Socket (@SocketSecurity) — Twitter Score 27 out of 1000

Socket is a software supply chain security platform that detects and blocks malicious open-source packages in real time, covering SCA, SBOM, and zero-day prevention. Socket's Twitter Score is 27 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #36,463 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Socket was founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh and has raised $125M in funding, with backers including Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital One Ventures, Abstract Ventures, South Park Commons, Village Global, Unusual Ventures, and WndrCo. The platform has earned SOC 2 Type 2 certification and a place on the Fortune Cyber 60 list.

Socket detects over 100 zero-day attacks every week across open-source ecosystems. Its research team co-authored a 2024 arXiv paper introducing SocketAI, a malicious code review workflow for identifying harmful npm packages, and published findings on Operation Muck and Load, a Go module malware campaign that used lures mimicking MetaMask and Trust Wallet integrations. In May 2025, Socket identified 60 malicious npm packages that used post-install scripts to exfiltrate host and network data.

Socket has 22,642 followers as of August 2026 on the platform and has published 3,317 posts. The account has been mentioned by 66 accounts, totaling 176 mentions.

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The accounts that follow Socket include 161 founders, 32 angel investors, 33 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Tay, Tommy, Banteg, mikedemarais.eth, DEGEN NEWS and Michael Arrington.