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Who Owns Truth Social? Trump Media, With a 41% Trust Block Voted by Trump Jr.
In brief
Truth Social is owned by Trump Media, with the largest shareholder block held through Donald Trump's trust
Truth Social is legally owned and operated by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the public company traded under the ticker DJT. The largest disclosed shareholder is the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which held 114,750,000 shares, or 41% of outstanding common stock, in Trump Media's April 2026 ownership table; Donald J. Trump is the trust's settlor and sole beneficiary, while Donald Trump Jr. is its trustee with voting and investment power over those shares sec.gov.
The short answer: Trump Media owns and runs Truth Social; Trump's revocable trust is the largest shareholder block, but the latest filing shows it below a majority.
Who owns Truth Social today?
Truth Social is not owned directly by a private app studio or by the Trump Organization. It is owned by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., a publicly traded company whose business includes Truth Social, the Truth+ streaming platform and the Truth.Fi financial-services strategy sec.gov. The company's latest amended annual-report ownership table says 276,953,828 shares were outstanding as of April 28, 2026, and lists the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust as holding 114,750,000 shares, equal to 41% of the company sec.gov.
That means the answer depends on what kind of ownership is being discussed. The legal owner and operator of the platform is Trump Media. The largest economic block is held by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. The beneficial economic interest traces to Donald Trump as the trust's settlor and sole beneficiary. Voting and investment power over that block is reported as belonging to Donald Trump Jr. in his role as trustee sec.gov.
| Ownership layer | Name | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Legal owner and operator | Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. | Owns and operates Truth Social as part of its public-company business sec.gov. |
| Largest disclosed shareholder | Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust | Held 114,750,000 shares, or 41%, in the April 2026 ownership table sec.gov. |
| Beneficial economic interest | Donald J. Trump | The filing describes him as the trust's settlor and sole beneficiary sec.gov. |
| Voting and investment power over the trust block | Donald Trump Jr. | Reported as sole trustee, with voting and investment control over the trust's shares sec.gov. |
How Truth Social became part of Trump Media
Trump Media was built around Truth Social. The company says private TMTG was incorporated on February 8, 2021, launched Truth Social in the first quarter of 2022, completed its iOS launch in April 2022, added a web application in May 2022, launched on Android in October 2022 and expanded availability outside the United States in June 2023 sec.gov.
The public-company structure came later. Trump Media merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, and the combined company began trading under the DJT and DJTWW tickers after the business combination closed in March 2024 sec.gov. At the closing, Donald Trump was reported as beneficially holding about 57.3% of the combined company's common stock sec.gov.
That stake later moved into the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. A December 2024 Schedule 13D amendment reported 114,750,000 shares, or 52.9% based on the denominator used in that filing, and said the transfer to the trust did not involve a purchase or sale sec.gov. By April 2026, the same 114,750,000-share block represented 41% because the company's outstanding share count had risen to 276,953,828 shares sec.gov.
Truth Social's ownership is less a simple founder story than a public-company structure built around one politically valuable shareholder block.
The corporate structure behind Truth Social
The corporate structure is straightforward at the operating level and more nuanced at the control level. Trump Media is the parent company and the listed issuer. Truth Social is a product within that company, not a separate publicly traded company. Trump Media also presents itself as the operator of Truth+, Truth.Fi and other media or financial-technology initiatives sec.gov.
The connection to Donald Trump is also not just reputational. Trump Media's filing describes a license agreement under which TMTG's subsidiary has a royalty-free license to use the Trump Media & Technology Group name and Donald Trump's name, image, likeness and related marks as necessary to commercialize Truth Social, subject to limits and approval rights sec.gov. The same filing says Donald Trump is generally required to post non-political social-media communications first on Truth Social for a six-hour exclusive period, while political posts are excluded and may be posted elsewhere at his discretion sec.gov.
Trump Media ownership distribution (April 2026)
Money and control at Trump Media
Truth Social's ownership matters because the company's market value has often reflected more than ordinary advertising revenue. Trump Media reported 2025 revenue of about $3.68 million, only modestly above 2024 revenue, while also reporting a 2025 net loss of $712.3 million, much of which the company attributed to non-cash losses on digital assets and related securities sec.gov sec.gov. The company also said it ended 2025 with about $2.5 billion of financial assets and generated $14.8 million of positive operating cash flow for the year sec.gov.
Control is therefore about both shares and dependence. The trust block is the largest disclosed voting block. Separately, the platform's identity is closely tied to Donald Trump's name, likeness and posting behaviour. Trump Media also says it does not rely on or publicly report many of the user metrics common in social-media businesses, including signups, average revenue per user, ad impressions, ad pricing, monthly active users or daily active users sec.gov.
| Metric or control point | Latest disclosed figure | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 revenue | About $3.68 million | Shows the operating business remained small relative to the public-company balance sheet sec.gov. |
| 2025 net loss | $712.3 million | Reflects large reported losses, including non-cash digital-asset-related losses sec.gov. |
| Financial assets at year-end 2025 | About $2.5 billion | Makes Trump Media more than a pure social-media revenue story sec.gov. |
| Largest shareholder block | 41% | Gives the Trump trust the largest disclosed ownership position, though not a majority in the April 2026 table sec.gov. |
| Brand and posting dependence | License and posting agreement | Links the platform's identity to Donald Trump's name, likeness and use of the service sec.gov. |
What Truth Social's ownership means
For users, Truth Social is best understood as a political and media platform operated by a public company. For investors, buying DJT stock is not the same as buying a standalone social app. It is an equity investment in Trump Media, whose assets, strategy, digital-asset exposure, streaming ambitions and brand relationship with Donald Trump all sit alongside the Truth Social platform sec.gov.
The ownership setup benefits the company by giving it a clear identity and a high-profile anchor shareholder. It also creates concentration risk. A large shareholder block can shape governance even when it is below 50%, especially if the remaining shareholders are widely dispersed. At the same time, the company's own filings warn that Donald Trump's political posts are exempt from the six-hour exclusivity requirement and that, as president, many or all of his social-media posts may be deemed political sec.gov.
The practical answer is therefore narrow but important: Truth Social is owned by Trump Media, not directly by a private Trump family company. But the largest shareholder block, the brand license and the platform's public identity all remain closely tied to Donald Trump and his family trust structure.
Frequently asked questions
Is Truth Social owned by Donald Trump personally?
Not directly in the simple legal-owner sense. Truth Social is owned and operated by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. Donald Trump is described as the settlor and sole beneficiary of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which held 41% of Trump Media in the April 2026 ownership table sec.gov.
Who operates Truth Social day to day?
The operator is Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. Its April 2026 amended annual report listed Kevin McGurn as interim chief executive officer, Phillip Juhan as chief financial officer and Boris Epshteyn as chairman of the board effective April 30, 2026 sec.gov.
Does Donald Trump Jr. own Truth Social?
Donald Trump Jr. is reported as trustee of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust and has voting and investment power over the trust's Trump Media shares. The ownership filings separate that trustee power from the economic interest of the trust's beneficiary sec.gov.
Is Truth Social part of the Trump Organization?
No. Truth Social is part of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., a separate public company. Trump Media does, however, rely on a license covering the Trump Media name and Donald Trump's name, image and likeness for the commercialization of Truth Social sec.gov.
How does Truth Social make money?
Trump Media has historically generated revenue mainly from advertising on Truth Social and, more recently, from Truth+ subscription activity. The company reported about $3.68 million of revenue in 2025 and said the increase from 2024 was partly tied to the beta launch of Truth+ subscriptions sec.gov.
Key takeaways
The bottom line
- Truth Social is legally owned and operated by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the public company behind DJT stock sec.gov.
- The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust is the largest disclosed shareholder, with 114,750,000 shares, or 41%, in the April 2026 table sec.gov.
- Donald Trump is the trust's settlor and sole beneficiary, while Donald Trump Jr. is reported as trustee with voting and investment power over the shares sec.gov.
- The trust block was once reported above 50%, but the same 114,750,000 shares represented 41% by April 2026 after the outstanding share count increased sec.gov.
- Truth Social's value story is tied not only to social-media revenue, but also to Trump Media's balance sheet, digital-asset strategy, brand license and political identity sec.gov.
Final word
Truth Social is owned by Trump Media, but its ownership cannot be understood without the Trump trust block. The platform sits inside a public company, while the largest disclosed shareholder position, the brand rights and the platform's public identity remain closely connected to Donald Trump. That is the central ownership fact: legal control, economic exposure and political influence are related, but they are not the same thing.