Tucker Carlson's post-Fox News video post gets 66 million views in a day

Tucker Carlson's video post excoriating collusion between the political elites and establishment media in the wake of his departure from Fox News managed to draw a colossal viewership in the span of a day.

After Fox announced this week that the last episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was last Friday, the former Fox host posted on Wednesday a short video on his Twitter account in which he encouraged Americans to seek truth and lamented that existing media outlets shunned debate on serious topics.

The video went up at approximately 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time and quickly went viral. After roughly one day, that post had amassed 66.5 million views.

Good evening pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023

"Tucker Carlson Tonight" was Fox's top-rated program, averaging 3.2 million viewers during the first quarter of 2023. His Twitter post reached nearly 30 times that audience.

His departure has led to a marked ratings crash at Fox. Carlson's temporary replacement, Brian Kilmeade, brought in 1.7 million viewers on Monday, 47% fewer viewers than Carlson typically attracted. That decline affected other Fox shows, with both "Hannity" and "The Ingraham Angle" seeing viewer drop-offs this week. Conversely, several shows on Newsmax, a more right-leaning news network, saw considerable boosts to their audiences.

Carlson did not address his departure from Fox News nor did he indicate any future plans, though his potential future endeavors remain of interest to his fans.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.