Saifedean Ammous (@saifedean) — Twitter Score 243 out of 1000

Saifedean Ammous is a Bitcoin-focused economist and author whose book The Bitcoin Standard brought Austrian economics and the case for Bitcoin to a mainstream global audience. Saifedean Ammous's Twitter Score is 242 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,632 (top 0.5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Saifedean Ammous published The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking in 2018, and has since expanded his catalog with The Fiat Standard, The Gold Standard, and Principles of Economics. His books have collectively sold more than a million copies across 78 editions in 39 languages. He works at Saifedean.com and hosts The Bitcoin Standard Podcast, where he covers monetary theory, Austrian economics, and Bitcoin. He previously worked at Lebanese American University as a professor of Economics.

Saifedean Ammous serves as an economic advisor to the Government of El Salvador and to the Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, advising President Nayib Bukele on Bitcoin integration. Saifedean Ammous has 424,358 followers as of October 2026 and has published 91,744 posts. He has been mentioned by 1,121 accounts a total of 6,153 times.

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The accounts that follow Saifedean Ammous include 1,202 founders, 222 angel investors, 616 influencers and 29 VCs. Among his notable followers are CZ BNB, Ansem, Balaji, Laura Shin, Matt Huang and Michael Saylor.