TED Talks is a nonprofit ideas and talks media organization that publishes filmed talks from TED conferences, TEDx events, and partner events on TED Conferences, LLC. TED Talks's Twitter Score is 138 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,303 (top 1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
TED Talks was founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks, born from Wurman's observation of convergence among technology, entertainment, and design. The organization is owned by TED Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and was formerly affiliated with Sapling Foundation, which had acquired TED in 2001 under curator Chris Anderson. TED Talks were first posted online on June 27, 2006, and the flagship video series has since grown to cover a wide range of ideas across science, business, culture, and technology.
TED Talks has produced crypto-relevant educational content, including Don Tapscott's TEDSummit talk on how blockchain is changing money and business, and Neha Narula's talk on the future of money covering cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. TED Talks has published 43,417 posts on the platform and has 10,067,131 followers as of August 2026. The account has been mentioned by 1,277 accounts, with 4,410 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow TED Talks include 754 founders, 193 angel investors, 176 influencers and 67 VCs, among them Elon Musk, Anthony Pompliano, Joseph Lubin, Chamath Palihapitiya, Tyler Winklevoss and Alexis Ohanian.