The Daily Wire is a the YouTube channel for the conservative news and opinion network of the same name. Since 2022, the channel's name has been changed to DailyWire+ to match the name of their new streaming app.
Founders[]
Jeremy Boreing[]
One of the Daily Wire’s two founder, Jeremy Boreing, was an actor, writer, and director from 2006 to 2012.
He then became a guest columnist at Big Hollywood and Newsbusters.org
In late summer of 2015, he help create The Daily Wire.
Ben Shapiro[]
Ben Shapiro’s career began in May of 2004 when he published his book Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth.
On May 20, 2005, Ben Shapiro published his second book, Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future.
On July 30, 2005, Ben Shapiro published his third book called Generation Sex: Exposing The Full Frontal Assault On American Innocence.
On January 15, 2008, Ben Shapiro published his fourth book Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House.
On May 31, 2011, Ben Shapiro published his fifth book, Primtime Propaganda.
In 2012, Ben Shapiro became the editor at large at Breitbart News.
On January 8, 2013, Ben Shapiro published his sixth book, Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans.
On June 10, 2014, Ben Shapiro published his seventh and last book before starting the Daily Wire, The People Vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration.
History[]
Eventually, both Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing both worked at the Conservative news network TruthRevolt. In 2015, the two left.
On August 20, 2015, they created the Daily Wire YouTube channel. The same day, on August 20, 2015, a video called Ben Shapiro: The Truth About Planned Parenthood. This video was hosted by Ben Shapiro, in this video, he criticized Planned Parenthood and the concept of abortion as a whole.
On September 21, 2015, the Daily Wire was officially launched.
DailyWire+[]
On June 29, 2022, The Daily Wire announced their own streaming service called DailyWire+, which serves as a counter to "woke" Hollywood. DailyWire+ features content from talk shows, comedy sketches, documentaries, and original scripted entertainment from divisions like DW Entertainment and BentKey, as well as third parties such as Bonfire Legends. The channel's YouTube name was changed to reflect this.
Unscripted content includes What is a Woman by Matt Walsh, Candace by Candace Owens, Adam Carolla: Truth Yeller, Dragons, Monsters and Men by Jordan B Peterson, The Comments Section with Brett Cooper, and Daily Wire Backstage. Scripted content includes Run Hide Fight, Shut In, The Hyperions, and Terror on the Prairie, and the kids' show Chip Chillas.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: October 22, 2018
- 2 million subscribers: June 18, 2020