“Trump Is Literally Being Tuned Out”
Truth Social attracted only 11.8 million visits in October, compared to 19.5 million visits in October 2025. It was the fewest number of visits to the Trump-controlled social media site since TheRighting began tracking visits to all news websites in August 2025 using Similarweb data. That caused a year-over-year (YOY) decrease of 39%, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of mobile and desktop traffic in October 2026.
It was the second worst YOY decline in the past 15 months, only surpassed by June 2026 when visits sagged 48%. The decrease in visits began in May 2026, roughly two months after the start of the Iran war on February 28
“The steep drop in visits to Trump’s Truth Social coincides with a shift in the American public’s perception on the effectiveness and consequences of Trump’s war with Iran,” said Howard Polskin, President, TheRighting. “The traffic to Truth Social tells the story. In April 2026, when large swaths of the public were still behind Trump’s war, Truth Social attracted 48.8 million visits, the most in the past 15 months. But in May, year-over-year visits began sliding resulting in a six-month skid that continues to this day.”
Polskin continued, “Looking back at the last six months, it’s clear that Truth Social’s plunging traffic was an early warning foretelling the GOP’s disastrous midterm election results that were yoked to Trump. The historically low October 2026 Truth Social traffic, which is the president’s preferred megaphone for spewing his lies and insults, can be interpreted as a referendum on the president’s popularity. Trump is literally being tuned out. It will be fascinating to see if the decline continues in November.”
Of the four mainstream news websites TheRighting follows on a monthly basis, only the NY Times posted an increase in YOY visits (+11%). The Atlantic (-1%), the Washington Post (-10%) and CNN (-31%) all had YOY decreases.
YOY Winners and Losers Among Top 20 Right-Wing News Websites, October 2026
(by percentage increase/decrease of visits from year ago)
Winners
–Washington Examiner (+2%)
–The American Conservative (+1%)
Losers
–Daily Caller (-58%)
–The Blaze (-57%)
–Truth Social (-39%)
