Partizán is a Hungarian independent media outlet. Created by , it is one of the most popular Hungarian political YouTube channels.
History
Preceded by the channel , Partizán was started in the autumn of 2018 by , a theater manager turned political activist. In early 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdowns, Partizán broadcast live every day. Prior to the 2022 parliamentary elections, the channel deployed a mobile studio on a truck that went to rural Hungarian towns with the goal of informing more people about the upcoming election, since the majority of people living there consume solely pro-government media and vote for the ruling Fidesz party. In November 2025, Partizán was fined 200,000 forints (€525) by the Media Council for the interview of , in which Aranyosi made insulting remarks about Romani people.
Following Fidesz–KDNP's 2026 defeat, many people connected to the outgoing government gave interviews to Partizán and other independent outlets. In August 2026, Gulyás announced his resignation from the editor-in-chief role, being replaced by Vince Földiák.
Programming Partizán mostly posts political interviews, including with opposition politicians who could hardly get airtime on public television under the Orbán regime, such as Péter Márki-Zay and Péter Magyar, and foreign politicians, like Bernie Sanders and Angela Merkel. Under Orbán's premiership, Fidesz politicians have not appeared in interviews despite having been invited numerous times. Partizán also holds political debates, talk shows, podcasts, newsletters, live events, investigative reports, in-depth political analyses, and produces documentaries dealing with topics, including the takeover of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE), and the enrichment of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his family. Its flagship daily show was a roundtable which analyzes the day's news from a leftist perspective. Partizán's videos often receive hundreds of thousands of views. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has described the channel as providing "in-depth, trustworthy reporting on issues ignored by most other outlets".
180 volunteers work for the channel. 50% of the viewers are aged 18–35.
Financing The channel is financed by tenders and micro-donors, with some larger sources, including the National Endowment for Democracy, German Marshall Fund, and The Foundation for Democracy and Pluralism. + 1% donations of payroll taxes Year Forints Donors 2023 191,131,793 3rd – 21,122 2024 416,389,329 1st +117.85% 36,978 2025 471,852,992 2nd +13.32% 38,383 2026 576,936,522 1st +22.27% 42,854
Awards (MÚOSZ) Economic Policy and Media Studies Section Economic Journalism Award (2021) (2022) MÚOSZ Hungarian Press Award (2023)
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