The Fastest-Rising LinkedIn Creators in 2026, by the Data

What changed in the fastest-rising LinkedIn creators since our last ranking

The pool is a little larger this time: 558 creators clear every floor, against 525 in our previous edition, even with the new 60-day rule.

Still, the headwind is stronger: the median creator's median fell 19%, against 11% last time, and 161 grew at all, against 203.

Twelve of the twenty names are new in this edition. The highest new entries are Davis Nguyen at #2, Andre Heeg at #4, Samuel Idu at #5 and Lattisha Bilbrew at #6.

Among returning names, Sanvi Khandelwal climbs from #5 to #1 and Joyeeta Sinha from #19 to #12. Jordan Lee, our previous #2, is #3, and Eric Djavid moves from #6 to #20.

Twelve creators from our previous top 20 are no longer in it.

#20 · Eric Djavid, +248% in one year

Eric Djavid is a SaaS and app builder from France. His median rose from 58 to 202, just above our 200-like floor, and his yearly figures place the climb in 2025: 32 in 2024, 165 in 2025, 167 so far in 2026.

He also runs the most comment-heavy feed in the pool (more on that below) and leads the conversation cut of our France ranking. His most liked post, in French, is about data on 11 million French companies made reachable through Claude.

"Personne ne le réalise encore mais l'État français vient de rendre 11 millions d'entreprises en accès direct via Claude. Gratuitement. 🇫🇷" His most liked post of the year: 1,696 likes and 1,603 comments, almost one comment per like. Read it

#19 · Magali De Reu, +249% in one year

Magali De Reu is a Belgian personal brand strategist, down from #11 in our previous edition and #3 in our Belgium ranking. Her median went from 102 to 356 on 357 posts analyzed, tied with Stephanie Hills for the second-busiest feed in the top 20.

Our data on her runs back to 2019, at a 29 median, and the jump is recent: 133 in 2025, 396 so far in 2026. Her full story is in her data biography.

"Are we... okay??" Her most liked post of the year is those three words: 2,456 likes, about 7 times her median. Read it

#18 · Stephanie Hills, +250% in one year

Stephanie Hills, a three-time Fortune 500 tech executive and an executive coach, is new in this edition. She started from the highest base in the top 20, a 145 median a year ago, and now sits at 508.

Leadership carries her feed (166 posts at a 567 median), and her 369 median comments are the fourth-highest here.

"I wore 24/7 availability like a badge of honor. Until I realized what it was costing me." Her most liked post of the year: 14,436 likes, the biggest post in this top 20, about 28 times her median. Read it

#17 · Michael Erhard, +276% in one year

Michael Erhard is a COO in Germany who left Amazon to scale e-commerce brands. New in this edition, he runs the busiest feed in the top 20: 470 posts analyzed, against 148 in the window before.

His median moved from 84 to 316. His Work Culture posts earn a 496 median, more than twice his Leadership posts (212), and he leads the efficiency cut of our work culture ranking.

"This is a hill I will die on: Employees do NOT want to work from home because they are LAZY." His most liked post of the year: 11,809 likes, 37 times his median, the widest gap in the top 20. Read it

#16 · Mike Rosenberg, +310% in one year

Mike Rosenberg spent 19 years as a journalist and ghostwriter and now writes and teaches LinkedIn posts. New in this edition, he went from 58 to 238 median likes, and he is #14 in our ranking of the best LinkedIn ghostwriters.

His AI posts (425) and AI Ethics posts (416) earn about three times his Content Marketing posts (143). His hooks run 22 words on average, the longest in the top 20.

"A Brown professor started offering take-home exams. His class size tripled and 84 of the 86 students were caught using AI to cheat on the mid-term." His most liked post of the year: 5,456 likes, 23 times his median. Read it

#15 · Daniel Hemhauser, +421% in one year

Daniel Hemhauser is a senior IT project and program leader who writes about project management, up from #18 in our previous edition. He has the biggest account in this top 20, just under 100k followers, and the lowest engagement rate here (0.30%).

His yearly median has risen every year since 2024: 53 in 2024, 157 in 2025, 315 so far in 2026. Project Management carries the feed, with 197 posts at a 333 median.

"Project Managers Do Not Need to Be Technical Experts. They need to be delivery experts." His most liked post of the year: 6,065 likes and 867 comments, about 20 times his median. Read it

#14 · Amina Daoui, +444% in one year

Amina Daoui is a LinkedIn brand strategist for founders, new in this edition and #20 in our UAE ranking. She has the smallest audience in the top 20, 8,458 followers, and the third-highest engagement rate (2.77%).

She writes the shortest posts here, about 90 words on average. Her Personal Branding posts (335) beat her Content Marketing ones (235). She shares her +444% with Alexandre Ducros, who ranks above her on a higher current median.

"In 2026, I still watch founders post five times a week and hear nothing back." Her most liked post of the year: 885 likes, the smallest best post in the top 20. Read it

#13 · Alexandre Ducros, +444% in one year

Alexandre Ducros founded CAB À TALENTS, which his headline places in fintech, wealthtech, PE-backed funds and scale-ups. New in this edition, he is #6 in our ranking of the top LinkedIn recruiters.

His yearly median has risen every year on record: 5 in 2023, 12 in 2024, 116 in 2025, 284 so far in 2026. He writes in French, mostly on HR and recruiting, and his posts analyzed went from 50 to 319.

"Personne n'en parle… mais TOUT LE MONDE le vit : Les reconversions, on les applaudit… mais on ne recrute pas les reconvertis." His most liked post of the year, on how hiring treats career changers: 3,163 likes, 11 times his median. Read it

#12 · Joyeeta Sinha, +446% in one year

Joyeeta Sinha founded Oh!SoBooked, which builds LinkedIn pipeline for B2B and AI founders. She climbs from #19 in our previous edition, the biggest move up among returning names.

Her median went from 63 to 344, and our data on her starts at a 7 median in 2023. She also sits in the efficiency cut of our India ranking, at 1.67%.

"It's been 6 years and I haven't met a single friend. Because I've got none." Her most liked post of the year, a confession on a feed otherwise about sales pipeline: 1,634 likes. Read it

#11 · Victoria Roessel, +462% in one year

Victoria Roessel runs ChangeYourAir from Austria and writes about personal branding and working from anywhere. New in this edition, she went from 39 to 219 median likes while nearly doubling her output: 184 posts analyzed, against 95 the year before.

Personal Branding is her main theme, with 58 posts at a 271 median.

"I'm 32, and my CV is a complete disaster. 🤯" Her most liked post of the year: 1,018 likes, under 5 times her median, so no single post carries her rank. Read it

#10 · Jasmine Gathoga, +470% in one year

Jasmine Gathoga is a LinkedIn brand strategist and designer from Kenya, at #10 again. She has the highest current median in the top 20, 804 likes, up from 141, and the second-highest median comment count (612).

Year by year, her median ran 57 in 2024, 216 in 2025, 858 so far in 2026. LinkedIn is her main theme, and she is #7 in our LinkedIn growth ranking.

"I've been in a relationship for over a year now ❤️ Today I'm finally saying 'I do' 💍 and you're invited to the wedding 🥹" Her most liked post of the year: 1,500 likes and 1,296 comments, under twice her median. Read it

#9 · Ali Masiu Zama, +483% in one year

Ali Masiu Zama builds and automates cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) from India, the only creator in this top 20 whose main theme is DevOps. New in this edition, he went from 41 to 239 median likes while posting far less: 33 posts analyzed, against 93 the year before.

His audience likes far more than it replies: 5 median comments, the lowest in the top 20. Our yearly data on him covers 2025 only, at a 43 median.

"Think Linux is Hard? Time to Break That Myth." His most liked post of the year: 1,022 likes. Read it

#8 · Anou N Khot, +521% in one year

Anou N Khot is a family office principal, board member and former attorney writing about business judgment for people early in their careers. The account is new in this edition, with a median that went from 38 to 236.

The yearly figures put the jump in 2026: 51 in 2024, 37 in 2025, 273 so far in 2026. Communication posts earn a 302 median, ahead of Leadership (184).

The most liked post of the year carries no text in our data: 4,807 likes, about 20 times the median. See it

#7 · Lindsay Linhart, +537% in one year

Lindsay Linhart, who works in brand strategy and execution and lists Goldman Sachs as a former employer, moves up from #9 in our previous edition. Her median went from 82 to 522, the fifth-highest current median here.

Her yearly median: 112 in 2025, 361 so far in 2026. Leadership is her one recurring theme, at a 666 median.

"The brilliant people in your room aren't your competition. They're your accelerators." Her most liked post of the year: 7,408 likes, 14 times her median. Read it

#6 · Lattisha Bilbrew, +549% in one year

Lattisha Bilbrew is an orthopedic hand surgeon who writes about work-life integration for physicians. New in this edition, she has the second-smallest audience in the top 20 (9,450 followers).

From 28 in 2024, her yearly median went to 144 in 2025 and 227 so far in 2026. Healthcare is her one recurring theme, and her posts run 417 words on average, the longest here.

"I perform 200+ surgeries a year. Yesterday, I was invisible in a waiting room." Her most liked post of the year: 8,339 likes, 33 times her median, on a sub-10k account. Read it

#5 · Samuel Idu, +577% in one year

Samuel Idu is a Nigerian LinkedIn brand strategist for founders and CEOs, new in this edition. His median went from 111 to 752 on fewer posts (53 analyzed, against 79), and his 688 median comments are the highest in the top 20, almost one per like.

He also leads the engagement-rate cut below, at 3.51%. His yearly median: 206 in 2025, 939 so far in 2026.

His most liked post of the year is a single short line of text: 2,104 likes and 896 comments. See it

#4 · Andre Heeg, +714% in one year

Andre Heeg is a physician and dentist, a managing director and partner at BCG, and the founder of The Upward ARC, writing on executive health. New in this edition, he started from one of the lowest bases here, a 29 median.

By year, his median ran 20 in 2024, 29 in 2025, then 236 so far in 2026. Wellness is his main theme (83 posts), but his Mental Health posts earn the most, a 515 median.

"A 20-minute walk can change your whole afternoon." His most liked post of the year: 3,324 likes, 14 times his median. Read it

#3 · Jordan Lee, +890% in one year

Jordan Lee left corporate work in the UK and now sells AI to businesses. Our previous #2, he is #3 in this edition and #12 in our UK ranking. His 4.72% engagement rate is the highest in the top 20, on 16,571 followers.

His median went from 79 to 782, and his Business Development posts earn 894. The climb sits at the end of 2025 in our data: his posts so far in 2026 hold a 77 median.

"Laid off after 5 years working 80 hour weeks for a company that sees me as just another number." His most liked post of the year: 1,326 likes, under twice his median, the smallest gap in the top 20. Read it

#2 · Davis Nguyen, +948% in one year

Davis Nguyen built career coaching businesses and now shares how in a newsletter. He is the highest new entry in this edition, and he started from the lowest base in the top 20: a 27 median a year ago, 283 now.

His yearly medians grow roughly tenfold a year: 3 in 2024, 27 in 2025, 283 so far in 2026. Leadership is his main theme, but his Entrepreneurship (381) and Coaching (370) posts earn more.

"Find people who expand your vision, not shrink it. Your circle is your ceiling." His most liked post of the year: 2,780 likes, almost 10 times his median. Read it

#1 · Sanvi Khandelwal, +1,084% in one year

Sanvi Khandelwal, a content strategist and ghostwriter from India, is the fastest-rising creator in our data: a median of 50 likes a year ago, 592 now, +1,084%, up from #5 in our previous edition.

She and Davis Nguyen are the only two in the top 20 whose median grew more than tenfold.

Her yearly median went from 73 in 2025 to 725 so far in 2026. She also leads the efficiency cut of our India ranking (2.63%) and is #3 in our ghostwriters ranking.

"Everyone says: 'Storytelling is king on LinkedIn.' Well… is it? Stories make people clap. Teaching makes people come back." Her most liked post of the year: 2,127 likes, under 4 times her median. Read it

Where do these cards come from? We computed every figure on this page from public posts with MagicPost's LinkedIn analytics: median engagement, year-over-year trajectories, engagement rates and conversation ratios, across the 558 creators we measured over both years. It works on your profile too, including your own year-over-year trend line.

Which LinkedIn creators just missed the fastest-rising top 20?

Five more creators sit right behind the top 20, each with a median that grew at least 2.5 times in a year:

Mike Leber is the case the percentage hides. His median grew by 3,152 likes, more than any other creator on this page, and he is #5 in our worldwide ranking. From a 1,738 base, that is +181%, good for 23rd.

Sehar Malik, the other account past 100k followers in this table, is #8 in our Pakistan ranking.

Which fast-rising LinkedIn creators have the highest engagement rate?

Growth says nothing about the size of the crowd. Engagement rate does: current median likes divided by followers, here among the creators of the pool with 20k followers and over.

Samuel Idu (#5) leads at 3.51%, and Sanvi Khandelwal, our #1, is the only other name in both cuts.

The other three are efficient without rising fast: the median of Chad Janis, founder and CEO of Grüns, fell 13% in a year, and that of Mati Staniszewski, co-founder of ElevenLabs, grew 34%.

Inside the top 20, rates run from 4.72% (Jordan Lee, on 17k followers, under this cut's 20k floor) down to 0.30% (Daniel Hemhauser, the biggest account). For more accounts like these, see the best small LinkedIn accounts; for benchmarks, our guide to the average LinkedIn engagement rate.

Which fast-rising LinkedIn creator gets the most comments per post?

Comments relative to likes: the record in this pool belongs to Eric Djavid, #20 above, with 469 median comments against 202 median likes, 2.3 comments for every like.

Behind him come Max Pog, who runs virtual conferences for investors and startups from Portugal (1.45 comments per like), and Nat Berman, whose headline opens with 'One Rep a Day' (about one per like).

The typical top-20 creator gets one comment per 3.4 likes, against one per 17 in our worldwide top 20: these feeds talk back far more.

What do the fastest-rising LinkedIn creators have in common?

Four patterns run through the twenty cards:

• They started small. All 20 began under a 150 median, 16 under 100 and 7 under 50. The floor of 20 on the earlier median keeps a climb from almost nothing off the board, but within it, a low start makes a big percentage easier.

• Their audiences are mid-sized. 17 of the 20 have fewer than 50k followers, and the median account has about 22k. In the pool, 331 of the 558 have 100k or more.

• Most posted more, not all. In our dataset, 14 of the 20 hold more posts in the last 12 months than in the 12 before. Six grew on fewer posts, Samuel Idu, Jasmine Gathoga and Ali Masiu Zama among them.

• They come from ten countries. The United States leads with seven, India has three, Germany and France two each, then one each from the UK, Nigeria, Kenya, Austria, the UAE and Belgium.

A big account that keeps rising is the rare case: Mike Leber, at #23, is the only creator past 300k followers in our top 25.

Why do so many fast-rising LinkedIn creators write about LinkedIn?

Nine of the twenty have content marketing, LinkedIn or personal branding as their main theme: Sanvi Khandelwal, Samuel Idu, Jasmine Gathoga, Victoria Roessel, Joyeeta Sinha, Amina Daoui, Mike Rosenberg, Magali De Reu and Eric Djavid. In our worldwide top 20, ranked on raw median likes, none does.

The other eleven bring a trade from outside the platform: surgery, executive health, recruiting, cloud engineering, project management, a family office, e-commerce operations.

For the platform's own teachers ranked on raw impact, see our rankings for content marketing, personal branding and LinkedIn growth. We studied the best known of them one data biography at a time in our guide to the top LinkedIn creators to study.

And if showing up early in these creators' comment sections is part of your plan, an engagement feed keeps it to a five-minute daily habit.

How we measured the fastest-rising LinkedIn creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. Out of 49,582 person profiles with 5,000+ followers in our dataset, 558 cleared every floor. For each, we compared two windows: the last 12 months of posts and the 12 months before them.

Only creators with at least one post in the last 60 days are ranked, a rule new in this edition. The method:

• Growth: the change between the two medians, as a share of the earlier one; ties go to the higher current median.

• Floors: 25+ posts in each window, a current median of 200+ likes, an earlier median of 20+, 5,000+ followers; company pages and deleted posts excluded.

• Median rather than average: no single viral post can buy a place.

• Posts analyzed: the posts our dataset holds for the last 12 months, sometimes fewer than they published.

• Yearly medians: calendar years with 25+ posts; "so far in 2026" covers the year to date.

Rankings refresh as the data does. No placement here was sponsored; every rank comes straight from the two medians.

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