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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Republican influencers are hemorrhaging viewers and listeners as party feuds on Trump’s agenda

Ben Shapiro reportedly lost 60,000 subscribers on YouTube from April to June as the right-wing media ecosystem collapses over support for Trump’s agenda - (AFP/Getty)

Plagued by infighting and fractured support for Donald Trump’s agenda, right-wing influencers who once commanded tens of millions of views on any given month are reportedly hemorrhaging viewers and listeners as years of loyalty to an unpopular president becomes a liability.

A new analysis from The New York Times has uncovered plummeting views among several prominent influencers across their podcasts, YouTube, X and Rumble accounts, driven by collapse in support for Trump’s war in Iran and a splintering on the right over the death of Charlie Kirk, whose killing sparked debates over his legacy and whether he would stick with the president.

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