# Joe Rogan Joe Rogan is the comedian, UFC color commentator and Fear Factor host whose 2006 clip yanking a violent contestant off camera first turned him into YouTube meme fodder. Later uploads of his DMT rants and his takedown of joke-thief Carlos Mencia made him one of the most quoted personalities in early podcast-era internet culture, long before The Joe Rogan Experience turned him into a household name. ## Origin Rogan's transition from TV personality to meme happened on YouTube in 2006. On June 15th, 2006, uploader smurfnation posted a Fear Factor clip in which Rogan physically restrains a contestant who tries to attack another player on set[4]. That video became one of the earliest widely-shared out-of-context Rogan moments and racked up millions of views over the following years[1]. Three months later, on September 13th, 2006, YouTuber TxJake uploaded an audio recording of Rogan describing his experiences smoking DMT, which the KYM entry credits as one of the seed clips of the wider Rogan-as-internet-character bit[1]. - **Platform:** YouTube (viral clips) / Reddit (fan community) - **Creator:** Joe Rogan - **Date:** 2006 ## Overview Joe Rogan is a stand-up comedian, UFC color commentator and former host of the NBC stunt-and-gross-out series Fear Factor whose out-of-context clips became a staple of early YouTube[1]. The meme footprint around Rogan is less a single template and more a rotating set of quotable moments, most of them ripped from television appearances, radio spots or, later, his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience[2]. The recurring bits are recognizable enough that fans quote them on sight, from his wide-eyed monologues about the psychedelic compound DMT, to him body-checking a Fear Factor contestant, to his on-air argument with comedian Carlos Mencia about stolen jokes[3]. That mix of MMA-guy bluntness, comedian's cadence and hippie-ish curiosity is what people are usually referencing when they post a Rogan clip. ## How It Spread The Carlos Mencia confrontation, in which Rogan interrupts Mencia's set at the Comedy Store to accuse him of stealing material, was uploaded to YouTube by SILO's Silver Screen on February 15th, 2007 and became the defining Rogan clip of the pre-podcast era[5]. It made the rounds on comedy forums and gave him a reputation as the comic willing to say what other comics wouldn't. Community-building followed the clips. On October 3rd, 2010, the /r/JoeRogan subreddit was launched as a discussion hub for Rogan and his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience[6]. By August 2015 his social presence had scaled to match, with roughly 1.66 million followers on the @joerogan Twitter account[7], more than 755,000 likes on his Facebook page[8] and over 496,000 followers on his @joerogan Instagram[9], per figures noted in the KYM entry[1]. Other clips kept circulating alongside the originals, including additional stand-up and podcast excerpts uploaded to YouTube during the same window[10]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Joe Rogan? Joe Rogan is an American stand-up comedian, UFC commentator, former Fear Factor host and host of the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, whose out-of-context TV and podcast clips are widely shared online[1]. ### Where did Joe Rogan come from? The internet version of Rogan took shape on YouTube in 2006 when uploaders started posting Fear Factor moments and audio of him talking about DMT[4]. ### What does Joe Rogan mean? As shorthand online, 'Joe Rogan' usually points to a specific clip archetype: him ranting about psychedelics, MMA or comedy in his distinctive delivery, often pulled from The Joe Rogan Experience[6]. ### How do you use Joe Rogan? People typically drop Rogan clips or quotes into threads about DMT, MMA fights or comedy beefs, with the 2007 Carlos Mencia confrontation still a common reference[5]. ### Is Joe Rogan still popular? Yes, he stayed a major figure through the growth of The Joe Rogan Experience and the /r/JoeRogan subreddit that launched in October 2010[6], with a large social following recorded on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by 2015[7]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oayiBBSMIgk]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGTrzxXZb4]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C7vP061iqs]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcqs9cDuN8]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVYfDCgYxk]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/]() 7. [https://twitter.com/joerogan]() 8. [https://www.facebook.com/JOEROGAN/]() 9. [https://www.instagram.com/joerogan/]() 10. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-rogan]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/joe-rogan Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library