Scratch on Social Media

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The Scratch Team has many accounts on social media to share updates and other messages related to Scratch.

X

This article is about the social media platform. For other uses, see X (disambiguation).

A screenshot of the Scratch Team's X profile

The Scratch Team operates an account, @scratch,^[1] on X, formerly known as Twitter. The account is used for posting announcements, downtimes on the Scratch Website,^[2] reposting feedback, and answering questions by Scratchers. It has over 116,000 followers and has made over 1,500 posts. It self-describes as:

“	The coding language and online community where kids create and share stories, games, & animations. Scratch is operated by the nonprofit Scratch Foundation. 😺	”
― Scratch's account

History

The account's first post was made on July 22, 2008. It said, "Getting ready for the Scratch@MIT conference." The account has gradually become more popular, now having over 118,000 followers and 800 posts. The Scratch Team follows nearly 1,000 other accounts, mostly professors and education-related individuals and organizations.^[3] The Scratch Team has always had have a background depicting the Scratch program, though only visible on the website and not the app. The account is still active, and they often re-post teachers who post about Scratch in the classroom or how Scratch has enlightened learning in schools.^{[citation needed]}

ScratchJr

ScratchJr has an X account, @ScratchJr,^[4] which is separate from the main @scratch account.

Scratch Wiki

The Scratch Wiki has an X account, @ScratchWiki,^[5] which is separate from the main @scratch account. It is run by the Wiki administrator MakeTheBrainHappy on behalf of the Wiki administration. The posts mainly feature article suggestions, helpful resources, and re-posts from those discussing either the main website or the Wiki. It has been inactive since November 2021.^[6]

YouTube

The Scratch Team has an official YouTube channel where they share updates about Scratch, including Scratch Video Updates and short promotional videos about Scratch. The Scratch Team YouTube channel also often posts tutorials on how to make basic projects in Scratch. Some of these tutorials are featured on the Ideas Page. It currently has over 280,000 subscribers (as of December 2025).^[7]

The Scratch Team has an alternate channel, called Scratch for Educators, that was created on May 2022,^[8] which has no current public videos.^[9]

Facebook

Scratch has its own Facebook page, which mainly likes and reposts things about teachers using Scratch in their classroom. As of December 2025, the account had over 42,000 followers.^[10] The account self describes as:

“	Scratch is a programming environment and online community where kids create, share and remix animations, stories, interactive art and video games. Created by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.	”
― Scratch Team Facebook Account ^[11]

Reddit

Scratch has a small, but growing, presence on Reddit; there are a few subreddits dedicated to discussing Scratch, the largest of which is /r/scratch. It was created in 2010 by /u/andresmh, who was a Scratch Team member at the time and who still moderates the subreddit, but it is not currently owned or moderated by any other members of the Scratch Team.^[12] However, Scratch Team members can contact the subreddit's moderators to receive a flair displaying their role on the subreddit. r/scratch is the largest Scratch-related subreddit, with about 16,000 members (as of December 2025). On /r/scratch, submissions are mostly composed of project links, questions, requests for feedback, and tutorials.

Other Scratch-related subreddits are not owned or moderated by the Scratch Team, but instead by fellow redditors who are usually Scratchers themselves.^{[citation needed]} Some Scratchers have made subreddits specifically for discussing individual projects.

Across Reddit, submissions can be upvoted or downvoted by users, making popular submissions rise to the top and unpopular submissions (or submissions that are unrelated to the subreddit) descend. Each subreddit has its own unique rules that redditors are required to follow, which are determined by the subreddit's moderators. /r/scratch, for example, requires redditors to follow the main site's Community Guidelines, but it also includes its own unique rules (such as disallowing meme submissions).^[13]

Tumblr

The Scratch Team's official Tumblr blog, officially titled Scratch Blog, contains posts about Wiki Wednesday forum posts, new Scratch Design Studios, and other special announcements. Three of the blog's most recent posts will appear on Scratch's front page, under the Scratch News section.

Medium

Alongside Tumblr, the Scratch Team also has a blog on Medium, officially titled The Scratch Team Blog. Content includes announcements about new features, interviews, guides for parents and educators, and more.

Instagram

The Scratch Team operates an Instagram account, @scratchteam, where they share posts and reels about Scratch, including posts about new features, events, and information for educators. As of December 2025, their account has over 20,000 followers.^[14]

Threads

Alongside Instagram, the Scratch Team also operates an account on Threads, a social media platform which requires an Instagram account to use and features integration between the two platforms. As of December 2025, their account has over 3,000 followers and has been inactive since July 2023.^[15]

Former Accounts

This article or section documents something not included in the current version of Scratch (3.0). It is only useful from a historical perspective.

Google+

Scratch had a presence on Google+ until its shutdown in 2019. While the Scratch Team themselves did not have an official account, the MIT Media Lab did. Google+ allowed users to share images, links, YouTube videos, and plain text posts.

The MIT Media Lab page had over 274,000 followers and 1,919,000 views.^{[citation needed]}

External Links

References

[1] ttps://x.com/Scratch

[2] ttps://x.com/scratch/status/1886417946890703107

[3] ttps://x.com/scratch/following

[4] ttps://x.com/ScratchJr

[5] ttps://x.com/ScratchWiki

[6] ttps://x.com/ScratchWiki/status/1455739234514608134

[7] ttps://youtube.com/channel/UCjcQmKeifVUUH5s4E4OrMhg

[8] ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsmj_8qyQHoGgfpK-3IfLw/about

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsmj_8qyQHoGgfpK-3IfLw

[10] ttps://www.facebook.com/scratchteam

[11] ttps://www.facebook.com/scratchteam/info

[12] ttps://old.reddit.com/r/scratch/about/moderators

[13] ttps://old.reddit.com/r/scratch/about/rules/

[14] ttps://instagram.com/scratchteam

[15] ttps://www.threads.com/@scratchteam

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