The Atlantic is a general-interest magazine and multi-platform media publisher that has covered American ideas, politics, and culture since 2009. The Atlantic's Twitter Score is 93 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #8,018 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
The Atlantic was co-founded by Moses Dresser Phillips, Francis H. Underwood, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and is backed by Emerson Collective, which purchased a majority interest in the publication including its flagship magazine, digital properties, live events business, and consulting services. Jeffrey Goldberg serves as editor-in-chief and Nicholas Thompson as CEO. Per AP reporting in 2026, The Atlantic had reached 1.4 million subscribers and was described as growing and profitable in a difficult media industry environment.
The Atlantic publishes crypto-related analysis, commentary, and policy criticism alongside its broader editorial output. Its coverage has included a February 2026 article examining bitcoin, crypto ETFs, digital-asset treasury companies, and crypto market structure, as well as a March 2025 piece on President Donald Trump's proposed strategic cryptocurrency reserve involving bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana, and cardano. A January 2026 podcast episode addressed alleged political corruption risks around cryptocurrency and World Liberty Financial. The Atlantic has published 257,648 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 2,002 accounts a total of 14,557 times.
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The accounts that follow The Atlantic include 404 founders, 109 angel investors, 114 influencers and 35 VCs, among them Toly, Anthony Pompliano, David Sacks, Tyler Winklevoss, Alexis Ohanian and Mario Nawfal.