Tucker Carlson’s ratings for his shows on Twitter are dropping and getting lower with each new episode.
Here are Tucker Carlson’s opinions for his Twitter show in two lists. The first list is the actual number of views for each episode. The second graph is the display version of Elon Musk. (Twitter abandoned the default view stats for its own calculations.):
I’ve got the declining Tucker Carlson on Twitter *video views* stats for you (#number of times the video has been played at least 0:02).
Announcement: 28.9 million
Ep. 1:26.7 million
Ep. 2: 13.9 million
Ep. 3: 22.1 million
Ep. 4: 10.2 million
Ep. 5: 6.4 million
Ep. 6: 8.5 million
Ep. 7: 5.5 million
Ep. 8: 3.8 millionhttps://t.co/c29SLOQzGL— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) July 7, 2023
Carlson took a big hit for episode three because that was Trump’s federal indictment, but otherwise the trendline is pointing down and he’s losing viewers with each episode.
The answer to why Tucker Carlson’s show is failing on Twitter isn’t hard to pin down. Tucker was a product of Fox News. Without the big Fox platform to help him tell stories and reach elected Republicans, Carlson is just another voice in the wild. It was never Tucker Carlson that moved Republican stories, but the power of the 8 p.m. weekday Fox News timeslot.
The Murdochs believe that no one is bigger than the Fox News brand. Tucker Carlson thought he was and that he could do huge numbers on his own.
Carlson no longer dominated conservative media and bullied elected Republicans, but filmed in his shed and was a guest on Russell Brand’s podcast.
The mighty did not just fall. He stepped on a rake and planted himself in the middle of the yard.