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Posted on 05/09/2026 2:30:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Daily Wire was once ascendant in right-wing media. Now, the “anti-woke” company faces contentious layoffs, ideological battles and dwindling relevance online.
The conservative media company Daily Wire was once a star of the MAGA digital universe, dominating social media feeds and podcast apps with a blend of “anti-woke” commentary, viral Facebook posts and culture-war stunts.
In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, the company co-founded by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro ranked as Facebook’s top English-language publisher for three straight months. Its sarcastic news items on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s salon visits gained millions more views than the websites of Fox News, CNN and the New York Times.
But the company now faces sweeping layoffs and heavy skepticism over its online future, with some critics — including former employees, such as Candace Owens — arguing its relevance to the right has irrevocably collapsed.
Its YouTube channel’s subscriber base has plateaued or shrunk in 15 of the 16 months since the start of 2025, according to data from the analytics firm Social Blade. And in an analysis of 20 conservative news sites, the Daily Wire has consistently ranked among the biggest year-over-year traffic losers since last summer, according to estimates from the market intelligence firm Similarweb that were compiled by the media newsletter TheRighting. In March, the website’s traffic was half of what it was the year before.
The Daily Wire’s fall from grace reflects the fragmentation of partisan media online, as centralized institutions such as Breitbart and Fox lose attention to a scattered network of podcasters, streamers and provocateurs.
Though it advertises itself as “America’s leading voice of the counter-culture movement,” the Daily Wire now draws criticism that it mirrors the mainstream media giants it once pledged to...
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The far-left Washington post is “concern”-trolling about the split of Shapiro-like traditional Conservatism and Tucker-like fake Conservatism.
He speaks too fast. Hard to follow sometimes for that reason.
Do the folks at the WaPo get around to noticing that NeverTrumper Ben Shapiro’s support for Trump is directly related to how much he is willing to subordinate the interests of Americans for Israel?
Now do wapo’s dwindling relevance.
I never had any idea who Shapiro or Candace Owens were besides the fact that they got posted on Freerepublic some times. Seems like I wasn’t missing much.
Ben Shapiro is a thoroughly unikable little twerp
I hope Shapiro goes belly up.
Shapiro the never Trumper, Israel Firster? Sounds like WaPo
I like his writings.
I cannot stand the sound of his voice. Too high, too fast.
Reminds me of the know-it-all kid on “The Polar Express”.
Ziocon traitors are finished in America.
What does it mean to "subscribe" to social media?
Does it mean you get notifications whenever anyone posts anything new to that account (YouTube, Instagram, whatever)?
Why do I need to subscribe to any account? I can always go online and watch whenever I feel like it, without constant, irritating notifications.
Shapiro sucks and always has. I take pleasure in his decline.
Something we can thank our younger voters for.
If he's a Never Trumper he doesn't support Trump. Are you saying he suddenly began supporting him recently?
Anyway it is in our interest to prevent Iran from having nukes. Anyone who disputes that is a nutter.
I read Megyn Kelly is Losing Viewers now.
I turn off notifications.
You always rely on the commies at the WaPo to inform you? Snap out of it, you retard
The Post trying to divide us. BTW, he has a pretty sister.
My wife listens to Candace Owens almost everyday. I actually listened to one of the podcasts while we were driving in town. It was tedious IMO, very tedious.
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