The app rose 66 places in the Apple App Store from number 76 to 15 on August 9, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information that had been moved there after his term ended.
Many users have posted angry messages about the FBI, and one is believed to have carried out an attack on an FBI office.
Mr. Trump used Truth Social as the main place to share his thoughts on the raid, including the post below.
Image: This is one of several posts Mr. Trump shared about the FBI raid on Truth Social. Photo: Truth Social
The former president started Truth Social after he was suspended from Twitter for his comments during the riots on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021.
The platform was launched on the Apple App Store on February 21 this year, but many people were on a waiting list and could not sign up until the end of April.
According to data collected by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform, and shared with Sky News, both the Truth Social app and website have grown in popularity since the raid.
The app was briefly ranked #1 upon launch and after clearing the user waiting list.
Truth Social was at its lowest rank – #76 – on the day of the raid. It rose to #15 the next day and experienced renewed popularity as Mr. Trump continued to post a series of messages on the platform.
We can see a similar trend with the number of times the app has been downloaded, with high downloads between 80-90,000 downloads at launch and after the waitlist is cleared.
Downloads increased from 1,386 to 6,545 the day after the raid. These numbers are small compared to previous downloads.
The number of views for the online version of Truth Social began to increase on the day of the raid.
#FBI corruption
Also, over the past ten days, anti-FBI phrases such as #FBIcorruption, #Truth and #DefundTheFBI have been trending on the platform, which uses many of the same features as Twitter.
Image: The dashboard for Truth Social is similar to that of Twitter. Photo: Truth Social
Many users are highly critical of anyone they see as acting against Donald Trump, including Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach him and is helping investigate the rebellion on Capitol Hill.
But in recent days most of the anger remains focused on the FBI.
Image: Trump supporters on Truth Social were unhappy that the former president was being raided. Photo: Truth Social
Posts like these are not unique to Truth Social and are common among Trump supporters on other free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and GETTR, as well as the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
In some rare cases, people posting threats have gone on to attempt and succeed in real-world attacks.
At least one example of this appears to have already happened on Truth Social, despite the fact that the platform has only been online for six months.
Three days after the raid on Trump’s estate, Ricky Schiffer, 42, was killed by police while trying to break into the FBI office in Cincinnati.
Image: Police stationed outside an entrance to the Mar-a-Lago estate the same day it was raided by the FBI
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15 and a nail gun, is believed to have posted messages on Truth Social trying to encourage people to attack and calling for civil war.
US media reports that an account under his name was posted on Truth Social shortly after news of the FBI raid broke.
The user wrote: “I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is a call to arms from me.”
He later added: “Evil has already won, now we have to fight a civil war to take the country back.”
Schiffer also appears to have been posting during the attack, with the account commenting: “Well I thought I had a way through the bulletproof glass and I didn’t.
“If you haven’t heard from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI and that will either mean I got kicked off the internet, the FBI got me, or they sent in the regular cops.
The message stops after the word “while”.
His account appears to have been removed from the platform.
Truth Social restricts “offensive or sexual” speech
Mr Trump’s social media app and website are billed as a home for free speech.
However, the platform’s terms and conditions limit the speech allowed on other major social media platforms, such as Twitter and Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram).
Users of Truth Social agree not to post offensive or sexual content, including “sexual content or language”.
Image: Truth Social prohibits sexual and offensive content. Photo: Truth Social
This compares to Twitter where users are warned “you may be exposed to content that may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate” and Facebook blocks users from sharing content that is “illegal, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent” or “infringes or violates the rights of another”.
A report published this month by Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, found content about abortion and riots on Capitol Hill was sometimes blocked, with early users reporting bans after choosing usernames that were critical or made joke at Trump’s expense.
The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to delivering transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while showing how our journalism is done.
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title: “Donald Trump S Social Media App Truth Social Surges In Popularity After Fbi Raid On His Home Us News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-14” author: “Elizabeth Borg”
The app rose 66 places in the Apple App Store from number 76 to 15 on August 9, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information that had been moved there after his term ended.
Many users have posted angry messages about the FBI, and one is believed to have carried out an attack on an FBI office.
Mr. Trump used Truth Social as the main place to share his thoughts on the raid, including the post below.
Image: This is one of several posts Mr. Trump shared about the FBI raid on Truth Social. Photo: Truth Social
The former president started Truth Social after he was suspended from Twitter for his comments during the riots on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021.
The platform was launched on the Apple App Store on February 21 this year, but many people were on a waiting list and could not sign up until the end of April.
According to data collected by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform, and shared with Sky News, both the Truth Social app and website have grown in popularity since the raid.
The app was briefly ranked #1 upon launch and after clearing the user waiting list.
Truth Social was at its lowest rank – #76 – on the day of the raid. It rose to #15 the next day and experienced renewed popularity as Mr. Trump continued to post a series of messages on the platform.
We can see a similar trend with the number of times the app has been downloaded, with high downloads between 80-90,000 downloads at launch and after the waitlist is cleared.
Downloads increased from 1,386 to 6,545 the day after the raid. These numbers are small compared to previous downloads.
The number of views for the online version of Truth Social began to increase on the day of the raid.
#FBI corruption
Also, over the past ten days, anti-FBI phrases such as #FBIcorruption, #Truth and #DefundTheFBI have been trending on the platform, which uses many of the same features as Twitter.
Image: The dashboard for Truth Social is similar to that of Twitter. Photo: Truth Social
Many users are highly critical of anyone they see as acting against Donald Trump, including Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach him and is helping investigate the rebellion on Capitol Hill.
But in recent days most of the anger remains focused on the FBI.
Image: Trump supporters on Truth Social were unhappy that the former president was being raided. Photo: Truth Social
Posts like these are not unique to Truth Social and are common among Trump supporters on other free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and GETTR, as well as the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
In some rare cases, people posting threats have gone on to attempt and succeed in real-world attacks.
At least one example of this appears to have already happened on Truth Social, despite the fact that the platform has only been online for six months.
Three days after the raid on Trump’s estate, Ricky Schiffer, 42, was killed by police while trying to break into the FBI office in Cincinnati.
Image: Police stationed outside an entrance to the Mar-a-Lago estate the same day it was raided by the FBI
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15 and a nail gun, is believed to have posted messages on Truth Social trying to encourage people to attack and calling for civil war.
US media reports that an account under his name was posted on Truth Social shortly after news of the FBI raid broke.
The user wrote: “I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is a call to arms from me.”
He later added: “Evil has already won, now we have to fight a civil war to take the country back.”
Schiffer also appears to have been posting during the attack, with the account commenting: “Well I thought I had a way through the bulletproof glass and I didn’t.
“If you haven’t heard from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI and that will either mean I got kicked off the internet, the FBI got me, or they sent in the regular cops.
The message stops after the word “while”.
His account appears to have been removed from the platform.
Truth Social restricts “offensive or sexual” speech
Mr Trump’s social media app and website are billed as a home for free speech.
However, the platform’s terms and conditions limit the speech allowed on other major social media platforms, such as Twitter and Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram).
Users of Truth Social agree not to post offensive or sexual content, including “sexual content or language”.
Image: Truth Social prohibits sexual and offensive content. Photo: Truth Social
This compares to Twitter where users are warned “you may be exposed to content that may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate” and Facebook blocks users from sharing content that is “illegal, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent” or “infringes or violates the rights of another”.
A report published this month by Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, found content about abortion and riots on Capitol Hill was sometimes blocked, with early users reporting bans after choosing usernames that were critical or made joke at Trump’s expense.
The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to delivering transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while showing how our journalism is done.
Why data journalism matters to Sky News
title: “Donald Trump S Social Media App Truth Social Surges In Popularity After Fbi Raid On His Home Us News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Devin Winger”
The app rose 66 places in the Apple App Store from number 76 to 15 on August 9, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information that had been moved there after his term ended.
Many users have posted angry messages about the FBI, and one is believed to have carried out an attack on an FBI office.
Mr. Trump used Truth Social as the main place to share his thoughts on the raid, including the post below.
Image: This is one of several posts Mr. Trump shared about the FBI raid on Truth Social. Photo: Truth Social
The former president started Truth Social after he was suspended from Twitter for his comments during the riots on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021.
The platform was launched on the Apple App Store on February 21 this year, but many people were on a waiting list and could not sign up until the end of April.
According to data collected by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform, and shared with Sky News, both the Truth Social app and website have grown in popularity since the raid.
The app was briefly ranked #1 upon launch and after clearing the user waiting list.
Truth Social was at its lowest rank – #76 – on the day of the raid. It rose to #15 the next day and experienced renewed popularity as Mr. Trump continued to post a series of messages on the platform.
We can see a similar trend with the number of times the app has been downloaded, with high downloads between 80-90,000 downloads at launch and after the waitlist is cleared.
Downloads increased from 1,386 to 6,545 the day after the raid. These numbers are small compared to previous downloads.
The number of views for the online version of Truth Social began to increase on the day of the raid.
#FBI corruption
Also, over the past ten days, anti-FBI phrases such as #FBIcorruption, #Truth and #DefundTheFBI have been trending on the platform, which uses many of the same features as Twitter.
Image: The dashboard for Truth Social is similar to that of Twitter. Photo: Truth Social
Many users are highly critical of anyone they see as acting against Donald Trump, including Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach him and is helping investigate the rebellion on Capitol Hill.
But in recent days most of the anger remains focused on the FBI.
Image: Trump supporters on Truth Social were unhappy that the former president was being raided. Photo: Truth Social
Posts like these are not unique to Truth Social and are common among Trump supporters on other free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and GETTR, as well as the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
In some rare cases, people posting threats have gone on to attempt and succeed in real-world attacks.
At least one example of this appears to have already happened on Truth Social, despite the fact that the platform has only been online for six months.
Three days after the raid on Trump’s estate, Ricky Schiffer, 42, was killed by police while trying to break into the FBI office in Cincinnati.
Image: Police stationed outside an entrance to the Mar-a-Lago estate the same day it was raided by the FBI
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15 and a nail gun, is believed to have posted messages on Truth Social trying to encourage people to attack and calling for civil war.
US media reports that an account under his name was posted on Truth Social shortly after news of the FBI raid broke.
The user wrote: “I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is a call to arms from me.”
He later added: “Evil has already won, now we have to fight a civil war to take the country back.”
Schiffer also appears to have been posting during the attack, with the account commenting: “Well I thought I had a way through the bulletproof glass and I didn’t.
“If you haven’t heard from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI and that will either mean I got kicked off the internet, the FBI got me, or they sent in the regular cops.
The message stops after the word “while”.
His account appears to have been removed from the platform.
Truth Social restricts “offensive or sexual” speech
Mr Trump’s social media app and website are billed as a home for free speech.
However, the platform’s terms and conditions limit the speech allowed on other major social media platforms, such as Twitter and Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram).
Users of Truth Social agree not to post offensive or sexual content, including “sexual content or language”.
Image: Truth Social prohibits sexual and offensive content. Photo: Truth Social
This compares to Twitter where users are warned “you may be exposed to content that may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate” and Facebook blocks users from sharing content that is “illegal, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent” or “infringes or violates the rights of another”.
A report published this month by Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, found content about abortion and riots on Capitol Hill was sometimes blocked, with early users reporting bans after choosing usernames that were critical or made joke at Trump’s expense.
The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to delivering transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while showing how our journalism is done.
Why data journalism matters to Sky News
title: “Donald Trump S Social Media App Truth Social Surges In Popularity After Fbi Raid On His Home Us News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Marshall Allen”
The app rose 66 places in the Apple App Store from number 76 to 15 on August 9, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information that had been moved there after his term ended.
Many users have posted angry messages about the FBI, and one is believed to have carried out an attack on an FBI office.
Mr. Trump used Truth Social as the main place to share his thoughts on the raid, including the post below.
Image: This is one of several posts Mr. Trump shared about the FBI raid on Truth Social. Photo: Truth Social
The former president started Truth Social after he was suspended from Twitter for his comments during the riots on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021.
The platform was launched on the Apple App Store on February 21 this year, but many people were on a waiting list and could not sign up until the end of April.
According to data collected by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform, and shared with Sky News, both the Truth Social app and website have grown in popularity since the raid.
The app was briefly ranked #1 upon launch and after clearing the user waiting list.
Truth Social was at its lowest rank – #76 – on the day of the raid. It rose to #15 the next day and experienced renewed popularity as Mr. Trump continued to post a series of messages on the platform.
We can see a similar trend with the number of times the app has been downloaded, with high downloads between 80-90,000 downloads at launch and after the waitlist is cleared.
Downloads increased from 1,386 to 6,545 the day after the raid. These numbers are small compared to previous downloads.
The number of views for the online version of Truth Social began to increase on the day of the raid.
#FBI corruption
Also, over the past ten days, anti-FBI phrases such as #FBIcorruption, #Truth and #DefundTheFBI have been trending on the platform, which uses many of the same features as Twitter.
Image: The dashboard for Truth Social is similar to that of Twitter. Photo: Truth Social
Many users are highly critical of anyone they see as acting against Donald Trump, including Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach him and is helping investigate the rebellion on Capitol Hill.
But in recent days most of the anger remains focused on the FBI.
Image: Trump supporters on Truth Social were unhappy that the former president was being raided. Photo: Truth Social
Posts like these are not unique to Truth Social and are common among Trump supporters on other free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and GETTR, as well as the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
In some rare cases, people posting threats have gone on to attempt and succeed in real-world attacks.
At least one example of this appears to have already happened on Truth Social, despite the fact that the platform has only been online for six months.
Three days after the raid on Trump’s estate, Ricky Schiffer, 42, was killed by police while trying to break into the FBI office in Cincinnati.
Image: Police stationed outside an entrance to the Mar-a-Lago estate the same day it was raided by the FBI
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15 and a nail gun, is believed to have posted messages on Truth Social trying to encourage people to attack and calling for civil war.
US media reports that an account under his name was posted on Truth Social shortly after news of the FBI raid broke.
The user wrote: “I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is a call to arms from me.”
He later added: “Evil has already won, now we have to fight a civil war to take the country back.”
Schiffer also appears to have been posting during the attack, with the account commenting: “Well I thought I had a way through the bulletproof glass and I didn’t.
“If you haven’t heard from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI and that will either mean I got kicked off the internet, the FBI got me, or they sent in the regular cops.
The message stops after the word “while”.
His account appears to have been removed from the platform.
Truth Social restricts “offensive or sexual” speech
Mr Trump’s social media app and website are billed as a home for free speech.
However, the platform’s terms and conditions limit the speech allowed on other major social media platforms, such as Twitter and Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram).
Users of Truth Social agree not to post offensive or sexual content, including “sexual content or language”.
Image: Truth Social prohibits sexual and offensive content. Photo: Truth Social
This compares to Twitter where users are warned “you may be exposed to content that may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate” and Facebook blocks users from sharing content that is “illegal, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent” or “infringes or violates the rights of another”.
A report published this month by Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, found content about abortion and riots on Capitol Hill was sometimes blocked, with early users reporting bans after choosing usernames that were critical or made joke at Trump’s expense.
The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to delivering transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while showing how our journalism is done.
Why data journalism matters to Sky News
title: “Donald Trump S Social Media App Truth Social Surges In Popularity After Fbi Raid On His Home Us News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-10” author: “Nelson Thornburg”
The app rose 66 places in the Apple App Store from number 76 to 15 on August 9, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information that had been moved there after his term ended.
Many users have posted angry messages about the FBI, and one is believed to have carried out an attack on an FBI office.
Mr. Trump used Truth Social as the main place to share his thoughts on the raid, including the post below.
Image: This is one of several posts Mr. Trump shared about the FBI raid on Truth Social. Photo: Truth Social
The former president started Truth Social after he was suspended from Twitter for his comments during the riots on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021.
The platform was launched on the Apple App Store on February 21 this year, but many people were on a waiting list and could not sign up until the end of April.
According to data collected by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform, and shared with Sky News, both the Truth Social app and website have grown in popularity since the raid.
The app was briefly ranked #1 upon launch and after clearing the user waiting list.
Truth Social was at its lowest rank – #76 – on the day of the raid. It rose to #15 the next day and experienced renewed popularity as Mr. Trump continued to post a series of messages on the platform.
We can see a similar trend with the number of times the app has been downloaded, with high downloads between 80-90,000 downloads at launch and after the waitlist is cleared.
Downloads increased from 1,386 to 6,545 the day after the raid. These numbers are small compared to previous downloads.
The number of views for the online version of Truth Social began to increase on the day of the raid.
#FBI corruption
Also, over the past ten days, anti-FBI phrases such as #FBIcorruption, #Truth and #DefundTheFBI have been trending on the platform, which uses many of the same features as Twitter.
Image: The dashboard for Truth Social is similar to that of Twitter. Photo: Truth Social
Many users are highly critical of anyone they see as acting against Donald Trump, including Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach him and is helping investigate the rebellion on Capitol Hill.
But in recent days most of the anger remains focused on the FBI.
Image: Trump supporters on Truth Social were unhappy that the former president was being raided. Photo: Truth Social
Posts like these are not unique to Truth Social and are common among Trump supporters on other free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and GETTR, as well as the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
In some rare cases, people posting threats have gone on to attempt and succeed in real-world attacks.
At least one example of this appears to have already happened on Truth Social, despite the fact that the platform has only been online for six months.
Three days after the raid on Trump’s estate, Ricky Schiffer, 42, was killed by police while trying to break into the FBI office in Cincinnati.
Image: Police stationed outside an entrance to the Mar-a-Lago estate the same day it was raided by the FBI
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15 and a nail gun, is believed to have posted messages on Truth Social trying to encourage people to attack and calling for civil war.
US media reports that an account under his name was posted on Truth Social shortly after news of the FBI raid broke.
The user wrote: “I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is a call to arms from me.”
He later added: “Evil has already won, now we have to fight a civil war to take the country back.”
Schiffer also appears to have been posting during the attack, with the account commenting: “Well I thought I had a way through the bulletproof glass and I didn’t.
“If you haven’t heard from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI and that will either mean I got kicked off the internet, the FBI got me, or they sent in the regular cops.
The message stops after the word “while”.
His account appears to have been removed from the platform.
Truth Social restricts “offensive or sexual” speech
Mr Trump’s social media app and website are billed as a home for free speech.
However, the platform’s terms and conditions limit the speech allowed on other major social media platforms, such as Twitter and Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram).
Users of Truth Social agree not to post offensive or sexual content, including “sexual content or language”.
Image: Truth Social prohibits sexual and offensive content. Photo: Truth Social
This compares to Twitter where users are warned “you may be exposed to content that may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate” and Facebook blocks users from sharing content that is “illegal, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent” or “infringes or violates the rights of another”.
A report published this month by Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, found content about abortion and riots on Capitol Hill was sometimes blocked, with early users reporting bans after choosing usernames that were critical or made joke at Trump’s expense.
The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to delivering transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while showing how our journalism is done.
Why data journalism matters to Sky News
