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Joe Rogan makes wild claim about UFC White House viewership

By Erich Richter Published June 18, 2026, 11:00 a.m. ET

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Everyone is waiting for UFC Freedom 250 viewership numbers, and Joe Rogan claims to have the inside scoop — no matter how outrageous the figure.

On the latest edition of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the enigmatic podcaster and UFC color commentator said that nearly half the country’s population watched the White House card.

“I don’t know what the total overall views are as of now, but I know that it was 150 million just by Monday,” Rogan said to guest Chase Hughes on the show. “So that’s like the night of, and then people that watched the replay that weren’t there when the fight took place because they heard about it.”

One-hundred-and-fifty million people is about 40 percent of the entire country’s population and would beat anything we’ve ever seen in terms of viewership of a sporting event — including the Super Bowl.

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Joe Rogan said 150 million people have watched UFC Freedom 250 from the White House. Anadolu via Getty Images

Super Bowl 2025 had an obscene viewership of 127.7 million, the most of any sporting event in television history.

“Between [Monday] and now, it’s probably another 50 or 60 million people,” Rogan concluded.

This number is highly improbable for the event, given it was behind a paywall on Paramount+, whereas the Super Bowl is on cable television each year.

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