Ben Shapiro

American conservative political commentator · United States · Journalists · Born 1984 · age 42

Read more often than usual, most of all on 14 October.

3.2 times the usual readers on 14 October. 9,566 readers on 14 October, against about 3,037 a day before the rise.

A conservative commentator who built a media empire on rapid-fire debate and unwavering positions on abortion, gun rights, and Israel - delivering them at a pace and with a certainty that either galvanizes or exhausts, depending on which side of the argument you're on.

A life in dates

2025Independence Day (Israel) torchbearerAward2024“And as far as the free speech situation, what I will say is that no company has the obligation to literally pay anyone. The Daily Wire is a publisher, it is not a platform.”In their words26 March 2024"Piers Morgan vs. Ben Shapiro: On Israel-Hamas, Candace Owens and More" (11:40-12:04). Piers Morgan Uncensored (2024-03-26).Read the whole statement

2019“They're talking about this dumb story that President Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes. Which, by the way, I don't care whether it does anything, I just think it sounds cool.”In their words30 August 2019, quoted in citation |date=2019-08-30 |title=Ben Shapiro Is Getting Dumber Right In Front Of UsRead the whole statement

“We believe freedom is built upon the twin notions that God created every human in His image, and that human beings are capable of investigating and exploring God's world.”In their wordsThe Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great (2019)Read the whole statement

“The argument, I guess here, is that would you kill baby Hitler?”In their words2019 March for Life,Read the whole statement

2017“You can't magically change your . You can't magically change your sex.”In their words23 November 2017As quoted in Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives (November 23, 2017) by Sabrina Tavernise, .Read the whole statement

2016“Conservatives used to care too much about values and republicanism to buy ends-justify-the-means logic.”In their words5 December 2016Is Truth Becoming Irrelevant to Conservatives?, (December 5, 2016)Read the whole statement

1984Born15 January 1984

Also in Deutsch

Photos 5

Shapiro at the University of Missouri in 2015.

Shapiro speaking at CPAC 2018

Speaking at CPAC Hungary 2025

Shapiro speaking at the 2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas

In their own words 10

Ben Shapiro

10 statements, newest first

And as far as the free speech situation, what I will say is that no company has the obligation to literally pay anyone. The Daily Wire is a publisher, it is not a platform.
Mar 26, 2024, "Piers Morgan vs. Ben Shapiro: On Israel-Hamas, Candace Owens and More" (11:40-12:04). Piers Morgan Uncensored (2024-03-26)., Own words
I am a Jew." Those have been the words of the Jewish people for three millennia. Those were the words of the men, women and children of Masada.
Oct 10, 2023, "I Am a Jew" (2023-10-10). Excerpt from "The Face of Absolute Evil" (2023-10-09), about the 7 October attacks. Also published in Jewish, Own words
They're talking about this dumb story that President Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes. Which, by the way, I don't care whether it does anything, I just think it sounds cool.
Aug 30, 2019, , quoted in citation |date=2019-08-30 |title=Ben Shapiro Is Getting Dumber Right In Front Of Us, Own words

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On YouTube

7M subscribers

Open channel on YouTube

Awards

Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer2025

In their orbit

Sibling: Abigail Shapiro

About this person

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro was born January 15, 1984, and entered political media young, writing columns and eventually joining Breitbart News as editor-at-large in 2012. He left in 2016 and co-founded The Daily Wire in 2015, where he became editor emeritus and launched The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily podcast and radio program that turned him into a fixture of conservative commentary. He describes himself as economically libertarian and socially conservative, opposing abortion, gun control, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, and the Affordable Care Act while supporting capital punishment, tax cuts, and the 2003 Iraq invasion. He has condemned Hamas and praised Israel and the IDF throughout the Gaza war and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Across 16 non-fiction books and columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, he has staked out territory on the right while distancing himself from the alt-right - a position that keeps him in the conversation and keeps the conversation loud.

Country

United States