--- title: "The Only Thing Driving Truth Social’s Revenue Will Make You Close Your Eyes and Wish for Better Days" description: "Donald Trump's Truth Social is finding ways to squeeze money out of its customers in the most shameless manner possible." date: "2026-11-11" modified: "2026-11-11" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore.md" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/what-is-driving-truth-social-revenue" categories: - "Finance" - "Future Society" --- # The Only Thing Driving Truth Social’s Revenue Will Make You Close Your Eyes and Wish for Better Days ![President Donald J. Trump uses his cellphone as he participates in a roundtable discussion with Governors.]() *Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images* Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social is cratering right along with his personal reputation, but it does have one thing going for it: customers dumb enough to pay top dollar for slightly faster access to the president's posts — or "truths," in the site's oxymoronic nomenclature. On Monday, Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns the service, [reported]() that its revenue had shot up by 205 percent in the third quarter. The gains primarily came from its so-called "Truth API," a feed that gives early access to posts by certain accounts — and let's be real, people are paying for Trump's — for the price of between $60,000 and $100,000 *per month*. The feed was blasted as being an obvious rip-off the moment it was announced, and a blatant attempt to cash in on the president's potentially consequential ramblings. Subscribers could in theory get an edge by acting on the effects that Trump's decrees could have on financial markets before the public hears about them, introducing its own ethical concerns. But who would be willing to shell out upwards of a million dollars per year for such a horrendous bargain? A handful of Wall Street firms, for one. *Reuters* [reported]() last month that Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading were among those who signed up for access — along with the financial newspaper and data company *Bloomberg*. Now's the time to put this revenue machine in some much-needed context, though. Trump Media's amazing 205 percent surge in quarterly revenue only amounted to a paltry $3 million. Truth API accounted for $1.3 million of that, suggesting that, at most, it has less than two dozen customers. It also made another $523,000 off its "uncensored" streaming service Truth+, meaning that nearly two thirds of its quarterly revenue came from its media offerings. That said, Trump Media is still making bags of money — just not through its actual business. It reported a quarterly net income of $409.7 million, with the vast majority of it [coming from its holdings in cryptocurrencies]() like Bitcoin and related securities. That doesn't necessarily speak to a healthy business model, and the stock market has reflected the uncertainty around Trump and his media company. Shares hit an all-time low of below $4.00 last week after [Trump's candidates lost in the midterm elections](), and the company is currently down 69 percent for the year. **More on Trump:** *[Investors in Trump’s Crypto Coin Are Now Screwed Beyond Belief]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() ## More - [Bill Gates Admits to Multiple Affairs in Epstein Fallout]() - [The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad]() - [Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con]() - [Insider Trading on Polymarket Is Revealing Military Secrets]() - [Fed Boss Concerned About AI’s Effect on Job Market]() - [Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work]() - [Wall Street Analyst Warns That Nvidia Is Facing Serious Trouble]() - [Nvidia Is Quaking in Its Boots]()