For the second year in a row, The Joe Rogan Experience ranked as Spotify’s Most Popular Podcast Globally in 2022.
For this Year in Review, we’ve compiled some of the publicly available metrics related to the JRE podcast in 2022. Jump straight to the infographic or read more details in the article below. Check out our JRE Podcast 2021 Year In Review for comparison.
Number of JRE Podcast Episodes in 2022
There were 178 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast released in 2022 (JRE #1758 to #1918). This number includes 16 x JRE MMA Shows (MMA Show #118 to #133).
There were 12 fewer episodes in 2022 compared to 2021. This was the third consecutive year with a decrease in the number of episodes from the previous year.
There was only one JRE Fight Companion podcast released in 2022 for UFC Fight Night 209.
Length of JRE Podcasts in 2022
If you were to listen to every episode of the JRE podcast from 2022, it would take a total of 534 hours. That’s the equivalent of 22.3 days or 6.1% of an entire year. This is 28 hours shorter than 2021’s total.
The average length of an episode of the JRE podcast in 2022 was 3 hours even. This is an increase of 3 minutes per episode compared to 2021.
The longest episode of 2022 was JRE #1907 – Protect Our Parks 6 at 4 hours 44 minutes. There were seven episodes in 2022 longer than 4 hours.
Most JRE Guest Appearances in 2022
Ari Shaffir had the most JRE guest appearances in 2022 with seven. This is due to his participation in 5 x Protect Our Parks episodes (with Shane Gillis and Mark Normand) as well as 2 x Sober October 4 episodes.
Check out who has the Most JRE Guest Appearances of all-time.
Most Watched JRE Clips of 2022
From the official PowerfulJRE YouTube channel, the most watched video clip of The Joe Rogan Experience in 2022 was Trying to Survive in Prison as a First Time Offender from JRE MMA Show #121.
The 5 most watched JRE clips of 2022 are listed below:
- Trying to Survive in Prison as a First Time Offender (14.4M)
- Joe on Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at The Oscars (12.4M)
- Dave Smith Breaks Down the Reasons Russia Invaded Ukraine
(10.1M) - Physicist Michio Kaku on the Shift in the UFO Phenomenon (9M)
- Randall Carlson & Graham Hancock on Lost Technology and the Great Pyramids (7.7M)
These 5 JRE clips account for almost 53.6 million views on YouTube, where as 2021’s top 5 clips received over 30 million views.
It should be noted that the number of views for JRE Clips on Spotify is not public and therefore not included.
Most Mentioned Books on JRE in 2022
The Bible was once again the most mentioned book on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in 2022. It had more than double the number of mentions of its closest competitor. The Bible and six other books listed below (*) also appeared on 2021’s list of the most mentioned books.
- The Bible *
- The Immortality Key by Brian C. Muraresku *
- Count Down by Shanna Swan *
- Chaos by Tom O’Neill *
- Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne *
- 1984 by George Orwell *
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Tell Your Children by Alex Berenson
- The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Marco Allegro
- The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi *
Check out Joe Rogan’s Reading List & Recommended Books to see which books he read in 2022.
JRE 2022 Year In Review Infographic
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