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Taylor Swift Powers New Heights Podcast to Record-Breaking Viewership

The episode demonstrated the power of celebrity-hosted video podcasts to drive platform growth, reshaping sports fandom.

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Taylor Swift, shown here in 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
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Overview

  • The live YouTube stream peaked at around 1.3 million concurrent viewers and crashed 1 hour and 44 minutes into the episode.
  • The uploaded episode has amassed over 15 million YouTube views, and social clips have generated hundreds of millions of views across Instagram, X and TikTok.
  • New HeightsYouTube channel added more than 400,000 subscribers within days of the release, according to Social Blade.
  • Swift used the platform to unveil the cover art, track list and October 3 release date for her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl.
  • Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said Swift’s involvement has boosted the team’s female fan base to about 57 percent, highlighting the crossover between pop culture and sports fandom.