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Brian Acton (@brianacton) — Twitter Score 36 out of 1000
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36Ranked #29,794 of 531,432 crypto accounts tracked by TwitterScore.io
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About Brian Acton's Twitter Score
Brian Acton is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded WhatsApp and later co-founded the Signal Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to open-source privacy technology and secure global communication. Brian Acton's Twitter Score is 36 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #29,794 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Brian Acton left his affiliation with Meta Platforms, the parent company of WhatsApp, in September 2017, per WIRED. WhatsApp had been acquired by Facebook in a deal WIRED reported as a $19 billion acquisition, with Sequoia Capital among the company's backers. After departing, Acton publicly launched the Signal Foundation alongside Moxie Marlinspike on February 21, 2018, seeding it with $50 million of his own funding. The foundation was built on the principle that prioritizing profit is incompatible with a user-first mission, having never taken venture capital before that launch.
Brian Acton currently serves as CEO of Signal Messenger, a role he stepped into on an interim basis in January 2022 when Moxie Marlinspike announced he would volunteer to fill the position during a search for a new permanent CEO. Acton had previously been named Executive Chairman of the Signal Foundation at its launch, taking an active daily role in operations and product development. Signal's indirect connection to the crypto ecosystem comes through its integration of MobileCoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, which WIRED reported was chosen for its mobile-focused experience and fast transaction confirmations. That integration, initially rolled out to some UK users on iOS and Android in 2021, also introduced potential regulatory exposure that encrypted communications alone do not carry, according to WIRED.
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The accounts that follow Brian Acton include 173 founders, 41 angel investors, 39 influencers and 5 VCs. Among them are Kyle Samani, Udi Wertheimer, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jesse Walden, MrBeast and Zooko. Brian Acton has been mentioned by 69 accounts a total of 80 times across the platform.
