Gumroad is a creator-commerce platform that enables independent sellers to offer digital products, physical goods, and memberships directly to their audiences. Gumroad's Twitter Score is 52 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #17,162 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Gumroad was founded by Sahil Lavingia, who built the initial version as a weekend project before launching the company. The platform has grown into a direct-to-creator commerce tool backed by a notable roster of investors, including Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Accel Partners, Collaborative Fund, Chris Sacca, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Josh Kopelman, Seth Goldstein, and Danny Rimer. Per its SEC-filed 2021 offering materials, Gumroad had raised $8.1 million since its founding.
Gumroad announced on March 2, 2026 that Ershad Kunnakkadan had taken over as CEO, with Sahil Lavingia continuing as Chairman. That same announcement confirmed the platform had paid out more than $1 billion to creators since launch. In April 2025, Gumroad open-sourced its codebase, a move that signaled a shift toward greater community transparency. Payment on the platform runs through local bank deposits or PayPal; cryptocurrency is not accepted as a buyer payment method or creator payout option. Gumroad has published 9,645 posts on the platform and has 196,697 followers as of September 2026.
Gumroad has been mentioned by 372 accounts, with 986 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Gumroad include 269 founders, 83 angel investors, 91 influencers and 10 VCs, among them smolting wassie, verse, Sandeep, DeeZe, Jackbutcher, Jake Brukhman and Andrew Chen.