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Only 6% of adults get news from conservative social media networks - C C - Oct 8, 2022
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/americans-news-conservative-social-networks-pew
EXCERPTS: . . . Only 6% of U.S. adults get their news from conservative social networks like Gab, Gettr, Truth Social, Parler, Rumble, or Telegram, according to a report Thursday from the Pew Research Center. It's a noticeably lower number of users than Facebook and Twitter...
[...] Parler was the most well known of the platforms, with 38% of respondents claiming to know of it. Truth Social and Telegram were next at 27% each, followed by Rumble at 20% and Gettr at 10%.
While some critics speculate that the platforms struggle to attract users due to a lack of conflict and cross-ideological debate, 65% of users claim that they found a community on these websites.
[...] many of these apps have struggled to find a user base due to app stores like Apple and Android restricting Parler and Truth Social from being downloaded.
Others have been critical of the platforms for their insular communities. Elon Musk said in a Friday interview that Trump's Truth Social is a "right-wing echo chamber." (MORE - missing details)