Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) — Twitter Score 171 out of 1000

Matt Mullenweg is a software entrepreneur who co-founded WordPress and founded Automattic, where he serves as CEO. Matt Mullenweg's Twitter Score is 171 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #3,046 (top 1%) among 498,348 tracked accounts.

Matt Mullenweg co-founded WordPress as its founding developer, and later founded Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, serving also as chair of its board. He is a partner at Audrey Capital, his personal investment vehicle. In 2019, Automattic raised $300 million in a Series D round from Salesforce Ventures at a $3 billion post-funding valuation, per public reporting at the time. Matt Mullenweg is also affiliated with the WordPress Foundation and has stated that his goals include democratizing publishing, commerce, and messaging.

Matt Mullenweg's Audrey Capital portfolio has included crypto-native companies: BitPay, a bitcoin payment processor, appeared in the portfolio as early as 2013, as did CoinDesk, the crypto media outlet that was later sold to Digital Currency Group in 2016. The @photomatt handle itself reflects a long-running personal practice, with Mullenweg having posted more than 30,000 photos to his site. Matt Mullenweg's account has 416,618 followers as of October 2026 and 23,804 posts, and has been mentioned by 413 accounts a total of 1,366 times.

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