Joe Rogan Loses to Kevin Hart but Surpasses His Idol in a Race for the Most Influential Comedian in the USA

One of the most recognized faces on the planet, Joe Rogan, is also a renowned standup comic. While juggling between his commentating and podcast duties, the eminent personality has also built a successful comedy career. Rogan started his career as a stand-up artist, then he later took on various career paths to make his meets end. Fast forward many years later, and now the color commentator finds himself among one of the most influential stand-up comics.

According to Ticketsource, Rogan is the third most influential comedian in the US. Significantly, he edged past many established names like Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler and his idol, Dave Chappelle.

Joe Rogan and his ‘influential’ status

The former Fear Factor host is ranked third on the list of the most influential comedians. Rogan finished behind the leaders, Kevin Hart and Chris Rock. Furthermore, the stand-up comedian has a remarkable influencer score of 7.6, only falling behind Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, and Chris Rock.

The 55-year-old’s popular podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ and his 20 years running the UFC commentator gig might have helped boost this score.

Notably, the $120 million worth commentator has the second least number of comedy specials after Adam Sandler. Trevor Noah actually leads the list with 11 specials. Significantly, Rogan’s ‘Triggered’ and ‘Strange Times’ specials are streaming on Netflix that aired in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

Interestingly, the fans have to shell out a substantial amount of $95 to attend the UFC commentator’s comedy shows. Markedly, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are ahead of the pack with a huge $141.70 ticket price for their next show.

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Ticketsource referred to a variety of factors like estimated net worth, Twitter and Instagram followers, Google searches, and avg views on their YT videos to arrive at the most influential comedians. 

Joe Rogan’s professional career exploits

The blue-style comedy practitioner’s career started as telling jokes to his gym friends and eventually started professionally performing at Stitches Comedy Club in Boston at the age of 21. Later on, Rogan moved to New York to focus on his standup career.

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Not only did Rogan act in a couple of TV shows like Silicon Valley and Chappelle’s Show, but the veteran commentator also appeared in Hollywood movies. The fans last saw the comedian gracing the big screen in 2017 Will Smith starer, Bright. 

The stand-up artists also hosted the American TV reality show Fear Factor from 2001 to 2016. 

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