Robert Workie 🛜

Former Wall Street analyst. Currently running prop firm data and research at CobraSight.

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@dotjosh And Topstep is the benchmark for creating positive trader experience.

https://t.co/XhgILzr4lG

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Social listening Q1 2026..sentiment has been turning overwhelmingly negative for FunderPro as they sit at the bottom edge of the Caution zone.

They're below every major FX competitor (FTMO, Funding Pips, the 5ers) and below every major futures firm (Tradeify, Topstep, Apex, MFF).

A lot of complaints regarding payout trust, risk/compliance enforcement, and lack of transparent evidence when accounts are terminated.

**Trustpilot page indicates fake reviews has been detected and thus rating has been suspended.

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@DumbMoneyHunter Its a tough bizzz, some prop firms won't make it but the industry as a whole will keep growing

https://t.co/CDzDJdTrDD

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Prop firm is a tough business...watching FunderPro decelerating by the week. And the data shows it across every channel. Six independent signals from six platforms, all pointing the same direction.

The breakdown 🧵

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Six signals, all pointing in the same conclusion:

🔻 Search −41% YoY
🔻 YouTube views −44% YoY
🔻 Own-channel videos −66%
🔻 Sentiment: Reddit 50, X 53
🔻 LinkedIn employee growth −7% employees
⚠ Trustpilot: rating suppressed

One could be noise. But six..

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Prop firm is a tough business...watching FunderPro decelerating by the week. And the data shows it across every channel. Six independent signals from six platforms, all pointing the same direction.

The breakdown 🧵

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Social listening Q1 2026..sentiment has been turning overwhelmingly negative for FunderPro as they sit at the bottom edge of the Caution zone.

They're below every major FX competitor (FTMO, Funding Pips, the 5ers) and below every major futures firm (Tradeify, Topstep, Apex, MFF).

A lot of complaints regarding payout trust, risk/compliance enforcement, and lack of transparent evidence when accounts are terminated.

**Trustpilot page indicates fake reviews has been detected and thus rating has been suspended.

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@_afrojj @FTMO_com Thanks @_afrojj ! FTMO is a great company!

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Is FTMO and 5ers dying prop firms? And where does Funding Pips stand today? We analyzed 3 of the biggest prop firms YoY (Q1 2025 → Q1 2026): FTMO, the 5ers, Funding Pips.

Bottom line: All three are growing...But only one is healthy on every dimension.

Three completely different playbooks. Here's the breakdown 🧵

[Khaled @Khldfx]

Folks need to educate themselves on regulations.

For established firms like pips, next, Motorola (5ers), Nokia (Ftmo), alpha, and a couple more it’s a blessing.

It’s simply a clean up for the firms and users.

Ain’t nothing to run away from.

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@Krisbrynz1 Thanks @Krisbrynz1 🤝!

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@danfaari Respect, thanks @danfaari !

[Matt @MattLeech]

Exciting times ahead 🚀

Happy to back the @FundingPredicts team as they pioneer prop firms for prediction markets

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

@Khldfx Is FTMO Nokia and 5ers Motorola? And what is Funding Pips..just by the numbers (because they tell a story)
https://t.co/WdcCcfAvt4

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Is FTMO and 5ers dying prop firms? And where does Funding Pips stand today? We analyzed 3 of the biggest prop firms YoY (Q1 2025 → Q1 2026): FTMO, the 5ers, Funding Pips.

Bottom line: All three are growing...But only one is healthy on every dimension.

Three completely different playbooks. Here's the breakdown 🧵

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

The takeaway:

🟢 FTMO — no signs of slowing down. multi-channel domination. aggressive advertisement push.
🟢 the 5ers — best reputation. aggressive geo-localization.
🟡 Funding Pips — fast growing + no reliance on ads

Three theories of growth. All worth watching.

[Robert Workie 🛜 @robert_workie]

Advertisement footprint in Q1 2026 shows three different strategies...

FTMO and 5ers are advertising aggressively in USA, Europe, LATM, Middle East, Africa and other emerging markets..meanwhile Funding Pips is not pursuing any meaningful numbers in paid channels on Meta and Google.