More than 10 firms pay up to $100k a month for access to Truth Social posts
- ID
- 13217
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026, 5:57 PM
- Fetched
- 13 Aug 2026, 6:05 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3q5nxpgk1o
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 4.5
- Created
- 13 Aug 2026, 7:08 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
Trump Media launched Truth API in early August, offering paying customers faster access to market-moving Truth Social posts. Over 10 firms—mostly high-frequency traders—are paying $60,000–$100,000/month for the feed, which the company calls a 'meaningful' new revenue stream amid a $238M quarterly loss.
Why it matters
This is a concrete example of monetizing a social platform's raw data feed at premium B2B prices—relevant if you're building APIs or data products and wondering what enterprise customers will pay for low-latency access to proprietary content. The pricing ($60k–$100k/month) sets a benchmark for niche data feeds aimed at trading firms.
Discussion angle
What does the $60k–$100k/month price point tell us about the ceiling for niche, low-latency data APIs—and could a Malaysian or SEA platform (e.g., a local exchange or telco data feed) support a similar premium-tier model?