‘Podcast King’ Joe Rogan is dethroned by Meghan Markle’s ‘Archetypes’ of The No. 1 spot On U.S. Podcast charts


‘Podcast King’ Joe Rogan is dethroned by Meghan Markle’s ‘Archetypes’ of The No. 1 spot On U.S. Podcast charts

Joe Rogan and Meghan Markle

The biggest podcast JRE hosted by Joe Rogan has ruled over the top charts in the podcasting world for a long time. However, the Podcast king has been recently dethroned by Meghan Markle‘s new podcast ‘Archetypes’.

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Markle’s podcast Archetypes has recently debuted on Spotify. The Duchess of Sussex hosted the first episode of her podcast with her longtime friend and tennis champ Serena Williams. The two talked about how the word “ambition” has become a dirty word when it comes to women.

On the other hand, Rogan hosts the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast which was earlier available on YouTube. After an exclusive deal with Spotify, the podcast debuted on the platform. With over a 100million downloads and billions of listeners per month, the podcast is one of the biggest in the world.

The JRE podcast has regularly been the top podcast on the streaming service since it started streaming on the platform in May 2020. The podcast features a long range of guests from actors, comedians, scientists, entrepreneurs and many more. The UFC commentator is also famous for sharing weird as well as terrifying stories on his podcast.

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Joe also never shies away from sharing his opinions on controversial matters. This has also led to a lot of backlash against him. With some even demanding his removal from the platform altogether. Rogan received online backlash from the fans of Meghan when he called Markle a ‘little American hussy‘ in a February 2021 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.

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Meghan Markle tops Joe Rogan as number 1 on Spotify in 6 countries

Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle’s Archetypes has dethroned Joe Rogan’s JRE on the Spotify no.1 list

According to Meghan the 12-part series, called ‘Archetypes,’ a play on the name of the couple´s oldest child, Archie would explore the female experience. After the first episode of her podcast, The Duchess of Sussex has topped Spotify’s chart in the U.S, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. She has dethroned the JRE podcast in the six countries as the no.1 podcast.

The podcast is produced by Sussex’s Archwell Audio in collaboration with Spotify’s Gimlet Media. Markle’s podcast has achieved what many have tried and failed. She has defeated the Podcast king to top the charts in the U.S.

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Although a lot of liberal media is celebrating this as a victory over, a ‘conservative’ podcaster whom they wanted to remove from Spotify after the Covid-19 controversy. However, it seems like this development hasn’t affected Joe as he seems unconcerned and unbothered by this development.

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