There was a time, not very long ago, when Ben Shapiro could reasonably call himself the king of all conservative media. That’s all over now, writes political columnist Ross Barkan. Shapiro’s company, ‘The Daily Wire,’ is instituting significant layoffs. Its YouTube channel’s subscriber base is starting to shrink, and its website has emerged as one of the great traffic losers in conservative media. There are ‘Daily Wire’ YouTube videos that now, after a few days online, have less than 10,000 views, a catastrophically small number for a channel with more than 3 million subscribers. The top comments all mock the low view counts. “If a variety of poor business decisions can be blamed, in part, for the ‘Daily Wire’’s fall from grace — ill-fated investments in feature films, an epic fantasy series, and peculiar merchandise — the greater story is the collapse of Shapiro’s constituency,” writes Barkan. “There are two realities to Shapiro conservatism in 2026: It retains a significant foothold among Republican elites, and it is fast being rejected by the future grassroots of the party.” Read more: nymag.visitlink.me/KtpIKV

@NYMag This aged perfectly 👇😂

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@MediaOffScript @NYMag he's made millions in media, i think it worked out for him. How much have you made?

@MediaOffScript @NYMag You’re too dumb to understand his point.

@MediaOffScript @NYMag If Israelis can’t survive in Israel without US backing… then maybe they shouldn’t live in Israel

This was one of the most brainless “controversies” I’d ever seen. Shapiro says that people who are struggling to make ends meet while living in New York City, one of the most expensive cities in the world, should consider moving somewhere more affordable so they can save money and have a better quality of life, and a bunch of morons online act like he just bitchslapped George Washington. It’s like telling a broke friend that he shouldn’t eat at fancy restaurants every night, and having him tell you that you’ve betrayed America.

@MediaOffScript @NYMag Ben wasn't wrong though.

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