As reported by Reclaim the Net, a very recent study analyzed 90,000 episodes of different podcasts and found that Spotify was recommending around 14 percent of podcasts. Six percent of them were adaptations or originals and 8 percent were exclusives.
Episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience were not part of the recommended podcasts.
Shadow banning, anyone?
#TheLandOfTheFree
I wouldn't be surprised. Rogan got on their bad side with some of his straight talk podcasts. They don't want to risk a bigger audience. The oligarch class is (needless to say) intensely interested in maintaining the existing set of class relations, and expanding their power within it. They'll sacrifice some potential wealth in that cause. Sometimes they'll sacrifice a lot and do reckless things. They expect to recoup when the political crisis concludes.
Media manipulation has become so extreme; I hope people start boycotting Spotify and jump on over to Mickey Z on Substack!