Clay Travis
Pro-Trump conservative talk radio · sports-to-politics· 1.5M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
40.7Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #94 of the creators we track
Clay Travis is a lawyer-turned-sports-and-political commentator who founded the sports and culture site OutKick in 2011, later sold to Fox News Media. He co-hosts the nationally syndicated conservative talk program The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, which took over Rush Limbaugh's former time slot in 2021, and remains a Fox News contributor. He is known for opposing what he describes as the politicization of sports by the left.
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Is Clay Travis left or right?
Clay Travis sits squarely on the pro-Trump conservative right, delivering what his show bills as a "bold conservative perspective" on politics, culture, and news. He co-hosts The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, the nationally syndicated program that succeeded Rush Limbaugh in June 2021 and reached 550 affiliate stations as of March 2025. His path ran through sports media: he founded OutKick in 2011, building an audience around opposition to what he saw as progressive politics in sports coverage, before Fox News Media acquired the site in 2021. In January 2025 he and Sexton launched "Team 47," a weekly podcast dedicated to covering the second Trump administration, underscoring the show's supportive orientation toward Trump.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Clay Travis's audience?
Clay Travis scores 40.7 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #94 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Clay Travis have?
Clay Travis has about 1.5M followers combined across YouTube and X.
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