Far-right news sites see traffic crash as Trump support collapses: report

As President Donald Trump's approval ratings hit record lows, far-right media outlets are experiencing a parallel collapse, with major conservative websites posting devastating traffic declines in May.According to media watchdog Status, The Righting—which monitors website traffic—reported catastrophic numbers across the conservative media landscape. The top 20 right-wing news websites all posted year-over-year declines in May visits, with 90 percent experiencing double-digit drops.The carnage was severe. Among the biggest casualties were The Federalist (down 52 percent), Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire (down 47 percent), and The Blaze (down 46 percent). Only two sites managed single-digit declines: the Epoch Times (down 2 percent) and Truth Social (down 9 percent).The decline wasn't limited to conservative outlets, however. Mainstream news organizations also experienced traffic losses, though notably not as steep as outlets like The Federalist and Daily Wire.Howard Polskin of The Righting described the trend as accelerating. The trend in 2026 has definitely been downward, but it feels like the descent is accelerating despite major events like the war with Iran which should have attracted visits. May's numbers represent the first time this year that every site I track has shown negative year-over-year growth, he wrote.News of the traffic collapse comes weeks after the Daily Wire announced layoffs.According to Nashville Scene, Once seen as a Digital Age successor to Fox News, The Daily Wire — which relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2020 as it neared a market peak — has suffered layoffs and a failed attempt to build a right-wing Hollywood over the past 12 months. Its audience has been in free fall across platforms while competing against independent personalities like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and former DW principal Candace Owens.“