Trump 'literally being tuned out' as MAGA fans throw in the towel on Truth Social: report

Visits to Donald Trump’s Truth Social fell to their lowest level in more than a year in October, according to The Righting, a newsletter that tracks right-wing media, which argued the decline foreshadowed Republicans’ losses in last week’s midterm election.

The platform drew 11.8 million visits in October, down 39% from a year earlier, according to The Righting’s analysis of Similarweb data. It was the fewest visits since the newsletter began tracking in August 2025 and the sixth straight month of year-over-year declines.

The current streak began in May, after visits spiked in April.

The Righting’s Howard Polskin said the decline coincides with shifting public views of the war with Iran, which began Feb. 28.

“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,” Polskin said. October’s total was down about 76% from that peak.

Polskin said the decline was “an early warning foretelling the GOP’s disastrous midterm election results that were yoked to Trump.” Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress, ceding dozens of House seats.

He added that the October numbers “can be interpreted as a referendum on the president’s popularity.”

“Trump is literally being tuned out,” Polskin said.

The drop was part of a broader slide across right-wing media. Eighteen of the top 20 right-wing news sites in The Righting’s October rankings lost traffic year over year, including Fox News (down 17%), Breitbart (down 24%) and the Daily Wire (down 38%). The Daily Caller fell the most, down 58%. Only the Washington Examiner and The American Conservative posted gains.