Evan Williams is an internet entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter/X, Medium, and Obvious Ventures, among other influential platforms. Ev's Twitter Score is 251 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,681 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 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 1,488,636 followers as of July 2026. Ev has been mentioned by 943 accounts, with 3,345 total mentions.
Who follows Ev on X?
The accounts that follow Ev include 1,156 founders, 241 angel investors, 207 influencers and 118 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, jesse.base.eth, Sam Altman and Stani.