Truth Social launches service to give Wall Street traders an edge with real-time service

Trump Media, the company that operates the Truth Social social-media network, said Thursday it is launching a service known as an API to give customers "licensed, real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts." Other social media networks do the same thing. Wall Street firms use these APIs to get an edge on market-moving information. President Donald Trump makes a practice of posting official information first on Truth Social. His family is the largest shareholder in Truth Social's publicly traded owner.

The company behind social-media network Truth Social is launching a service that will give paying customers interested in market-moving information "licensed, real-time access" to posts from President Donald Trump and other top accounts, the company said Thursday.

Trump's family is the largest shareholder Trump Media & Technology Group , the public company that operates Truth Social. The president's @realDonaldTrump account is the largest account on Truth Social, according to a 2025 survey by SEO.ai. His account had 12.9 million followers on Thursday morning. Trump regularly posts official communications first on Truth Social, making his account a must-follow for Wall Street firms and news organizations that track the presidency.

Trump Media didn't mention the president in its press release announcing the service, known as an API, or Application Programming Interface. But it nodded to potential interest by Wall Street firms. "Markets already move on Truth Social posts," Kevin McGurn, Trump Media's interim chief executive officer, said in the release.

Truth Social has "become the de facto presidential press room," Canter said. Trump Media is following a path blazed by other social networks, which also provide APIs to paying customers. Hedge funds and other Wall Street firms use low-latency feeds to gain an edge on market-moving information posted on social networks. They can use access to post archives to create algorithms that respond to sentiment and emerging trends. But none of those other social networks are the primary outlet for official posts by the president of the U.S.

Trump regularly posts updates on his decisions about the war with Iran and tariffs on Truth Social, among other issues. Truth Social was launched in 2021 in response to decisions by X and Facebook to ban Trump's account in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. He has since been reinstated to both. Trump Media went public through a blan...