Forbes: The Daily Wire, For The First Time, Reveals The Size Of Its Paid Subscriber Base

With close to 600,000 subscribers now paying for one of its three membership tiers — benefits of which include access to a growing slate of feature-length films, podcasts and eventually kids’ programming, among other content — you could argue that the conservative media outlet The Daily Wire is close to outgrowing its name. Or, at least, that part of its name implying the firehose of information obtained from something like a newswire.

To be sure, a mix of quick-hit takes plus original reporting does still comprise the centerpiece of The Daily Wire’s operation. But starting with the rollout a few years ago of what’s proven to be a successful paywall, under co-CEO Jeremy Boreing, the company has also now matured to the point that its multifaceted commercial ambitions actually feel at least conceptually more aligned with a publisher like The New York Times than with the idea of a niche, narrowly targeted partisan site.

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