GIPHY is a GIF search, creation, and visual-expression platform co-founded by Alex Chung and Jace Cooke that now operates under Shutterstock following a series of ownership changes. GIPHY's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #40,737 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
GIPHY was previously owned by Meta Platforms, which acquired it in May 2020. The UK Competition and Markets Authority issued a final order in January 2023 requiring Meta Platforms to divest the platform, and Shutterstock completed its acquisition of all outstanding shares from Meta in June 2023 for $53 million in net cash.
GIPHY had raised significant venture funding prior to its acquisition, including a $17 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners announced in January 2015, followed by a $55 million Series C at a $300 million post-money valuation in February 2016, also led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other backers have included Betaworks, RRE Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA Ventures, and General Catalyst. GIPHY maintains an official searchable collection of GIFs and stickers tagged around NFTs and related cryptocurrency terms. GIPHY's account has published 34,266 posts and has been mentioned by 642 accounts a total of 1,843 times.
Who follows GIPHY on X?
The accounts that follow GIPHY include 65 founders, 19 angel investors, 34 influencers and 14 VCs, among them Luca Netz, Alexis Ohanian, DEGEN NEWS, XCOPY, Shaan Puri and wab.eth.