Vivek Ramaswamy’s popularity has increased following the first Republican presidential debate on August 23.

According to the Ramaswamy campaign, the 38-year-old presidential candidate, raised more than $450,000 in donations in the first hour after the debate. The average donation was somewhere about $38.

As per a report by Fox News, Ramaswamy was the most Google-searched GOP candidate for the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday and was followed by fellow Nikki Haley.

“In Trump’s absence, Ramaswamy drives the GOP debate,” popular Axis reported on Thursday.

In the first poll debate, 28% of the 504 respondents said that Ramaswamy performed the best and was followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 27%, and Pence with 13%, while Haley received 7% vote.

“The First Republican Primary Debate Puts Vivek Ramaswamy in the Limelight,” The Wall Street Journal reported. Its editorial board in its editorial was critical of his foreign policy proposals

“Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old political novice, grabbed the spotlight at Wednesday’s prime-time GOP presidential debate, but there was little sign he or any other contender had found a new strategy for overtaking front-runner Donald Trump,” the financial daily said.

While the NBC News dubbed the first GOP debate as the “Vivek Ramaswamy Show”.