Top 20 LinkedIn Creators on AI (2026)

What changed in the top 20 LinkedIn AI creators since our last ranking

The pool is larger this time: 738 active AI creators, against 571 in our previous edition.

Five names are new in this top 20. Steven Bartlett enters highest, at #4, then Bill Gates at #7, Mati Staniszewski at #11, Elena Verna at #18 and Charlie Hills at #20.

Sundar Pichai holds #1. Satya Nadella moves up from #3 to #2 and Lex Fridman from #4 to #3, while Matt Garman slips from #6 to #8. The longest climb belongs to Alex Xu, from #19 to #16.

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

#20 · Charlie Hills, 807 median likes per AI post

Charlie Hills helps people put AI to work (we profiled him in his data biography), and he is new in this edition. He is the second most prolific AI voice in the top 20: 150 AI posts in 12 months, 39% of his feed.

His AI median grew faster than anyone's here, more than four times over: from 178 in 2024 to 652 in 2025 and 790 so far in 2026. His audience replies often: a median of 330 comments, fourth in the top 20.

"Anthropic won't send you this list (links below)." His most liked AI post of the year, a list of 54 Claude Code resources with the official ones first: 2,695 likes and 384 comments, 3 times his median. Read it

#19 · Rory Flynn, 814 median likes per AI post

Rory Flynn runs AI workflows and workshops for marketing and creative teams, and he moves up from #20 in our previous edition. He holds the largest premium in the top 20: his AI posts earn 140% more than his overall median, 814 likes against 339.

A number opens 58% of his hooks, the highest rate among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, and his hooks are the shortest, 5 words on average. His AI median moved from 1,042 in 2025 to 814 so far in 2026.

"POLAROID F40 → Concept-to-Photoshoot. With Nano Banana Pro + Weavy." His most liked AI post of the year, a numbered image workflow that starts from a base car model: 2,484 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#18 · Elena Verna, 840 median likes per AI post

Elena Verna works on growth at Lovable, the second Lovable name in this top 20 after Anton Osika, and she is new in this edition. AI takes 13% of her feed, 17 posts out of 134, and those posts land 4% under her overall median.

"This week I wrote something more personal than usual." Her most liked AI post of the year, which then numbers what she feels about working in tech, starting with feeling behind on AI: 6,178 likes and 561 comments, 7 times her median. Read it

#17 · Anton Osika, 861 median likes per AI post

Anton Osika is the co-founder of Lovable and moves up from #18 in our previous edition. AI is 17% of his feed, and those 26 posts earn 15% less than his overall median of 1,010, the third-deepest discount here.

He writes short: 52 words per post on average, the second-shortest among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for.

"We officially opened Lovable’s first US office in Boston." His most liked AI post of the year, which explains the choice of city by the state's practical view of AI: 4,349 likes, 5 times his median. Read it

#16 · Alex Xu, 990 median likes per AI post

Alex Xu, co-founder of ByteByteGo and author of four bestselling books, moves up from #19 in our previous edition, the longest climb in this top 20. He is also #1 in our ranking of the top LinkedIn software development creators.

AI takes 45% of his feed, 82 posts, and they earn 18% less than his overall median of 1,207, the second-deepest discount here: his other posts do better. Our AI median for him covers 2026 only, so there is no trajectory yet.

"Everyone is talking about MCP, RAG, and AI Agents. Most people are still mixing them up." His most liked AI post of the year, headed 'MCP vs RAG vs AI Agents', which then places each one at its own layer: 8,703 likes, almost 9 times his median. Read it

#15 · Andrew Bolis, 1,055 median likes per AI post

Andrew Bolis is an AI and marketing consultant and a former CMO, up from #16 in our previous edition. He also tops our ranking of the top LinkedIn data science creators.

His 82 AI posts earn 15% more than his overall median. His AI median rose from 541 in 2023 to 981 in 2025, then fell to 659 so far in 2026. He writes the longest posts among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, 382 words on average.

"Top 9 free courses to learn AI (with links). Quickly build your AI skills for free." His most liked AI post of the year, a resource list: 2,334 likes, 2.2 times his median, the smallest gap in the top 20. Read it

#14 · Yann LeCun, 1,097 median likes per AI post

Yann LeCun, the AI researcher, lists himself as VP and chief AI scientist at Meta. He moves up from #15 in our previous edition, and his AI posts take the deepest discount in the top 20: 20% under his overall median of 1,374, on 53 posts, 48% of his feed.

"I've said to not listen to Sam and Dario about the effects of AI on the labor market. They are now saying to not listen to their former selves." His most liked AI post of the year, a jab at the two people it names, which its third line ties to their imminent IPOs: 11,324 likes, 10 times his median, the widest gap in the top 20. Read it

#13 · Roland Busch, 1,287 median likes per AI post

Roland Busch, president and CEO of Siemens, holds #13, the same rank as in our previous edition. He is also #3 in our German ranking.

A quarter of his feed is AI, 25 posts, and they earn 4% under his overall median.

"Great catching up with Joe Tsai and Jensen Huang during my California trip this week." His most liked AI post of the year, a trip note built on two named guests: 3,806 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#12 · Pascal Bornet, 1,301 median likes per AI post

Pascal Bornet, an AI and automation author and keynote speaker, moves up from #14 in our previous edition. He is the volume record of this top 20: 248 AI posts in 12 months, a third of his 749 posts, and second on the total-likes table below.

His AI posts earn 4% under his overall median, and his AI median rose from 1,076 in 2025 to 1,345 so far in 2026.

"This is what reinvention looks like." His most liked post tagged AI by our classifier, a then-and-now pair: a man photographed beside a steam locomotive in 1995 and, nearly three decades later, beside a bullet train. 8,211 likes, 6 times his median. Read it

#11 · Mati Staniszewski, 1,323 median likes per AI post

Mati Staniszewski, co-founder of ElevenLabs, is new in this edition and the smallest account in the top 20, with 35k followers.

That gives him a 3.80% engagement rate, the highest in our AI pool among accounts over 20k followers. His AI posts earn 42% more than his overall median, the third-largest premium here. He is also #8 in our UK ranking.

"Thrilled that Jensen Huang will be joining us at ElevenLabs Summit in New York on 11/11 for a fireside conversation!" His most liked AI post of the year, a guest announcement for his company's own event: 5,496 likes, 4 times his median. Read it

#10 · Mustafa Suleyman, 1,535 median likes per AI post

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, holds #10, as in our previous edition. AI is 65% of his feed, and his AI median equals his overall one, 1,535.

His AI median fell from 2,290 in 2024 to 1,476 in 2025, then rose to 1,553 so far in 2026.

"Today is a very big day for the Microsoft Superintelligence team. We're announcing our Maia 200 inference chip." His most liked AI post of the year, a chip launch that moves straight on to performance figures: 10,934 likes, 7 times his median. Read it

#9 · Christian Klein, 1,761 median likes per AI post

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, slips from #8 in our previous edition. In our German ranking he sits one place above Roland Busch, at #2.

AI is 41% of his feed, and those posts earn almost exactly his overall median (-1%). His AI median moved from 1,684 in 2025 to 1,761 so far in 2026, and his audience replies the least in the top 20: a median of 33 comments.

"Welcome to the Autonomous Enterprise!" His most liked AI post of the year, a product vision that opens as a greeting: 7,967 likes, 4.5 times his median. Read it

#8 · Matt Garman, 2,221 median likes per AI post

Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services, slips from #6 in our previous edition. AI is 46% of his feed, 36 posts, and they earn 17% more than his overall median. Our AI median for him covers 2026 only, so there is no trajectory yet.

"Over 100,000 customers are running Claude on Amazon Bedrock" His most liked AI post of the year, with a customer count in its first five words: 9,302 likes, 4 times his median. Read it

#7 · Bill Gates, 2,747 median likes per AI post

Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, is new in this edition and has the biggest audience in the ranking, 40.7 million followers. He sits seventh, on a 0.01% engagement rate, the lowest of the top 20.

His 10 AI posts sit exactly on our floor, 5% of his feed, and earn 11% more than his overall median. He writes the shortest posts among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, 32 words on average.

"I’ve had a number of thoughtful and engaging conversations since sharing my memo on AI." His most liked AI post of the year, which turns readers' questions into its structure: 10,081 likes and 848 comments, almost twice his median comment count. Read it

#6 · Arthur Mensch, 2,968 median likes per AI post

Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, moves up from #7 in our previous edition. He is the purest AI account of this top 20: 81% of his feed is AI, 22 of his 27 posts, the highest share here.

His 2.21% engagement rate is second in our AI pool, behind Mati Staniszewski. His AI median rose from 1,940 in 2025 to 2,593 so far in 2026, and his AI posts earn 22% more than his overall median.

"We somehow got put in the spotlight the last few days! Good time to say a few things." His most liked AI post of the year, which uses that attention to restate Mistral's case for AI outside centralized control: 9,410 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#5 · Andrew Ng, 3,830 median likes per AI post

Andrew Ng, whose headline lists DeepLearning.AI, AI Fund and AI Aspire, holds #5, as in our previous edition. He posts the most AI of the top five: 45 posts, 68% of his feed, at 8% under his overall median.

He writes the longest hooks among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for (44 words) and the second-longest posts (378 words). His AI median eased from 4,153 in 2025 to 4,060 so far in 2026.

"I recently received an email titled 'An 18-year-old’s dilemma: Too late to contribute to AI?'" His most liked AI post of the year, an answer to a reader, shared with permission: 21,846 likes, almost 6 times his median and the third-biggest post on this page. Read it

#4 · Steven Bartlett, 4,269 median likes per AI post

Steven Bartlett (see the data biography), founder of Steven.com, the company behind FlightStory and FlightCast, is new in this edition and its highest new entry. He gives AI 4% of his feed, the smallest share in the top 20: 11 posts out of 257.

Those posts earn 8% more than his overall median, and his audience talks back: a median of 674 comments, second only to Sundar Pichai. He is also #1 in our UK ranking.

"Anthropic just dropped a research report that really really made me PAUSE…." His most liked AI post of the year, which introduces Anthropic before it gets to the report: 15,842 likes and 1,570 comments, the most comments on any post on this page. Read it

#3 · Lex Fridman, 4,405 median likes per AI post

Lex Fridman, the podcaster, moves up from #4 to the podium. He posts AI rarely, 11 times in 12 months, 26% of his feed, and those posts earn 46% more than his overall median, the second-largest premium here. Our AI median for him covers 2026 only.

Jensen Huang appears in three of the twenty best posts on this page: here, at Roland Busch's and at Mati Staniszewski's.

"It was an honor to hang out with Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, and do a long-form podcast with him." His most liked AI post of the year, a podcast announcement: 14,789 likes, 3.4 times his median. Read it

#2 · Satya Nadella, 5,479 median likes per AI post

Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, moves up from #3 in our previous edition. He has the second-biggest audience in the ranking, 12 million followers, on a 0.05% engagement rate, the second-lowest here.

AI takes 44% of his feed, 43 posts, at 2% above his overall median. His AI median moved from 6,537 in 2025 to 5,379 so far in 2026.

"Thank you, PM Narendra Modi ji for an inspiring conversation on India’s AI opportunity." His most liked AI post of the year, which then puts a figure on Microsoft's investment in the country: 27,564 likes, 5 times his median and the second-biggest post on this page. Read it

#1 · Sundar Pichai, 25,526 median likes per AI post

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, holds the top of this ranking with 25,526 median likes per AI post, 311 times the typical AI post we measured and 4.7 times our number two.

AI is 61% of his feed, 20 of his 33 posts, and it earns 8% more than his overall median of 23,738. He holds the highest median comment count in the top 20 (776), and he also tops our United States ranking and our worldwide ranking.

"Returning to India for the India AI Impact Summit 2026 last week, I was struck by the incredible energy in New Delhi." His most liked AI post of the year: 86,204 likes, the biggest post on this page. India runs through the top of this ranking: Satya Nadella's best AI post is about India too. 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 per theme, share of feed, theme premiums and trajectories, across 738 AI creators and 43,138 AI posts. It works on your profile too, including a side-by-side with anyone on this list.

Which AI creators just missed the top 20?

Five names sit right behind the cut, all within 70 likes of number twenty:

Ruben Hassid, at #22, published 239 AI posts in 12 months, 45% of his feed, more than anyone in the top 20 except Pascal Bornet, and his median sits 39 likes short of the cut. We profiled him in his data biography.

Addy Osmani, at #25, gives AI 54% of his feed, the highest share of the five, and ranks #2 on software development. Charles Lamanna (#24) takes the steepest discount, 32% under his overall median.

Which LinkedIn AI creators have the highest engagement rate?

Raw likes flatter the largest followings, so divide by reach: engagement rate on AI posts, median likes divided by followers (20k followers and over). The order changes almost completely:

Two of the five also sit in the top 20: Mati Staniszewski (#11) and Arthur Mensch (#6). The other three, Stanislav Beliaev, Chandra Sekhar and Ike Singh Kehal, each have under 30,000 followers.

The top 20 itself runs from Mati Staniszewski's 3.80% down to Bill Gates's 0.01%. For how AI compares with other subjects, see our study of LinkedIn engagement rate by topic.

Which AI creators get the most total likes on LinkedIn?

One more cut counts the total likes on AI posts over 12 months, where frequent posters gain ground:

Sundar Pichai leads on 20 posts. Pascal Bornet needs 248 for second place and Alex Wang 261 for third, while Satya Nadella reaches fifth on 43.

Four of the eight come from the top 20. Brij Kishore Pandey takes fourth on 394 AI posts, the most of the eight, and Ruben Hassid (#22) and Addy Osmani (#25) close the table.

Which LinkedIn AI creator gets the most comments per post?

This cut divides comments by likes. Among creators with 100+ median likes, the record in our AI pool belongs to Jitendra Sheth, a digital marketing architect: 256 median comments against 167 median likes, about 1.5 comments for every like.

Zeyneb Madi and Alfredo Narez follow at almost the same ratio. The typical top-20 creator gets one comment for every 16 likes.

Are the top LinkedIn AI creators full-time AI voices?

Few are. Of the 738 creators who post about AI consistently, only 50 give it at least half their feed, and four of them make this top 20: Arthur Mensch (81%), Andrew Ng (68%), Mustafa Suleyman (65%) and Sundar Pichai (61%).

At the other end, the two highest new entries are tourists: Steven Bartlett gives AI 4% of his feed and Bill Gates 5%, and both earn more on it than on their usual post.

Focus does not predict the premium. Rory Flynn's +140% comes on 22% of his feed and Lex Fridman's +46% on 26%, while Yann LeCun, at 48%, takes the deepest discount, -20%.

By their own headlines, company leaders hold 11 of the 20 places: the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, AWS, SAP, Siemens, Mistral AI and Microsoft AI, plus the founders or co-founders of ElevenLabs, ByteByteGo, Steven.com and Breakthrough Energy. For executives on every subject, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn CEOs.

The creators who teach AI tools on LinkedIn itself sit lower: Pascal Bornet at #12, Andrew Bolis at #15, Rory Flynn at #19 and Charlie Hills at #20.

The top 20 is mostly American: 13 creators are based in the United States, 3 in the United Kingdom and 2 in Germany, with one each in France and Sweden. Country by country rankings are in the full series.

For what AI is doing to LinkedIn writing itself, read our state of play of AI writing on LinkedIn. And if showing up in these creators' comment sections is part of your plan, an engagement feed keeps it to a five-minute daily habit.

How is this AI ranking different from our AI Ethics ranking?

A post carries one theme in our data, so no post counts in both rankings. This page counts posts about AI in general, 43,138 of them in 12 months; AI Ethics counts the 29,199 posts on AI's impact on society, its ethics and its regulation.

Four creators make both top 20s:

• Bill Gates: #7 here, #1 on AI Ethics

• Roland Busch: #13 here, #2 on AI Ethics

• Pascal Bornet: #12 here, #3 on AI Ethics

• Charlie Hills: #20 here, #13 on AI Ethics

How we ranked the top LinkedIn AI creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through 43,138 AI posts from the last 12 months and ranked 738 creators by median likes on their AI posts.

Only creators with at least one post in the last 60 days are ranked. The method:

• Floors: at least 5,000 followers and 10 AI posts in the window; deleted posts excluded.

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

• AI posts only: each post gets one theme from our own classification.

• AI posts analyzed: the posts our dataset holds per creator, sometimes fewer than they published.

• Per creator: share of feed, premium over their own median, AI median by year, engagement rate and comment ratio.

Four of the twenty medians rest on 10 to 15 AI posts, Bill Gates's on exactly 10, our floor. Rankings refresh as the data does. No placement here was sponsored; every rank comes straight from the median.

Study them, then study yourself. With MagicPost you can analyze any AI creator the way we just did (median engagement by theme, share of feed, premiums, trajectory) and benchmark your own profile against the pool. The data on this page is the product.