Michelle Obama’s new podcast is off to a soft start on YouTube after launching on Thursday. The former first Lady’s new interview podcast had only 65,000 combined views across two episodes by Thursday morning after launching on Wednesday.
That includes 15,300 views on an hour-long interview with “Insecure” star Issa Rae, and about 50,000 views on a second episode detailing the launch of her new podcast, which she co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson.
For comparison, Gavin Newsom, another prominent Democrat-turned-podcaster, has pulled in 742,000 YouTube views in the seven days following the release of the first episode of his new show.