On Wednesday, media-focused reporting outlet Mediaite published its annual “Most Influential in News Media” list, ranking 2023’s biggest “movers and shakers” in the media world.
Alongside media legends like Sean Hannity and Anderson Cooper, cultural icons like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan, and influential outsiders like Ben Shapiro and Charlamagne tha God, this year’s list also featured Patrick Bet-David for the first time ever, capping off a year of wins for the Valuetainment brand.
“You might have noticed that no shortage of 2023’s viral moments online seemed to occur around a small table framed by comfortable office chairs and the nondescript ‘PBD Podcast’ watermark in the left corner of the screen,” Mediaite’s assessment of the VT founder and CEO began.
PBD, “the increasingly influential entrepreneur” who ranked 70th on the list, was celebrated for his wide range of podcast guests, which has included Andrew Tate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Ann Coulter in the last year alone.
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Mediaite even called attention to some of the most viral moments from the PBD Podcast in 2023, including Chris Cuomo admitting that he might vote for Trump and Ron DeSantis addressing the infamous “bootgate” conspiracy.
As Mediaite wrote, Patrick Bet-David “has a knack for attracting interesting guests and getting them to say interesting things.”
But making the outlet’s “Most Influential” list wasn’t the only win for PBD and Valuetainment in 2023.
Over the summer, during the sold-out Vault Conference in Miami, Florida, PBD announced a major investment in securing the domain VT.com — an accomplishment five years in the making.
Just acquired a 2 letter domain for Valuetainment.
We’ve come a long way. Big things coming soon.
Future looks bright. pic.twitter.com/kZFYSoTCsc
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) September 3, 2023
In November, Valuetainment also hit a milestone 5 million YouTube subscribers, with over 1.5 million more subscribed to the PBD Podcast.
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But the victories didn’t stop there.
In 2023, PBD also paid a visit to the Joe Rogan Experience, delivered a headlining speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference, and became a bestselling author for the second time with the launch of his new book Choose Your Enemies Wisely.
And yet even after all this, Patrick Bet-David and the Valuetainment Team aren’t slowing down.
With podcasts, events, and much more to come in the new year, the future at Valuetainment looks bright!
The complete Mediaite 2023 “Most Influential in News Media” list:
75. Brian Stelter
74. Matt Belloni
73. Jesse Rodriguez
72. Eric Bolling
71. Molly Jong-Fast
70. Patrick Bet-David
69. Bryan Freedman
68. Cenk Uygur
67. Oliver Darcy
66. Harris Faulkner
65. Erin Burnett
64. Andy McCarthy
63. Poppy Harlow
62. Martha MacCallum
61. Wolf Blitzer
60. Peter Doocy
59. Gayle King
58. Jake Sherman
57. Manu Raju
56. Citizen Free Press
55. Dana Bash
54. Chris Cuomo
53. Mehdi Hasan
52. Clay Travis
51. Lawrence O’Donnell
50. Jeffrey Goldberg
49. Chris Hayes
48. Jim Acosta
47. Laura Ingraham
46. Kaitlan Collins
45. Dylan Byers
44. Jen Psaki
43. Chris Wallace
42. Joy Reid
41. David Muir, Lester Holt, Norah O’Donnell
40. Jessica Tarlov
39. Elie Honig
38. Jonathan Karl
37. Kristen Welker
36. Kara Swisher
35. Ari Melber
34. Margaret Brennan
33. Rachel Maddow
32. Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin
31. Ari Emanuel, Jay Sures
30. Andrew Ross Sorkin
29. Andreson Cooper
28. Steve Bannon
27. Wendy McMahon, Kim Godwin, Rebecca Blumenstein
26. Tucker Carlson
25. Charlamagne tha God
24. Joe Rogan
23. Greg Gutfeld
22. Pat McAfee
21. Clarissa Ward, Richard Engel, Trey Yingst
20. Piers Morgan
19. Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones
18. Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing
17. George Stephanopoulos
16. Joe Kahn, Sally Buzbee
15. David Zaslav, Mark Thompson
14. Jesse Watters
13. Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan
12. Bret Baier
11. Rashida Jones, Cesar Conde
10. Elon Musk
9. Suzanne Scott
8. Stephen A. Smith
7. Jake Tapper
6. Bill Maher
5. Matt Drudge
4. Megyn Kelly
3. Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist
2. Sean Hannity
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