> who Dwarkesh’s patron is that boosted him in podcast world

The Indian consumer market.

Unlike China, Indians use western social media platforms so Indian tastes and trends are becoming increasingly common on the internet.

This is also why you see entirely different trends on TikTok (banned in India, allowed elsewhere), Western Social Media (banned in China, allowed elsewhere), and Chinese social media (only used by Chinese and the diaspora).

What Ben Thompson predicted with his "Four Internets" theory 6 years ago has started playing out [0].

Over the next decade, more Indian media like Dwarkesh will leak into Western social media.

[0] - https://stratechery.com/2020/india-jio-and-the-four-internet...