Cenk Uygur is a political media host who co-founded The Young Turks, one of the earliest and largest independent online news networks. Cenk Uygur's Twitter Score is 54 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #16,423 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Cenk Uygur co-founded The Young Turks, also known as TYT, and serves as its CEO and largest shareholder. The network raised $20 million in a funding round led by 3L Capital, with participation from Greycroft, e.ventures, and WndrCo. Beyond TYT, Cenk Uygur co-founded Justice Democrats, a progressive political organization, though he resigned from that role in December 2017.
Cenk Uygur also founded Wolf-PAC, a political action committee focused on campaign finance reform, and co-founded Rebellion PAC. His account has accumulated 894,235 followers as of October 2026 across 41,794 posts. Cenk Uygur has been mentioned by 240 accounts a total of 1,109 times.
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The accounts that follow Cenk Uygur include 225 founders, 46 angel investors, 118 influencers and 2 VCs. Among his notable followers are Ryan Selkis, Frank Chaparro, Polymarket, Alexis Ohanian, Mike Novogratz and Mario Nawfal.