About the Trump Rage Index

What is this?

The Trump Rage Index measures what fraction of general internet conversation is about Trump — and how angry those mentions are. Every 4 hours, we scan Reddit r/all and Bluesky's discover feeds, count how many comments mention Trump, analyze the rage intensity, and surface the most unhinged meltdowns for you to vote on.

Methodology (v3)

The rage score (0-100) is computed from three components with platform-aware sigmoid scaling and confidence weighting:

Scaled Rage Ratio — 40%

Raw Trump-mention ratios are passed through a logistic sigmoid tuned per platform. Reddit's r/all has a lower baseline (4% midpoint) because Trump appearing in gaming and sports threads is remarkable. Bluesky uses a higher midpoint (8%) reflecting its more political userbase. For Reddit, a topic-penetration model measures how many distinct post topics mention Trump and how spread out those mentions are — high breadth scores higher. Bluesky scoring uses only organic What's Hot posts (search results are excluded to prevent inflation). Each platform's score is weighted by data confidence (how many posts were scanned).

Anger Intensity — 35%

AI analysis (Claude) of Trump-mentioning comments, measuring anger levels weighted by engagement. Detects sarcasm, creative insults, all-caps rants, and distinguishes anger AT Trump from general discourse.

Engagement Weight — 25%

Average normalized engagement (upvotes, likes, reposts) of Trump-mentioning comments. Reduced from v2 because the topic penetration model already captures engagement-driven spread.

Meltdown Spotlights

Each scan, Claude picks the most entertainingly unhinged comment per platform — the creative insults, the all-caps rants, the spectacularly angry hot takes. These become "Meltdown Spotlights" that you can upvote or downvote. The best ones rise to the top of the Meltdowns archive.

Rage Levels

Zen ModeThe internet is surprisingly calm about Trump today.
Mildly IrritatedThe usual grumbling. Nothing out of the ordinary.
SeethingSomething happened. People are not happy.
Full MeltdownMajor outrage event. Twitter refugees are posting furiously.
National EmergencyPeak rage. The internet is on fire.

Data Sources

  • Reddit — r/all front page, top comments from top 20 posts (general conversation, not political subreddits)
  • Bluesky — What's Hot feed + Trump search results + reply threads
  • News Headlines — Major outlets via NewsAPI/RSS (supplementary)
  • Google Trends — Daily trending searches related to Trump (supplementary)

Disclaimer

This is a satirical data project. The "rage score" is an approximation based on AI sentiment analysis and should not be taken as a scientifically rigorous measurement. We do not endorse or oppose any political figure. We just measure how angry the internet is.