Joe Rogan Had Fans Wondering If He Is 'Insincere'

Since Joe Rogan left reality TV and sitcoms behind, he has become so rich that fans want to know how much he pays his staff. The way Joe did that was by launching his podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," interviewing stars like Post Malone, and gaining millions of listeners.

Many of Joe's fans still loved him after he called out The Big Bang Theory and criticized Taylor Swift in ways that outraged her fans. However, even though Howard Stern defended Joe and Jon Stewart had his back, he has also lost and angered some of his followers. For proof of that, all anyone has to do is look at the fact that some of Joe's fans questioned whether he was "insincere" on his podcast.

Some Joe Rogan Fans Think He Is Being "Insincere" Because He "Panders" To His Guests

Throughout the history of "The Joe Rogan Experience," people have listened to the show's titular host sometimes arguing with his guests. In fact, Joe has disagreed with his guests so vehemently at times that Watchmojo published a video of the Top 10 times he argued with a guest.

However, some listeners argue that Joe agrees with his guests far too much. One person who posted on the r/JoeRogan subreddit argued that Joe may be "insincere" because of the way he handles conversations with his guests.

In 2017, a fan on the r/JoeRogan subreddit made a post that focused on the way that Joe talks to his guests.

The title of that post asked the other users a simple question.

Is Joe being insincere?

Given that Joe is known for not backing down in the face of criticism, that is a pretty shocking question. As a result, it is fascinating to look at the argument that the fan made in their post.

In the title of their post, the fan questioned if Joe was 'insincere."

In January 2025, the 2,250th episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" will premiere. Many years ago, Joe Rogan released the first episode of his podcast on December 24, 2009.

As shocking as that title is, the fan may have gone even further when the first part of their post asked if Joe panders to his guests.

"So does anybody else get a sense that Joe Rogan is[n't] acting as genuine? [Is he] actually just pandering to his guests and to his crowd to please everyone and to help his bottom line?"

While most listeners likely wouldn't argue that Joe panders to his guests, what the fan then wrote in his post next is a much more common complaint. For a long time, there have been people who've pointed out that Joe often seems to agree with the majority of what his guests say.

While Joe sometimes gets criticized for agreeing with whatever his guests say, that is far from something that is unique to the podcast host. In fact, there have been extensive studies conducted about how society trains people to be agreeable, especially to groups. One example of that is the Asch conformity experiments from the 1950s. The National Library of Medicine's website chronicles how scientists continue to extend that research on social influence.

That can be hard to understand at times as Joe will sometimes agree with one guest only to later agree with another guest who makes the opposite argument.

"I hate to think the worst from anybody but I just can't understand how Joe is able to have a conversation with one person and agree with them, then have a conversation with somebody who has the exact opposite perspective and also seems to agree with them."

The original poster went on to ask why Joe wouldn't bring up the points the first guest made to the second guest to challenge them. Finally, they questioned if Joe intentionally agrees with his guests because he thinks disagreeing would turn off his listeners and he would make less money.

It is important to note that several people upvoted the original poster's post questioning if Joe Rogan is insincere. On top of that, the post received responses from people who were feeling the same way. One response that agreed started with the person who wrote it explaining they had been wondering about the same thing.

I've been feeling the same way.

The response then went on to list examples of ways they felt Joe was "disingenuous." For example, the post argued that if Joe was as objective as he claimed, he would have one of the "radical feminists" he is "always ranting about" to hear their perspective. The response also stated that Joe simply isn't as objective as he claims to be.

"Joe likes to pretend he's objective, but he clearly is not above the whole tribal/ideology thing. That's something that has become really annoying on the show lately."

Thousands Of Joe Rogan's Fans Think His Guests Pander To Him Instead

In 2017, some fans on Joe Rogan's subreddit agreed with the sentiment that he might be "insincere" and "pander" to his guests. However, in 2023, a response to a post on the r/JoeRogan subreddit argued that the problem was that Joe's guests pandered to him too much. The response arguing that the guests were the problem got overwhelming support.

The response was to a 2023 post that was titled "Struggling with Joe Recently," which received more than 15,000 upvotes. The writer of the original post complained about how Joe was often discussing the same political ideas with his guests who have expertise in other topics.

One of the responses to that post, which got more than two thousand upvotes, was the one that argued that Joe's guests were pandering to him. The response argued that Joe's guests often made statements they knew he agreed with to gain favor with the powerful podcast host.

"My observation is that most of the recent guests seem to be almost pandering to Joe. Saying things they know he is into just to seem likable to him."

The response then explained why the person thought Joe's guests pandering to him was making the podcast repetitive.

"This leaves the door open for him to interject the same stories over and over, and then the guest doesn’t push back at all because they want to be likable."

It is fascinating that two different groups of fans identified two problems with Joe's podcast that were opposed. One group thought Joe agreed with his guests too much. The other group thought Joe's guests agreed with him too much.