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According to this Neilsen chart [1] JRE is most watched media at 11 million viewers per show, far ahead of even the number two spot.

JRE does 3-4 shows on a typical week. So:

3.5 / 7 * 30 * 11 = 165m

So the other 35m per month must be groups of people viewing? Not sure how they took measurements or if this is apples to oranges comparison or if the graph is to be trusted [2].

[1] https://i.redd.it/or4mhemo8j981.jpg

[2] https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/joe-rogan-viewers.html

Good point. Spotify uses the term "monthly listeners" and it seems like they do mean unique individuals. That number is 6M for Young, but they don't reveal what it is for Rogan. He's claimed that he gets 200M monthly downloads, so the number of actual listeners is probably smaller.

Why would the two numbers differ significantly?

Because 1 person can listen to multiple episodes per month, contributing to multiple "listens"

Seems reasonable. Apparently it’s around 11 million per episode.