Evan Williams is an internet entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter/X, Medium, and Obvious Ventures, among other influential platforms. Ev's Twitter Score is 227 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,849 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Ev co-founded Blogger and Pyra Labs, helping establish early tools for web publishing, and later co-founded Odeo and Obvious Corp before co-founding Twitter/X. He served as Twitter's CEO from 2008 to 2010, per Obvious Ventures, and stepped down from Twitter's board in February 2019 after 12 years, according to Axios.
Ev co-founded Medium and served as its CEO before handing that role to Tony Stubblebine in July 2022, remaining involved as chairman of the board. In December 2024, he announced Mozi, a private social network, where he serves as chairman and works with the leadership team on product and strategy. Ev is also a partner at Obvious Ventures.
Ev has posted 8,462 times on the platform and has 1,483,180 followers as of October 2026. Ev has been mentioned by 945 accounts, with 3,351 total mentions.
Who follows Ev on X?
The accounts that follow Ev include 1,176 founders, 366 angel investors, 137 influencers and 86 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, jesse.base.eth, Sam Altman and Stani.