"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."
Tucker Carlson had lobbed harsh criticism at Chris Wallace by saying the network allowed him to "wreck" the audience hosts had devoted "our lives to building."
The company points out that the rankings are not based on the political party of listeners, but rather the content of the programs before being ranked on average total weekly audiences.
Other news media podcasts in the top 10 of the company's rankings include Pod Save America (#5), The Dan Bongino Show (#7), and Candance by Candace Owens (#8).
Charlie Kirk has been tightly linked with the RNC and Trump campaigns. He has also been an ardent supporter of Carlson's, especially since his high-profile exit from Fox News in April of last year.
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."