Despite his vast fortunes, Elon Musk has an incredible ability to turn an enterprise into radioactive waste. Tesla, for example, has suffered unprecedented brand damage owing to Musk’s rampage through the federal government, while the Boring Company is becoming a nearly $1 billion disaster.

Another looming case in point: the user base on X-formerly-Twitter has been stagnating miserably since its acquisition by the billionaire in October of 2022. Despite Musk’s own lofty promises to turn the platform into the “Everything App” — a one-stop shop for short form videos, messaging, and even banking — data from the last three years shows X has instead been languishing under his reign.

New survey results from the Pew Research Center show the long-term results of Musk’s control over the platform:

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