Truth Social Traffic Falls to Its Lowest Level in More Than a Year
Donald Trump’s Truth Social drew 11.8 million visits in October, a 39% drop from the same month a year earlier. The total was the lowest since tracking of the platform began in August 2025, and marked its sixth consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to figures based on Similarweb data.
Visits rose to 48.8 million in April, their highest level in the 15-month period covered by the figures, then fell. October’s total was about 76% below that peak. The steepest year-over-year decline during the recent downturn came in June, when traffic fell 48%.
Howard Polskin of TheRighting, a newsletter monitoring right-wing media, linked the fall in visits to changing attitudes toward the conflict involving Iran, which started on February 28. He described the platform’s declining traffic as an early signal of the midterm losses Republicans suffered, including losing control of both the House and Senate.
The slide extended beyond Truth Social. Eighteen of the 20 leading right-wing news sites in TheRighting’s October rankings had lower traffic than a year earlier. Fox News was down 17%, Breitbart fell 24%, and the Daily Wire dropped 38%. The Daily Caller recorded the largest decline, at 58%; the Washington Examiner and The American Conservative were the only two in the group to gain traffic.
Truth Social’s Slide Shows Voters Turning Away From Trump
The steep retreat from Donald Trump’s Truth Social points to weakening public support for the president, with the platform drawing 39% fewer visits in October than a year earlier. Its 11.8 million visits were the lowest since tracking began in August 2025.
Traffic peaked at 48.8 million in April, then fell for six straight months on a year-over-year basis. October’s figure was about 76% below that high. Howard Polskin of TheRighting said the drop coincided with evolving attitudes toward the Iran conflict, which started on February 28.
The numbers offer a warning about the political costs of tying the Republican Party to Trump, Polskin argued. Republicans lost control of both chambers in the midterm elections, a result he connected to the president’s standing.
The downturn is not limited to Trump’s platform: 18 of the 20 leading right-wing news sites tracked by TheRighting had year-over-year traffic declines in October. Fox News fell 17%, Breitbart 24%, and the Daily Wire 38%. The Daily Caller dropped 58%. The Washington Examiner and The American Conservative were the only two to register increases.
Truth Social Traffic Decline Raises Questions About the Midterms
A sharp fall in Truth Social visits is being cast as evidence of Donald Trump’s fading popularity, but the figures show a decline in web traffic—not why individual users visited less. The platform drew 11.8 million visits in October, its lowest total since tracking began in August 2025.
Traffic was down 39% from a year earlier and about 76% below its April peak of 48.8 million. The drop followed six consecutive months of year-over-year declines. Howard Polskin of TheRighting tied the trend to shifting attitudes toward the conflict involving Iran, which started on February 28.
Polskin also presented the traffic figures as an early warning of Republican losses in the midterms, when the party lost control of both chambers. That interpretation connects the platform’s performance to a broader political verdict, even though the figures themselves measure visits to a website.
Other right-wing news sites also lost traffic: 18 of the 20 in TheRighting’s October rankings were down year over year. Fox News fell 17%, Breitbart 24%, and the Daily Wire 38%; the Washington Examiner and The American Conservative alone recorded increases.
Reported by Raw Story, The Daily Beast.
