Jump to content

Rumble (company): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Standardisation of reference
Reverted good faith edits by Biohistorian15 (talk): No. The fact that it is popular amongst conservatives does not mean it is conservative. Again, talk page is more appropriate so please see WP:ONUS
 
(44 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 12: Line 12:
| traded_as = {{nowrap|[[Nasdaq]]: {{NasdaqSymbol|RUM}}}}
| traded_as = {{nowrap|[[Nasdaq]]: {{NasdaqSymbol|RUM}}}}
| founded = {{start date and age|October 30, 2013}}
| founded = {{start date and age|October 30, 2013}}
| location = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada<br />[[Longboat Key, Florida]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://corp.rumble.com/blog/rumble-opens-new-u-s-headquarters-in-longboat-key-florida/|title=Rumble Opens New U.S. Headquarters in Longboat Key, Florida |date=March 2, 2023}}</ref>
| location = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada<ref name="TStar" /><br />[[Longboat Key, Florida]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble Opens New U.S. Headquarters in Longboat Key, Florida |website=Rumble |url=https://corp.rumble.com/blog/rumble-opens-new-u-s-headquarters-in-longboat-key-florida/|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide (except [[#Users and content|blocking countries]])<ref name="Gazeta do Povo">{{cite news |last1=Freire Feitosa |first1=Diogenes|title=Rumble anuncia saída do Brasil em protesto a censura imposta a usuários |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/rumble-anuncia-saida-do-brasil-em-protesto-contra-censura-imposta-a-usuarios/ |work=[[Gazeta do Povo]]|language=pt-BR|date=26 December 2023 |access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide (except [[#Users and content|blocking countries]])<ref name="Gazeta do Povo">{{cite news |last1=Freire Feitosa |first1=Diogenes|title=Rumble anuncia saída do Brasil em protesto a censura imposta a usuários |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/rumble-anuncia-saida-do-brasil-em-protesto-contra-censura-imposta-a-usuarios/ |work=[[Gazeta do Povo]]|language=pt-BR|date=26 December 2023 |access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
| founder = {{ubl|Chris Pavlovski}}
| founder = {{ubl|Chris Pavlovski}}
Line 30: Line 30:
}}
}}


'''Rumble''' is an [[online video platform]], [[web hosting]], and [[cloud service]]s business<ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble may top Trump's Truth Social|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/04/26/rumble-trump-truth-social-spac|last=Primack|first=Dan|website=Axios.com|date=26 April 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump's social media venture partners with Canada's Rumble Inc|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/trumps-social-media-venture-partners-with-canadas-rumble-2021-12-14/|work=[[Reuters]]|last=Coster |first=Helen|date=14 December 2021|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> headquartered in [[Toronto, Ontario]], with its U.S. headquarters in [[Longboat Key, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edcsarasotacounty.com/sarasota-county-welcomes-rumble|title=Sarasota's County welcomes Rumble|date=November 12, 2021 |website=edcsarasotacounty.com|access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name="bbc65050160">{{cite news|title=The web firm that wants to stop you getting 'cancelled'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65050160|work=[[BBC News]]|date=26 March 2023 |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> It was founded in 2013 by Chris Pavlovski, a Canadian technology entrepreneur.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=November 2, 2020|title=Can Dan Bongino Make Rumble The Right's New Platform? |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/dan-bongino-rumble|last=Silverman |first=Craig |website=[[Buzzfeed News]]}}</ref> Rumble's cloud services business hosts [[Truth Social]], and the video platform is popular among [[Conservatism in the United States|American right]] and [[far-right]] users.<ref name="nytimesFarRight"/><ref name="seattleTimesFarRight" /><ref name="politicoFarRight" /> Rumble has been described as "[[alt-tech]]".<ref name="bbc65050160" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Rumble: What is the YouTube alternative Russell Brand is using to post videos?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/rumble-youtube-russell-brand-videos-b2415567.html |access-date=20 December 2023|date=21 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=What If Rumble Is the Future of the Social Web?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/10/what-if-rumble-future-social-web/671926/|date=21 October 2022|access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
'''Rumble''' is an [[online video platform]], [[web hosting]], and [[cloud service]]s business<ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble may top Trump's Truth Social|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/04/26/rumble-trump-truth-social-spac|last=Primack|first=Dan|website=Axios.com|date=26 April 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump's social media venture partners with Canada's Rumble Inc|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/trumps-social-media-venture-partners-with-canadas-rumble-2021-12-14/|work=[[Reuters]]|last=Coster |first=Helen|date=14 December 2021|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> headquartered in [[Toronto, Ontario]], with its U.S. headquarters in [[Longboat Key, Florida]]. It was founded in 2013 by Chris Pavlovski, a [[Macedonian Canadians|Macedonian Canadian]] technology entrepreneur. Rumble's cloud services business hosts [[Truth Social]], and the video platform is popular among American [[Conservatism|conservative]] and [[far-right]] users.<!-- sourced below --> Rumble has been described as "[[alt-tech]]".<!-- sourced below -->


== History ==
== History ==


Rumble was founded in October 2013 by Chris Pavlovski as an alternative to [[YouTube]] for independent vloggers and smaller content creators.<ref name="TStar">{{cite news|title=This Toronto-based website surged to a half-billion-dollar valuation almost overnight — thanks in part to interest from conservative American investors|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/06/11/this-toronto-based-website-surged-to-a-half-billion-dollar-valuation-almost-overnight-thanks-in-part-to-interest-from-conservative-american-investors.html|work=[[Toronto Star]]|last=Lorinc|first=Jacob|date=11 June 2021 |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> Pavlovski founded the platform after seeing that [[Google]] was prioritizing [[Internet celebrity|influencers]] on YouTube and not independent content creators.<ref name="GandMail">{{cite news|title=How Rumble, a Toronto-based YouTube alternative, became a refuge for the MAGA crowd (with a US$2-billion valuation)|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rumble-toronto-video-platform-youtube-alternative-valuation/|last1=Castaldo |first1=Joe |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=9 January 2022}}</ref> In its early years, Rumble saw only limited popularity. The platform received a large influx of viewership from 2020, at the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Monthly visitors rose from 1.6 million in 2020, to 31.9 million by 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch From Spotify |url=https://time.com/6145835/joe-rogan-rumble-podcast-offer/|magazine=[[Time magazine|Time]]|date=7 February 2022|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> In the first nine months of 2021, Rumble generated more than $6.5 million in revenue, mostly from advertisements, but was not profitable.<ref name=":6">{{cite news|title=Rumble, the Right's Go-To Video Site, Has Much Bigger Ambitions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/business/media/rumble-social-media-conservatives-videos.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=28 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
Rumble was founded in October 2013 by Chris Pavlovski as an alternative to [[YouTube]] for independent vloggers and smaller content creators.<ref name="TStar">{{cite news|title=This Toronto-based website surged to a half-billion-dollar valuation almost overnight — thanks in part to interest from conservative American investors|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/06/11/this-toronto-based-website-surged-to-a-half-billion-dollar-valuation-almost-overnight-thanks-in-part-to-interest-from-conservative-american-investors.html|work=[[Toronto Star]]|last=Lorinc|first=Jacob|date=11 June 2021|access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=November 2, 2020|title=Can Dan Bongino Make Rumble The Right's New Platform? |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/dan-bongino-rumble|last=Silverman |first=Craig |website=[[Buzzfeed News]]}}</ref> Pavlovski founded the platform after seeing that [[Google]] was prioritizing [[Internet celebrity|influencers]] on YouTube and not independent content creators.<ref name="GandMail">{{cite news|title=How Rumble, a Toronto-based YouTube alternative, became a refuge for the MAGA crowd (with a US$2-billion valuation)|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rumble-toronto-video-platform-youtube-alternative-valuation/|last1=Castaldo |first1=Joe|access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=9 January 2022}}</ref> In its early years, Rumble saw only limited popularity. The platform received a large influx of viewership from 2020, at the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Monthly visitors rose from 1.6 million in 2020, to 31.9 million by 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch From Spotify |url=https://time.com/6145835/joe-rogan-rumble-podcast-offer/|magazine=[[Time magazine|Time]]|date=7 February 2022|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> In the first nine months of 2021, Rumble generated more than $6.5 million in revenue, mostly from advertisements, but was not profitable.<ref name=":6">{{cite news|title=Rumble, the Right's Go-To Video Site, Has Much Bigger Ambitions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/business/media/rumble-social-media-conservatives-videos.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=28 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>


The rise of Rumble viewership in 2020 was attributed to then [[Republican Party (United States) | Republican]] politician [[Devin Nunes]], who accused YouTube of overly censoring his channel. Nunes began posting content on Rumble, with other prominent conservatives, such as [[Dinesh D'Souza]], [[Dan Bongino]], [[Sean Hannity]], and Representative [[Jim Jordan]], following soon after.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":11">{{cite web|title=Meet Rumble, the YouTube rival that's popular with conservatives |url=https://fortune.com/2020/11/30/rumble-video-service-youtube-rival-popular-among-conservatives/|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=30 November 2020|access-date=January 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gab Is Furious That Donald Trump Signed Up for Another Right-Wing Social Network|url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/06/donald-trump-rally-rumble-gab-parler.html|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Mak|first=Aaron|date= 29 June 2021|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> In June 2021, former [[US President]] [[Donald Trump]] joined Rumble in preparation for recording his [[Ohio]] campaign rally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump Joins Video Platform Rumble Ahead of Ohio Rally|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-joins-video-platform-rumble-ahead-ohio-rally-2021-06-26/|work=[[Reuters]]|first=Elizabeth |last=Culliford|date=June 26, 2021|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>
The rise of Rumble viewership in 2020 was attributed to then [[Republican Party (United States) | Republican]] politician [[Devin Nunes]], who accused YouTube of overly censoring his channel. Nunes began posting content on Rumble, with other prominent conservatives, such as [[Dinesh D'Souza]], [[Dan Bongino]], [[Sean Hannity]], and Representative [[Jim Jordan]], following soon after.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":11">{{cite web|title=Meet Rumble, the YouTube rival that's popular with conservatives |url=https://fortune.com/2020/11/30/rumble-video-service-youtube-rival-popular-among-conservatives/|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=30 November 2020|access-date=January 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gab Is Furious That Donald Trump Signed Up for Another Right-Wing Social Network|url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/06/donald-trump-rally-rumble-gab-parler.html|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Mak|first=Aaron|date= 29 June 2021|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> In June 2021, former US President [[Donald Trump]] joined Rumble in preparation for recording his [[Ohio]] campaign rally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump Joins Video Platform Rumble Ahead of Ohio Rally|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-joins-video-platform-rumble-ahead-ohio-rally-2021-06-26/|work=[[Reuters]]|first=Elizabeth |last=Culliford|date=June 26, 2021|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>


On January 11, 2021, Rumble filed an [[Competition law|antitrust]] lawsuit against Google over its search algorithms, seeking damages exceeding $2 billion.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=Toronto video-hosting startup Rumble Inc. sues Google over search result|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-toronto-video-hosting-startup-rumble-inc-sues-google-over-search/|work=[[The Globe And Mail]]|last=O'Kane|first=Josh|date=13 January 2021|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble, Inc. v. Google LLC |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29096082/rumble-inc-v-google-llc/|id=4:21-cv-00229 |via=[[Court Listener]]|access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> Rumble alleged that Google manipulated its algorithm so as to favor Google's own YouTube over Rumble in Google search results. Rumble alleged that this direct manipulation reduced its viewership and resulted in lower advertising revenues for their company.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube rival Rumble sues Google over search rankings |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/youtube-rival-rumble-sues-google-over-search-rankings-11610465669|last=Schechner |first=Sam |website=[[Market Watch]]|date=12 January 2021|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> In August 2022, a California judge said that Rumble's case against Google can proceed. <ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble's antitrust lawsuit against Google can proceed, says judge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/2/23288732/rumble-antitrust-lawsuit-google-search-results-app-court-decision|last1=Robertson |first1=Adi |website=www.theverge.com|date=2 August 2022|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>
On January 11, 2021, Rumble filed an [[Competition law|antitrust]] lawsuit against Google over its search algorithms, seeking damages exceeding $2 billion.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=Toronto video-hosting startup Rumble Inc. sues Google over search result|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-toronto-video-hosting-startup-rumble-inc-sues-google-over-search/|work=[[The Globe And Mail]]|last=O'Kane|first=Josh|date=13 January 2021|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble, Inc. v. Google LLC |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29096082/rumble-inc-v-google-llc/|id=4:21-cv-00229 |via=[[Court Listener]]|access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> Rumble alleged that Google manipulated its algorithm so as to favor Google's own YouTube over Rumble in Google search results. Rumble alleged that this direct manipulation reduced its viewership and resulted in lower advertising revenues for their company.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube rival Rumble sues Google over search rankings |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/youtube-rival-rumble-sues-google-over-search-rankings-11610465669|last=Schechner |first=Sam |website=[[Market Watch]]|date=12 January 2021|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> In August 2022, a California judge said that Rumble's case against Google can proceed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble's antitrust lawsuit against Google can proceed, says judge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/2/23288732/rumble-antitrust-lawsuit-google-search-results-app-court-decision|last1=Robertson |first1=Adi |website=www.theverge.com|date=2 August 2022|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>


Rumble received investment from venture capitalists [[Peter Thiel]], [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] and [[J. D. Vance]] in May 2021, with that round of funding valuing Rumble at around $500 million.<ref name="Vance">{{cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance Invest in Rumble Video Platform Popular on Political Right |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-j-d-vance-invest-in-rumble-video-platform-popular-on-political-right-11621447661|last=Hagey |first=Keach |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, Rumble acquired [[Locals]].<ref name="rumble-purchase">{{cite web|title=Rumble acquires Locals to help build a bigger creator economy|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rumble-acquires-locals-help-build-140000966.html|website=Yahoo News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145614/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rumble-acquires-locals-help-build-140000966.html|archive-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> On December 14, 2021, [[Trump Media & Technology Group]] (TMTG) announced that it entered a "wide-ranging technology and cloud services agreement" with Rumble in a statement that also stated that Rumble would operate part of [[Truth Social]] as well as TMTG.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump media company inks deal with video platform Rumble |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/585838-trump-media-company-inks-deal-with-video-platform-rumble|work=The Hill |last=Schnell |first=Mychael|date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> Also in December 2021, Rumble challenged a [[New York (state)|New York]] law prohibiting hate speech on social media.<ref>{{Cite news|title=New York Online Hate Speech Law Challenged by Thiel-Backed Rumble |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-01/new-york-online-hate-speech-law-challenged-by-law-blog-rumble|last=Dolmetsch |first=Chris|date=1 December 2022|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
Rumble received investment from venture capitalists [[Peter Thiel]], [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] and [[JD Vance]] in May 2021, with that round of funding valuing Rumble at around $500 million.<ref name="Vance">{{cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance Invest in Rumble Video Platform Popular on Political Right |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-j-d-vance-invest-in-rumble-video-platform-popular-on-political-right-11621447661|last=Hagey |first=Keach |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, Rumble acquired [[Locals]].<ref name="rumble-purchase">{{cite web|title=Rumble acquires Locals to help build a bigger creator economy|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rumble-acquires-locals-help-build-140000966.html|website=Yahoo News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145614/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rumble-acquires-locals-help-build-140000966.html|archive-date=October 26, 2021|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> On December 14, 2021, [[Trump Media & Technology Group]] (TMTG) announced that it entered a "wide-ranging technology and cloud services agreement" with Rumble in a statement that also stated that Rumble would operate part of [[Truth Social]] as well as TMTG.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump media company inks deal with video platform Rumble |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/585838-trump-media-company-inks-deal-with-video-platform-rumble|work=The Hill |last=Schnell |first=Mychael|date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> Also in December 2021, Rumble challenged a New York law prohibiting hate speech on social media.<ref>{{Cite news|title=New York Online Hate Speech Law Challenged by Thiel-Backed Rumble |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-01/new-york-online-hate-speech-law-challenged-by-law-blog-rumble|last=Dolmetsch |first=Chris|date=1 December 2022|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>


In August 2022, Rumble announced plans to provide an [[online advertising]] platform known as Rumble Ads, with Truth Social as its first publisher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users|last=Kelly |first=Makena |date=August 30, 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/30/23329245/truth-social-donald-trump-google-play-store-dwac-spac|work=The Verge|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coster |first=Helen |date=August 23, 2022 |title=Truth Social to join Rumble's advertising platform|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/truth-social-join-rumbles-advertising-platform-2022-08-23/|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> Rumble became a publicly traded company in September 2022, trading under ticker RUM on the [[Nasdaq|NASDAQ]], after merging with a [[special-purpose acquisition company]].<ref name="BloomTrade">{{cite news|title=Peter Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Starts Trading After SPAC Deal |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-19/peter-thiel-backed-rumble-heads-to-the-public-markets-via-spac-deal|publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|last1=Chapman|first1=Lizette|date=19 September 2022|access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> In May 2023, Rumble acquired the podcasting platform CallIn.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rumble (RUM) Acquires Podcasting and Live Streaming Platform CallIn |url=https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Rumble+%28RUM%29+Acquires+Podcasting+and+Live+Streaming+Platform+CallIn/21668069.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=StreetInsider.com |language=en}}</ref>
In August 2022, Rumble announced plans to provide an [[online advertising]] platform known as Rumble Ads, with Truth Social as its first publisher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users|last=Kelly |first=Makena |date=August 30, 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/30/23329245/truth-social-donald-trump-google-play-store-dwac-spac|work=The Verge|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coster |first=Helen |date=August 23, 2022 |title=Truth Social to join Rumble's advertising platform|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/truth-social-join-rumbles-advertising-platform-2022-08-23/|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> Rumble became a publicly traded company in September 2022, trading under ticker RUM on the [[Nasdaq|NASDAQ]], after merging with a [[special-purpose acquisition company]].<ref name="BloomTrade">{{cite news|title=Peter Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Starts Trading After SPAC Deal |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-19/peter-thiel-backed-rumble-heads-to-the-public-markets-via-spac-deal|publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|last1=Chapman|first1=Lizette|date=19 September 2022|access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> In May 2023, Rumble acquired the podcasting platform CallIn.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rumble (RUM) Acquires Podcasting and Live Streaming Platform CallIn |url=https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Rumble+%28RUM%29+Acquires+Podcasting+and+Live+Streaming+Platform+CallIn/21668069.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=StreetInsider.com |language=en}}</ref>
Line 46: Line 46:
In 2023, Rumble was granted exclusive rights to the online stream of the [[2024 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican presidential primary]] debates.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism |date=2023-09-25 |url=https://apnews.com/article/republican-debate-livestream-rumble-disinformation-extremism-a6e627ac88463f9f83ada062ea83c6db|website=AP News|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, Rumble was granted exclusive rights to the online stream of the [[2024 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican presidential primary]] debates.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism |date=2023-09-25 |url=https://apnews.com/article/republican-debate-livestream-rumble-disinformation-extremism-a6e627ac88463f9f83ada062ea83c6db|website=AP News|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>


In 2024, the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] confirmed that Rumble was under an active investigation, the exact nature of which is unknown.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation |url=https://www.wired.com/story/rumble-sec-investigation/|last=Turton |first=William|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=January 8, 2024|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> However, Pavlovski stated in January " short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market." The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cleared Rumble from the investigation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Tom |date=February 21, 2024 |title=SEC clears Rumble after reports of investigation |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/21/sec-clears-rumble-after-reports-investigation/ |work=The Washington Times |language=English |quote="the short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market."}}</ref>
In 2024, the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] confirmed that Rumble was under an active investigation, the exact nature of which is unknown.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation |url=https://www.wired.com/story/rumble-sec-investigation/|last=Turton |first=William|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=January 8, 2024|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> However, Pavlovski stated in January "short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market." The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cleared Rumble from the investigation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Tom |date=February 21, 2024 |title=SEC clears Rumble after reports of investigation |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/21/sec-clears-rumble-after-reports-investigation/ |work=The Washington Times |language=English |quote="the short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market."}}</ref>


== Design and restrictions ==
== Design and restrictions ==
Line 52: Line 52:
Along with four other tabs in its main interface, Rumble features "recommended channels" to follow and an "Earnings" tab in its interface.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Bryan C. |title=The next Parler: I tried four apps attracting right-wing users |url=https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/parler-replacement-rumble-mewe-telegram-wimkin-15871616.php|date=15 January 2021 |website=[[SFGate]] |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Rumble also allows its users to generate revenue from their videos.<ref name=":1" /> Users upload videos that are licensed to Rumble's partners, such as [[Yahoo!]] and [[Microsoft News]], after which money made from those videos is directly deposited into the Rumble account of the user.<ref name=":1" />
Along with four other tabs in its main interface, Rumble features "recommended channels" to follow and an "Earnings" tab in its interface.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Bryan C. |title=The next Parler: I tried four apps attracting right-wing users |url=https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/parler-replacement-rumble-mewe-telegram-wimkin-15871616.php|date=15 January 2021 |website=[[SFGate]] |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Rumble also allows its users to generate revenue from their videos.<ref name=":1" /> Users upload videos that are licensed to Rumble's partners, such as [[Yahoo!]] and [[Microsoft News]], after which money made from those videos is directly deposited into the Rumble account of the user.<ref name=":1" />


According to the platform's [[terms and conditions]], Rumble forbids [[pornography]], [[Online harassment|harassment]], [[racism]], [[antisemitism]], and [[copyright infringement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Agency Agreement|url=https://rumble.com/s/terms|website=Rumble (website)|accessdate=9 July 2023}}</ref> The platform also prohibits illegal content.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{cite news |last=Zakrzewski |first=Cat |date=November 16, 2020 |title=The Technology 202: YouTube alternative Rumble highlights conservatives' move to more hands-off social networks |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/16/technology-202-youtube-alternative-rumble-highlights-conservatives-move-more-hands-off-social-networks/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Watts |first=Marina|title=What Is Rumble? The YouTube Alternative 'Where Conservative Views Won't Be Discriminated Against' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-rumble-youtube-alternative-where-conservative-views-wont-discriminated-against-1542141|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=November 18, 2020 |title=Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/parler-rumble-newsmax.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mak |first=Aaron |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Meet Rumble, the YouTube Alternative Where Trump Could Still Win |url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/rumble-youtube-trump-conspiracy-theories.html |access-date=January 9, 2021 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Rumble's policies have drawn criticism from [[alt-tech]] platforms for not allowing anti-semitism and racism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump's Rumble account prompts attacks from Gab and Parler founders |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rumble-gab-parler-1604636|last=Palmer |first=Ewan|date=28 June 2021|website=Newsweek|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite journal |title=Truth Social's Harsh Truth|url=https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/truth-social-donald-trump-spac-trouble-twitter-facebook.html |access-date=2023-12-06 |journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=November 16, 2023 |language=en |last1=Pahwa |first1=Nitish }}</ref>
According to the platform's [[terms and conditions]], Rumble forbids [[pornography]], [[Online harassment|harassment]], [[racism]], [[antisemitism]], and [[copyright infringement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Agency Agreement|url=https://rumble.com/s/terms|website=Rumble (website)|access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> The platform also prohibits illegal content.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{cite news |last=Zakrzewski |first=Cat |date=November 16, 2020 |title=The Technology 202: YouTube alternative Rumble highlights conservatives' move to more hands-off social networks |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/16/technology-202-youtube-alternative-rumble-highlights-conservatives-move-more-hands-off-social-networks/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Watts |first=Marina|title=What Is Rumble? The YouTube Alternative 'Where Conservative Views Won't Be Discriminated Against' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-rumble-youtube-alternative-where-conservative-views-wont-discriminated-against-1542141|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=November 18, 2020 |title=Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/parler-rumble-newsmax.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mak |first=Aaron |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Meet Rumble, the YouTube Alternative Where Trump Could Still Win |url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/rumble-youtube-trump-conspiracy-theories.html|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> Rumble's policies have been criticized by other [[alt-tech]] platforms for not allowing anti-semitism and racism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump's Rumble account prompts attacks from Gab and Parler founders|url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rumble-gab-parler-1604636|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|website=[[Newsweek]]|date=28 June 2021|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite journal |title=Truth Social's Harsh Truth|url=https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/truth-social-donald-trump-spac-trouble-twitter-facebook.html|journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last1=Pahwa|first1=Nitish|date=November 16, 2023|access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>


Rumble has built its own [[Cloud computing|cloud service infrastructure]] and [[video streaming]] capacity.<ref name=":6" />
Rumble has built its own [[Cloud computing|cloud service infrastructure]] and [[video streaming]] capacity.<ref name=":6" />
Line 58: Line 58:
== Users and content ==
== Users and content ==


Rumble's video platform is popular among [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]]<ref name="Vance" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Abram |title=Is Rumble, A Right-Wing Social Media Company, Already The Next Meme Stock? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/12/02/rumble-spac-ipo-social-media-conservative/|website=Forbes|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=2020-11-11 |title=Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/parler-rumble-newsmax.html|issn=0362-4331|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref> and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] users<ref name="nytimesFarRight">{{cite news|title=The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Dias|first=Elizabeth|url-status=live|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102130729/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html |archive-date=2 November 2022|date=8 July 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="seattleTimesFarRight">{{cite news|title=Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rumble-a-youtube-rival-popular-with-conservatives-will-pay-creators-who-challenge-the-status-quo/|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|last1=Harwell |first1=Drew|date=16 August 2021|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="politicoFarRight">{{cite news|title=Russia state media turn to Rumble to get out their word |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/24/russia-state-media-rumble-00020184|last1=Fuchs |first1=Hailey |work=[[POLITICO| Politico magazine]] |date=24 March 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> and has been described as part of "[[alt-tech]]" by various observers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rightwingers flock to 'alt tech' networks as mainstream sites ban Trump |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/social-media-trump-ban-alt-tech-far-right|last=Wilson |first=Jason|work=[[the Guardian]] |date=January 13, 2021 |language=en|access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Merril |first1=Jeremy B. |last2=Harwell |first2=Drew |title=Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/20/trump-audience-stalling/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 20, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=David |title=Trump's Social Media Company Just Partnered With a QAnon Video Site |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpaeb/truth-social-partnering-with-rumble |work=www.vice.com |date=December 15, 2021 |language=en|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dalton |first1=Ben |title=The Evolution of the Tech and Fundraising Platforms for Extremists Kicked Off the Regular Internet |url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/alt-tech-internet-extremists-financial-ecosystem.html |access-date=August 29, 2022 |work=Slate Magazine |date=May 17, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Rumble's video platform is popular among [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]]{{refn|<ref name="Vance" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Is Rumble, A Right-Wing Social Media Company, Already The Next Meme Stock? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/12/02/rumble-spac-ipo-social-media-conservative/|last=Brown |first=Abram |website=Forbes|date=2 December 2021|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=2020-11-11 |title=Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/parler-rumble-newsmax.html|issn=0362-4331|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>}} and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] users{{refn|<ref name="nytimesFarRight">{{cite news|title=The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Dias|first=Elizabeth|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102130729/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html |archive-date=2 November 2022|date=8 July 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="seattleTimesFarRight">{{cite news|title=Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rumble-a-youtube-rival-popular-with-conservatives-will-pay-creators-who-challenge-the-status-quo/|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|last1=Harwell |first1=Drew|date=16 August 2021|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="politicoFarRight">{{cite news|title=Russia state media turn to Rumble to get out their word |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/24/russia-state-media-rumble-00020184|last1=Fuchs |first1=Hailey |work=[[POLITICO| Politico magazine]] |date=24 March 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>}} and has been described as part of "[[alt-tech]]" by various observers.<ref>
*{{cite news|title=Rightwingers flock to 'alt tech' networks as mainstream sites ban Trump |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/social-media-trump-ban-alt-tech-far-right|last=Wilson |first=Jason|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 13, 2021 |language=en|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
*{{cite news |last1=Merril |first1=Jeremy B. |last2=Harwell |first2=Drew |title=Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/20/trump-audience-stalling/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 20, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
*{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=David |title=Trump's Social Media Company Just Partnered With a QAnon Video Site |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpaeb/truth-social-partnering-with-rumble |work=www.vice.com |date=December 15, 2021 |language=en|access-date=29 August 2022}}
*{{cite news |last1=Dalton |first1=Ben |title=The Evolution of the Tech and Fundraising Platforms for Extremists Kicked Off the Regular Internet |url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/alt-tech-internet-extremists-financial-ecosystem.html|work=Slate Magazine |date=May 17, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref>


Using data from February 2021, researchers noted that several content creators have gained a receptive audience on Rumble after their content was pulled from YouTube or [[Facebook]]. They include [[Del Bigtree]], [[Sherri Tenpenny]], and [[Simone Gold]].<ref name="Rumble">{{cite news|date=18 March 2021 |title=Where Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Went When YouTube Banned It |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/youtube-rumble-vaccine-misinformation.html|last=Mak |first=Aaron|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble terms and conditions |url=https://rumble.com/s/terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327131647/https://rumble.com/s/terms|website=[[Rumble (company)|Rumble]]|url-status=live|archive-date=27 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=11 May 2021 |title=Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/rumble-sends-viewers-tumbling-toward-misinformation/ |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> According to a June 2021 article from ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', "Pavlovski has recently become more outspoken in accusing Big Tech of censorship and now actively courts prominent conservatives and [[intellectual dark web]] figures to join Rumble."<ref name=":3" /> It also hosted [[Truth Social]] as of June 2022.<ref name"love2022">{{cite news |title=Politics trumps business in Truth Social's war on Big Tech |last1=Coster |first1=Helen |last2= Love |first2= Julia |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-truth-social/ |date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> In August 2021, Rumble reached agreements with former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]] and ''[[The Intercept]]'' founder [[Glenn Greenwald]] to start posting their videos to the site.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo'|last=Harwell |first=Drew |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/rumble-a-youtube-rival-popular-with-conservatives-will-pay-creators-who-challenge-the-status-quo/ar-AANeDiu |access-date=2021-08-12 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en|date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
Using data from February 2021, researchers noted that several content creators have gained a receptive audience on Rumble after their content was pulled from YouTube or [[Facebook]]. They include [[Del Bigtree]], [[Sherri Tenpenny]], and [[Simone Gold]].<ref name="Rumble">{{cite news|date=18 March 2021 |title=Where Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Went When YouTube Banned It |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/youtube-rumble-vaccine-misinformation.html|last=Mak |first=Aaron|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rumble terms and conditions |url=https://rumble.com/s/terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327131647/https://rumble.com/s/terms|website=[[Rumble (company)|Rumble]]|url-status=live|archive-date=27 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=11 May 2021 |title=Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/rumble-sends-viewers-tumbling-toward-misinformation/ |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> According to a June 2021 article from ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', "Pavlovski has recently become more outspoken in accusing Big Tech of censorship and now actively courts prominent conservatives and [[intellectual dark web]] figures to join Rumble."<ref name=":3" /> It also hosted [[Truth Social]] as of June 2022.<ref name"love2022">{{cite news |title=Politics trumps business in Truth Social's war on Big Tech |last1=Coster |first1=Helen |last2= Love |first2= Julia |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-truth-social/|date=June 27, 2022|access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> In August 2021, Rumble reached agreements with former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]] and ''[[The Intercept]]'' founder [[Glenn Greenwald]] to start posting their videos to the site.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo'|last=Harwell |first=Drew |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/rumble-a-youtube-rival-popular-with-conservatives-will-pay-creators-who-challenge-the-status-quo/ar-AANeDiu|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=12 August 2021|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>


As of August 15, 2022, Rumble reported 78 million monthly active users (MAU).<ref name="PR2022">{{cite press release |title=Rumble Sets New Monthly Active User Record in August Citing Growth Among 'Gen Z' Users|url=https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/09/n28776604/rumble-sets-new-monthly-active-user-record-in-august-citing-growth-among-gen-z-users|date=7 September 2022}}</ref> That month, after being banned from most other platforms for hate speech and harmful conduct, kickboxer and social media personality [[Andrew Tate]] began posting on Rumble. Tate's move coincided with a significant increase in downloads of the Rumble app.<ref>{{cite news|title=How Rumble became the world's most popular video app |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/08/29/andrew-tate-rumble-video-app/|last=Wilson|first=Cam|work=[[Crikey]]|date=29 August 2022|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Elms">{{cite news |last1=Elms |first1=Victoria |title=Andrew Tate moves to anti-'cancel culture' streaming platform Rumble as social media ban causes surge in activity |url=https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tates-move-to-anti-cancel-culture-streaming-platform-rumble-after-social-media-ban-causes-surge-in-activity-12687658 |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Sky News |date=4 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
As of August 15, 2022, Rumble reported 78 million monthly active users (MAU).<ref name="PR2022">{{cite press release|title=Rumble Sets New Monthly Active User Record in August Citing Growth Among 'Gen Z' Users|url=https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/09/n28776604/rumble-sets-new-monthly-active-user-record-in-august-citing-growth-among-gen-z-users|date=7 September 2022|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> That month, after being banned from most other platforms for hate speech and harmful conduct, kickboxer and social media personality [[Andrew Tate]] began posting on Rumble. Tate's move coincided with a significant increase in downloads of the Rumble app.<ref>{{cite news|title=How Rumble became the world's most popular video app |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/08/29/andrew-tate-rumble-video-app/|last=Wilson|first=Cam|work=[[Crikey]]|date=29 August 2022|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Elms">{{cite news |last1=Elms |first1=Victoria |title=Andrew Tate moves to anti-'cancel culture' streaming platform Rumble as social media ban causes surge in activity |url=https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tates-move-to-anti-cancel-culture-streaming-platform-rumble-after-social-media-ban-causes-surge-in-activity-12687658 |work=Sky News |date=4 September 2022 |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>


According to an August 2022 [[Reuters]] article, Rumble is 'better-funded' and 'more mainstream' than its competitors [[BitChute]] and [[LBRY|Odysee]]. Reuters states that all three platforms 'include misinformation and conspiracy theories', with Rumble 'moderating more content' than the other two.<ref name="skewtube">{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Andrew R. C. |last2=Tanfani |first2=Joseph |title=SkewTube: New video-sharing sites thrives on misinformation and hate |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-media-misinformation/ |access-date=September 7, 2022 |work=Reuters |date=August 22, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Unlike BitChute and Odysee, Rumble does suppress results when searching for some keywords associated with hate speech or extremism, although the content itself is still accessible.<ref name="skewtube" /><ref name="ctvnews">{{cite news|title=Investigating Canadian YouTube rival Rumble and its growing popularity among the world's far right |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/investigating-canadian-youtube-rival-rumble-and-its-growing-popularity-among-the-world-s-far-right-1.5787533|work=CTVNews|last=Newman |first=Kevin|date=19 February 2022|access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref>
According to an August 2022 [[Reuters]] article, Rumble is 'better-funded' and 'more mainstream' than its competitors [[BitChute]] and [[LBRY|Odysee]]. Reuters states that all three platforms 'include misinformation and conspiracy theories', with Rumble 'moderating more content' than the other two.<ref name="skewtube">{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Andrew R. C. |last2=Tanfani |first2=Joseph |title=SkewTube: New video-sharing sites thrives on misinformation and hate |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-media-misinformation/|work=[[Reuters]]|date=August 22, 2022|access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> Unlike BitChute and Odysee, Rumble does suppress results when searching for some keywords associated with hate speech or extremism, although the content itself is still accessible.<ref name="skewtube" /><ref name="ctvnews">{{cite news|title=Investigating Canadian YouTube rival Rumble and its growing popularity among the world's far right |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/investigating-canadian-youtube-rival-rumble-and-its-growing-popularity-among-the-world-s-far-right-1.5787533|work=CTVNews|last=Newman |first=Kevin|date=19 February 2022|access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref>


According to a May 2022 [[Pew Research Center]] study, 20% of American adults have heard of Rumble, while 2% regularly got their news from Rumble. Of regular users, 76% identified as Republicans or were Republican-leaning, while 22% identified as Democrats or were Democratic-leaning. Around 90% of Rumble users believed news hosted on the site was mostly accurate. Most of Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts at that time were run by individuals, 22% of whom had been banned from other social media platforms. 55% of these prominent accounts also had accounts on other websites such as YouTube. A June 2022 review of posts by Pew Research from Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts found that 49% had posted about guns or gun rights, 48% had posted about abortion, 44% had posted about LGBTQ topics (specifically the [[LGBT grooming conspiracy theory]]), 42% had posted about the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6 Capitol attack]], and 26% had posted about extreme [[vaccine hesitancy|vaccine skepticism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shreenita |last2=Stocking |first2=Galen |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Key facts about Rumble |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/21/key-facts-about-rumble/|website=Pew Research Center |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2022/10/06/content-from-prominent-alternative-social-media-accounts-highlights-extreme-vaccine-skepticism-anxiety-over-lgbtq-issues/ |website=Pew Research Center's Journalism Project |access-date=6 December 2023 |date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
According to a May 2022 [[Pew Research Center]] study, 20% of American adults have heard of Rumble, while 2% regularly got their news from Rumble. Of regular users, 76% identified as Republicans or were Republican-leaning, while 22% identified as Democrats or were Democratic-leaning. Around 90% of Rumble users believed news hosted on the site was mostly accurate. Most of Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts at that time were run by individuals, 22% of whom had been banned from other social media platforms. 55% of these prominent accounts also had accounts on other websites such as YouTube. A June 2022 review of posts by Pew Research from Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts found that 49% had posted about guns or gun rights, 48% had posted about abortion, 44% had posted about LGBTQ topics (specifically the [[LGBT grooming conspiracy theory]]), 42% had posted about the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6 Capitol attack]], and 26% had posted about extreme [[vaccine hesitancy|vaccine skepticism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shreenita |last2=Stocking |first2=Galen |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Key facts about Rumble |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/21/key-facts-about-rumble/|website=Pew Research Center |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2022/10/06/content-from-prominent-alternative-social-media-accounts-highlights-extreme-vaccine-skepticism-anxiety-over-lgbtq-issues/ |website=Pew Research Center's Journalism Project|date=6 October 2022|access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>


Following the 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Rumble did not follow other social media platforms in banning Russian state media from their site. In November 2022, Rumble was blocked in France, after their refusal to comply with the country's demand for the removal of Russian state media accounts.<ref name="politicoFarRight"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Rumble, une plate-forme de vidéos non modérée, est bloquée en France |trans-title=Unmoderated video site Rumble blocked in France |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2022/11/02/rumble-une-plate-forme-de-videos-non-moderee-est-bloquee-en-france_6148205_4408996.html |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=[[Le Monde]] |date=2 November 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
Following the 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Rumble did not follow other social media platforms in banning Russian state media from their site. In November 2022, Rumble was blocked in France, after their refusal to comply with the country's demand for the removal of Russian state media accounts.<ref name="politicoFarRight"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Rumble, une plate-forme de vidéos non modérée, est bloquée en France |trans-title=Unmoderated video site Rumble blocked in France |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2022/11/02/rumble-une-plate-forme-de-videos-non-moderee-est-bloquee-en-france_6148205_4408996.html|work=[[Le Monde]]|date=2 November 2022|language=fr|access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>


In early 2023, Rumble began hosting live broadcasts for sports leagues owned by Thrill One Sports & Entertainment such as [[Nitrocross]], [[Street League Skateboarding]], and [[Power Slap]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mondy|first=Ben|url=https://www.theinertia.com/features/street-league-skateboarding-streaming-rumble-right-wing/|title=Street League Skateboarding Is Now Streamed on Platform Known for Right-Wing Audience|website=The Inertia|date=June 27, 2023|access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref>
In early 2023, Rumble began hosting live broadcasts for sports leagues owned by Thrill One Sports & Entertainment such as [[Nitrocross]], [[Street League Skateboarding]], and [[Power Slap]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mondy|first=Ben|url=https://www.theinertia.com/features/street-league-skateboarding-streaming-rumble-right-wing/|title=Street League Skateboarding Is Now Streamed on Platform Known for Right-Wing Audience|website=The Inertia|date=June 27, 2023|access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref>
Line 74: Line 78:
In December 2023, Rumble blocked access from Brazil. According to ''[[Gazeta do Povo]]'', this was likely done in protest of the Brazilian government's order to remove exiled journalist [[Allan dos Santos]]'s channel [[Terça Livre]], which had been investigated by Congress for knowingly using fake news to target political opponents.<ref name="Gazeta do Povo"/>
In December 2023, Rumble blocked access from Brazil. According to ''[[Gazeta do Povo]]'', this was likely done in protest of the Brazilian government's order to remove exiled journalist [[Allan dos Santos]]'s channel [[Terça Livre]], which had been investigated by Congress for knowingly using fake news to target political opponents.<ref name="Gazeta do Povo"/>


In May 2024, Rumble has been blocked in Russia for not complying with the Russian government's demand to remove content, which Chris Pavlovski deemed as censorship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Findlay |first=Rick |date=2024-05-08 |title=Rumble Is Blocked in Russia After Refusing Censorship Requests, CEO Says |url=https://reclaimthenet.org/rumble-is-blocked-in-russia-after-refusing-censorship-requests|website=Reclaim The Net |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>
In May 2024, Rumble was blocked in Russia for not complying with the Russian government's demand to remove content, which Chris Pavlovski deemed as censorship.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rumble Is Blocked in Russia After Refusing Censorship Requests, CEO Says |url=https://reclaimthenet.org/rumble-is-blocked-in-russia-after-refusing-censorship-requests|last=Findlay |first=Rick|website=www.reclaimthenet.org|date=8 August 2024|access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 18:01, 18 September 2024

Rumble
Type of site
Video hosting service
Traded asNasdaq: RUM
FoundedOctober 30, 2013; 10 years ago (October 30, 2013)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Longboat Key, Florida, U.S.[2]
Area servedWorldwide (except blocking countries)[3]
Founder(s)
  • Chris Pavlovski
Industry
ProductsRumble Viral
Locals
ServicesVideo hosting service
ParentRumble Inc.
URLrumble.com
LaunchedOctober 30, 2013; 10 years ago (October 30, 2013)
Current statusActive
ASN

Rumble is an online video platform, web hosting, and cloud services business[4][5] headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with its U.S. headquarters in Longboat Key, Florida. It was founded in 2013 by Chris Pavlovski, a Macedonian Canadian technology entrepreneur. Rumble's cloud services business hosts Truth Social, and the video platform is popular among American conservative and far-right users. Rumble has been described as "alt-tech".

History

[edit]

Rumble was founded in October 2013 by Chris Pavlovski as an alternative to YouTube for independent vloggers and smaller content creators.[1][6] Pavlovski founded the platform after seeing that Google was prioritizing influencers on YouTube and not independent content creators.[7] In its early years, Rumble saw only limited popularity. The platform received a large influx of viewership from 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Monthly visitors rose from 1.6 million in 2020, to 31.9 million by 2021.[8] In the first nine months of 2021, Rumble generated more than $6.5 million in revenue, mostly from advertisements, but was not profitable.[9]

The rise of Rumble viewership in 2020 was attributed to then Republican politician Devin Nunes, who accused YouTube of overly censoring his channel. Nunes began posting content on Rumble, with other prominent conservatives, such as Dinesh D'Souza, Dan Bongino, Sean Hannity, and Representative Jim Jordan, following soon after.[6][10][11] In June 2021, former US President Donald Trump joined Rumble in preparation for recording his Ohio campaign rally.[12]

On January 11, 2021, Rumble filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its search algorithms, seeking damages exceeding $2 billion.[13][14] Rumble alleged that Google manipulated its algorithm so as to favor Google's own YouTube over Rumble in Google search results. Rumble alleged that this direct manipulation reduced its viewership and resulted in lower advertising revenues for their company.[15] In August 2022, a California judge said that Rumble's case against Google can proceed.[16]

Rumble received investment from venture capitalists Peter Thiel, Vivek Ramaswamy and JD Vance in May 2021, with that round of funding valuing Rumble at around $500 million.[17] In October 2021, Rumble acquired Locals.[18] On December 14, 2021, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announced that it entered a "wide-ranging technology and cloud services agreement" with Rumble in a statement that also stated that Rumble would operate part of Truth Social as well as TMTG.[19] Also in December 2021, Rumble challenged a New York law prohibiting hate speech on social media.[20]

In August 2022, Rumble announced plans to provide an online advertising platform known as Rumble Ads, with Truth Social as its first publisher.[21][22] Rumble became a publicly traded company in September 2022, trading under ticker RUM on the NASDAQ, after merging with a special-purpose acquisition company.[23] In May 2023, Rumble acquired the podcasting platform CallIn.[24]

In 2023, Rumble was granted exclusive rights to the online stream of the Republican presidential primary debates.[25]

In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed that Rumble was under an active investigation, the exact nature of which is unknown.[26] However, Pavlovski stated in January "short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market." The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cleared Rumble from the investigation.[27]

Design and restrictions

[edit]

Along with four other tabs in its main interface, Rumble features "recommended channels" to follow and an "Earnings" tab in its interface.[28] Rumble also allows its users to generate revenue from their videos.[28] Users upload videos that are licensed to Rumble's partners, such as Yahoo! and Microsoft News, after which money made from those videos is directly deposited into the Rumble account of the user.[28]

According to the platform's terms and conditions, Rumble forbids pornography, harassment, racism, antisemitism, and copyright infringement.[29] The platform also prohibits illegal content.[6][30][31][32][33] Rumble's policies have been criticized by other alt-tech platforms for not allowing anti-semitism and racism.[34][35]

Rumble has built its own cloud service infrastructure and video streaming capacity.[9]

Users and content

[edit]

Rumble's video platform is popular among conservatives[38] and far-right users[42] and has been described as part of "alt-tech" by various observers.[43]

Using data from February 2021, researchers noted that several content creators have gained a receptive audience on Rumble after their content was pulled from YouTube or Facebook. They include Del Bigtree, Sherri Tenpenny, and Simone Gold.[44][45][46] According to a June 2021 article from Slate, "Pavlovski has recently become more outspoken in accusing Big Tech of censorship and now actively courts prominent conservatives and intellectual dark web figures to join Rumble."[35] It also hosted Truth Social as of June 2022.[47] In August 2021, Rumble reached agreements with former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard and The Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald to start posting their videos to the site.[48]

As of August 15, 2022, Rumble reported 78 million monthly active users (MAU).[49] That month, after being banned from most other platforms for hate speech and harmful conduct, kickboxer and social media personality Andrew Tate began posting on Rumble. Tate's move coincided with a significant increase in downloads of the Rumble app.[50][51]

According to an August 2022 Reuters article, Rumble is 'better-funded' and 'more mainstream' than its competitors BitChute and Odysee. Reuters states that all three platforms 'include misinformation and conspiracy theories', with Rumble 'moderating more content' than the other two.[52] Unlike BitChute and Odysee, Rumble does suppress results when searching for some keywords associated with hate speech or extremism, although the content itself is still accessible.[52][53]

According to a May 2022 Pew Research Center study, 20% of American adults have heard of Rumble, while 2% regularly got their news from Rumble. Of regular users, 76% identified as Republicans or were Republican-leaning, while 22% identified as Democrats or were Democratic-leaning. Around 90% of Rumble users believed news hosted on the site was mostly accurate. Most of Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts at that time were run by individuals, 22% of whom had been banned from other social media platforms. 55% of these prominent accounts also had accounts on other websites such as YouTube. A June 2022 review of posts by Pew Research from Rumble's 200 most prominent accounts found that 49% had posted about guns or gun rights, 48% had posted about abortion, 44% had posted about LGBTQ topics (specifically the LGBT grooming conspiracy theory), 42% had posted about the January 6 Capitol attack, and 26% had posted about extreme vaccine skepticism.[54][55]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rumble did not follow other social media platforms in banning Russian state media from their site. In November 2022, Rumble was blocked in France, after their refusal to comply with the country's demand for the removal of Russian state media accounts.[41][56]

In early 2023, Rumble began hosting live broadcasts for sports leagues owned by Thrill One Sports & Entertainment such as Nitrocross, Street League Skateboarding, and Power Slap.[57]

In December 2023, Rumble blocked access from Brazil. According to Gazeta do Povo, this was likely done in protest of the Brazilian government's order to remove exiled journalist Allan dos Santos's channel Terça Livre, which had been investigated by Congress for knowingly using fake news to target political opponents.[3]

In May 2024, Rumble was blocked in Russia for not complying with the Russian government's demand to remove content, which Chris Pavlovski deemed as censorship.[58]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Lorinc, Jacob (June 11, 2021). "This Toronto-based website surged to a half-billion-dollar valuation almost overnight — thanks in part to interest from conservative American investors". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Rumble Opens New U.S. Headquarters in Longboat Key, Florida". Rumble. March 2, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Freire Feitosa, Diogenes (December 26, 2023). "Rumble anuncia saída do Brasil em protesto a censura imposta a usuários". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Primack, Dan (April 26, 2022). "Rumble may top Trump's Truth Social". Axios.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Coster, Helen (December 14, 2021). "Trump's social media venture partners with Canada's Rumble Inc". Reuters. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Silverman, Craig (November 2, 2020). "Can Dan Bongino Make Rumble The Right's New Platform?". Buzzfeed News.
  7. ^ Castaldo, Joe (January 9, 2022). "How Rumble, a Toronto-based YouTube alternative, became a refuge for the MAGA crowd (with a US$2-billion valuation)". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch From Spotify". Time. February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Peters, Jeremy W. (March 28, 2022). "Rumble, the Right's Go-To Video Site, Has Much Bigger Ambitions". The New York Times. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  10. ^ "Meet Rumble, the YouTube rival that's popular with conservatives". Fortune. November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Mak, Aaron (June 29, 2021). "Gab Is Furious That Donald Trump Signed Up for Another Right-Wing Social Network". Slate. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Culliford, Elizabeth (June 26, 2021). "Trump Joins Video Platform Rumble Ahead of Ohio Rally". Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  13. ^ O'Kane, Josh (January 13, 2021). "Toronto video-hosting startup Rumble Inc. sues Google over search result". The Globe And Mail. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  14. ^ "Rumble, Inc. v. Google LLC". 4:21-cv-00229. Retrieved May 14, 2024 – via Court Listener.
  15. ^ Schechner, Sam (January 12, 2021). "YouTube rival Rumble sues Google over search rankings". Market Watch. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  16. ^ Robertson, Adi (August 2, 2022). "Rumble's antitrust lawsuit against Google can proceed, says judge". www.theverge.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Hagey, Keach (May 19, 2021). "Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance Invest in Rumble Video Platform Popular on Political Right". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  18. ^ "Rumble acquires Locals to help build a bigger creator economy". Yahoo News. October 26, 2021. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Schnell, Mychael (December 14, 2021). "Trump media company inks deal with video platform Rumble". The Hill. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  20. ^ Dolmetsch, Chris (December 1, 2022). "New York Online Hate Speech Law Challenged by Thiel-Backed Rumble". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  21. ^ Kelly, Makena (August 30, 2022). "Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users". The Verge. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  22. ^ Coster, Helen (August 23, 2022). "Truth Social to join Rumble's advertising platform". Reuters. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  23. ^ Chapman, Lizette (September 19, 2022). "Peter Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Starts Trading After SPAC Deal". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  24. ^ "Rumble (RUM) Acquires Podcasting and Live Streaming Platform CallIn". StreetInsider.com (Press release). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  25. ^ "RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism". AP News. September 25, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  26. ^ Turton, William (January 8, 2024). "Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation". Wired. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  27. ^ Howell, Tom (February 21, 2024). "SEC clears Rumble after reports of investigation". The Washington Times. the short-lived investigation was part of a coordinated ploy by short sellers manipulating the market.
  28. ^ a b c Parker, Bryan C. (January 15, 2021). "The next Parler: I tried four apps attracting right-wing users". SFGate. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  29. ^ "Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Agency Agreement". Rumble (website). Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  30. ^ Zakrzewski, Cat (November 16, 2020). "The Technology 202: YouTube alternative Rumble highlights conservatives' move to more hands-off social networks". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  31. ^ Watts, Marina (October 26, 2020). "What Is Rumble? The YouTube Alternative 'Where Conservative Views Won't Be Discriminated Against'". Newsweek. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  32. ^ Isaac, Mike; Browning, Kellen (November 18, 2020). "Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps". The New York Times. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  33. ^ Mak, Aaron (December 15, 2020). "Meet Rumble, the YouTube Alternative Where Trump Could Still Win". Slate. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  34. ^ Palmer, Ewan (June 28, 2021). "Donald Trump's Rumble account prompts attacks from Gab and Parler founders". Newsweek. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  35. ^ a b Pahwa, Nitish (November 16, 2023). "Truth Social's Harsh Truth". Slate. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  36. ^ Brown, Abram (December 2, 2021). "Is Rumble, A Right-Wing Social Media Company, Already The Next Meme Stock?". Forbes. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  37. ^ Isaac, Mike; Browning, Kellen (November 11, 2020). "Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  38. ^ [17][36][37]
  39. ^ Dias, Elizabeth (July 8, 2022). "The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  40. ^ Harwell, Drew (August 16, 2021). "Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  41. ^ a b Fuchs, Hailey (March 24, 2022). "Russia state media turn to Rumble to get out their word". Politico magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  42. ^ [39][40][41]
  43. ^
  44. ^ Mak, Aaron (March 18, 2021). "Where Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Went When YouTube Banned It". Slate. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  45. ^ "Rumble terms and conditions". Rumble. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  46. ^ "Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation". Wired. May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  47. ^ Coster, Helen; Love, Julia (June 27, 2022). "Politics trumps business in Truth Social's war on Big Tech". Reuters. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  48. ^ Harwell, Drew (August 12, 2021). "Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo'". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  49. ^ "Rumble Sets New Monthly Active User Record in August Citing Growth Among 'Gen Z' Users" (Press release). September 7, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  50. ^ Wilson, Cam (August 29, 2022). "How Rumble became the world's most popular video app". Crikey. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  51. ^ Elms, Victoria (September 4, 2022). "Andrew Tate moves to anti-'cancel culture' streaming platform Rumble as social media ban causes surge in activity". Sky News. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  52. ^ a b Marshall, Andrew R. C.; Tanfani, Joseph (August 22, 2022). "SkewTube: New video-sharing sites thrives on misinformation and hate". Reuters. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  53. ^ Newman, Kevin (February 19, 2022). "Investigating Canadian YouTube rival Rumble and its growing popularity among the world's far right". CTVNews. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  54. ^ Ghosh, Shreenita; Stocking, Galen (December 21, 2022). "Key facts about Rumble". Pew Research Center. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  55. ^ "4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues". Pew Research Center's Journalism Project. October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  56. ^ "Rumble, une plate-forme de vidéos non modérée, est bloquée en France" [Unmoderated video site Rumble blocked in France]. Le Monde (in French). November 2, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  57. ^ Mondy, Ben (June 27, 2023). "Street League Skateboarding Is Now Streamed on Platform Known for Right-Wing Audience". The Inertia. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  58. ^ Findlay, Rick (August 8, 2024). "Rumble Is Blocked in Russia After Refusing Censorship Requests, CEO Says". www.reclaimthenet.org. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rumble_(company)&oldid=1246395497"