Spotify denies Joe Rogan controversy cost them millions of subscribers Spotify\/Joe RoganSpotify has denied that the controversy around Joe Rogan is the reason they\u2019ve lost over 1 million subscribers recently, despite all the backlash surrounding the podcast host. Over the last few years, the Joe Rogan Experience has grown to become the biggest podcast on the planet, with Spotify handing over a shed load of cash to make it exclusive to their platform. While Rogan\u2019s show has had its positive for the streaming service, there have also been issues too. The comedian has been plunged into controversy for comments made about the global health situation as well as previous statements that had been labeled as racist. Despite calls to rip up the deal with Rogan, Spotify have defended the UFC commentator but also made a few changes to the show \u2013 with over 100 historic episodes being removed from their airwaves and a disclaimer now appearing on some episodes. While Spotify\u2019s market value took a massive hit during the Rogan controversy, the platform was still outperforming expectations for growth during Q1. As per Variety, Spotify CFO Paul Vogel noted that the platform is restricting premium access in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, meaning that they\u2019d lose around 1.5 million paying users. Speaking at Morgan Stanley\u2019s 2022 Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Vogel did allude to Rogan\u2019s controversy causing a bit of turbulence, but nothing like the numbers they\u2019ve lost recently. \u201cGoing through a little bit of controversy, there\u2019s always going to be some impact,\u201d Spotify\u2019s CFO said, though he didn\u2019t mention Rogan by name. As noted, the deal between Rogan and Spotify has been pretty beneficial for both parties, as the podcast still manages to bring in massive listener figures. The calls to shut the deal down have not subsided, and likely won\u2019t anytime soon, but it seems as Spotify remains unfazed by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spotify denies Joe Rogan controversy cost them millions of subscribers Spotify\/Joe RoganSpotify has denied that the controversy around Joe Rogan is the reason they\u2019ve lost over 1 million subscribers recently, despite all the backlash surrounding the podcast host. Over the last few years, the Joe Rogan Experience has grown to become the biggest podcast on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}