Eater is a food and dining media brand that was co-founded by Ben Leventhal and Lockhart Steele and is now affiliated with Penske Media Corporation. Eater's Twitter Score is 10 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #91,775 among 498,348 tracked accounts.
Eater was co-founded in 2005 and was previously affiliated with Vox Media, which had acquired it in 2013. In June 2026, Penske Media Corporation acquired Eater along with other Vox Media brands, and Eater is now affiliated with PMX Global, LLC under that ownership. Co-founder Ben Leventhal later went on to found Blackbird, a crypto-enabled restaurant loyalty platform.
Eater has published 97,629 posts on the platform and has attracted 1,506,264 followers as of October 2026. Eater has been mentioned by 268 accounts, with 867 total mentions.
Who follows Eater on X?
The accounts that follow Eater include 50 founders, 17 angel investors, 8 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Emilie Choi, OSF, Josh Ong, Priyanka, Dave Morin and Steve Jang.