“The Matt Walsh Show” and “The Charlie Kirk Show” 

Rank as Fastest-Growing Conservative Podcasts in Q1;

“The Ben Shapiro Show” Continues to Dominate Conservative Podcasting

April 5, 2022, New York, NY – Subscribers to “The Matt Walsh Show” grew by 12.9%, making it the fastest growing conservative podcast in the first quarter, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of Castbox data.  The daily podcast, featuring conservative pundit and author Matt Walsh, began the quarter with 17,521 subscribers on the Castbox platform and ended with 19,792.  The show is part of The Daily Wire’s podcast network.  

“The Charlie Kirk” show also registered a strong quarter with a 10% gain in subscribers, rising from 27,886 on January 1 to 30,676 on March 31.  

While “Bannon’s War Room” didn’t crack TheRighting’s top 20 list, the podcast from the former Trump advisor continued to add to its growing subscriber base.  It posted an 11% subscriber increase for the quarter rising from 11,020 to 12,218.  

“The Ben Shapiro Show” remained the most popular conservative podcast on the Castbox platform with 470,211 total subscribers, which far surpasses any other podcast from the Right.  The show started the quarter with 452,022 subscribers.  

“The Ben Shapiro brand continues to grow stronger every quarter especially as he  branches out into new forms of media like children’s entertainment and film production,” said Howard Polskin, President and Founder, TheRighting.  “The enduring popularity of Shapiro’s podcast is a barometer of his appeal to a vast audience on a multitude of platforms.”

Top Conservative Podcasts, Subscriber Growth by the Numbers, Q1 2022

(total number of new subscribers added in the first quarter of 2022 on the Castbox platform)

·      “The Ben Shapiro Show,” 18,189 subscribers

·      “The Dan Bongino Show,” 4,956 subscribers

·      “The Charlies Kirk Show,” 2,790 subscribers

·      “The Matt Walsh Show,” 2,271 subscribers

Methodology

This report is based on data that is updated daily from the podcast app Castbox, which is tied as the fifth most popular app on the podcast-hosting platform Buzzsprout.   Castbox represents 1.7% of all podcasts that Buzzsprout serves. No other leading podcast app besides Castbox makes its data available. 

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