Klout was a defunct social-media influence measurement platform that assigned users a numerical score between 1 and 100 to quantify their online influence. Klout's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #43,378 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Klout was co-founded by Joe Fernandez and Binh Tran, and operated by analyzing activity across social networks to generate what it called a Klout Score. The platform was acquired by Lithium Technologies, which shut it down as a standalone service on May 25, 2018, citing a lack of alignment with its long-term strategy. The former Klout domain now resolves to Khoros, with no active service behind it.
Klout had previously been backed by a range of venture investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers sFund, Greycroft Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Venrock, ff Venture Capital, and ff Asset Management. The account has accumulated 505,800 followers as of August 2026 and 14,441 posts over its lifetime, though it has been inactive since the service closed.
Klout's portfolio includes Solana Downunder.
Who follows Klout on X?
The accounts that follow Klout include 146 founders, 43 angel investors, 27 influencers and 14 VCs. Among them are Alexis Ohanian, Antonio Garca Martnez agm.eth, Josh Wolfe, Axie Infinity, Matt Schlicht and Drew Austin. Klout has been mentioned by 688 accounts, with 3,210 total mentions.