Gartner is a publicly traded business and technology research and advisory firm, listed on the NYSE under the ticker IT, that publishes analysis and guidance on emerging technologies including blockchain, Web3, and digital assets. Gartner's Twitter Score is 22 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #44,797 (top 10%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.
Gartner was co-founded by Gideon Gartner and David Stein. In its earlier years, the firm was backed by Bessemer Securities, Dillon Read, and Warburg Pincus & Co., all of which are former investors. Since then, Gartner has grown into one of the most widely referenced research and advisory organizations in the technology sector.
Gartner has published a range of crypto-relevant research in recent years. Its "Innovators in Web3 and Blockchain Technologies" report appeared in April 2024, followed by a Flash Tech Report on DePINs (decentralized physical infrastructure networks) in July 2024. The firm also released its "Hype Cycle for Web3 and Blockchain, 2024," which examined the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence, and published a Market Guide for Decentralized Identity in October 2025. Gartner's account on this platform has posted 38,121 times and has been mentioned by 619 accounts a total of 3,357 times, with 425,517 followers as of September 2026.
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The accounts that follow Gartner include 115 founders, 32 angel investors, 35 influencers and 27 VCs, among them Lily Liu, Simon Taylor, Teknium, Marc Benioff, Peach and David Ulevitch.