It will remain FREE, and it will be the exact same show. This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.Announcement: the podcast is moving to Starting on September 1 the podcast will be available on Spotify as well as all platforms, and then at the end of the year it will move exclusively to Spotify, including the video version. His total follower count is unknown, but Rogan has said his show gets 200 million downloads per month. (Spotify does not publicly share follower or download data for podcasts.) He also has a contract with the company that could be worth more than $100 million.ĬORRECTION: A previous version of this article said Joe Rogan has 200 million followers on Spotify. By comparison, Rogan has said his show gets 200 million downloads a month. It is unknown whether the platform would remove also remove Young songs he recorded for groups like Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.Īs of Wednesday afternoon, Spotify still had a page up for Young, who had 6 million monthly listeners on the platform. HuffPost reached out to Spotify for comment, but no one immediately responded. “We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,” he said. The spokesman also suggested that it wouldn’t hold a grudge against Young if the singer changes his mind. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators,” a Spotify spokesman said in a statement. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. On Wednesday, Spotify said it would honor Young’s request, without really acknowledging the reason he made it. Recently, a number of doctors, scientists and health professionals spoke out against Rogan, who they say regularly shares misinformation around vaccines on his show, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” The since-deleted letter accused Spotify of allowing people like Rogan to spread “false information about vaccines” and potentially cause death “to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.” On Monday, Young posted an open letter on his website demanding Spotify remove his music, saying, “they can have Rogan or Young. Spotify is reportedly in the process of removing Neil Young’s music from the platform after the rock legend issued an ultimatum directed toward popular podcaster Joe Rogan.

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