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I don't think it's particularly impressive. He's not that different to a top-tier Youtuber or influencer of which there are hundreds who have managed to build

I don't think it's particularly impressive. He's not that different to a top-tier Youtuber or influencer of which there are hundreds who have managed to build successful content businesses with very small staff. They are all just standing on the shoulders of the platforms and content creation tools which allows them to affordably produce and distribute high quality content to billions. Something which has never previously been possible.

adammarples 4y ago
I remember Joe podcasting back when there were like 3 podcasts available. He came out shortly after the iphone, the first platform he was available on was probably iTunes. He's been doing it a long time where many have failed.
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- zimpenfish 4y ago
  > I remember Joe podcasting back when there were like 3 podcasts available. According to [1], JRE launched in late 2009. According to [2], podcasts took off spectacularly in 2004 and by 2005, every man and his dog had a podcast (paraphrasing, obvs.) Whilst he has been doing it a long time, he was relatively late to the party. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_podcasting#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_podcasting#Timeline
  - tomjakubowski 4y ago
    I have no evidence to back it, but it felt to me like there was a podcasting boom around 2004-2006, and then I stopped hearing about them until a revival circa 2014, when everyone and their mother was listening to Serial.
- SyneRyder 4y ago
  Podcasting was around long before the iPhone. There's a reason it's called Pod casting.
nomel 4y ago
I don't think this is right. The podcast and YouTube space is incredibly competitive. Everyone has the same shoulders to stand on. Nobody watches top tier YouTubers, rather than others YouTubers, because of the platform. The platform is absolutely saturated with others, making identical content. It's the same with podcasts. The same guests are almost always making rounds to all the other podcasts, yet people prefer Joe Rogan over all the other podcasts the guests are on. Why? The top tier people have some mix of personality traits, physical traits, work ethics, or talents that separate them from everyone else. That ability to be so massively separated is what should be considered "impressive", since it's provably not trivial or common. I’m always impressed by someone getting to number one, on their own merit, because I know the reasons are extensive rather than simple. Well, except for something like OnlyFans.
towaway15463 4y ago
Pretty shitty dig. You’d better get started on creating that universe if you ever want to claim credit for anything.
prepend 4y ago
> I don't think it's particularly impressive. It’s the highest listened to podcast for many years now. You don’t find that impressive? I’m not a Howard Stern fan, but I’m impressed by the reach of his satellite show. Do you not find podcasts impressing at all? Reaching millions of people for hours each week is very rare.
oswald42 4y ago

adammarples 4y ago

I remember Joe podcasting back when there were like 3 podcasts available. He came out shortly after the iphone, the first platform he was available on was probably iTunes. He's been doing it a long time where many have failed.

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zimpenfish 4y ago
> I remember Joe podcasting back when there were like 3 podcasts available. According to [1], JRE launched in late 2009. According to [2], podcasts took off spectacularly in 2004 and by 2005, every man and his dog had a podcast (paraphrasing, obvs.) Whilst he has been doing it a long time, he was relatively late to the party. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_podcasting#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_podcasting#Timeline
- tomjakubowski 4y ago
  I have no evidence to back it, but it felt to me like there was a podcasting boom around 2004-2006, and then I stopped hearing about them until a revival circa 2014, when everyone and their mother was listening to Serial.
SyneRyder 4y ago
Podcasting was around long before the iPhone. There's a reason it's called Pod casting.

nomel 4y ago

I don't think this is right. The podcast and YouTube space is incredibly competitive. Everyone has the same shoulders to stand on. Nobody watches top tier YouTubers, rather than others YouTubers, because of the platform. The platform is absolutely saturated with others, making identical content. It's the same with podcasts. The same guests are almost always making rounds to all the other podcasts, yet people prefer Joe Rogan over all the other podcasts the guests are on. Why? The top tier people have some mix of personality traits, physical traits, work ethics, or talents that separate them from everyone else. That ability to be so massively separated is what should be considered "impressive", since it's provably not trivial or common. I’m always impressed by someone getting to number one, on their own merit, because I know the reasons are extensive rather than simple. Well, except for something like OnlyFans.

towaway15463 4y ago

Pretty shitty dig. You’d better get started on creating that universe if you ever want to claim credit for anything.

prepend 4y ago

> I don't think it's particularly impressive. It’s the highest listened to podcast for many years now. You don’t find that impressive? I’m not a Howard Stern fan, but I’m impressed by the reach of his satellite show. Do you not find podcasts impressing at all? Reaching millions of people for hours each week is very rare.

oswald42 4y ago