In the battle of triggered lefties vs. Joe Rogan, it is now confirmed that Spotify and Rogan have come out on top.
Despite Neil Young and other washed-up old hippies leaving the platform, Spotify gained 2 million new subscribers during the Joe Rogan controversy.
From CNN:
Earlier this year, Spotify found itself embroiled in a controversy sparked by one of its most notable podcast hosts, Joe Rogan. The comedian's frequent and sometimes inaccurate claims about Covid-19 and vaccines on his very popular, "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast led some artists to leave the site in protest.
Spotify's paying customers apparently couldn't care less.
Despite the backlash, Spotify (SPOT) saw its paid memberships increase, and the platform now has 182 million premium subscribers — up from 180 million in the previous quarter and 15% higher year over year, the company said in its first quarter earnings report Wednesday. Total revenue was up 24% over last year.
Here's a real representation of the wokies trying to cancel Joe Rogan:
In February, artists such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell told Spotify to pull their music from the platform because of Covid comments made on Rogan's show. "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both," Young said at the time.
Other performers such as Crosby, Stills and Nash and India Arie followed suit...
As for Rogan, he responded to the situation at the time by saying "he's not trying to promote misinformation." More recently, the host claimed he had a subscriber boost because of the uproar.
"It's interesting, but my subscriptions went up massively. That's what's crazy," Rogan said on an episode earlier this month. "During the height of it all, I gained two million subscribers."
Rogan claimed that he personally gained 2 million subscribers after the controversy, and Spotify itself gained 2 million paid listeners.
It pays to not cave to the cancel mob.
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