The Daily Wire

The Daily Wire

Company type	Private
Industry	Media, Entertainment, Publishing
Founded	2015 (2015)
Founder	Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing
Headquarters	Nashville , United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Jeremy Boreing (co-CEO), Ben Shapiro (editor emeritus), Mike Richards (president and chief content officer)
Products	News and opinion content, podcasts, films, video series, subscription streaming service (DailyWire+), children's video platform (Bentkey), books (DW Books), shaving razors (Jeremy's Razors), chocolate bars (Jeremy's Chocolate)
Number of employees	150 (2022)
Website	www.dailywire.com

The Daily Wire is a U.S.-based media company with a conservative orientation, established in 2015 by political analyst Ben Shapiro and filmmaker Jeremy Boreing. The organization distributes content across platforms such as Facebook and hosts podcasts like The Ben Shapiro Show. It has diversified into producing films and video series, launching the subscription streaming service DailyWire+ in 2022 and introducing the children's video platform Bentkey in 2023. The company's main office is located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Its output frequently repurposes reporting from mainstream news outlets through a conservative lens. Fact-checking organizations have observed that certain reports lack verification or present inaccuracies to advance partisan narratives.

History

The Daily Wire was created in 2015 by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, who previously worked for TruthRevolt, with initial capital provided by billionaire oil industry entrepreneurs Dan and Farris Wilks. Farris Wilks oversees DailyWire Ventures, LLC, the publishing arm responsible for the Daily Wire. Originally based in Los Angeles, California, the enterprise primarily depended on advertising income. In September 2020, the headquarters were moved to Nashville, Tennessee.

The Daily Wire quickly emerged as a prominent right-wing publisher on Facebook, ranking as the leading right-leaning site in engagement during 2018 and sixth overall among English-language publishers in early 2019. By 2021, it held the top position on Facebook for likes, shares, and comments among news publishers. Its primary podcast, The Ben Shapiro Show, was the second most popular U.S. podcast as of March 2019.

In October 2019, the Daily Wire encountered criticism related to Facebook policy breaches involving anonymous pages that promoted its content to increase engagement. Facebook issued warnings but did not impose direct sanctions on the Daily Wire.

In June 2020, Shapiro resigned as editor-in-chief and became editor emeritus; John Bickley took over the role.

By January 2021, the company had branched into entertainment with a studio dedicated to producing conservative-themed television shows and films; its debut original movie, Shut In, was released in 2022.

In September 2021, the Daily Wire openly opposed President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates targeting large employers, initiating legal action that influenced the Supreme Court's decision against those mandates.

The firm launched DW Books in 2021, a publishing imprint distributing works from conservative authors including Shapiro and Candace Owens, aiming to bypass traditional New York publishing firms.

By early 2022, annual revenue exceeded $100 million with a workforce of approximately 150 employees. That March, the Daily Wire announced a $100 million investment over three years focused on children's entertainment as a response to Disney's opposition to Florida's House Bill 1557. In June 2022, it debuted DailyWire+, a subscription-based video-on-demand service featuring exclusive content and podcasts. By mid-2022, paid subscribers numbered around 890,000, surpassing one million by November.

In January 2023, conservative commentator Steven Crowder disclosed contract disagreements with the Daily Wire regarding clauses tied to platform demonetization. CEO Jeremy Boreing defended these contractual terms as essential for sustaining profitability amid critiques from Shapiro and other commentators.

During the 2023 Gaza war, internal disagreements emerged between Shapiro and Owens over their contrasting stances on Israel and U.S. support. This dispute contributed to Owens leaving the company in March 2024 to pursue independent media projects.

In March 2025, co-founder Jeremy Boreing announced plans to resign as co-CEO. Following this, in May 2025, Mike Richards joined The Daily Wire as president and chief content officer.

Podcasts and radio

The platform offers a variety of podcasts, such as The Ben Shapiro Show, The Michael Knowles Show, The Matt Walsh Show, and The Andrew Klavan Show.

In April 2018, The Ben Shapiro Show grew its reach when Westwood One began syndicating it on radio. By January 2019, Westwood One introduced a nationally broadcast two-hour live radio segment, bringing the total daily airtime to three hours. As of March 2019, the show was aired on more than 200 stations, including nine of the top ten U.S. markets.

The Daily Wire expanded its content in 2020 by acquiring the entire PragerU video library.

On the 2020 election day, former Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens joined the Daily Wire with a weekly program titled Candace, which debuted in March 2021 and is recorded in front of a live audience. Notable guests have included former president Donald Trump, UFC president Dana White, and U.S. Representative Jim Jordan.

In October 2021, reporter Allison Williams was hired after departing from ESPN due to its vaccine mandate. The Daily Wire promoted her role as delivering "sports without the woke". Williams resumed sideline reporting with Fox Sports in August 2022. Additionally, in February 2022, the Daily Wire introduced a sports program named Crain & Company.

March 2022 saw the launch of a YouTube channel called The Comments Section hosted by Brett Cooper. Following Cooper's exit in December 2024, producer Reagan Rohrbach assumed hosting responsibilities.

In 2022, DailyWire+ started streaming The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast.

Current personalities

• Ben Shapiro (co-founder)
• Michael Knowles
• Matt Walsh
• Andrew Klavan
• Jordan Peterson
• Reagan Conrad
• Isabel Brown

Former personalities

• Candace Owens (2021–2024)
• Brett Cooper (2022–2024)

Documentaries

Among the documentaries produced by the Daily Wire are Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman? released in June 2022 and Am I Racist? from September 2024, both directed by Justin Folk. Other notable works include Candace Owens' true-crime series Convicting a Murderer (2023), her documentary titled The Greatest Lie Ever Sold, as well as Jordan Peterson's Logos and Literacy.

Entertainment

Daily Wire contributors Michael Knowles and Jeremy Boreing collaborate musically as Smokey Mike & The god-king.

In January 2021, the Daily Wire premiered Run Hide Fight, a drama centered on a school shooting, exclusively available to subscribers. Later that year in November, they introduced the comedy podcast Adam Carolla Truth Yeller featuring comedian Adam Carolla.

Their first original film, Shut In, directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Rainey Qualley alongside Vincent Gallo, debuted on YouTube on February 10, 2022. They secured domestic distribution rights for The Hyperions, a superhero comedy starring Cary Elwes; it premiered freely on YouTube in March 2022 before transitioning to exclusive on-demand availability via their platform.

Subscribers gained access to Terror on the Prairie, a western featuring Gina Carano, released in June 2022.

On June 29, 2022, the Daily Wire unveiled its video-on-demand service DailyWire+, showcasing podcasts and video content. They also announced an animated preschool series named Chip Chilla, with voice work by comedian Rob Schneider. On November 3, 2022, they launched the cinéma vérité-style documentary My Dinner with Trump, featuring Donald Trump and his advisors exclusively through DailyWire+.

Later in November 2022, plans were revealed for adaptations of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged and Stephen R. Lawhead's fantasy saga The Pendragon Cycle. Filming for The Pendragon Cycle commenced in September 2023 with Jeremy Boreing co-directing; conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper stars alongside Tom Sharp.

Marking the centennial of The Walt Disney Company on October 16, 2023, the Daily Wire launched Bentkey—a children’s content platform including previously announced titles like Chip Chilla. Bentkey’s debut feature film is a live-action retelling of Snow White, entitled Snow White and the Evil Queen, starring Brett Cooper as a response to Disney’s forthcoming adaptation.

Films

Title	Genre	U.S. release date	Platform
Run Hide Fight	Action thriller	January 14, 2021	DailyWire+
Shut In	Thriller	February 10, 2022
The Hyperions	Superhero comedy	March 10, 2022
What Is a Woman?	Documentary	June 1, 2022
Terror on the Prairie	Western	June 14, 2022
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold	Documentary	October 12, 2022
My Dinner with Trump	Documentary	November 3, 2022
Lady Ballers	Comedy	December 1, 2023
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot	Drama	July 4, 2024	Theatrical release
Am I Racist?	Documentary	September 13, 2024

Television series

Title	Genre	U.S. release date	Platform
What We Saw	Documentary	June 13, 2019–present	DailyWire+
Adam Carolla Truth Yeller	Comedy podcast	November 25, 2021 – March 24, 2022
The Enemy Within	Documentary	February 18, 2022
Fauci Unmasked	Documentary	March 16, 2022
Exodus	Documentary	November 22, 2022 – May 3, 2023
Convicting a Murderer	Documentary	September 8, 2023
Chip Chilla	Animated series	October 16, 2023	Bentkey
A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay	Live-action children's series
Gus Plus Us	Puppet show
Kid Explorer	Children's documentary
Kid Fit Go!	Fitness
Kid Fit Chef	Cooking	March 16, 2024
Mr. Birchum	Adult animation	May 12, 2024	DailyWire+
Parenting	Documentary	2025
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin	Fantasy	2026
Atlas Shrugged	Scripted series based on novel	TBA

Products

In March 2022, co-CEO Jeremy Boreing launched a subscription service for shaving razors under the brand Jeremy's Razors, positioning it as an alternative to the previous sponsor Harry's. One year later, in March 2023, he expanded the product line by introducing Jeremy's Chocolate bars, a response to Hershey's decision to feature a transgender spokesperson for International Women's Day.

Reception

Fact-checking organizations have identified instances where some Daily Wire articles contain unverified information or misrepresent facts to support partisan agendas. Analyses conducted by Snopes and NewsGuard from 2017 through 2022 revealed that the site disseminated misleading or inaccurate assertions on diverse subjects, including Dutch baby naming trends and supposed political misconduct.

The Daily Wire has been noted for advancing climate change denial by challenging the scientific consensus with deceptive or incorrect statements; although corrections were issued, the content often remained misleading. A study published in November 2021 by the Center for Countering Digital Hate listed it among ten publishers responsible for nearly seventy percent of Facebook engagements involving climate change denial content; however, Facebook contested this conclusion.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute labeled the Daily Wire’s reporting as "junk health news." Additionally, Boston University and Forbes have categorized it as far-right media.

In April 2017, FactCheck.org rectified an inaccurate claim asserting that then-HUD Secretary Ben Carson uncovered $500 billion in accounting errors; these discrepancies had actually been identified before his appointment.