According to Data AI, the Trump Media & Technology Group social media platform has been downloaded approximately 3 million times.
Trump used his profile to criticize the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) after the raid and disclose new information. He was also the first to tell the FBI was searching his Florida home.
In April, Truth Social entered the Apple App Store charts when much of the application's technical difficulties had been resolved, leading to the first big wave in downloads after its initial launch.
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Despite the huge spike the week of August 8, the total downloads of Truth Social is still small compared to mainstream platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and even far-right site Gab, which sees tens of millions of monthly users.
The former President has 3.9 million followers on the platform – far exceeding the nearly 80 million followers he had on Twitter.
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Trump's app launched in the Apple Store in February 2022 and was conceptualized after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter following the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
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While Trump has condemned the raid on his Florida estate on August 8, the fallout is paying off for him in terms of downloads of his alternative social media platform. The FBI search has also encouraged his supporters who feel the political attacks against Trump will never cease.
Former California Representative Devin Nunes stepped down from Congress to become CEO of TMTG. He was the highest ranking GOP member of the House Intelligence Committee.
After the official launch of Truth Social on February 21, 2022, there were about 2 million downloads on the Apple App Store in the U.S. in the first two weeks.
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However, long wait times to get onto the site led to a decline in downloads, which recovered in late April when people waiting for months to get onto the app finally started receiving access.
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Truth Social is promoted as an alternative social media site from big tech platforms like Twitter, and Facebook.
It praises being a free speech platform that doesn't redact or discriminate against different views.
The platform's launch came from Trump following several of his Twitter posts and started receiving flags from the platform for being misleading or containing false information. After the 2020 election and the Capitol attack, he was indefinitely banned from Twitter for repeated violations.
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Many of the former president's loyal supporters dropped Twitter and followed him over to Truth Social.
Trump continues to make the same sort of posts on his Truth page as he did on Twitter.
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