The app has also sparked a sharp rally for the shares of its parent company, the SPAC President Trump intends to take public.
Even amid registration glitches and a lengthy waitlist, President Trump’s new Truth Social app received 170,000 downloads in its first day available, according to data from AppTopia, a site that tracks the app ecosytem. The former president’s new company, Trump Media & Technology Group, launched the app late Sunday evening—just ahead of the President’s Day holiday. But it’s unclear whether any users have made it onto the app. Some reported problems registering accounts on Monday and then encountering a notification that they were thousands of places behind in a queue to access the app. For now, it is only available as an Apple app and ranked as high as No.
