After months of sharply criticizing President Donald Trump’s actions, decisions and rhetoric, the left-leaning MeidasTouch Podcast overtook the Joe Rogan Experience for the first time last week, according to YouTube’s weekly ranking of top podcast shows.
While Rogan’s 20.1 million YouTube followers dwarf MeidasTouch’s 5.2 million, the podcasting giant’s show finished in second place. Progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen and conservative-leaning Sean Ryan’s shows also made the top ten.
The MeidasTouch Podcast saw its rankings climb in July as Trump attempted to appease Congress, the media, and voters over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, with episodes zeroing in on the president’s past ties to and comments about the disgraced financier.
Rogan just transitioned because that was his base. He leaned more into the base, knowing he would bank millions. Sean Ryan, I would argue, is even more interesting than Rogan. He admits when wrong and will change his views when presented strong evidence. Like the Gavin Newsome interview he had for example.
Rogan just goes along with the guest, some things might stick like the moon landing was fake. But most of Rogan is just going with the flow.