Donald Trump’s Biggest Online Backers Are Starting To Turn Their Back
Wall Street Journal analysis of 70,000 hours of audio found Trump mentions on right-wing podcasts fell nearly 70% as hosts shifted to James Talarico and other topics.
- The Wall Street Journal analysis of 147 political podcasts found that right-wing programs' mentions of President Donald Trump plummeted 70% since the 2024 election, falling from about 39 per hour to 11 per hour by September 20.
- After the United States and Israel began joint operations targeting Iran in late February, mentions of the president on conservative podcasts dropped another 30%, with some hosts openly criticizing the conflict and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson breaking with the administration.
- Texas Democrat James Talarico appears more frequently on conservative podcasts than any other Democrat, and he leads Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 52 percent to 42 percent in an internal Republican poll released Monday.
- The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, has also become a frequent topic on conservative podcasts, ending in a mistrial this month after jurors deadlocked 11-1.
- Even as Trump urges convention-goers to "pretend I'm on the ballot," the decline in right-wing podcast interest indicates a potential disconnect between the former president and his foundational media ecosystem.
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The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal has analyzed almost 70,000 hours of podcasts to learn more about what interests conservative opinion leaders.
MAGA Podcasters Lose Interest in Trump as Mentions of the President Fall Nearly 70% Ahead of Midterms
A Wall Street Journal analysis finds Trump mentions on conservative podcasts have fallen nearly 70% since the 2024 election, while James Talarico and the Lindsay Clancy trial draw attention.
MAGA Podcasters Tune Out Trump as Iran War Saps Enthusiasm
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The conservative podcast world that helped amplify Donald Trump before his 2024 victory is giving him less airtime than it once did amid the Iran War. A Wall Street Journal analysis found a steep decline in Trump references across right-wing political podcasts, pointing to a noticeable shift in what those programs discuss. MAGA podcaster are […]
Trump vanishes from MAGA podcasters' lips as his popularity crumbles: analysis
President Trump's name is disappearing from conservative podcasts at a startling rate, according to a new Wall Street Journal analysis of nearly 70,000 hours of podcast content.The Journal built an in-house AI tool to track political conversation trends across podcasts, TikTok, Instagram and cable news ahead of November's midterms. The results were striking: references to Trump on right-leaning shows have cratered by roughly two-thirds compared …
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