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Only Newsmax experienced a year-over-year gain in unique visitors, rising 53%. Year-over-year traffic to DonaldJTrump.com, the website of the former president, dropped 92% from 16,660,000 in June 2020 to 1,312,000 in 2021. 

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“At Bannon’s rate of growth, he should crack our top 20 in July or August,” said Howard Polskin, President of TheRighting.

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More than two dozen books are included in the updated edition of our exclusive roundup of long-form journalism about Trump and his administration. Includes works by Michael Wolff, Kayleigh McEnany, Jon Karl, Marie Yovanovitch, Jared Kushner and Dr. Scott Atlas.

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For the fourth straight month, year-over-year unique visitors to the top conservative websites decreased, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis. And traffic to DonaldJTrump.com plunged 72% in May despite the well-publicized launch of his ill-fated blog on this site.

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“Candace” and “The Ben Shapiro Show,” two programs produced by The Daily Wire, ranked as conservative media’s fastest-growing news podcasts in May, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis based on Castbox data.

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Mr. Trump’s year-over-year April traffic plunged 99% according to our analysis, more than any conservative website we reviewed. “TheRighting has begun monitoring traffic to Mr. Trump’s website because it’s clear he now wants to use it more aggressively to pump his opinions into the nation’s information bloodstream,” said TheRighting’s Howard Polskin.

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The podcast hosted by the conservative pundit and entrepreneur Ben Shapiro, ranked as the top conservative podcast in April, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis. As of April 30, the podcast had 416,881 subscribers, according to data pulled from the Castbox podcast app, making it by far the leading conservative podcast.

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Unique visitors to Foxnews.com fell by almost 49 million in March 2021, the largest slide of any conservative website tracked by TheRighting.

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Includes new information about tomes from Kellyanne Conway, William Barr, Amy Coney Barrett and Dr. Scott Atlas.

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In the latest edition of The Week in Conservative Media, we report on the increase in the stream of vitriolic stories from right-wing media aimed at Dr. Anthony Fauci. Not a day goes by without the publication of a hateful article about the perceived sins of Fauci as he leads the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Also — is there a “pillow” fight brewing between Jeff Bezos and Mike Lindell?

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The 37-year-old political commentator is by far the most listened to conservative podcaster. In fact, it’s not even close, according to information from a popular podcasting app. Millions of people may be walking around every day with Ben Shapiro literally talking into their ears. Story includes the world’s first top 20 list of conservative podcasters.

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The Constitution does not require its occupant to be a sitting member of the body, although every Speaker so far has been. That’s what we learned from right-wing media this past week. Our Week in Review also reveals that Ron DeSantis looks stronger than ever and the memoir from former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch has been delayed until 2022.

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Matt Gaetz was a hot topic everywhere this past week — except if you happened to be reading conservative media. It was like he vacationed in Chernobyl and returned radioactive. Our Week in Conservative Media also observes how right-wing outlets have blasted Major League Baseball for its decision about the All-Star game.

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Our Conservative Media Week in Review analyzes how right-wing media’s coverage of the twin tragedies veered off in a surprising direction by attacking mainstream media’s coverage of the incidents. We also look at how the right spanked Biden after his press conference and a gym owner who rewards customers who aren’t vaccinated.

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“A softer news environment in February featuring a less confrontational president impacted the traffic to conservative websites,” said Howard Polskin, President and Chief Curator, TheRighting.

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Is it just us or is the news a tad boring? Without Trump in the White House, the news lacks the vinegar and salt of the past four years. And traffic to conservative websites will decline as a result. Our Conservative Media Week in Review also looks at how the right-wing media may have praised Florida’s Ron DeSantis too early for his handling of the pandemic. Can anyone say state of energy in the sunshine state?

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Meghan sat down for a two-hour interview with Oprah that aired the night of March 7. By the time the sun rose the next morning, she became a piece of red meat for right-wing media. Some of the stories had racist overtones. Our Week in Conservative Media roundup also looks at the one-year anniversary of the lockdowns through the eyes of the right. Buckle your seat belts!

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The Week in Conservative Media analyzes the uneven response from the right-wing press to Trump’s gripe-filled keynote address at last week’s CPAC conference. Plus, we spotlight big names who penned op-eds including Karl Rove, Mike Pence (!) and even Tim Tebow who should think about hiring a good ghost writer.

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The Week in Conservative Media spotlight’s Ann Coulter’s head-spinning endorsement of the Proud Boys for guarding her during a speech more than a year ago. We also reveal the week’s worst sentence of the week from the right involving Barack Obama and a certain superstar musician from New Jersey.

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Newsmax was able to capitalize on a robust January news environment that included the January 6 insurrection, Georgia run-off elections and the Biden inauguration to build audience, Surprisingly, Foxnews.com stumbled in a month filled with historically significant news events.

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The Week in Conservative Media looks at Ted Cruz’s vacation philosophies. He went to Mexico, but did his political fortunes go south? And Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly kicks an old dog when it’s down, in a textbook case of man bites dog.

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He may be gone from the White House, but there’s still plenty to digest from his four-year whirlwind of disinformation and chaos that characterized his presidency. Plenty of journalists and insiders have been hard at work cranking out their tomes. Here’s what’s coming over the next two years.

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Our “Week in Conservative Media” column looks at Bruce Springsteen’s misguided Super Bowl Jeep ad and concludes he drove head-on into the fiery crosshairs of the right. We also weigh in on the right’s coverage of the impeachment hearings and offer a light-hearted prediction that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may have his eyes on the White House.

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Our “Week in Conservative Media” column spotlights the pummeling of Jen Psaki (and AOC as well) by the right-wing press. We also throw shade on Hunter Biden’s April memoir and the upcoming National Geographic documentary on Dr. Fauci (too soon!).