Chess.com is an online chess platform that describes itself as the world's largest chess community, having reported reaching 250 million members in February 2026. Chess.com's Twitter Score is 36 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #26,795 (top 10%) among 493,952 tracked accounts.
Chess.com was co-founded by Erik Allebest as CEO, Jay Severson, and Danny Rensch. Its stated mission centers on building online chess products, learning tools, content, and events. The platform has accumulated 722,936 followers as of October 2026 and published 59,108 posts on the platform.
Chess.com previously ventured into the crypto space through Treasure Chess, an experimental NFT marketplace operated in partnership with FourthWave. The project allowed users to mint Chess.com games as ERC-721 NFTs on the Polygon network. Chess.com subsequently shut down Treasure Chess, stating that NFTs were problematic and did not align with its core vision for chess. The platform noted it made no money from the venture, with proceeds going primarily toward creators, sellers, royalties, operating costs, and a creator fund.
Chess.com has been mentioned by 225 accounts a total of 685 times.
Who follows Chess.com on X?
The accounts that follow Chess.com include 157 founders, 32 angel investors, 81 influencers and 4 VCs, among them Tyler Winklevoss, Mario Nawfal, Cameron Winklevoss, Matthew Graham, Jihoz.ron and Vinny Lingham.