X has a lower European Union active user base now than it did when Elon Musk took over the social media platform, according to a new report.

A Social Media Today analysis of a transparency report released by X found the platform has lost 10.5 million users since August. The heaviest losses were in France, Poland, Germany and Spain, respectively.

Before Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, then rebranded it as X, the platform had more than 100 million European users. Mashable said its active user base is now under 95 million and is likely declining in the United Kingdom as well.

The EU’s Digital Services Act requires tech companies to provide content moderation transparency reports sharing internal data those companies are not required to share in other places.

Musk admitted in March 2023 that X had declined in value from $44 billion to around $20 billion since he bought it in October 2022, though some former advertisers did appear to return when President Trump, with financial backing from Musk, was reelected in November.

He claims that worldwide, X has 600 million active users globally and has gained popularity in some areas. Social Media Today questions Musk’s math based on what they’re seeing in Europe.

The 53-year-old entrepreneur has since experienced a worldwide backlash to his company’s at home and abroad after he became more active in right-wing politics.

Images of Musk simulating what appeared to be a Nazi salute at a Trump inauguration rally have gone viral. Though the X owner insists that’s not what he was doing, days later he appeared via video at a rally for Germany’s far right AfD party. His Tesla automobile company has been dubbed the maker of “The Swasticar.”

Musk has also been accused of promoting varying versions of the Great Replacement Theory — suggesting immigrants are taking power from nativists in the U.S. and elsewhere. The Anti-Defamation League notes that premise “once largely relegated to white supremacist rhetoric” has worked its way into the mainstream.

Musk’s Tesla car dealerships have been targeted by activists who’ve vandalized cars and buildings with paint and lit some vehicles on fire. The Trump administration has referred to those demonstrations as acts of terror.

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