Sonar is a social metaverse and NFT avatar platform that was founded by Ben South Lee and Randolph Lee and later acquired by Aave Companies. Sonar's Twitter Score is 46 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #22,745 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Sonar launched as an iOS app through Y Combinator's summer 2020 batch, built around the concept of creating and discovering digital social spaces using custom 3D NFT avatars called Mojis. These Mojis are playable 3D NFT avatars listed on OpenSea, featuring rarity gems and designed for social metaverse experiences. The platform's original vision centered on letting users make friends and build shared worlds through voice, text, and emoji-driven identity.
Sonar was acquired by Aave Companies on December 5, 2022, at which point its co-founders and team transitioned to work on Lens Protocol social and mobile applications. The acquisition marked the end of Sonar's independent operation, folding its talent and direction into the broader Lens ecosystem.
Sonar has a following of 9,069 and has published 403 posts. The account has been mentioned by 93 accounts, with 261 total mentions.
Who follows Sonar on X?
The accounts that follow Sonar include 201 founders, 59 angel investors, 73 influencers and 1 VCs. Among them are Nikita Bier, Stani, Loomdart, 0xMaki, mikedemarais.eth and Soby.