Brave is a privacy-focused web browser and Web3 advertising and rewards ecosystem co-founded by Brendan Eich and Brian Bondy. Brave's Twitter Score is 221 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,947 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Brave was co-founded in 2015 by Brendan Eich, who serves as Founder and CEO, and Brian Bondy, who serves as Founder and CTO. The browser is built around a core promise of speed and privacy, blocking trackers and ads by default. In April 2016, more than a dozen major U.S. news organizations sent Brave a letter claiming its ad-replacement plan was blatantly illegal, an early signal of the friction the project would face from established media.
Brave is affiliated with Basic Attention Token (BAT), which raised $35 million in an ICO in 2017. BAT has grown to nearly 2 million verified creators, with over 99% of its 1.5 billion token supply in circulation. Brave Ads, launched in 2019, gives users who opt into Brave Rewards a 70% share of ad revenue, inverting the traditional digital advertising model. Brave reports 117.6 million monthly active users and 49.5 million daily active users as of May 31, 2026.
Brave has been backed by investors including Founders Fund's FF Angel, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital, and Digital Currency Group. Brave has attracted 420,351 followers as of August 2026 across 16,179 posts. Brave has been mentioned by 2,021 accounts, with 12,283 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Brave include 768 founders, 161 angel investors, 387 influencers and 27 VCs, among them Solana, Erik Voorhees, Toly, Sam Altman, Stani and Kyle Samani.