries on Spotify—unlike many other platforms—give creators so much more than just a fleeting moment of viral fame. Those meaningful, long-term connections are a key part of what makes Spotify a platform for professional and aspiring artists.”
Supporting artist success through streaming
We also unveiled our annual music royalties report, Loud & Clear. The 2023 update demonstrates that more and more artists are finding success than ever before: The number of artists generating $1M+, as well as those generating $10,000+, has more than doubled over the past five years. Additionally, we estimate that the 50,000th highest-earning artist on Spotify generated more than $50,000 across all recorded revenue sources.
Loud & Clear also details how Spotify pays the vast majority of every dollar it generates for music—nearly 70%—back to the industry, and all-time Spotify payouts to music rights holders are approaching $40 billion.
Enabling audience development for artists through new and enhanced tools
We’re always building up our suite of tools to help artists find the fans who’ll love their music most. Here are a few of the new features they will soon find in the Campaigns section of Spotify for Artists:
Marqueeis a full-screen, sponsored recommendation of a new release that’s focused on reaching listeners who have shown interest in an artist’s music. On average, Marquee is 10 times more cost-effective at getting listeners to stream music on Spotify than ads are on the most popular social media platforms.
Discovery Mode is a tool through which artists and their teams identify priority songs, and Spotify will add that signal to the algorithms that shape personalized listening sessions. Today, Discovery Mode is directly available within Spotify for Artists, and is accessible to a wider range of artists and their teams, including thousands of independently distributed artists and labels.
Showcase is a mobile card on our brand-new home feed that will introduce an artist’s music—whether a new release or catalog—to likely listeners. We’re just starting to test Showcase with artists and labels, and will make it more widely available in the near future.
We also shared more details on the next revenue line we’ll enable to help artists grow: merchandise and live events.
New Concert and Merch Discovery tools will help make sure concertgoers never miss another show. Listeners will begin to see merch offers and concert listings in far more places across the app. If a show catches a fan’s eye, they can tap a new “interested” button to save the listing to their own calendar in the Live Events Feed. Users can adjust their location and browse concerts worldwide, all personalized to their taste.
Spotify is also expanding its Fans First program to include more artists, ensuring top listeners receive emails and notifications that give them special access to concert pre-sales and merch exclusives.
And we unveiled new features and product expansions that allow more artists to express themselves in new ways and build buzz among fans. These include:
Spotify Clips, which letsartists add 30-second videos to their artist profiles and album pages so fans can go deeper into their stories while they’re listening; and
CountdownPages, which provide dedicated space on an artist’s profile and Spotify’s Home feed for fans to pre-save albums, see exclusive videos, pre-order merch, preview tracklists, and watch the timer count down to a new release.
Reintroducing Spotify for Podcasters as our one-stop shop for creators
Podcast creators joined our executives onstage to showcase the reimagined Spotify for Podcasters.The site now brings together the best of Spotify’s podcast creator tools into a one-stop shop to create, manage, grow, and monetize podcast content, including:
Broader availability of Spotify-unique features like video podcasting, interactive episodes using Q&A and Polls, subscriptions, and robust analytics
Podcast previews, PodcastChapters, SpotifyLabs, and a new space for educational podcasting content
Megaphone, Spotify’s hosting solution for enterprise publishers, will be integrated into Spotify for Podcasters in the future. Netflix and Australia’s Schwartz Media werejust signed on as two of the latest publishers.
We also looked back at the growth of the Spotify Audience Network (SPAN), our audio-first marketplace that connects podcast publishers and independent creators with advertisers, including monthly payouts to opted-in publishers.
Since we launched SPAN in 2021, it has grown by nearly 50%. Advertiser participation has since increased by 500%.
The number of independent and enterprise podcasters taking part in SPAN has grown eightfold in the last two years, with NPR being the latest publisher to join the network.
We’re partnering with Patreon,which will enable creators to expand their creative business through direct payments from fans, and allow fans to listen to their Patreon content on Spotify.
Announcing new and expanded Spotify Originals and exclusives
Spotify Original and exclusive podcasts saw much success in 2022, with Case 63, The Joe Rogan Experience, and Call Her Daddy taking the top spots of the Wrapped top global podcasts. And now that Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain is exclusively on our platform, Spotify has four of the top five biggest hits worldwide.
We’re expanding our catalog with new shows, including The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark. This latest title follows the Batman Unburied series and its characters in a brand-new story led by Phantom 4 and filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer DavidS. Goyer.
We’re also introducing more video podcasts, with Forbidden Fruits with Julia Fox and Niki Takesh returning for a second season and an exclusive video podcast edition of the show. Drew Afualo’s podcast, The Comment Section, is also coming to Spotify exclusively starting April 5.
We’ve also entered into an exclusive video partnership with Markiplier to produce exclusive video episodes of DistractibleandGo! My Favorite Sports Team for Spotify beginning today. And with innovative partnerships on the way from Collab, Creative Juice, Get Engaged Media, Golden Child, and Karat to bring their creators’ videos to Spotify, as well as limited video series exclusively available on Spotify from Mindset Mentor, we’re looking forward to introducing millions of new listeners to video podcasts.
Welcoming creators and artists “home” to Spotify
Immediately following the presentation, we opened the doors of our campus in Los Angeles’ Arts District to creators for our “Play On” event to demo new products, hold workshops with top industry creators, and share insider knowledge on how best to use Spotify from the people who helped develop the tools at the company. To close out the activities, we’ll be hosting an all-female showcase to celebrate International Women’s Day.
“Today, there are more than 10 million creators on Spotify, with over half a billion listeners across 184 countries and markets,” Daniel noted. “Think about the massive potential that represents for creators. No matter where you are on your own creative journey within music, podcasts, or audiobooks. The potential to reach half a billion people. And that reach is about to become more powerful with what we’ve introduced today.”
Watch the 10-minute recap of the entire event below.
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No hay una sola forma de definir lo que ha sido el 2022. El volver luego de algunos años de incertidumbre nos ha llevado a que cada quien cree una “nueva normalidad” en nuestras relaciones con la cultura, y entre nosotros. Este año, los oyentes de Spotify aprovecharon para redefinir lo que les apasiona. Y ahora es tiempo de relevar lo que colectivamente cautivó y obsesionó a todo el mundo en la suma de todos los Mi 2022 en Spotify.
Desde la música que nos hace bailar hasta los podcasts que nos mantienen fascinados, este es el audio que llegó a la cima de las playlists de los oyentes de Spotify.
Los artistas más escuchados de 2022
Es un tricampeonato para Bad Bunny. El cantante y compositor es el artista más escuchado del mundo en Spotify, un lugar que mantiene desde el 2020. Ningún otro artista ha logrado esa hazaña antes, así que para celebrar, convertimos el botón de corazón en Spotify en el icónico corazón rojo de Un Verano Sin Ti. El artista también fue el más escuchado en todos los países hispanohablantes de Latinoamérica.
Taylor Swift llegó a tiempo a la cita con sus fans a medianoche, y eso la impulsó a convertirse en la segunda artista más reproducida del año globalmente, y en el primer lugar de Australia, el Reino Unido, Irlanda, Malasia, Filipinas, Nueva Zelanda, Qatar, Eslovenia y Singapur. Completando los cinco artistas más escuchados están las dos potencias de Toronto, Drake y The Weeknd, junto con la banda de K-Pop BTS.
Las canciones más escuchadas de 2022
El creador de la canción del verano de 2022, Harry Styles, se lleva el codiciado honor de tener la canción más reproducida en todo el mundo con su éxito “As It Was”. La canción “Heat Waves” de la banda británica de indie rock Glass Animals es la segunda canción más escuchada de 2022, y los fanáticos simplemente no tienen suficiente. La colaboración del artista australiano The Kid LAROI con Justin Bieber en “STAY” es la tercera canción más reproducida del año. “Me Porto Bonito” feat. Chencho Corleone y “Tití Me Preguntó” de Bad Bunny ocupan el cuarto y quinto lugar, respectivamente.
Los álbumes más escuchados del 2022
Ahora bien, ¿qué obra en formato álbum, se escuchó más en 2022? Del español al inglés, del pop al hip-hop, los oyentes de todo el mundo mostraron una variedad de gustos. Un Verano Sin Ti de Bad Bunny ocupa el primer lugar como el álbum más reproducido a nivel global para 2022. Harry’s House de Harry Styles ocupa el segundo lugar. El álbum debut de Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR, ocupa el tercer lugar como álbum más escuchado. El álbum =de la superestrella del pop británico Ed Sheeran sigue siendo un favorito de los fans en el número cuatro. Finalmente, el álbum Planet Her (Deluxe) de la rapera y cantante estadounidense Doja Cat ocupa el quinto sitio.
Los podcasts más escuchados de 2022
Este año, la oferta de podcasts de Spotify se expandió a nuevos mercados, brindando a más oyentes de todo el mundo nuevos programas para maratonear. Con más de cuatro millones de podcasts, la plataforma ofrece algo para cada tipo de oyente de podcasts. Pero, ¿qué programas dejaron su huella especialmente en 2022? A nivel mundial, el podcast más popular por tercer año consecutivo es The Joe Rogan Experience. Call Her Daddy, de Alex Cooper, ocupa el lugar del segundo podcast más popular. Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain, una futura exclusiva de Spotify que toca una variedad de temas de la popular creadora estadounidense, ocupa el tercer lugar, mientras que Caso 63, un podcast original de Spotify que se estrenó en español, portugués brasileño,hindi, y el inglés ocupa el cuarto lugar con todas sus iteraciones de idiomas combinadas. Crime Junkie, un podcast sobre crímenes reales de Ashley Flowers y Brit Prawat, completa la lista como el quinto podcast más popular.
Las tendencias globales que moldearon el año
Estos artistas, canciones, álbumes y podcasts no fueron los únicos referentes que dieron forma a nuestro año. También hubo tendencias de audio en Spotify que unieron a las personas a través de la risa y la diversión.
La nostalgia sigue muy presente en las playlists de los fans
Y, por supuesto, nuestros oyentes realmente dominan todo sobre sus programas y películas.
¿Ya revisaste tu propio #Mi2022enSpotify? ¿Estos artistas, canciones, álbumes, podcasts y tendencias aparecen en tu experiencia de fin de año? Obtén más información sobre lo que tenemos reservado específicamente para ti aquí.
Mientras nos despedimos de 2022, puedes encontrar las listas completas de las canciones, los artistas, álbumes y podcasts más escuchados a continuación.
Los artistas más escuchados globalmente
Bad Bunny
Taylor Swift
Drake
The Weeknd
BTS
Los álbumes más escuchados globalmente
1. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
Harry’s House by Harry Styles
SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
= by Ed Sheeran
Planet Her by Doja Cat
Las canciones más escuchadas globalmente
“As It Was” by Harry Styles
“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
“STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI
“Me Porto Bonito” by Bad Bunny feat. Chencho Corleon
“Tití Me Preguntó” by Bad Bunny
Los podcasts más populares globalmente
The Joe Rogan Experience
Call Her Daddy
Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain
Case 63 (All Languages)
Crime Junkie
Los artistas de K-Pop más escuchados globalmente
BTS
BLACKPINK
TWICE
Stray Kids
SEVENTEEN
Las canciones con las letras más compartidas globalmente
“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
“Heather” by Conan Gray
“I Love You So” by The Walters
“Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Rey
“Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane
Los artistas más virales globalmente
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Bad Bunny
BTS
Lana Del Rey
*Artistas virales significa que su música se comparte con mayor frecuencia en las plataformas sociales desde Spotify
There’s no single way to define what a year 2022 has been. Coming back after a few years of uncertainty has led each of us to create a “new normal” in our relationships to culture—and to each other. This year, Spotify listeners especially took the chance to redefine how they find joy. And now, it’s time to unveil what the world collectively delighted in and obsessed over with Spotify’s 2022 Wrapped.
From the music that makes us dance to the podcasts that keep us riveted, this is the audio that bubbled to the top of Spotify listeners’ playlists.
The top global artists of 2022
It’s a three-peat for global recording artist Bad Bunny. The singer-songwriter is the year’s most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify—a spot he’s held since 2020. No other artist has ever accomplished the feat before, so to celebrate, we’ve turned the heart button on Spotify into the singer’s custom red-heart icon.
Taylor Swift held true to her invitation to meet her at midnight, and it propelled her to become the second-most-streamed artist of the year globally—and the top artist in Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Qatar, Slovenia, and Singapore. Rounding out the top five artists are the two very familiar Toronto powerhouses Drake and The Weeknd, along with K-Pop band BTS.
Plenty of artists had their worlds rocked this year by the power of social media. The most “viral” artists were those who had their music most frequently shared to social platforms from Spotify. Taylor Swift’s Midnights release certainly got the world talking, and she claims the top spot as the most viral artist globally. The second-place position goes to The Weeknd, followed by Bad Bunny. Rounding out spots four and five are BTS andLana Del Rey.
So what collective body of work, in album form, was streamed most in 2022? From Spanish to English, pop to hip-hop, listeners around the world showed a variety of tastes. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti takes the top spot for most-streamed album globally for 2022. Harry Styles‘ Harry’s House comes in at number two. Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, SOUR, takes the third spot for most-streamed album. British pop superstar Ed Sheeran’s album = continues to be a fan favorite at number four. And finally, American rapper and singer Doja Cat’s album Planet Her (Deluxe) grabs the fifth spot.
The top global podcasts of 2022
This year, Spotify’s podcast offerings expanded into new markets, providing more listeners around the world with new shows to binge. With more than four million podcasts, the platform offers something for every type of podcast listener. But what shows especially made their mark in 2022? Globally, the most popular podcast for the third year running is The Joe Rogan Experience. Call Her Daddy, from host Alex Cooper, takes the spot for second-most popular podcast. Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain, a soon-to-be-Spotify Exclusive touching on a variety of topics from the popular American creator, takes the third spot, while Caso 63, a Spotify Original podcast that’s debuted in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, and English takes the fourth spot with all its language iteration feeds combined. Crime Junkie, a true-crime podcast from Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat, rounds out the list as the fifth-most popular podcast.
The global trends that shaped our year
These most-streamed artists, songs, albums, and podcasts weren’t the only guideposts that shaped our year. There were also audio trends on Spotify that brought people together through laughter, amusement, and enjoyment.
Nostalgia remains a staple in our listeners’ queues.
This year, Spotify fans were all about the aesthetic.
After two years of pandemic postponement, 2022 was the year for many to finally say, “I do.”
Little Miss, the British children’s book character, made a resurgence in 2022 with fill-in-the-blank-style memes. May we suggest “Little Miss can’t stop posting her Wrapped results”?
But a new topic that surprised everyone was corn, thanks to corn kid.
And, of course, our listeners really know their shows and movies.
And their memes.
Have you checked out your own Wrapped yet? Do these artists, songs, albums, podcasts, and trends make an appearance in your end-of-year experience? Find out more about what we have in store specifically for you here.
As we bid farewell to 2022, you can find the full lists of the top songs, artists, albums, and podcasts below.
Most-Streamed Artists Globally
Bad Bunny
Taylor Swift
Drake
The Weeknd
BTS
Most-Streamed Artists in the U.S.
Drake
Taylor Swift
Bad Bunny
Kanye West
The Weeknd
Most-Streamed Albums Globally
Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
Harry’s House by Harry Styles
SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
= by Ed Sheeran
Planet Her by Doja Cat
Most-Streamed Albums in the U.S.
Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
Harry’s House by Harry Styles
Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen
Midnights by Taylor Swift
SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
Most-Streamed Songs Globally
“As It Was” by Harry Styles
“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
“STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI
“Me Porto Bonito” by Bad Bunny feat. Chencho Corleon
“Tití Me Preguntó” by Bad Bunny
Most-Streamed Songs in the U.S.
“As It Was” by Harry Styles
“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
“Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy
“Me Porto Bonito” by Bad Bunny feat. Chencho Corleon
Another summer has flown by, and with it, the songs and shows that have complimented countless beach days, park hangs, pool lounging, and road trips. Now, as August draws to a close, Spotify is once again announcing the top songs and podcasts that filled listeners’ headphones and speakers this season.
Songs of the summer
With more than 600 million streams globally between May 29 and August 22, this year’s Spotify Song of the Summer is… “good 4 u” by “drivers license” breakout star Olivia Rodrigo.
“good 4 u” claimed the top spot globally, and it also topped the list in markets like the U.S., Australia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, the U.K., South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. And since the song’s release on May 14, “good 4 u” has been added to more than 18 million playlists. It also served as the inspiration for more than 325,000 user-generated playlist titles, including: 1,500+ “like a damn sociopath” playlists and 700+“happy and healthy” playlists.
The next four of the global top five songs took us on a journey around the world. Number two globally was Eurovision winner Måneskin’s“Beggin’.” And since everything about this list is thanks to everything about you and how you listen, “Todo De Ti” by Rauw Alejandro was all in for number three.
Lil Nas X was another summer mainstay for listeners, with “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” calling itself fourth on the list, and Doja Cat and SZA’s collab on“Kiss Me More,” which kept the summer sizzling, rounded out fifth place.
The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is coming to Spotify via a multi-year exclusive licensing deal. The talk series has long been the most-searched-for podcast on Spotify and is the leading show on practically every other podcasting platform. And, like all podcasts and vodcasts on Spotify, it will remain free and accessible to all Spotify users.
Since its launch in 2009, the pioneering Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) has broken ground and built one of the most loyal and engaged fan bases in the world. Rogan brings his sensibilities as a stand-up comic to the show, and alongside dynamic and diverse guests, he fearlessly broaches far-ranging topics including neuroscience, sports, comedy, health, infectious disease, and our ever-changing culture—all with a mix of curiosity and humor.
In addition to the wildly popular podcast format, JRE also produces corresponding video episodes, which will also be available on Spotify as in-app vodcasts.
Bringing the JRE to Spotify will mean that the platform’s more than 286 million active users will have access to one of culture’s leading voices. By partnering with Spotify, Rogan and his team will enjoy the support of the world’s leading audio platform.
From his earliest days behind the mic, Joe has been a commentator, fixture, and driving force in culture helping to lay the foundation for the podcasting renaissance we are experiencing today. While Spotify will become the exclusive distributor of JRE, Rogan will maintain full creative control over the show.
This partnership represents a major addition to the already unrivaled slate of exclusive audio content available to audiences on Spotify.
The JRE will debut on Spotify on September 1, 2020, and become exclusively available on the platform later this year. Follow it here.
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