Joe Rogan Makes Massive UFC Viewership Claim

Joe Rogan has stated that viewership of UFC 250 has been over 150 million on Paramount+ thus far.

On his Powerful JRE podcast, the UFC commentator admitted he is a “hyperbolic individual” and said: “People would like look at you like, ‘You’re working for a cage fighting organization? Why would you do that?’ Cut to 25 years later it’s on the lawn of the White House and it is one of the most watched sporting events in the history of the world. I don’t know what the total overall views are as of now but I know that it was like, well over, I think it was 150 million just by Monday. So, that is the night of and people that watched the replay who weren’t there when it took place and heard about it. Between then and now, we are dealing with Tuesday, there are probably another 50 or 60 million people.”

Rogan also called UFC 250, the “greatest night of fights of all time” and “the only time in the history of sports where every single fight ended by knock-out.”

“It was the perfect experience for anyone that hadn’t watched UFC before. To see it that way, in front of the White House was nuts,” he said.

The numbers cited by Rogan have not been officially confirmed by UFC or Paramount+.

UFC 229 headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor brought in 2.4 million pay-per-view buys in the United States, the highest buy rate ever recorded by the UFC.

The largest verified live-stream audience ever reported was the final of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship Final which peaked at 73.9 million concurrent viewers worldwide. The Game Awards

For The Game Awards in 2025 the organizers reported an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full show.