The Free Press (@TheFP) — Twitter Score 83 out of 1000

The Free Press is an independent subscription news and commentary outlet co-founded by Bari Weiss, Nellie Bowles, and Suzy Weiss that was acquired by Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, announced on October 6, 2025 and valued at roughly $150 million per Axios. The Free Press's Twitter Score is 83 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #10,714 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.

The Free Press was originally launched under the name Common Sense before rebranding to its current identity. Prior to the Paramount acquisition, the outlet raised a $15 million Series A round in 2024 at a valuation of more than $100 million. Earlier backing had come from Allen & Company, Annox Capital, Centre Street Partners, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, and Howard Schultz, all of whom were former backers prior to the acquisition.

The Free Press covers a broad range of news and commentary, and publishes occasional reporting on cryptocurrency topics including Bitcoin, stablecoin legislation, and crypto regulation. The account has accumulated 1,121,956 followers as of July 2026 and 27,817 posts, and has been mentioned by 165 accounts a total of 1,290 times.

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The accounts that follow The Free Press include 380 founders, 80 angel investors, 129 influencers and 2 VCs, among them David Hoffman, Ryan Selkis, David Sacks, Jesse Powell, Garry Tan and Mario Nawfal.