Other Internet is a nonprofit applied research organization, formally known as the Other Internet Research Institute, that investigates the psychological, political, and economic effects of digitalization and develops pro-social applications of new media technologies. Other Internet's Twitter Score is 80 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #9,920 (top 5%) among 482,619 tracked accounts.
Other Internet was founded by Toby Shorin and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its research spans crypto institutions, decentralized governance, and the broader social consequences of digital platforms. The organization has previously been affiliated with Optimism, Gitcoin, Uniswap, Station, Braid, and Metropolis, and was formerly backed by the Ethereum Foundation and the Uniswap Foundation. It operates alongside Applied Arts as a sister organization.
Other Internet received a $1M grant from the Uniswap Grants Program in November 2021 to expand its research and conduct governance experiments within the Uniswap ecosystem, with that work running through 2023. In January 2024, it published Crypto's Three-Body Problem, a paper arguing that crypto-protocol governance is shaped by unstable interactions among code, markets, and social norms in the absence of law's coordinating role. Other Internet also released an anthology through Metalabel collecting essays, archival material, and new writing spanning its history from 2018 to 2024. Other Internet's account has accumulated 8,061 followers as of August 2026 across 460 posts, and has been mentioned by 80 accounts a total of 139 times.
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The accounts that follow Other Internet include 321 founders, 106 angel investors, 78 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Chris Burniske, Arjun Balaji, Tom Schmidt, Jesse Walden and 0xMaki.