Two headline-grabbing events took place Friday in the race for president. Republican Donald Trump sat down for a three-hour interview with popular podcast host Joe Rogan. And Vice President Kamala Harris held the largest event of her campaign, a massive rally in Houston featuring hometown hero Beyoncé and attended by an estimated 30,000 people.
If the goals of these two events were simply to generate media coverage, then it was just about a tie. But each campaign was seeking to increase vote turnout in this close election. Given those goals, the Harris-Beyoncé rally will likely go down as a bigger winner than the Trump-Rogan interview. — MSNBC — Archive
Youtube — 43.5M
Joe Rogan’s X — 20M
Elon’s X — 43M
This doesn’t include even one download on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast platform.