HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology (@hackernoon) — Twitter Score 111 out of 1000

HackerNoon is a technology publishing platform founded by David Smooke, who serves as its CEO, covering software, startups, AI, blockchain, and crypto for a global audience of writers and readers. HackerNoon's Twitter Score is 111 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #7,066 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.

HackerNoon describes itself as an open international community of more than 45,000 contributing writers publishing for more than 4 million monthly readers. The platform has been active since 2016 and launched its own independent publishing infrastructure in July 2019, after removing Medium's content management system. Linh Smooke works at HackerNoon as COO.

HackerNoon raised US$1.07 million from approximately 1,200 backers through a Regulation Crowdfunding campaign, previously conducted via StartEngine. The platform is backed by Coil and Forward Research. HackerNoon has 93,523 followers as of July 2026 on Twitter and has published 138,463 posts. HackerNoon has been mentioned by 1,222 accounts, with 3,951 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow HackerNoon include 423 founders, 90 angel investors, 224 influencers and 42 VCs, among them Luca Netz, Garry Tan, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Tay, Jason Choi and John Wang.