Ben Shapiro has been one of the leading figures in Conservative Inc. for a decade. Founder of The Daily Wire, Shapiro wields considerable influence in the podcasting space. At Turning Point USA’s flagship AmFest conference, Ben Shapiro gave a scorched earth speech attacking Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens, the three names with larger podcasts than he. The speech was hailed as brave, as Ben Shapiro made it a point to shame the audience into joining his petty rivalries.
Nevertheless, Ben Shapiro had the largest Con Inc. YouTube channel outside of Fox News, which was more of a name than an actual channel. At Shapiro’s peak, he had approximately 7,230,000 subs. (Editor’s Note: All data using Social Blade.) This is a considerable advantage for Shapiro over the dead YouTube channel of Steven Crowder, at 5.8 million.
Ben Shapiro hit his peak of 7.23 million subscribers around September 19. And then the conservative civil war went hot. Tucker Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes, forcing a decisive confrontation. The results of that confrontation are in, and despite Ben Shapiro’s longevity atop the industry, he has measurably lost.Â
Since Shapiro’s peak, he has lost an estimated 40000 subs, by Thanksgiving. And now, at Christmas, an additional 30K net unsubs brings the total loss for Shapiro up to 70K.
Evidently, controversy has not been good for Ben Shapiro’s market share.
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