Posted on 05/02/2026 1:31:34 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
At Fox News, Tucker Carlson hosted the top show in cable news, averaging roughly 5.3 million viewers per night at its peak. Today, his independent platform reaches a multiple of that audience, with episodes averaging more than 56.8 million views across social media and podcast platforms, while Fox's April 2026 prime time ratings average 3.2 million viewers.
As audiences turn away from legacy media, Tucker Carlson Network is experiencing explosive growth across all major platforms.
In the eight and a half weeks following the outbreak of the conflict, Tucker Carlson's content generated 1.53 billion views across social media and podcast platforms, representing an increase of more than 101% compared to the prior eight-week period. This surge includes breakout growth across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, with some platforms more than doubling in reach.
The growth is being driven largely by a younger audience—millions of viewers who are increasingly turning away from legacy cable news in search of reporting they trust.
"Establishment media is selectively covering the news from the Iran War," TCN Co-Founder & CEO Neil Patel said. "People can tell they're not getting the full story. They're looking elsewhere."
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“Which Tucker Carlson do they trust?”
Maybe they need to be reminded that he was the “moderator” for Crossfire.
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Doubtful.. Tucker has gone off the deep end.
Yeah…because he gets a lot of views in the middle of Africa or non English speaking countries.
Of course North Korean and Iranian bots don’t care what language you speak.
He is a calculated kook who uses bombastic crap to generate “hits” which he translates into a daily check.
I am not saying he is stupid—on the contrary. He is very intelligent. I simply don’t believe the whole anti-Semite schtick. It’s manufactured, like a Twinkie.
My guess is the new viewers are foreigners and mostly Muslim.
56.8 million
Mostly Muslim I bet.
Our very own 9yeargaslighter...
Bingo.
Does anyone believe that they’d do a piece on him if he were still pro-Trump and anti-Islam?
They don’t mention the “trends” of viewership. I refuse to believe that leftists are, all of a sudden, watching him...while he’s been hemorrhaging conservative viewers.
Most likely, some Islamic funding source paid for the support.
Tucker has a very big audience. Don’t fool yourselves.
Dumped him long ago.
Tucker is especially popular in the muslim countries, and russia, and china, and North Korea. The Soviet Republic of Canada of course.
Tucker is especially popular in the muslim countries, QaTuckerson and russia, and china, and North Korea. The Soviet Republic of Canada of course.
The View ratings must be low now?.
If Yahoo is glowing up Tucker, that says it all.
Bots are not growth.
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Denial of reality is not healthy.
What a misleading headline, tucker hit that number a few nights right before the 2020 election so while it's not a lie, it is the media twisting facts {as they always do}.
I subscribed to tucker the first year because I liked him on FNC, but he became so full of himself, I cancelled.
Like so many pod casters that were on cable, he will say anything for clicks {which lead to money}.
In my opinion, he is not worth a nickel, not even a non-existent penny.
He has reservations about the war in Iran.
Many FReepers are cautious because we remember what happened in Iraq.
Taqiyya will have to learn that the hard way.
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