Many of the podcasts that were yanked involved far-right commentators - or outright conspiracy theorists - and included Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Owen Benjamin and Canadian writer Gavin Miles McInnes. 

Rogan's show, The Joe Rogan Experience, is the most listened-to podcast on Spotify and is central to the company's plan to expand beyond music and take on rivals such as Apple and Amazon for a share of the podcasting market. 

He was back at it in full force on Friday and mentioned the controversy he has sparked before interviewing Andy Stumpf, a retired Navy SEAL and record-setting wingsuit pilot.

'I put out a video a couple days ago; other than that, not much I can do,' Rogan said, referring to his Instagram posting Sunday in which he insisted he was 'not trying to promote misinformation.'