BasedAF is a metaverse content studio and media production company founded by Robin Schmidt, describing itself as the MTV of the Metaverse. BasedAF's Twitter Score is 60 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #14,228 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
BasedAF built its Web3 presence around BasedHeads, a 10,000-supply Ethereum avatar NFT collection launched as an audience-building experiment that sold out in January 2023 and briefly topped OpenSea's 24-hour volume rankings. That same month, BasedAF announced Fantom as its first official brand partner and ran a metaverse marathon charity livestream that raised $100,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.
BasedAF received an Epic Games Mega Grant in January 2024 to develop Game-Engine Native Entertainment within the Unreal Engine ecosystem. The studio is also affiliated with PIXELYNX, RSTLSS, and Black Mirror Smile Club, reflecting a broad network of Web3 media and gaming partnerships. BasedAF has published 997 posts and has been mentioned by 24 accounts a total of 50 times.
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BasedAF attracts a following drawn from across the crypto and Web3 space. The accounts that follow BasedAF include 232 founders, 48 angel investors, 146 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Threadguy, Udi Wertheimer, Foobar, Gmoney and John Wang.