Nick Fuentes
| Nick Fuentes | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Nicholas J. Fuentes |
| Born | 1998 |
| Occupation | Livestreamer |
| Known for | America First |
| Website | rumble.com/c/nickjfuentes |
Nick Fuentes (Nicholas J. Fuentes) is a livestreamer. He hosts America First. WIRED describes him as a white nationalist livestreamer, and as antisemitic, anti-trans, misogynistic, and racist.[1] The supporters of that program call themselves Groypers. WIRED says the ideology he broadcasts, which he calls America First, is white nationalist and Christian nationalist.[1]
Where the show has run[edit]
He was born in 1998 and grew up in a suburb of Chicago. By 18, a freshman at Boston University, he was livestreaming. He launched America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes on YouTube, and in February 2017 took the show to Right Side Broadcasting Network.[1]
YouTube banned him in 2020 for violating its hate-speech policies. He continued on DLive. DLive suspended him indefinitely in 2021 after he stood outside the Capitol on 6 January 2021 and was recorded speaking to supporters. WIRED also noted that a rioter inside the building was recorded with an America First flag.[1]
He then moved the show to Cozy.tv. WIRED says he built that site in collaboration with Alex Jones. Talking Points Memo describes Cozy.tv as a platform he founded.[1][2]
The show's later home is Rumble. Talking Points Memo reported in April 2026 that he broadcasts five nights a week.[2] On 1 October 2026 the Rumble channel Nicholas J. Fuentes was still posting America First episodes, and the page showed 708,000 followers.[3] That figure is a stock of follows. It is not an average audience and it is not a peak.
X suspended him and then reinstated him in May 2024. WIRED said Elon Musk's condition was that Fuentes not violate the law. From that restoration to the September 2025 article, the X following went from 168,000 to almost 925,000.[1] That is a follower stock on another site, dated to that article.
After Charlie Kirk was murdered[edit]
WIRED reported that Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA cofounder, was murdered in September 2025. Fuentes had attacked Kirk for years, especially over Israel, and had pressed for a debate. After the murder, WIRED said, Fuentes told followers not to take up arms, and also said he believed Kirk had been "complicit in the Israeli capture of the right wing for a very long time."[1]
WIRED counted the commemorative livestream at over 2.5 million views, among his most watched, and said his Rumble following rose by more than 100,000 after the murder and his X following by almost 175,000. On the Monday livestream about who was responsible, WIRED reviewed the top 50 Super Chat donations and counted more than $5,500 in less than an hour.[1] That sum is one broadcast, and only the top 50 messages WIRED reviewed. It is not a salary and it is not a weekly average.
What he says on the show[edit]
Talking Points Memo reported that he praises Adolf Hitler on the air and that he has said, "I'm not a hater, but I am racist."[2] Those sentences are his, said on the livestream.
In October 2025 The Atlantic described him as a white-nationalist influencer and reported that an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show had drawn more than 4 million views on YouTube, while his own Rumble videos typically did not reach a tenth of that.[4] WIRED also reported a paid archive, America First Plus, at $15, $30, and $100 a month, and said Fuentes had claimed 400 subscribers on the $100 tier.[1] The claim is his. This page does not turn it into annual revenue.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 David Gilbert. Nick Fuentes' Plan to Conquer America. WIRED. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 First, Streamers Set the GOP Agenda. Now They're Taking Over the Party Itself.. Talking Points Memo. 15 April 2026. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Nicholas J. Fuentes. Rumble. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Ali Breland. The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling. The Atlantic. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
External links[edit]
- Nicholas J. Fuentes on Rumble