The Ringer is a sports and pop-culture media brand and podcast network that covers sports, entertainment, music, and technology, including periodic coverage of cryptocurrency and digital finance. The Ringer was founded by Bill Simmons and later acquired by Spotify in 2020. The Ringer's Twitter Score is 36 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #26,737 (top 10%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.
The Ringer has engaged with crypto topics across several years of editorial and podcast content. A December 2017 roundtable examined Bitcoin investing and cryptocurrency-market volatility, and a February 2022 podcast episode explored Web3, NFTs, and the broader crypto economy, featuring Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. More recently, a December 2024 episode addressed Bitcoin, crypto use cases, debanking claims, industry politics, and the future of finance, while a January 2025 episode covered the $TRUMP token, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency policy, and digital currency under the Trump administration.
The Ringer has published 178,521 posts and has 529,917 followers as of October 2026 on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 314 accounts, with 1,225 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow The Ringer include 164 founders, 47 angel investors and 47 influencers. Among the notable followers are Gary Vaynerchuk, Mario Nawfal, Packy McCormick, Mayne, Medved and Jeff Morris Jr.