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 55 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #15,971 (top 5%) among 483,944 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 892,713 followers as of August 2026 across 41,307 posts. Cenk Uygur has been mentioned by 230 accounts a total of 1,082 times.
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The accounts that follow Cenk Uygur include 223 founders, 45 angel investors, 116 influencers and 2 VCs. Among his notable followers are Ryan Selkis, Frank Chaparro, Polymarket, Alexis Ohanian, Mike Novogratz and Mario Nawfal.