Y Combinator's legit accounts

These are Y Combinator's legit accounts

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8 Accounts

Manually checked for accuracy Aug 26, 24

Total followers 3.2M

Y Combinator's Twitter/X account

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@ycombinator

1.3M followers

Account established: Feb 10, 10

Tracked since: Oct 18, 23

Tracked since: Oct 18, 23

Tracked since: Oct 18, 23

Tracked since: Oct 18, 23

Tracked since: Oct 18, 23

Y Combinator's Instagram account

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@ycombinator

369.8K followers

Tracked since: Dec 29, 23

Y Combinator's YouTube channel

YouTube

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@ycombinator

1.5M subscribers

Account established: Oct 24, 13

Tracked since: Dec 29, 23

Profile Bios

YouTube bio

YouTube

Videos to help you build a successful startup. Subscribe for startup advice, founder stories, and a look inside Y Combinator.

What is Y Combinator?
We invest $500,000 in every startup and work intensively with the founders for three months. For the life of their company, founders have access to the most powerful community in the world, essential advice, later-stage funding and programs, recruiting resources, and exclusive deals.

Visit ycombinator.com to learn more.

Video Team:
Zach Both - Video and Content Lead
Ryan Loughlin - Senior Producer

Twitter/X bio

Twitter/X

We help founders make something people want.

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/sjqjxxBeLc

Instagram bio

Instagram

Funding startups since 2005

Profile Photos

Y Combinator's YouTube photo
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YouTube

Y Combinator's Twitter/X photo
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Twitter/X

Y Combinator's Instagram photo
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Instagram

This is Y Combinator's profile photo consistency across the legit accounts tracked by NotCommon. Scammers often take advantage of the lack of consistency across an entity's accounts, so the more profile photos are the same, the better.

Username Distribution

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This is Y Combinator's username distribution across the platforms tracked by NotCommon. Low username variation makes it more difficult for impersonators and scammers to create accounts pretending to be Y Combinator.

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