Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) — Twitter Score 98 out of 1000

Bill Simmons is a sports and pop-culture media personality who founded The Ringer and hosts The Bill Simmons Podcast and The Rewatchables. Bill Simmons's Twitter Score is 98 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #7,482 (top 5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Bill Simmons founded The Ringer in 2016 and works at Spotify as head of podcast innovation and monetization, following Spotify's acquisition of The Ringer, announced in February 2020 per Pitchfork. Bill Simmons also founded Grantland, a sports and pop-culture site that launched in 2011 under ESPN and ceased publication in October 2015. Bill Simmons was formerly affiliated with HBO as well.

Bill Simmons has expanded his podcast presence beyond audio: per Business Insider, Netflix entered a multi-year licensing deal with Spotify for video versions of Spotify-owned podcasts including The Bill Simmons Podcast and The Rewatchables, beginning in early 2026. Bill Simmons's account has published 39,852 posts and has been mentioned by 430 accounts, with 7,170 total mentions.

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Bill Simmons draws a broad audience of notable accounts on this platform. The accounts that follow Bill Simmons include 433 founders, 128 angel investors, 125 influencers and 6 VCs, among them Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, Jesse Powell, Dan Robinson, Alexis Ohanian and Mike Novogratz.