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Should I Use Rumble?

rumble.com·Analyzed 1 hour ago·Based on 12 sources

Depends

Depends

Worth adding if your audience already watches creators there or you have been deplatformed elsewhere.

Free YouTube alternative with a niche, right-leaning audience and real security incidents. Fine as second channel, not your main one.

Confidence: Medium

$9.99/mo

Premium price

optional upgrade

Yes

Free tier

watch and upload without paying

$775M

Tether investment

strategic round

22.46%

US audience share

largest country, per Swell

Value for money2

Free core works; $9.99 Premium panned by users

Security posture2

2025 breach plus 2023 cyberattack

Pros

  • Free to upload and watch; Premium is optional at $9.99/month⁵
  • $775M Tether investment signals serious runway⁷
  • Positions itself as a free-speech, cancel-resistant YouTube alternative¹
  • Runs a public bug bounty program⁶

Cons

  • Audience skews right-wing, limiting mainstream reach⁹
  • July 2025 breach exposed 189,011 accounts²
  • Major 2023 cyberattack disrupted services
  • $9.99 Premium openly mocked by users as poor value10
  • Smaller security team than big platforms⁴

Gotchas

  • highJuly 2025 breach exposed 189,011 accounts with emails and usernames²
  • mediumDecember 2023 cyberattack forced services offline before restoration³
  • medium$9.99/month Premium widely seen as weak value by its own users10
  • mediumThird-party security rankings flag elevated risk from a smaller security team⁴

Best for

  • Creators deplatformed or throttled elsewhere
  • Right-leaning commentators
  • Viewers seeking YouTube alternatives
  • Livestreamers wanting extra monetization

Not for

  • Brands needing mainstream, YouTube-scale reach
  • Buyers avoiding political adjacency in their channel mix
  • Enterprises needing compliant, secure video hosting
  • Teams wanting a simple internal video library

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Watch and upload videos

Premium

$9.99/mo

  • Savings available via bundle

Security

Mixed: July 2025 breach exposed 189,011 accounts, 2023 cyberattack hit services; bug bounty is active.

  • July 2025 data breach189,011 accounts with emails and usernames exposed²
  • December 2023 cyberattackCEO confirmed the attack; services were later restored³

What users say

Users treat it as a free-speech YouTube alternative with a small, politically skewed audience and skepticism about paying for Premium.

“Rumble is all right wing”
— Reddit, r/NewTubers
“Imagine paying $9.99 for Rumble Premium.”
— Reddit, r/DrDisrespectLive
“There are mixed feelings”
— Reddit, r/DrDisrespectLive

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Full analysis

Based on 12+ public sources. Sources about unrelated products named 'Rumble' (Studio, Boxing, Network Discovery, the movie) were excluded.

Sources

  1. What is Rumble? — The Guardiantheguardian.com
    news
  2. Rumble data breach July 2025: 189,011 accounts — HEROICheroic.com
    security
  3. Rumble cyberattack confirmed by CEO — Cyber Expressthecyberexpress.com
    security
  4. Is Rumble Safe? — The Opt-Out Projecttheoptoutproject.com
    security
  5. Rumble Premiumrumble.com
    official
  6. Rumble bug bountyrumble.com
    official
  7. Rumble $775M Tether investmentrum.group
    news
  8. Rumble reviews — Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  9. r/NewTubers: Is Rumble worth uploading to?reddit.com
    review
  10. r/DrDisrespectLive: $9.99 Premiumreddit.com
    review
  11. Rumble Video Platform reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  12. Rumble audience statistics — Swellswell.is
    news

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