Several of Charlie Kirk’s social media accounts have gained huge swaths of new followers since the conservative activist’s death on Wednesday. Twenty-two-year-old college student Tyler Robinson has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
According to analytics available on Social Blade, Kirk’s YouTube account grew from 3.81 million followers on September 9 to 3.92 million the following day. At the time of writing, 4.56 million people have subscribed to the channel.
Similarly, the TikTok account for “The Charlie Kirk Show” had 7,300,000 followers the day before Kirk’s death; by Saturday, that number increased to 9,100,000. His Instagram account has also gained another 3.5 million followers.
The accounts for Kirk’s nonprofit organization Turning Point USA have also seen measured growth in recent days — the YouTube subscriber count has increased from 3.31 million (Tuesday) to 3.68 million (Saturday); the TikTok following jumped from 472,900 to 571,900 during the same time frame; and the Facebook account grew from 4,114,106 to 6,009,659 followers.
It appears the surge in interest has translated into an increase in inquiries into opening chapters of Turning Point at college campuses, and the organization’s director of productions Marcus Wada has organized several vigils in Kirk’s honor.
“This is my boss, Marcus Wada, Director of productions at TPUSA, who has been working day and night to get memorial service ready taking a few minutes to go outside and share the gospel with mourners outside our HQ,” wrote Alex Clark, Turning Point USA’s wellness podcast host, on X Saturday.
“He says he will do it again at 7pm tonight if you’d like to come,” Clark added.
Clark also announced a public memorial service for Kirk in Arizona on September 21.
“Last night Erika gave us specific direction: ‘I want the Taylor Swift concert to look like nothing compared to this.’ As a swiftie I know what that means and what the challenge is. Buy your flights. Let’s go,” she shared in a separate X post.
