Taylor Swift Shatters Previous Record Held by Trump, Achieving It in Only an Hour
In a stunning turn of events, Taylor Swift's appearance on the New Heights podcast has broken records, drawing in an impressive 1.3 million concurrent viewers in its first hour. This figure nearly doubles the 800,000 viewers who tuned in during Donald Trump's appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast last October.
The live stream, which included Swift's announcement of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, was so popular that it briefly overwhelmed YouTube, causing a technical glitch that cut the stream mid-episode.
Despite Trump's head start in podcasting, Swift's live debut is recognized as a record for a first-hour live podcast appearance. The episode, hand-in-hand with Travis Kelce's older brother, Jason Kelce, interviewing Swift, is already on track to become one of the most watched podcasts of all time.
CNN host Kate Bolduan noted this, stating, "This podcast episode is already on track to become one of the most watched podcasts of all time." CNN data analyst Harry Enten reported Trump's podcast had 800,000 viewers within the first hour, making Swift's 1.3 million viewers a significant achievement.
The "Daily Beast" has confirmed the viewership number for the podcast episode. This impressive figure comes after Swift publicly endorsed Kamala Harris, which may have prompted a response from President Donald Trump, who expressed hostility towards Swift in a post titled "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT."
However, Swift's popularity, as indicated by the 1.3 million viewers of her podcast episode, seems to have remained unaffected by the president's post.
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