There's a couple of elements here at play I believe when it comes to collapsing ratings as well as follows/subscribers to Leftwing "thought leaders".

In addition to a ratings collapse, there's also been a subscriber count collapse for leftwing pundits.

Part of the explanation here is I strongly believe we're seeing paid followers/bots no longer being funded by Leftwing shadow groups.

But here's the bad news:

I am seeing an exodus of leftwingers who are fleeing news and X out of the desire to be part of an echo chamber. Bad things tend to happen when people with extremist ideas (and mental illness) barricade themselves into an enclave. We need these people to wake up, not double down on insanity.

Worse, some of the rhetoric in these environments are openly promoting violence against us.

I don't know what the solution is beyond being observant and aware of our surroundings. Hopefully, the plan moving forward is for this administration to bring sunlight to a lot of information that would wake a large portion of these people up (some of course will never wake up).