<p>Former Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> drew an audience of more than 18 million — and still counting — with his first video statement following his surprise departure from the network.</p>
<p>Carlson dropped the video, which ran just over two minutes in length, via Twitter on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. ET — at almost exactly the time his fans would normally have tuned in to watch &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight.&#8221;</p>
<p>The popular host, who routinely drew an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-news-takes-ratings-hit-after-tucker-carlsons-exit-1235400150/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">average audience</a> of over 3 million in his primetime slot, had reached more than six times that — 18.7 million — by midday on Thursday, less than 24 hours after the video went live.</p>
<p><strong>WATCH:</strong></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good evening <a href="https://t.co/SPrsYKWKCE">pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1651376097349578753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>In the video, Carlson made no mention of his former employer. Instead, his positive message focused on observations made once he stepped away from the media bubble — namely that there are a lot of truly kind, generous, and hilarious people out there and that Americans still have an appetite for people who will tell them the truth.</p>
<p>And while Carlson&#8217;s Twitter account does not appear to be set up for subscribers — which would allow him to turn his Twitter feed into an income stream — the massive response to his video suggests that the market could be ready to follow him in that direction.</p>
<p>&#8220;America loves Tucker Carlson,&#8221; Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) tweeted in response.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">America loves Tucker Carlson. <a href="https://t.co/7g3KUxSTpq">https://t.co/7g3KUxSTpq</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/1651615062900064257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">This video has gotten over 15 million views in 14 hours. </span><span class="r-18u37iz">@TuckerCarlson</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">’s star is only going to shine brighter and stronger than ever. We love you, Tucker!&#8221; Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1651588044590284800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.</span></p>
<p>&#8220;15 million views on the video &amp; 45 on the tweet. Legacy media will do everything in its power to make sure Tucker has no voice through 2024 … Just watch,&#8221; Donald Trump Jr. observed. &#8220;Also note who has his back &amp; who doesn’t!!! A silenced Tucker is a uniparty/warmonger/deep-state/globalists dream come true.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">15 million views on the video &amp; 45 on the tweet. Legacy media will do everything in its power to make sure Tucker has no voice through 2024… </p>
<p>Just watch… also note who has his back &amp; who doesn’t!!! A silenced Tucker is a uniparty/warmonger/deep-state/globalists dream come true <a href="https://t.co/btVeYsOKpx">https://t.co/btVeYsOKpx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1651574574838870017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>According to Twitter&#8217;s <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/media-studio-analytics#:~:text=What%20metric%20is%20used%20for,uploaded%20videos%20and%20live%20broadcasts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">internal analytics</a>, &#8220;the main Twitter video view metric is triggered when a user watches a video for at least 2 seconds and sees at least 50% of the video player in-view.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the time of publication, the tweet itself had been viewed over 62 million times. The included video had been viewed 18.7 million times. For comparison, 18.7 million people <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/253743/academy-awards--number-of-viewers/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20around%2018.7%20million,million%20was%20back%20in%202014." target="_blank" rel="noopener">also watched</a> the 2023 Academy Awards during the live broadcast.</p>

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