500,000 Users Join Parler After Twitter Bans 2 Conservative Accounts

Social media was supposed to be the great equalizer, but a new study suggests that most elected officials in Canada, the United States and elsewhere are struggling to connect with people on Twitter. Matt Rourke/THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/

Social Media platform Parler received 500,000 user signups after Twitter banned popular conservative user accounts from its site, according to multiple reports.

Parler’s user metrics data, acquired by Mediaite, show that Parler, which has been active for about two years, saw a boost of around 50 percent in their user base, bringing the total number of users to 1.5 million.