Nick Shirley’s official accounts are @nickshirleyy on X (spelled with two y’s), @NickShirley on YouTube, @nickshirley on Instagram and Threads, and @nickshirleyy on TikTok. He also runs a second YouTube channel, Nick Shirley Interviews, and a weekly newsletter, Anti Fraud Club, at antifraudclub.com.
- X (Twitter)
- @nickshirleyy, about 1.85 million followers
- YouTube
- @NickShirley, 2.05 million subscribers
- Second channel
- @nickshirleyinterviews, 189,000 subscribers
- @nickshirley, about 3.3 million followers
- TikTok
- @nickshirleyy, about 1.6 million followers
- nicholas.shirley.54, about 1.7 million followers
- Threads
- @nickshirley
- Newsletter
- Anti Fraud Club, every Thursday
- Show
- The Nick Shirley Show on Spotify
- Checked
- October 29, 2026; Instagram and Facebook counts are approximate
Nick Shirley on X (Twitter)
Nick Shirley posts on X as @nickshirleyy, a verified account opened in January 2017 that had about 1.85 million followers on October 29, 2026. The second y matters: it is the handle linked in his YouTube descriptions. His bio reads “Teaching the world to lear,” a joke about the misspelled “Learing” sign from his Minnesota video, and it links to antifraudclub.com.
X is where his full-length videos often find their biggest audiences. He posted the full 42-minute Minnesota video there on December 26, 2025, and it passed 144 million views by October 29, 2026. His following jumped with it, from around 200,000 in early December 2025 to more than 800,000 on December 29, CNN reported, and to 1.6 million by June 2026, according to Deseret News. The newsletter has its own X account, @AntiFraudClub.
Nick Shirley on YouTube
Nick Shirley’s main YouTube channel, @NickShirley, had 2.05 million subscribers, 973 videos and 387.6 million total views on October 29, 2026. The channel dates to April 26, 2015, and its About line reads “Here to entertain and bring the truth to all.” The long cuts of his fraud investigations live here, along with trips abroad to places like Cuba, Spain and Brazil. A $5 monthly channel membership adds members-only uploads.
His second channel, Nick Shirley Interviews (@nickshirleyinterviews), was created on October 4, 2020, and describes itself as “the full interviews from @NickShirley.” It had 189,000 subscribers and 674 videos on October 29, 2026, including “My Escape From Cuba” (May 13, 2026) and a September 22, 2026 report on California’s high-speed rail project.
Nick Shirley on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Threads
Nick Shirley is @nickshirley on Instagram, where Google’s listing showed about 3.3 million followers and 536 posts on October 29, 2026. The bio reads “We out here everywhere, follow to come along.” On TikTok he is @nickshirleyy, a verified account with 1,603,716 followers, 52 million likes and 651 videos; its bio promotes his “Califraudia Republic” merch and links to his store.
On Facebook, the profile his Anti Fraud Club site links is nicholas.shirley.54, with about 1.7 million followers in Google’s listing. His YouTube descriptions also link a second Facebook page that posts clips from his interviews. He is @nickshirley on Threads, an account the Anti Fraud Club site links alongside the others.
Nick Shirley’s newsletter, show and contact page
Nick Shirley’s newsletter, Anti Fraud Club, sends what it calls investigations and untold stories every Thursday from antifraudclub.com, the site in his X bio. It says it has more than 60,000 readers. Signing up is free; a founding-member tier costs $8 a month or $72 a year and adds early access to some investigations. The same site runs his official store, covered in the Nick Shirley merch guide.
His YouTube About page links a Spotify show, The Nick Shirley Show, which bills itself as an on-the-go show that travels the world rather than a typical podcast. For tips, corrections or business requests, the newsletter’s contact page is the official route. More options are collected on how to contact Nick Shirley.
Nick Shirley interviews worth watching
Nick Shirley does his longest talking on other people’s shows. These are the appearances worth starting with, with dates from YouTube:
- All-In Podcast, September 17, 2026. He debuted his high-speed rail video at the All-In Summit, then talked with the hosts about California’s “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” recent fraud arrests and how he got into investigative work.
- Shawn Ryan Show #297, April 20, 2026. California hospice fraud, Elon Musk and threats he said came from the Russian mafia.
- Shawn Ryan Show #269, January 8, 2026. Released about two weeks after the Minnesota video, it covers how that story came together, Gen Z and fentanyl in Philadelphia.
- Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, January 12, 2026. A 66-minute sit-down that turned into a public dispute; Callaghan posted a response video on January 20.
- PBD Podcast #710 (December 31, 2025) and #793 (May 7, 2026). The second covers his exit from Cuba.
One show is missing for a reason: Lead Stories reported in August 2026 that he has never been a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, whatever viral posts claim.
How to spot fake Nick Shirley accounts
Fake Nick Shirley accounts and posts are common, and a few checks catch most of them:
- Spelling. His X and TikTok handles end in two y’s: @nickshirleyy. On YouTube he is @NickShirley, and on Instagram @nickshirley.
- Cross-links. Real accounts are linked from his YouTube About page, his video descriptions or the footer of antifraudclub.com. An account linked from none of those should be treated as unofficial.
- AI video. PolitiFact found in January 2026 that a TikTok clip presented as Shirley interviewing a paid Minneapolis protester was made with OpenAI’s Sora video generator and carried its watermark.
- Satire. Lead Stories traced an August 2026 story about Shirley telling Joe Rogan he would investigate the “Clinton body bags” list to a network of satire pages.
- Merch. The only official store is the Anti Fraud Club shop, linked from his TikTok bio and video descriptions.
Nick Shirley social media FAQ
What is Nick Shirley’s X handle?
Nick Shirley’s X handle is @nickshirleyy, spelled with two y’s.
Is Nick Shirley on TikTok?
Nick Shirley is on TikTok as @nickshirleyy, a verified account with about 1.6 million followers.
What is Nick Shirley’s YouTube channel?
Nick Shirley’s main YouTube channel is @NickShirley. His second channel, Nick Shirley Interviews, carries full-length interviews.
How many Instagram followers does Nick Shirley have?
Nick Shirley had about 3.3 million Instagram followers on October 29, 2026, according to Google’s listing of his @nickshirley account.
Does Nick Shirley have a podcast?
Nick Shirley has a Spotify show, The Nick Shirley Show, linked from his YouTube About page.
How do you contact Nick Shirley?
Nick Shirley’s Anti Fraud Club newsletter takes tips and business inquiries through the contact page at antifraudclub.com.
Sources
- X: Nick Shirley (@nickshirleyy) profile, October 29, 2026
- X: Nick Shirley, full Minnesota video post, December 26, 2025
- YouTube: Nick Shirley channel About page, October 29, 2026
- YouTube: Nick Shirley Interviews channel About page, October 29, 2026
- TikTok: Nick Shirley (@nickshirleyy), October 29, 2026
- Instagram: Nick Shirley (@nickshirley), October 29, 2026
- Facebook: Nick Shirley (nicholas.shirley.54), October 29, 2026
- Anti Fraud Club: home page, October 29, 2026
- Anti Fraud Club: Contact, October 29, 2026
- Spotify: The Nick Shirley Show, October 29, 2026
- YouTube: Nick Shirley, “I Exposed Billions In Fraud… Now Trump Is Paying Me”, October 21, 2026
- YouTube: All-In Podcast, “Nick Shirley: Exposing Government Fraud, Suing California & Taking on the Media”, September 17, 2026
- YouTube: Shawn Ryan Show, “Nick Shirley - California Hospice Fraud, Elon Musk and Threatened by the Russian Mafia | SRS #297”, April 20, 2026
- YouTube: Shawn Ryan Show, SRS #269, January 8, 2026
- YouTube: Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, “Nick Shirley Interview”, January 12, 2026
- YouTube: Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, “Nick Shirley Response”, January 20, 2026
- YouTube: PBD Podcast, “Who Is @NickShirley? | PBD Podcast | 710”, December 31, 2025
- YouTube: PBD Podcast, “Planning My Escape From Cuba,” PBD #793, May 7, 2026
- CNN: Who is Nick Shirley, the 23-year-old MAGA journalist whose Minnesota fraud story went viral?, December 30, 2025
- Deseret News: Andy Ngo, Nick Shirley, and the pioneers of independent media, June 9, 2026
- PolitiFact: Critics of Minnesota anti-ICE protests falsely call protesters paid, January 26, 2026
- Lead Stories: Fact Check: Nick Shirley Did NOT Tell Joe Rogan He Was Going To Investigate ‘Clinton Body Bags’ List, It’s Satire, August 18, 2026
Last updated October 29, 2026