Roaring Kitty, whose real name is Keith Patrick Gill, is a meme-stock influencer and individual investor who posted his own GameStop analysis on social media platforms including YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit's WallStreetBets. He previously worked at MassMutual as Director, Financial Wellness Education, and previously worked at LexShares in operations and compliance. He testified to the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services that he is an individual investor who does not have clients and does not provide personalized investment advice for fees or commissions. Roaring Kitty's Twitter Score is 503 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026. Roaring Kitty ranks #319 (top 0.1%) out of 486,621 tracked accounts on TwitterScore.
Roaring Kitty returned to X in May 2024 after a multi-year hiatus, and subsequent posts from @TheRoaringKitty were reported to have repeatedly sparked meme-stock rallies and speculation. After his May 2024 return, an unaffiliated cryptocurrency called GameStop rose 3,800% in three days and another crypto called Roaring Kitty rose over 6,000% in two days before falling 85% from its peak; MarketWatch stated the GameStop crypto had no affiliation with GameStop the company. In a June 2024 YouTube livestream, Roaring Kitty confirmed a GameStop position of 5 million shares and 120,000 call options.
A July 2024 SEC filing disclosed that Roaring Kitty owned 9,001,000 Chewy shares representing a 6.6% stake, stating the shares were not acquired to change or influence control of Chewy; AP reported in October 2024 that he subsequently dissolved his entire Chewy holdings. A class-action lawsuit filed in New York in 2024 alleged Roaring Kitty manipulated GameStop's share price; the case was dismissed on July 1, 2024. MarketWatch reported in June 2024 that the Massachusetts securities regulator was looking into Roaring Kitty's activities and that the SEC was reportedly reviewing GameStop options trading around the time of his social-media posts; the source did not report charges against Roaring Kitty. An SEC staff report on early-2021 equity and options market conditions examined GameStop and other meme stocks after bullish individual-investor sentiment spread on social media; SEC staff did not find evidence of a gamma squeeze in GameStop during January 2021 and noted a short squeeze did not appear to be the main driver of events. Roaring Kitty made a second social media post of 2025 on X in January 2025, indicating the account remained active at that time.
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The accounts that follow Roaring Kitty include 1,962 founders, 436 angel investors, 1,539 influencers and 28 VCs, among them Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, Erik Voorhees, Toly, Ansem and Cobie. Roaring Kitty is mentioned by 793 accounts, with 1,600 total mentions.