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 37 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #25,948 (top 10%) among 486,860 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 178,021 posts and has 529,224 followers as of September 2026 on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 308 accounts, with 1,195 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow The Ringer include 164 founders, 48 angel investors and 47 influencers. Among the notable followers are Gary Vaynerchuk, Mario Nawfal, Jason, Packy McCormick, Mayne and Medved.