MapQuest's refusal to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' under Trump's executive order led to a surge in its app downloads and its becoming the top app in Apple's U.S. App Store.

“MapQuest made the correct decision. After #Trump’s executive naming order, the 30-year-old mapping service posted a map still labeled Lake #Ontario with three beautiful words, “We’re not changing it.” And something extraordinary happened. People downloaded #MapQuest. By today, it had become the №1 navigation app in Apple’s U.S. App Store, while usage surged to roughly 50 times its normal rate.” https://thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/how-america-got-its-name

MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/mapquest-is-now-the-no-1-u-s-app-after-bucking-trumps-lake-america-renaming/

The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days. https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/mapquest-is-now-the-no-1-u-s-app-after-bucking-trumps-lake-america-renaming/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#TrumpRegime #USPolitics "Thirty years after launching during the dot-com boom, MapQuest has a new roadmap to success. "The digital mapping company is now the top free app in the Apple App Store after declining to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America,' despite President #Trump signing an executive order last week to change its name. "The surge follows MapQuest's decision to keep the historical, familiar names for lakes and gulfs on its maps," CBS https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mapquest-hits-no-1-app-143646921.html