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 30 minutes, 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 sitewide comment firehose has a very low baseline (1% midpoint) because it samples ALL of Reddit — Trump reaching gaming and hobby threads is remarkable. Bluesky uses a higher midpoint (4%) reflecting its more political userbase. For Reddit, a front-page takeover metric also checks the top 20 r/all hot posts and counts how many are about Trump — 3 of 20 is a loud day, 8+ is a flood. 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" presented Ridiculousness-style with AI-generated host introductions and comedic closing commentary. Every meltdown is framed as a segment on the world's angriest talk show. You can upvote or downvote the best ones.

Rage Levels

Zen ModePeople actually found other things to care about today. A miracle.
Mildly IrritatedLight grumbling. Most people still remember what they ate for breakfast.
SeethingRage essays are being typed. Dinner plans are being canceled. He wouldn't even notice.
Full MeltdownMillions of people are losing sleep over a man who doesn't know they exist.
National EmergencyTouch grass? Never heard of it. One man is living rent-free in the entire internet's head.

Data Sources

  • Reddit — the top 20 r/all front-page posts plus a ~1,000-comment sample of the sitewide comment firehose each scan (all subreddits, general conversation — not just political communities)
  • Bluesky — What's Hot feed + Trump search results + reply threads
  • Mastodon — #trump, #maga, #politics hashtag timelines across major instances
  • Hacker News — the latest ~1,000 comments sitewide via Algolia, measuring what share touch Trump
  • 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.