Charlie Kirk’s books and podcasts have skyrocketed to the highest of charts throughout almost each main platform after the 31-year-old conservative activist was assassinated final Wednesday.
Kirk – the Turning Level USA founder who turned a outstanding determine amongst younger conservative males – was maybe finest recognized for his podcast, “The Charlie Kirk Present,” which topped Apple’s podcast chart within the No. 1 slot on Monday.
On Spotify’s podcast chart, his present ranked at No. 26, trending upward with a inexperienced arrow.
His forthcoming ebook, “Cease, within the Title of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Remodel Your Life,” shot to the highest slot as Amazon’s best-selling ebook – a full three months earlier than its launch in December.
The ebook – a information on “the right way to unplug, recharge, and reconnect with God, household, and your self” – surpassed upcoming titles from former Vice President Kamala Harris and Eric Trump.
Kirk’s older title, “The Faculty Rip-off” – which accuses American universities of brainwashing and indoctrination – was a No. 5 Amazon bestseller on Monday. It was revealed in 2022.
His 2020 audiobook “The MAGA Doctrine” – which runs six and a half hours lengthy – soared to the No. 3 slot on each Audible and Apple’s lists of high audiobooks.
Different titles merely linked to the pundit took off on Monday within the wake of Kirk’s stunning loss of life.
Tom MacDonald, a Canadian rapper recognized for his right-wing politics, launched a tribute track “CHARLIE” that notched the No. 1 slot on the US iTunes chart and No. 6 on the worldwide listing.
A ebook titled “CHARLIE KIRK BIOGRAPHY” additionally made it to Amazon’s bestseller listing, touchdown at No. 9.
However over half of the critiques left the ebook only a one-star score, with many warning it was merely AI slop made to revenue from the younger activist’s loss of life. A number of critiques alleged that the final web page of their variations of the ebook revealed it was revealed the identical day Kirk died.
Kirk’s widow Erika stated Friday night that she expects her late husband’s affect to develop even better posthumously.
“My husband’s voice will stay, and it’ll ring out louder and extra clearly than ever, and his knowledge will endure,” she stated in a livestreamed handle, which has racked up 3.5 million views.
Kirk’s principal Instagram account has added 3.5 million followers for the reason that assassination. His podcast’s TikTok account has gained over 1.5 million followers. And his Fb web page has added 2.3 million followers.
His principal YouTube channel has almost 5 million subscribers, up from 3.8 million earlier than he was killed.
The account for his group Turning Level USA has additionally seen its subscriber rely rise to three.85 million, up from 3.3 million.
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Friday and faces formal expenses together with aggravated homicide in Kirk’s loss of life.
