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Andrea Austria / Media Matters

Rumble is profiting off of ads running on QAnon, extremist, and white nationalist channels

Written by Justin Horowitz

Published 11/04/22 1:05 PM EDT

Rumble, the fringe video hosting alternative to YouTube backed by billionaire right-wing megadonor Peter Thiel and Republican Ohio Senate nominee J.D. Vance, is profiting off of ads running on QAnon conspiracy theory, extremist, and white nationalist content on its platform. A review of pre-roll advertisements displayed before videos on Rumble demonstrates the wide scope of extremist-aligned videos that are lining the pockets of the website. 

A recent Media Matters analysis found that Google’s ad network is monetizing and driving new users and traffic to Rumble. Google is ultimately assisting a website to make money as a cesspool of extremist conspiracy theories and a safe haven for users banned from mainstream social media sites. 

Rumble reportedly “reached 78 million monthly average users in August, with 63 million of these being in the U.S. and Canada,” and it now has “more than 10 times the traffic of Trump’s Truth Social and close to 100 times the traffic of Parler.” Additionally, The New York Times reports the website “generated more than $6.5 million in revenue, most of it from advertising,” in the first nine months of 2021.

QAnon conspiracy theory content is being monetized on Rumble

Rumble is chock full of QAnon conspiracy theory content that reportedly “ranks among the most popular on the site.” The conspiracy theory has been labeled as a domestic terror threat by the FBI and has led to multiple instances of real-world violence, including kidnapping and murder cases. 



Multiple QAnon-supporting shows on Rumble are monetized and assist the website in generating revenue. Media Matters has identified multiple QAnon and QAnon-supporting shows that are running advertisements before videos:

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The platform is also monetizing extremist and white nationalist content

Alongside QAnon content, Rumble is also running ads before videos from various streamers, podcasters, and right-wing figures who have espoused white nationalist or extremist rhetoric.



The Rumble channel Three Spoons reposts white supremacist content, including from antisemite Nick Fuentes and white nationalist Jared Taylor:

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White nationalist troll Baked Alaska has posted his streams on Rumble:

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Former Trump strategist and January 6 coup plotter Steve Bannon streams his War Room: Pandemic podcast on Rumble and reposts clips daily:

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White nationalist podcaster Stew Peters streams his show on Rumble:

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Fascist streamer Dalton Clodfelter also posts videos on Peters’ Rumble channel:

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Holocaust denier and white nationalist Vincent James Foxx streams his show, Daily Veracity with Vincent James, on Rumble:

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Serial misogynist Andrew Tate streams his TateSpeech show on Rumble:

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his far-right Infowars outlet post clips to Rumble:

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