Top 20 LinkedIn Creators in India (2026)

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

The pool is smaller this time: 248 active Indian creators, against 442 in our previous edition.

Four names are new in this top 20: Gaur Gopal Das enters at #7, Karishma Mehta at #8, Nandini Agrawal at #12 and Harsh Goenka at #13.

At the top, Raj Shamani moves up from #3 to #1, Anupam Mittal, our previous #1, drops to #4, and Aviral Bhatnagar climbs from #13 into the top 10.

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

#20 · Ishan Sharma, 797 median likes

Ishan Sharma is a YouTuber who helps brands grow on YouTube; his headline also cites BITS Goa. His AI posts earn a 1,097 median, well ahead of his Content Marketing posts (583).

"Had the most emotional day of my life. Finally got this for my parents. Went with my parents to pick up my first Mercedes. My mom got too emotional looking at it." His most liked post of the year: 17,300 likes, almost 22 times his median, the widest gap in the top 20. Read it

#19 · Agnel John, 815 median likes

Agnel John is an EdTech founder building education infrastructure. He has the lowest median comment count on this list (9): his audience likes far more than it replies.

"Who would have thought that when I stepped out of my comfort zone three years ago, I would get a chance to meet our Governor?" His most liked post of the year: 9,758 likes, 12 times his median. Read it

#18 · Ranveer Allahbadia, 827 median likes

Ranveer Allahbadia, founder of BeerBiceps Media, writes the longest posts we measured in the top 20, on a 0.05% engagement rate, the second-lowest here. His Leadership posts earn a 1,409 median, well ahead of his Psychology posts (827).

"The highest paid people I know aren't the smartest. They're the clearest. They take complicated ideas and make them feel effortless. Not dumbed down. Translated." His most liked post of the year: 14,188 likes, 17 times his median. Read it

#17 · Anoushka Jena, 903 median likes

Anoushka Jena is a marketing storyteller and the smallest account in the top 20. That gives her a 2.15% engagement rate, the highest on the list, and a place in the efficiency cut below.

"My mother has never used LinkedIn. But, she has spent decades in the kind of roles this platform celebrates. Worked her way through promotions and succeeded in every measure." Her most liked post of the year: 2,182 likes, against 355 comments. Read it

#16 · Shravan Tickoo, 1,021 median likes

Shravan Tickoo is the founder of Rethink Systems and a product management advisor, up from #19 in our previous edition. On the handful of posts tagged Communication, Leadership or Software Development (three each), his median clears 2,000, about twice his overall figure.

"Makes sense - never gets old 😂" His most liked post of the year, built on that one line: 5,328 likes. See it

#15 · Akshay Saini, 1,072 median likes

Akshay Saini is a teacher and YouTuber; his headline says his students work at FAANG. His Software Development posts earn a 711 median, below his overall figure, so his posts on other subjects carry his rank.

"Canva is laying off 22% of its workforce, affecting up to 1,271 employees. But the way the company is handling these layoffs is worth appreciating." His most liked post of the year: 4,939 likes. Read it

#14 · Ankur Warikoo, 1,085 median likes

Ankur Warikoo, founder of WebVeda and a six-time bestselling author, has the biggest audience in the ranking, 2.6 million followers, yet sits fourteenth by median likes, on a 0.04% engagement rate, the lowest of the top 20.

He is also the most prolific account here, with the third-highest median comment count.

"The best thing you can do in 2026 is to NOT set resolutions. There's a reason why our New Year resolutions disappear by February." His most liked post of the year: 18,243 likes, almost 17 times his median. Read it

#13 · Harsh Goenka, 1,190 median likes

Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises, is new in this edition. The second-smallest account in the top 20, he posts a 1.59% engagement rate, behind only Anoushka Jena, and appears in the efficiency cut below. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only, so there is no trajectory yet.

"Scrolling LinkedIn, I can't tell who's written what anymore. It's the same structure, same rhythm. Your rough edges are your signature and originality." His most liked post of the year: 5,524 likes and 477 comments, five times his median comment count. Read it

#12 · Nandini Agrawal, 1,246 median likes

Nandini Agrawal is new in this edition. Her headline lists CA (AIR 1), BCG, GIC (private equity) and the Guinness Book of World Records. She posts the least of anyone here, and her Finance posts (1,441 median likes) edge out her AI posts (1,250).

"I used to type 5,000 words a day. Emails, chat replies, team updates, proposals, the same things, over and over. The problem wasn't the thinking. It was typing." Her most liked post of the year: 4,007 likes. Read it

#11 · Akshat Shrivastava, 1,250 median likes

Akshat Shrivastava is the founder of Wisdom Hatch and a full-time investor. His main theme is Finance (1,220 median likes), ahead of Economics (949); for more in that field, see our ranking of the top LinkedIn finance creators. A number appears in 44% of his hooks, a rate we measured higher only for Aviral Bhatnagar.

"I get 2 job offers/day on Linkedin. Now, the thing is that I am not even looking for a job." His most liked post of the year: 5,373 likes, more than 4 times his median. Read it

#10 · Aviral Bhatnagar, 1,361 median likes

Aviral Bhatnagar is a startup investor writing as A Junior VC, up from #13 in our previous edition. Among top-20 creators with multi-year data, his yearly median is the steadiest: 1,572 in 2024, 1,476 in 2025, 1,434 so far in 2026. A number appears in 68% of his hooks, the top rate we measured.

"Habits that changed my life: 1. Sleeping before 11 PM 2. Drinking more water 3. Running everyday 4. Gym 5 days/week 5. Reading everyday" His most liked post of the year: 3,717 likes. Read it

#9 · CA Sakchi Jain, 1,530 median likes

CA Sakchi Jain is a chartered accountant who simplifies finance for a Gen Z audience. Her 1.11% engagement rate is the third-highest in the top 20, and her Finance posts earn a 1,791 median, above her overall figure.

"The first time you fail CA, you cry. The second time, you get angry. The third time, you just sit there calculating how much of your 20s you've traded for 2 letters." Her most liked post of the year: 4,725 likes. Read it

#8 · Karishma Mehta, 1,543 median likes

Karishma Mehta is new in this edition; her headline simply says she is a storyteller. Her Communication posts earn a 1,569 median, ahead of Psychology (1,464) and Leadership (1,267).

"Hire for hunger!" Her most liked post of the year, three words of text: 10,098 likes, more than 6 times her median. Read it

#7 · Gaur Gopal Das, 1,780 median likes

Gaur Gopal Das is a life coach, author and wellness advisor, new in this edition and its highest new entry. Psychology is his main theme (1,900 median likes), and his Conflict Resolution posts do better still (2,377).

"That little cutie 🥰 has a lot to teach us apart from defending her older brother." His most liked post of the year: 12,890 likes, 7 times his median. Read it

#6 · Nithin Kamath, 2,051 median likes

Nithin Kamath is the founder and CEO of Zerodha, and the only creator here at the same rank as in our previous edition. Finance is his one recurring theme (2,156 median likes, slightly above his overall figure). A number appears in 39% of his hooks.

"Nik has been on a roll, and for someone who started ~50 episodes ago and does it as a side gig, he has really improved over time." His most liked post of the year, praising a podcaster he calls Nik: 16,134 likes, about 8 times his median. Read it

#5 · Ghazal Alagh, 2,121 median likes

Ghazal Alagh is the co-founder of Mamaearth and a Shark Tank India investor. She holds the second-highest median comment count here (268). Her yearly median rose from 1,977 in 2023 to 3,216 in 2024 and held at 2,975 in 2025.

"Virat Kohli rejected 17 prototypes before Abhishek Ganguly and the Agilitas team got to the 18th." Her most liked post of the year: 12,808 likes, 6 times her median. Read it

#4 · Anupam Mittal, 2,806 median likes

Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group and a Shark Tank India investor, is #4 in this edition, down from #1 in our previous one. He holds the highest median comment count in the top 20 (280).

His yearly median went from 7,094 in 2024 to 5,444 in 2025, then 2,552 so far in 2026. No one on this page has posted a higher yearly figure than his 7,094.

"I get called many things outside - founder, CEO, investor, super shark 🦈 At home, none of that survives the door." His most liked post of the year: 21,316 likes, the second-biggest post on this page. Read it

#3 · Tejaswee Tripathy, 2,813 median likes

Tejaswee Tripathy is the chief human resources officer of Finocontrol and a content strategist. Her Career Development posts earn a 3,487 median, ahead of Finance (2,722) and Leadership (2,519). Her best post earned less than twice her median, the smallest gap in the top 20: her rank rests on consistency.

"I referred a candidate to KPMG ; he got the job at ₹18 LPA." Her most liked post of the year: 5,383 likes. Read it

#2 · Nikhil Kamath, 2,950 median likes

Nikhil Kamath is an investor and entrepreneur. He writes the second-shortest posts we measured on this list. His yearly median went from 4,835 in 2024 to 4,391 in 2025, then 2,599 so far in 2026.

"Here's to delaying gratification. The future belongs to the patient." His most liked post of the year: 28,282 likes, almost 10 times his median and the single biggest post on this page. Read it

#1 · Raj Shamani, 3,099 median likes

Raj Shamani, founder and host of Figuring Out and a bestselling author, tops India with 3,099 median likes per post, 27 times the pool median, up from #3 in our previous edition.

He pairs the shortest posts we measured in the top 20 with the second-highest posting volume without diluting his median, which rose to 3,087 so far in 2026 after two years near 2,100.

His most liked post of the year: 15,499 likes. See 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 248 Indian 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 India?

Followers are what most lists rank by, so here they are: the ten biggest active accounts in our India 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 Indian 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.

Nine of the ten also make our top 20: in our India data, the biggest accounts still draw strong medians. What changes is the order: the largest account ranks 14th, and our number one is only eighth by followers.

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and group CEO of PRISM, is the one big account outside the top 20, at #26 with 690 median likes on 1.5 million followers.

Which LinkedIn creators in India 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 shuffle almost entirely:

A content strategist with 22k followers (Sanvi Khandelwal) posts a higher engagement rate than every founder on this page. Anoushka Jena and Harsh Goenka, the only top-20 creators under 100k followers, sit in both cuts.

The top 20 itself runs from 2.15% (Anoushka Jena) down to 0.04% (Ankur Warikoo), roughly a 50-fold spread. Set against the national LinkedIn engagement rate, the most engaged Indian audiences in our data belong to small accounts, all five under 100k followers.

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

One last angle that rarely shows up in these lists: comments relative to likes. The record in our India pool is held by Jitendra Sheth, a digital marketing architect, at 245 median comments against 151 median likes, about 1.6 comments for every like.

The typical top-20 creator gets one comment per 22 likes. No feed among the 248 we measured talks back harder (counting accounts with 100+ median likes).

Where are India's LinkedIn-native creators?

Notice who dominates this top 20: founders, investors, an HR leader, a life coach, a chartered accountant, a teacher and YouTubers, people whose business is bigger than the platform. To see how India's names compare, open our worldwide ranking of the top LinkedIn creators.

The Indian LinkedIn-native creators (the people who teach content, copywriting and growth on the platform itself) are almost absent from the top by median likes. They surface in the efficiency cut instead, with Sanvi Khandelwal and Joyeeta Sinha.

We studied the natives separately, one data biography at a time, in our guide to the top LinkedIn creators to study.

One timing note. Four of these twenty post most often at 7 PM or later, the reverse of what works for ordinary accounts in India: weekday mornings, near 8 AM IST.

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 India's top LinkedIn creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through the last 12 months of posts from 248 Indian 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.

• 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 Indian 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.