He's a so called star because he was free. His star will fade most likely but he will be rich. I've never watched a podcast in my life. So, I must be really weird. Don't have a single social network account either. Unless this site is considered a social site. Spotify may rue this gamble.
"Rogan’s deal with Spotify is an anomaly: As music writer Ted Gioia pointed out, a musician would need to generate 23 billion streams on the service at the standard $.00437 rate per stream to match the $100 million agreement with Rogan. “In other words,” Gioia wrote, “Spotify values Rogan more than any musician in the history of the world.”