Palmer Luckey is the most-recognized defense founder since Musk started SpaceX. Anduril is the fastest-growing defense company in the US. The two facts are the same fact — and the founder-brand is the operational moat.
The canonical Everything-PR entity profile for Spotify Technology S.A. — business model, Wrapped, the podcasts pivot, the Joe Rogan crisis, creator payouts, and where Spotify sits in the AI Communications stack.
Ad CPMs are the floor. Podcast profit in 2026 runs on four layered stacks: ads, subscriptions, commerce, and licensing. Here's which to pick by scale.
The U.S. podcast economy crossed $2B in advertising revenue in 2024. Joe Rogan, Acquired, Lenny, Pivot, All-In, The Daily. Podcasts are reputation infrastructure. The EPR Podcast Influence Index.
Joe Rogan averages 11M listeners. MrBeast has 500M+ subscribers and a $5.2B holding company. Alex Cooper, Emma Chamberlain, Dude Perfect — five creators with audiences larger than most metro dailies, and the trust to match.
