Donald Trump’s second term is six months, “Manosphere” is an ecosystem of right-leaning podcasts and YouTube shows that helped elect him – seemingly losing some enthusiasm for him.
Many of these masters attracted a young, male and politically disconnected audience who now seem less excited about the actions and concerns of the government. While some remain loyal, some are more critical or completely out of politics. This split could challenge Trump, the Mecca movement and Republicans in future elections as they try to unite an unconventional coalition of voters, which helped him win reelection.
and Tens of millions of listenersthese podcasts have one Large coverage. They often rank first on the podcast rankings and attract a large audience, especially among men. Recent data show podcast listeners share Confirm Republicans have been growingmillions of Americans become regular podcast consumers, making these owners more important in their transformation in loyalty and adjustment.
Trump’s loyal broadcaster
2.2 million subscribers (its 8.4 million Youtube prank channel); prank, pop culture and sports; weekly
Weird young man Canadian and American man Send a full podcastKyle Leadard and Aaron “Steiny” Steinberg are part of two of Trump’s most loyal podcasts, Nelk Boys. NELK Group starts media and entertainment business as a party boy influencer As early as 2020 As “the most famous figure of young people in North America”, they were notorious for hosting parties during the 19th pandemic. They built on the brand’s expressive hypermasculinity, organizing “Brotests” to reopen the gym, travel in the United States, and take counter-trendism as much as possible. A fan Tell the Toronto Stars Back in 2020, a large part of “nelk’s” didn’t listen to it” instead of following the rules.
This spirit brings them millions of followers, opinions and financial success through partnerships, promotions and subscriptions. Through videos and prank videos, they are able to mainstream and promote various right-leaning and far-right commentators on the show, Causes allegations “Extreme misogyny” and paranoia.
Over the past few years, Longeard and his collaborators have Interview trump card repeatedly And talk to him JD Vance During the 2024 campaign. In turn, Trump yelled in his speech, praising them and their work, noting in 2023 that many in the political and media organizations “didn’t realize that the Nelk boys may be much stronger than they.”
Since January, they have supported Trump more or less – praising his foreign policy and negotiating the Russian-Ukrainian war. Still, recently, they said they thought “maybe because we want to have fun too, so stay away from politics,” Get strong criticism To interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2.69 million subscribers; current affairs and business; two to three times a week
A panel-style discussion hosted by businessman Patrick Bet-David with three to four co-hosts, PBD Podcast Inclined to talk about current affairs, from celebrity news to hard politics. Trump has Appear In previous shows, he visited Bet-David during the 2024 campaign, who called himself a Trump ally.
Although these shows have some debates about Trump’s policies, these conversations tend to criticize Democrats and raise Trump’s stance. For example, during the launch of the “Liberation Day” tariffs in the spring, the group was confused and confused about the impact of tariffs on global markets, and then criticized the Fed and endorsed Trump’s negotiations. Likewise, they have long praised Trump for his handling of the Russian-Ukrainian war, saying Trump was treated by Ukrainian President Vorodimir Zelensky and European leaders, calling Trump a “alpha” male. They did not show any signs of slowing down support anytime soon.
Tired or disappointed critic
20 million subscribers; interviews, comments; about four times a week
The world’s largest podcast Not always Trump’s fan, but over the past five years, his performances have become one of the most influential platforms for politicians, celebrities, thinkers and more. Logan October Trump interview Bankruptcy Record (60 million have been observed now) and went crazy on the Democratic side when he disagreed with Kamala Harris’ campaign that brought her to the show.
However, over the past few months, Rogan’s support for Trump has become softer. He criticized the tariffs, the government Censorship To what extent Mass deportation Execution, recently, The supposed Epstein Archive and the government”Air lampsupporter. The podcast sounds even more exhausting. Contrary to being a full-blown critic, he seems less enthusiastic about the president’s embrace of big tech CEOs, and the government lacks the transparency of commitments to government spending, scrutiny, censorship, and Epstein Case.
The past weekend with Theo von
4.1 million subscribers; comedy and interviews; about twice a week
Theo von, comedian and host The past weekendin the Epstein plot, it has begun to split more clearly with Trump. Feng was a bigger Trump fan in the past. He hosted Trump a year ago when he spoke with Trump and Bernie Sanders. Delivered stand set During Trump’s visit to the U.S. military base in Katari.
However, Feng seems to be more suspicious of Trump this summer – criticizing his tariffs, the U.S. through attacks on Iran’s involvement, U.S. support for Israel and “help“Supporting the genocide in Gaza”, Government response to the appeal transparency In the Epstein case.
Feng himself has begun to host Trump critics to conduct democratic Rep. Ro Khanna discuss Epstein case and using social media to Criticize Vance (Former Feng’s guest) violated his promise to “release” Epstein’s archives. In the latest episode of his show, Von sounds even more confused about Trump – still talking to various guests and telling jokes while also talking about how “corruption” of the “system” is, nothing seems to change, and the frustrating level of politics.
Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh
2 million subscribers; comedy and interviews; weekly
Owner flagrant Comedy podcast Andrew Schulz is disillusioned with Trump, but louder. Schultz was a Trump supporter in the past and his host His performance In 2024. Schultz is now Trump’s biggest ex-fan in the universe and turns into criticism. July’s breakthrough came as he began to regret Trump’s support during Epstein’s collapse Say that“If I want to vote for someone who will keep Epstein’s archives, that would expand the foreign war and would increase the budget, I would vote for Kamala.” He is communicating many new 2024 Trump voters who are not the huge supporters the president calls it in the polls. “Everything he’s running for, I believe he wants to do, and now he’s doing everything the exact opposite,” Schultz Say in July.
Schultz, like Von, has begun to host more free and princely voices: Sanders, Kana, Pete Bartjeag, Pod Save America Host and reporter Ezra Klein (co-founder of Vox). Now he teases himself for his past support for Trump and essentially turns his performance into those who support Trump in order to regret finding other options.
As Schultz said recently, Democrats have a chance to win voters like him. “You have a chance to be like, hey, we tell you he’s a liar. Here’s the evidence that he’s a liar. Come here, here are some better ideas. You might like these. If you just go, hey, hey, fuck, fuck, you’re stupid, that guy called Dumb will never come to you.”
A cold or neutral voice
A few podcasters and influencers retreat from discussing current affairs and politics, or they do so carefully if they delve into topics related to Trump. For example The last autumn.
Both have been talking to businessmen, writers, former officers, historians and thinkers, but so far, neither the vocal defenders or commentators of Trump’s presidency have been. Fridman interviewed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but they only talked about Trump for a moment, which was never crucial. The same applies to Ryan Interviewed Vance Last year, but no talk about Epstein’s collapse, tariffs or immigration.
Two other big Trump supporters retreated from political discussions and promoted Trump. Adin Rose (4.6 million) and Logan Paul (4.8 million) Interview trump card last year But the focus goes back to their original video live-action pranks, comments about internet culture, and challenges (such as Ross has His back is waxed in live broadcast with Mrbeast).
Changes in loyalty in the Manopa League could be a sign of greater changes in young male voters who helped elect Trump – the current tensions at least suggest early challenges to the endurance of the presidential coalition. Still, it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration will actively work to win the support of these creators and their audiences – he hasn’t returned to most of these shows since taking office.
