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2022Truth Social Stats
Imagine a social media platform that affords open, free and worldwide interaction without boundaries concerning political tenets and principles
Truth Social promises to give a voice to its users to express their opinions and ideals freely. Users need not fear being censored or getting banned outrightly as opposed to what is obtainable on other platforms
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Spearheading this bold creation of an app is the incorrigible former United States president and billionaire business tycoon DonaldTrump.
In fact,Truth Social is actually his very own substitute social media platform after getting banned from platforms like Facebook andTwitter.
With all these said, let us dive right into the amazing stats of this social media platform causing so much stir.
When wasTruth Social Created?
The former United States president, DonaldTrump was temporarily suspended for two years from Facebook and Instagram following the attack of his supporters on the Capitol building in Washington DC
Shortly after and for several reasons like allegedly inciting the assault on the Capitol building leading to the death of some civilians, he was permanently suspended fromTwitter
Not long after he left the White House in January 2021, he established Trump Media & Technology Group(TMTG) This tech company was created to challenge Silicon Valley and Big Tech that mainstream content posted on social media to their own ideology.
On Presidents' day, February 21st 2022,Truth Social app was launched on the USApple app store The publisher is TMediaTech LLC in Delaware USA
Number of Users
According to Statista,Truth Social app had around 2 million active users about the time of the launch
Market watch shows us that the app downloads have plummeted and active users daily was estimated to be about 513,000 users
Following the recent turn of events, a lot of users are faced with glitches while trying to use the app This has caused a serious decline in its use
Moreover less and less content is uploaded on the app and most users actually don't return to make use of the app at all
Number ofApp Downloads
According to Statista, theTruth Social app had approximately 2 million downloads from users in the US during the first 2 weeks after its launch
As ofApril 24, 2022, the app was only available on theApple app store still waiting for approval for release on Google play playstore till date.
After the initial peak number of downloads, the number of downloads per week is estimated to be 60,000 per week.Analytics admit that this number is still expected to decline.
However it is speculated that the release of the app on Google playstore and making the app available to more countries would increase the number of downloads.
Weekly Reports on Number ofTruth Social app downloads in the US from Week 8 to 16 2022
● Week 8: 462,232 downloads
● Week 9: 1,613,534 downloads
● Week 10: 308,620 downloads
● Week 11: 232,054 downloads
● Week 12: 123,852 downloads
● Week 13: 80,495 downloads
● Week 14: 74,080 downloads
● Week 15: 69,874 downloads
● Week 16: 61,140 downloads source: statista
After its launch,Truth Social app was recorded to be the most downloaded app on theApple app store as of 21 February
Nevertheless it was soon reported that the app had a lot of glitches.According to Deseret, many users complained of several error messages and couldn't sign in Others who tried to download the app were put on a waiting list more than a million long.
User Growth Rate History
According to Newsweek,Truth Social app attracted more than half a million users in its first 48 hours.
Sadly, the app developed a lot of technical issues Crashing, error messages, long waiting lists, performance issues, User validation issues among many.
It has been reported that its founder, the former president of the US, DonaldTrump is not even an active user of the platform.Also he has expressed unhappiness with the manner in which the app turned out generally
App Rankings
According to Marca,Truth Social was the most downloaded free app on theApple app store just a day after its launch
Data.ai app analytics shows us it currently has a 4.2 star rating after 56,835 users responded
The app didn't hold its #1 spot on the app store for long and it's position has long since been plummeting down
Daily beast reveals that the app is currently ranking #355 on theApple app store.
User Demographics
Who are the users ofTruth Social?
Truth Social media platform is available only to those living in the US and Canada
Asurvey conducted in March 2022 shows the following concerning the use of the app:
● Among all social media users, only about 3-4%
● Among male respondents, 5%
● Among millenials, 6%
● Among college graduates, 6%
● Among Reddit users, 9%
● Among gamers/esport fans, 9% source: Statista
BrandAwareness ofTruth Social in the United States
Currently, brand awareness ofTruth Social in the US is about 25% Only about 4% of social media users in the US say they likeTruth Social
Out of the 25% of Users that are aware of this platform, only about 16% like the brand Also, only 2% of social media users in the US say they are likely to use the app again.
Source: Statista
Truth Social Users byAge
This table shows a share of registered voters in the US who expect to use theTruth Social media platform as of March 2022, by age group.
It can be seen here that a lot of respondents do not expect to use this social media platform
Truth SocialTeam

● Founder: DonaldTrump
● Devin Dunes, CEO ofTMTG
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What MakesTruth Social Unique
Image credit: 905513/688 images
Truth Social is not about filtering content but concentrates more on accessibility.