“Candace” Ranks as Q3’s Fastest-Growing Conservative Podcast;

“Bannon’s War Room” Posts Strong Subscriber Growth

October 7, 2021, New York, NY – “Candace,” a weekly podcast featuring conservative commentator Candace Owens, was the fastest-growing right-wing podcast in the third quarter, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of Castbox data.  The program increased its subscriptions by 13% on the Castbox platform in the quarter, more than any other show in TheRighting’s top 20 list. 

“Candace” began the quarter with 12,280 subscribers and finished with 13,888.  The “Matt Walsh Show” ranked second for the quarter, increasing its subscriptions by 12% in that period.  

While “Bannon’s War Room” posted a larger percentage increase in its subscriptions for the quarter, it failed to land in TheRighting’s top 20 chart, which is based on total subscriptions, not percentage growth.  Subscriptions to the show featuring former Trump advisor Steve Bannon ballooned 25% and generated 1,929 new subscribers for the period, rising from 7,851 to 9,780. That was more than any other conservative podcast except “The Ben Shapiro Show” and “Dan Bongino Show.”  

“The Ben Shapiro Show,” an hour-long daily podcast hosted by right-wing commentator and media mogul Ben Shapiro, remained the most dominant conservative podcast available.  It added 14,505 new subscribers on the Castbox platform, giving it 437,286 through September 30, which is four times greater than the #2 conservative podcast, “Bill “O’Reilly’s No Spin News.”  However, its subscription base only grew 3% in the quarter. 

Speedsters and Slow-Pokes Among Top 20 Conservative Podcasts for Q3 2021

(by subscriber percentage growth June 30, 2021-September 30, 2021)

Speedsters

·      “Candace” (+13%)

·      “Matt Walsh Show” (+12%)

Slow-pokes

·      “Sean Hannity Show” (+0.1%)

·      “Michael Savage Show” (+0.1%)

Methodology

This report is based on data that is updated daily from the podcast app Castbox, which ranks as the third most popular app on the podcast-hosting platform Buzzsprout.   Castbox represents 2.7% of all podcasts that Buzzsprout serves ranking behind Spotify (32.8%) and Apple Podcasts (28.3%). No other leading podcast app besides Castbox makes its data available.  

Interested in more news about right-wing media curated especially for mainstream audiences? Subscribe to our free daily newsletter.