Stocktwits is a social investing platform that pioneered the use of cashtags to organize financial conversations, and was co-founded by Howard Lindzon and Soren McBeth. Stocktwits's Twitter Score is 164 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,246 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Stocktwits started in 2008 as an app built on X / Twitter and was the first platform to organize investment conversations around tickers using cashtags. It describes itself as the largest social network for investors and traders, with over 10 million users receiving real-time sentiment and trending insights across stocks, ETFs and crypto.
Stocktwits rolled out crypto trading in February 2022, followed by equities trading for individual investors in July 2022. In December 2021, the company raised $30 million at a valuation of $210 million, per public reporting, with stated plans to expand crypto coverage and launch in India. In 2024, Stocktwits sold its TradeApp brokerage business to Public.com. Stocktwits was previously affiliated with ST Invest LLC, its former brokerage arm. Stocktwits also maintains affiliations with Quartr and Times Bridge. Stocktwits is not a securities broker-dealer, investment adviser, or other financial professional.
Stocktwits has published 78,853 posts on the platform and has 1,183,631 followers as of August 2026. Stocktwits has been mentioned by 452 accounts, with 2,713 total mentions.
Who follows Stocktwits on X?
The accounts that follow Stocktwits include 548 founders, 126 angel investors, 324 influencers and 23 VCs. Among them are Ansem, Anthony Pompliano, SBF, Chamath Palihapitiya, Raoul Pal and Luca Netz.