Top 20 LinkedIn Creators in Germany (2026)

What changed in Germany's top 20 LinkedIn creators since our last ranking

The pool is bigger this time, even with the new activity rule: 480 active German creators, against 263 in our previous edition.

Seven names are new in this top 20. Ola Kaellenius of Mercedes-Benz enters at #4, Daniel Grieder of HUGO BOSS at #5, Christian Sewing of Deutsche Bank at #7 and Rasel Ahmed at #10; three more enter lower down.

The top three hold their places. Christian Lindner is the biggest climber, from #13 to #11, while Neo Kim, our previous #5, falls to #17.

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

#20 · Antje von Dewitz, 535 median likes

Antje von Dewitz is the CEO of VAUDE and a board member of the German Sustainable Business Association, new in this edition. Sustainability is her one recurring theme (563 median likes, just above her overall figure). Our yearly data on her covers 2026 only, so there is no trajectory yet.

"Wochenlang kein Regen. Und ausgerechnet an unserem Wanderwochenende öffnet der Himmel alle Schleusen." (Roughly: 'Weeks without rain, and the sky opens on our hiking weekend.') Her most liked post of the year, a personal one far from her usual subject: 4,488 likes, 8 times her median. Read it

#19 · Céline Flores Willers, 568 median likes

Céline Flores Willers founded a personal and corporate branding company that works on LinkedIn, the closest thing to a LinkedIn-native business in this top 20.

Her Work Culture (665) and Leadership (647) posts beat her Content Marketing posts (485). Her yearly median went from 721 in 2025 to 572 so far in 2026.

"Ich sehe immer wieder einen ganz, ganz großen Irrglauben: Morgenroutinen machen dich nicht erfolgreich!" (Roughly: 'A huge misconception I keep seeing: morning routines do not make you successful.') Her most liked post of the year: 3,790 likes and 627 comments, more than five times her median comment count. Read it

#18 · Bernd Montag, 619 median likes

Bernd Montag, CEO of Siemens Healthineers, is new in this edition. He has the lowest median comment count in the top 20. Healthcare is his one recurring theme, at exactly his overall median; for the wider field, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn healthcare creators.

"Today, we’ve announced a new healthcare AI collaboration with NVIDIA Healthcare, building on years of working together" His most liked post of the year, a partnership announcement: 2,037 likes, about three times his median, one of the narrowest gaps in the top 20. Read it

#17 · Neo Kim, 654 median likes

Neo Kim teaches AI and system design, and he is the most prolific account in the top 20. He is down from #5 in our previous edition, and his yearly median went from 888 in 2025 to 609 so far in 2026.

Distributed Systems (1,114 median likes) and Software Development (987) carry him, while his AI posts earn 426. His engagement rate is the lowest of this top 20, and a number shows up in a quarter of his hooks.

His most liked post of the year, a numbered list of 15 system design case studies with a link for each: 6,669 likes, 10 times his median. Read it

#16 · Tim Höttges, 681 median likes

Tim Höttges is the CEO of Deutsche Telekom. His Telecommunications posts earn a 797 median, ahead of AI (688) and Leadership (577), and his audience rarely replies: his is the third-lowest median comment count in the top 20.

"Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen von 1&1 Telecommunication SE, danke für euren 73-seitigen Liebesbrief aus dem Landgericht Düsseldorf." (Roughly: 'Dear colleagues at 1&1, thank you for your 73-page love letter from the Düsseldorf court.') His most liked post of the year, a reply to a rival's lawsuit: 4,481 likes and 262 comments, ten times his median comment count. Read it

#15 · Simon Koerner, 692 median likes

Simon Koerner is a leadership and culture advisor, down from #9 in our previous edition. Leadership accounts for 151 of his posts, and he is the second most prolific account in the top 20, with one of its higher comment counts.

"She said she believed in him. Gave him a project two levels above his grade. Then got busy and disappeared. He nearly quit." His most liked post of the year tells the whole story in four short sentences before any lesson: 7,464 likes, 11 times his median. Read it

#14 · Annahita Esmailzadeh, 710 median likes

Annahita Esmailzadeh is a tech executive, speaker and bestselling author, down from #8 in our previous edition. Her yearly median went from 933 in 2025 to 710 so far in 2026. Leadership is her one recurring theme (860 median likes).

She also wrote the single biggest post on this page, by a wide margin.

"10 Spielregeln, die endlich in jedem Unternehmen ankommen sollten: 1. Beschäftigst du unfähige Führungskräfte, verlierst du fähige Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen." (Roughly: '10 rules every company should finally take on board. 1. Employ incompetent managers and you lose competent staff.') Her most liked post of the year: 87,037 likes and 2,372 comments, 123 times her median, the widest gap in the top 20. Read it

#13 · Daniel Abt, 740 median likes

Daniel Abt is chief commercial officer and global head of marketing at the ABT group, new in this edition. Automotive is his main theme (757 median likes, close to his overall figure), and he is the only creator in the top 20 whose favorite day is Friday.

"Worte können dem nicht gerecht werden, was wir gerade empfinden." (Roughly: 'Words cannot do justice to what we feel right now.') His most liked post of the year, announcing the birth of his son: 5,826 likes and 464 comments, almost 8 times his median likes. Read it

#12 · Verena Pausder, 811 median likes

Verena Pausder chairs the German Startup Association and co-founded FC Viktoria Berlin. Her Entrepreneurship posts earn a 1,146 median, against 633 for Public Policy. Her yearly median went from 1,049 in 2025 to 639 so far in 2026.

For more founders' voices, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn entrepreneurship creators.

"Die Bundesregierung hat 1 Jahr lang eine Expertenkommission zu Social Media und Kinderschutz tagen lassen." (Roughly: 'The federal government let an expert commission on social media and child protection sit for a year.') Her most liked post of the year: 6,971 likes and 557 comments, almost 9 times her median. Read it

#11 · Christian Lindner, 820 median likes

Christian Lindner, a former German federal minister, now presents himself as an entrepreneur, supervisory-board member, advisor and investor. He is the biggest climber among returning creators, up from #13 in our previous edition, even as his yearly median slipped from 1,036 in 2025 to 758 so far in 2026.

His audience is the third-biggest of this top 20, which leaves him the second-lowest engagement rate.

"Im Mai hatte ich berichtet, dass ich meine neue Freiheit genieße. Viele Türen haben sich geöffnet." (Roughly: 'In May I said I was enjoying my new freedom. Many doors have opened.') His most liked post of the year, announcing his next role: 5,217 likes, more than 6 times his median. Read it

#10 · Rasel Ahmed, 836 median likes

Rasel Ahmed, CEO of the UX and product strategy firm Musemind, is new in this edition. He holds the second-highest median comment count in the top 20, behind only Carsten Maschmeyer, and his Human-Centered Design posts lead his themes (1,028 median likes). He also appears in the efficiency cut below.

"40 years of showing up. Nobody expected what came next." His most liked post of the year sets up a story in two lines and holds back the ending: 6,907 likes, 8 times his median. Read it

#9 · Peter Jelinek, 845 median likes

Peter Jelinek writes about the climate and biodiversity crisis and the European Green Deal, up from #10 in our previous edition.

He has the smallest audience of this top 20 and the best engagement rate in our German pool among accounts over 20k followers, which puts him first in the efficiency cut below. Sustainability is his strongest theme (948 median likes), ahead of Environmental Science (785) and Public Policy (650).

His most liked post of the year, a political post that relays a sharply worded attack on plans for the heating law and the grid package: 5,176 likes, 6 times his median.

#8 · Jens Ritter, 891 median likes

Jens Ritter is the CEO of Lufthansa Airlines, down from #4 in our previous edition. His Aerospace Engineering posts earn a 1,468 median, well above his overall figure. He is also the only creator in the top 20 whose favorite slot falls after 6 PM.

"Today we celebrated the arrival of our Boeing 787-9 'Papa-Uniform' in its stunning 100-year anniversary livery." His most liked post of the year: 5,195 likes, almost 6 times his median. Read it

#7 · Christian Sewing, 1,004 median likes

Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, is new in this edition. Public Policy is his one recurring theme (1,063 median likes, above his overall figure), and his audience comments little: his is the second-lowest median comment count in the top 20.

"Guten Tag from Berlin, where I've swapped my usual suit and tie for running gear." His most liked post of the year opens on a bank CEO out of uniform, before any word about the company: 3,394 likes, more than 3 times his median. Read it

#6 · Jan Fleischhauer, 1,037 median likes

Jan Fleischhauer is a columnist, speaker and moderator who holds #6, the same rank as in our previous edition. Public Policy commentary carries his feed (1,087 median likes), and only Carsten Maschmeyer and Rasel Ahmed draw more median comments in the top 20.

His best post earned less than twice his median, the narrowest gap in the top 20: his rank rests on consistency. He is also the only top-20 creator who posts most often on a Saturday.

His most liked post of the year, a political polemic about one of Germany's eastern states: 2,016 likes and 241 comments.

#5 · Daniel Grieder, 1,160 median likes

Daniel Grieder, CEO of HUGO BOSS, is new in this edition at #5. He posts the least of anyone in the top 20, close to our 30-post floor.

His yearly median held steady, 1,196 in 2025 and 1,175 so far in 2026, and his Leadership (1,389) and Brand Management (1,377) posts run above it.

"The festive season is near. This means it is once again time for our traditional HUGO BOSS Holiday Song." His most liked post of the year: 3,435 likes, 3 times his median, a narrow gap that matches his flat trajectory. Read it

#4 · Ola Kaellenius, 1,326 median likes

Ola Kaellenius, CEO of Mercedes-Benz, enters at #4, the highest new entry of this edition. Automotive is his one recurring theme (1,336 median likes), and he has the second-biggest audience in the top 20, behind Carsten Maschmeyer.

"Lieber Oliver Zipse, Mercedes-Fahrer wissen: Der Stern strahlt am schönsten vor einem weiß-blauen Himmel." (Roughly: 'Dear Oliver Zipse, Mercedes drivers know the star shines brightest against a white-and-blue sky.') His most liked post of the year, an open letter to Oliver Zipse that praises a rival and their fair competition: 14,374 likes, 11 times his median, the third-biggest post on this page. Read it

#3 · Roland Busch, 1,338 median likes

Roland Busch is the president and CEO of Siemens, at #3 as in our previous edition. His AI Ethics posts earn a 1,532 median, ahead of AI (1,287) and Digital Transformation (993); see our ranking of the top LinkedIn AI ethics creators for that field.

"No recurring meetings. No paper on my desk. Most emails answered with two letters." His most liked post of the year opens on three habits stated flat, before any explanation: 7,985 likes, 6 times his median. Read it

#2 · Christian Klein, 1,772 median likes

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, holds #2 as in our previous edition. AI is his main theme (34 of 83 posts, 1,761 median likes). His yearly median edged up from 1,718 in 2025 to 1,772 so far in 2026.

His audience gives the fewest comments per like in the top 20, about one comment for every 54 likes.

"Welcome to the Autonomous Enterprise!" His most liked post of the year, a company announcement: 7,967 likes, 4.5 times his median. Read it

#1 · Carsten Maschmeyer, 2,865 median likes

Carsten Maschmeyer, entrepreneur, CEO and startup investor, tops our German ranking again with 2,865 median likes per post, 50 times the pool median. He leads Christian Klein by more than 1,000 median likes, and he has both the biggest audience and the highest median comment count in the top 20.

His yearly median climbed from 1,639 in 2023 to 3,663 in 2024 and 3,824 in 2025, and stands at 3,234 so far in 2026. His HR posts do better still, at a 4,879 median.

"Dienstreisen ≠ Freizeit! Genau das hat der Europäische Gerichtshof jetzt auch endlich entschieden." (Roughly: 'Business trips are not free time. The European Court of Justice has finally ruled exactly that.') His most liked post of the year: 20,836 likes and 869 comments, the second-biggest post on this page. 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, engagement rates, themes, trajectories and favorite slots, across 480 German creators. It works on your profile too, including a side-by-side with anyone on this list.

Who are the most-followed LinkedIn creators in Germany?

Followers are what most lists rank by, so here they are: the ten biggest active accounts in our Germany dataset (10+ posts in the last 12 months, one in the last 60 days). This is the top of our data, not a census of every German profile.

Accounts with fewer than 10 posts in 12 months, or none in the last 60 days, are left out by design, so public lists of the most-followed profiles can differ.

Only three of the ten make our top 20: Carsten Maschmeyer (#1), Ola Kaellenius (#4) and Christian Lindner (#11). Our number one is sixth by followers.

The largest account, Nicolas Boucher, who teaches finance teams to use AI, ranks #234 with 58 median likes, one like above the pool median. Friedrich Merz, the federal chancellor, sits under our 30-post floor (16 posts analyzed), on 1,033 median likes.

Which LinkedIn creators in Germany have the highest engagement rate?

Raw like counts reward whoever has the biggest crowd. Engagement rate corrects for that: median likes per post divided by followers (20k followers and over). The names change almost entirely:

Peter Jelinek (#9) and Rasel Ahmed (#10) sit in both cuts. The other three are a founder (Erdal Uğur Ahlatçı of agyleOS), an e-commerce operations COO (Michael Erhard, with 470 posts analyzed, more than any creator in the top 20) and an AI filmmaker (Simon Meyer).

The top 20 itself runs from 1.55% (Peter Jelinek) down to 0.19% (Neo Kim), about an eightfold spread. All five names above hold under 60k followers. For country benchmarks, see our LinkedIn engagement rate by country.

Which LinkedIn creator in Germany gets the most comments per post?

One last angle that rarely shows up in these lists: comments relative to likes. The record in our German pool belongs to Raik Adler, a LinkedIn trainer for the self-employed and small firms, at 123 median comments against 100 median likes: more comments than likes.

Angela Kerek (0.84 comments per like) and Konstanty Sliwowski (0.73) follow, both outside the top 20. The typical top-20 creator gets one comment per 16 likes. No feed among the 480 we measured talks back harder than Adler's (counting accounts with 100+ median likes).

Where are Germany's LinkedIn-native creators?

Notice who dominates this top 20: eleven people with the CEO title, from SAP, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Bank, HUGO BOSS, Lufthansa and Deutsche Telekom, alongside a former federal minister, a columnist, a climate writer and an AI teacher.

Germany's LinkedIn-native creators (the people who teach content, personal branding and growth on the platform itself) barely reach this top. Céline Flores Willers, whose company builds brands on LinkedIn, is the exception at #19, and Raik Adler, a LinkedIn trainer, holds the conversation record above.

We studied the natives separately, one data biography at a time, in our guide to the top LinkedIn creators to study, including Johannes Kliesch, Nils Grammerstorf, Tim Jaschke and Nadine Rippler.

To see how Germany's names compare abroad, open our worldwide ranking of the top LinkedIn creators or Switzerland's top LinkedIn creators. For chief executives beyond Germany, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn CEOs.

One timing note. Thirteen of these twenty post most often between 7 and 11 AM Berlin time, and only Jens Ritter's favorite slot falls after 6 PM.

Our German timing data finds no single best hour inside the working day, so that morning habit works about as well as any other; the more dependable signal is the day, Wednesday.

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 we ranked Germany's top LinkedIn creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through the last 12 months of posts from 480 German creators and ranked them by median likes per post.

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

• Floors: at least 5,000 followers and 30 posts in the window; deleted posts excluded.

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

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

• Favorite slots: the day and hour each creator posts most often, in Berlin time.

• Per creator: themes, yearly trajectories, writing fingerprints, engagement rates and conversation ratios.

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 German creator the way we just did (median engagement, engagement rate, themes, trajectory, slots) and benchmark your own profile against the country. The data on this page is the product.