People over engagement
We measure success by whether our members feel closer to their people, not by minutes stared at a screen.
The story behind Ripple.
We're a small, independent team who believe social media can still be a warm place — if we build it that way.
Our mission
Make social media feel like friendship again.
Ripple started in a group chat. Three friends who'd each quit a major social app in the same month wondered why the tools we used to actually stay in touch were the tools no one calls “social media”: messaging threads, tiny group chats, shared photo albums. So we set out to build the thing those tools hinted at — a small, kind, private space designed around a single question: does this make me feel closer to the people I love?
Two years later, Ripple is used by more than two million people across ninety countries. We're a fully independent, privately funded team of eighteen, remote-first with a home base in Brooklyn. We don't take venture capital that requires us to grow at any cost, and we've promised our members — in writing — that we'll never sell the company to a party that would change that.
What we stand for
Three values, every product decision.
Privacy is the product
End-to-end encryption isn't a premium tier — it's the default on every account, on day one.
Small on purpose
Circles are capped by design. Ripple works because the audience is small — not because the network is huge.
Learn more about the humans and the mission.
Meet the team, browse press coverage, or come build the calmer internet with us.