Top 20 LinkedIn Creators on Healthcare (2026)

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

The pool is larger this time: 275 active healthcare creators, against 212 in our previous edition.

Eight names are new in this top 20, and one of them takes first place: Steven Bartlett at #1. Maziar Mike Doustdar enters at #4 and Will Ahmed at #5, and the five other new names sit further down.

Bill Gates, our previous #1, is now #2, 33 likes behind. Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld, from #17 to #16, is the only returning creator who climbs; Mark Cuban moves furthest the other way, from #14 to #20.

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

#20 · Mark Cuban, 656 median likes per healthcare post

Mark Cuban, whose headline reads simply President, is down from #14 in our previous edition. He gives healthcare 43% of his feed, 46 posts, which earn 40% more than his overall median.

With 8.4 million followers he is the second-biggest account in the ranking, and his 0.01% engagement rate ties Bill Gates for the lowest. His audience talks back, though: a median of 145 comments, one for every 4.5 likes, the highest comment ratio in the top 20.

"For any hospital that says they lose money on Medicare/caid patients, I would LOVE to see the bill of materials and direct overhead attributed to the procedures you lose money on" His most liked healthcare post of the year: 6,604 likes and 856 comments, 10 times his median likes. Read it

#19 · Joanna Sadowska, 676 median likes per healthcare post

Joanna Sadowska works in pharma and biotech market research and medical communications, and she holds #19 from our previous edition. Healthcare is 41% of her feed, and those 63 posts earn 132% more than her overall median, the second-largest premium in the top 20.

Her 86,609 total likes on healthcare put her fourth in the volume table below.

"Amgen and AstraZeneca's lung cancer combination therapy cuts risk of death by 58% in Phase 3 trial" Her most liked healthcare post of the year, a trial result from the ESMO congress: 9,836 likes, nearly 15 times her median, the second-biggest best post in the top 20. Read it

#18 · Spencer Knight, 713 median likes per healthcare post

Spencer Knight recruits for biotech companies, from clinical trials to approval, and is new in this edition. His 25 healthcare posts, about a quarter of his feed, earn 82% more than his overall median.

His audience reads more than it replies: a median of 14 comments, one for every 51 likes, tied for the fewest comments in the top 20.

"Revolution Secures Landmark FDA Pancreatic Cancer Approval" His most liked healthcare post of the year, a drug approval reported as breaking news: 3,232 likes, 4.5 times his median. Read it

#17 · Victor Bultó, 723 median likes per healthcare post

Victor Bultó, president of Novartis US, is new in this edition. He enters on 11 healthcare posts, one above the minimum we require, and they earn 10% more than his overall median.

His 1.33% engagement rate, on 54k followers, places him fifth in the efficiency table below.

"Every breakthrough in health starts with a simple question: How can we do better for patients?" His most liked healthcare post of the year: 1,554 likes, the smallest best post in the top 20, but 130 comments, nearly 7 times his median comment count. Read it

#16 · Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld, 761 median likes per healthcare post

Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld speaks and advises boards on human-centric AI, across healthcare and fintech, from Switzerland. She is up from #17 in our previous edition, the only returning creator who climbs.

Her healthcare median doubled, from 388 in 2025 to 784 so far in 2026, on almost twice as many posts. Her 99 healthcare posts put her third in the volume table below, and they earn 64% more than her overall median.

"Glasses for blind babies. 'Science doesn't wait for miracles. It creates them.'" Her most liked healthcare post of the year opens on a four-word headline, then a borrowed line: 5,576 likes, 7 times her median. Read it

#15 · Thomas Schinecker, 862 median likes per healthcare post

Thomas Schinecker, chief executive of the Roche Group, is down from #12 in our previous edition. More than half his feed is healthcare, 29 posts that earn 15% less than his overall median.

Only Maziar Mike Doustdar (#4) beats his 1.37% engagement rate in the efficiency table below, earned on 63k followers.

"As this year comes to a close, I want to send a heartfelt thank you." His most liked healthcare post of the year, a year-end message to partners, customers and staff: 2,734 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#14 · Benjamin Louis, 910 median likes per healthcare post

Benjamin Louis founded and chairs Coeur Handisport, an association for disability sport, and writes in French about inclusion. He is down from #13 in our previous edition. Healthcare is 19% of his feed, and those 33 posts earn 24% less than his overall median.

His healthcare median went from 2,461 in 2023 and 2,347 in 2024 down to 841 in 2025, then back up to 1,302 so far in 2026.

"Des pointes, des tutus et des étoiles dans les yeux !" His most liked healthcare post of the year, written in French, on a ballet visit to children in hospital at Necker: 5,625 likes, 6 times his median. Read it

#13 · Joaquin Duato, 990 median likes per healthcare post

Joaquin Duato, chairman and chief executive of Johnson & Johnson, is new in this edition. Healthcare is 44% of his feed, 18 posts, and they earn 27% less than his overall median, the third-steepest discount in the top 20.

His audience replies rarely: one comment for every 52 likes.

"At Johnson & Johnson, we're advancing the future of surgery, grounded in what matters most: supporting better outcomes for patients." His most liked healthcare post of the year, the opening line of a regulatory announcement for a surgical robot: 3,179 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#12 · Claire Mounier-Vehier, 1,000 median likes per healthcare post

Claire Mounier-Vehier, a cardiologist at Lille University Hospital and a professor of vascular medicine, campaigns on women's heart health. She is down from #10 in our previous edition. She published 161 healthcare posts in 12 months, the most in the top 20, and they make up 59% of her feed.

That volume puts her second in total healthcare likes, with 233,624. Her healthcare median has fallen each year, from 1,729 in 2023 and 1,725 in 2024 to 1,422 in 2025 and 916 so far in 2026, and her healthcare posts earn 34% less than her overall median.

Her most liked healthcare post of the year, written in French, tells the story of a patient: 6,530 likes, 6.5 times her median.

#11 · Albert Bourla, 1,224 median likes per healthcare post

Albert Bourla, chairman and chief executive of Pfizer, is down from #9 in our previous edition. Healthcare is 55% of his feed, 28 posts, and they earn 8% less than his overall median.

His healthcare median so far in 2026 is 1,339, on 22 posts.

"Only in America could a scientist from Greece rise to lead one of the world's great scientific companies." His most liked post tagged healthcare by our classifier, a personal note on the country's 250th anniversary: 4,009 likes, 3 times his median. Read it

#10 · Ricardo Amorim, 1,240 median likes per healthcare post

Ricardo Amorim, a Brazilian economist and keynote speaker with 3.1 million followers, is new in this edition. Healthcare is 3% of his feed, 13 of 447 posts, yet those posts earn 184% more than his overall median, the largest premium in the top 20.

On just 13 posts he reaches fifth in total healthcare likes, with 67,590.

His most liked healthcare post of the year, a news post in Portuguese on a Brazilian treatment that let a young man with tetraplegia move again, drew 22,910 likes, more than 18 times his median and the single biggest best post in the top 20.

#9 · Sanjiv Beri, 1,363 median likes per healthcare post

Sanjiv Beri, based in the Netherlands, coaches people in high-pressure jobs on health, resilience and longevity, and he is new in this edition. Healthcare is 6% of his feed, 21 of 357 posts, and they earn 86% more than his overall median.

His audience comments readily: a median of 170 comments, one for every 8 likes.

His most liked healthcare post of the year, a first-person story about being called to give blood after a road accident, drew 2,319 likes, 1.7 times his median, the smallest gap in the top 20.

#8 · Dave Ricks, 1,530 median likes per healthcare post

Dave Ricks, chair and chief executive of Eli Lilly and Company, is down from #5 in our previous edition. His feed is the smallest in the top 20, 16 posts in 12 months, and 11 of them are about healthcare: 69%, the highest share here.

Those posts earn 4% less than his overall median, on an engagement rate of 1.17%.

"150 years ago today, Colonel Eli Lilly set out to make medicines people could trust." His most liked healthcare post of the year, for the company's 150th anniversary: 6,078 likes, 4 times his median. Read it

#7 · Vas Narasimhan, 1,533 median likes per healthcare post

Vas Narasimhan, chief executive of Novartis, holds #7 from our previous edition. His 19 healthcare posts, 35% of his feed, run 9% above his overall median.

His healthcare median so far in 2026 is 1,622, on 14 posts, above the median that ranks him here.

"Today we shared our Q4 and full year results, closing a year that showed just how much momentum we’re building at Novartis." His most liked healthcare post of the year, an earnings post: 3,494 likes, 2.3 times his median. Read it

#6 · Mel Robbins, 1,588 median likes per healthcare post

Mel Robbins, author of The Let Them Theory and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast, holds #6 from our previous edition. Healthcare is 5% of her feed, 19 of 374 posts, and they earn 9% less than her overall median.

Her healthcare median fell from 2,122 in 2025 to 1,434 so far in 2026.

"Can you hang on a bar for 1 minute? I want to challenge you." Her most liked healthcare post of the year, a podcast episode with a gastroenterologist turned into a test for the reader: 6,563 likes, 4 times her median. Read it

#5 · Will Ahmed, 1,717 median likes per healthcare post

Will Ahmed, founder and chief executive of WHOOP, is new in this edition. Healthcare takes 27% of his feed, 18 posts, and they sit 3% above his overall median.

On 127k followers, his 1.35% engagement rate is fourth in the efficiency table below.

"BREAKING: WHOOP RAISES $575M AT $10.1B VALUATION" His most liked post tagged healthcare by our classifier, a funding announcement: 6,700 likes and 333 comments, nearly 4 times his median. Read it

#4 · Maziar Mike Doustdar, 1,803 median likes per healthcare post

Maziar Mike Doustdar, president and chief executive of Novo Nordisk, is new in this edition and leads our healthcare pool on engagement rate among accounts of 20k followers and more: 1.44% on 125k followers.

His 33 healthcare posts, 59% of his feed, land close to his overall median (-2%). His audience replies least in the top 20: one comment for every 60 likes.

"Like many of my colleagues across Novo Nordisk and beyond, I’m taking a few days to wind down for the summer." His most liked post tagged healthcare by our classifier, a summer out-of-office note: 5,011 likes, 2.8 times his median. Read it

#3 · Pascal Bornet, 2,336 median likes per healthcare post

Pascal Bornet, an author and keynote speaker on AI and automation, is down from #2 in our previous edition. Healthcare is only 2% of his feed: 18 of 749 posts, from the most prolific account in the top 20.

Those 18 posts earn 73% more than his overall median, on 150 median comments.

"This is smart. A device that closes wounds… without stitches." His most liked healthcare post of the year, a short device explainer: 5,438 likes, 2.3 times his median. Read it

#2 · Bill Gates, 2,367 median likes per healthcare post

Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, is down from #1 in our previous edition, 33 likes behind the new leader. He has the biggest audience in the ranking, 40.7 million followers, and his 0.01% engagement rate ties Mark Cuban for the lowest.

His 83 healthcare posts, 40% of his feed, put him first in total healthcare likes, with 249,401, and they are the shortest among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, 32 words on average. His healthcare median moved from 2,790 in 2025 to 2,593 so far in 2026.

"The Remidio retinal scanner shows how even the smallest innovations can have an outsized impact on maternal care." His most liked healthcare post of the year, built around one device: 9,668 likes and 590 comments, 4 times his median. Read it

#1 · Steven Bartlett, 2,400 median likes per healthcare post

Steven Bartlett (see the data biography), the entrepreneur who hosts The Diary of a CEO, is new in this edition and tops it with 2,400 median likes per healthcare post, 57 times the typical healthcare post we measured.

Healthcare is 7% of his feed, 17 of 257 posts, and those posts earn 39% less than his overall median of 3,964, the steepest discount in the top 20. His median of 359 comments is the highest here.

His healthcare median fell from 3,080 in 2025 to 1,889 so far in 2026. How he writes: our breakdown of Steven Bartlett's LinkedIn style.

"they told me I couldn't wear all black for my Men's Health shoot, so I wore half black." His most liked healthcare post of the year, a magazine shoot turned into a post on diet: 8,610 likes and 1,010 comments, the most comments of any top post here. 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, premiums and trajectories, across 275 healthcare creators and 14,177 healthcare posts. Run it on your own profile, side by side with anyone on this list.

Which healthcare creators just missed the top 20?

Five names sit right behind the cut:

Bernd Montag, at #21, misses the cut by 37 likes. Nicolas Schmitz, at #22, is the most healthcare-focused creator in these 25, at 90% of his feed.

Florian Palatini, at #24, published 841 posts in 12 months, so his 32 healthcare posts are 4% of his feed, and they earn almost exactly his overall median. Mark Hyman, at #23, posts on healthcare far more often, 68 times, which also puts him seventh in total healthcare likes below.

Which LinkedIn healthcare creators have the highest engagement rate?

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

Four of the five also sit in the top 20: Maziar Mike Doustdar (#4), Thomas Schinecker (#15), Will Ahmed (#5) and Victor Bultó (#17). Virgílio Bento, founder and chief executive of Sword, completes the table from #25.

All five run a company or a large part of one, and only 0.11 points separate first from fifth.

The top 20 runs from Doustdar's 1.44% down to 0.01% for Bill Gates and Mark Cuban, the two biggest accounts. For how healthcare compares with other subjects, see our study of LinkedIn engagement rate by topic.

Which healthcare creators get the most total likes on LinkedIn?

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

Bill Gates leads on 83 posts, and Claire Mounier-Vehier lands close behind on 161, almost twice as many. Ricardo Amorim reaches fifth on just 13 posts. Steven Bartlett, our #1, does not make these eight, on 17 healthcare posts.

Two names come from outside the top 20: Mark Hyman (#23), with 68 healthcare posts, and Dan Go, from outside the top 25, with 132.

Which LinkedIn healthcare creator gets the most comments per post?

This cut divides comments by likes. The record in our healthcare pool belongs to Dr. Sarah Rav, a doctor who now coaches other doctors on personal branding: 74 median comments against 147 median likes, one comment for every 2 likes.

Sara Aleem, a nurse who founded a healthcare marketing agency, and Frank Metzel, a science communicator for biotech companies, complete the podium (counting creators with 100+ median likes).

None of the three is in the top 20, where the typical creator gets one comment for every 26 likes and Mark Cuban comes closest, at one for every 4.5.

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

A few are. Of the 275 creators who post healthcare consistently, 48 give it at least half their feed, and five of them reach this top 20: Dave Ricks (69%), Maziar Mike Doustdar, Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thomas Schinecker (59% each) and Albert Bourla (55%).

Four of those five run drug companies; the fifth is a cardiologist. And all five earn less on healthcare than on their other posts, from -2% (Doustdar) to -34% (Mounier-Vehier).

Light posters on the topic can take big premiums: Ricardo Amorim earns +184% on 3% of his feed, Sanjiv Beri +86% on 6% and Pascal Bornet +73% on 2%. Steven Bartlett (7%, -39%) and Mel Robbins (5%, -9%) go the other way. The second-largest premium, +132%, goes to Joanna Sadowska, on 41% of her feed.

In all, 10 of the 20 earn more on healthcare than on their other posts, and 10 earn less.

The top 20 is mostly American: 10 creators are based in the United States, three in Switzerland, two each in the United Kingdom and France, and one each in Denmark, the Netherlands and Brazil.

Country by country rankings: the United States, Switzerland, the UK, France, the full series.

Next to this theme, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn wellness creators and our new ranking of the top LinkedIn mental health creators. 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 the top LinkedIn healthcare creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through 14,177 healthcare posts from the last 12 months and ranked 275 creators by median likes on their healthcare 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 healthcare posts in the window; deleted posts excluded.

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

• Healthcare posts only: our own classifier tags each post's theme, and only healthcare posts count.

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

• Per creator: share of feed, premium over their own median, yearly trajectories, engagement rate and comment ratio.

Eleven of the twenty medians rest on 10 to 25 healthcare posts, our #1's on 17, so a few posts can move a rank. 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 healthcare 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.