Top 20 LinkedIn Creators on Wellness (2026)

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

The pool is three times larger this time: 276 active wellness creators, against 90 in our previous edition.

Nine names are new in this top 20, and one of them takes first place: Steven Bartlett at #1. Ankur Warikoo enters at #6 and Ben Meer at #8, and the six other new names sit further down.

Justin Welsh holds #2. Colby Kultgen climbs from #5 to #3, and Claire Mounier-Vehier, our previous #3, is now #5.

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

#20 · Dr. Carolyn Frost, 789 median likes per wellness post

Dr. Carolyn Frost describes herself as a work-life intelligence expert and writes about boundaries at work, from the United States. She ties Dr. Miro Bada on 789 median likes, down from #15 in our previous edition.

Her audience writes back more than any other in this top 20: one comment for every 2.4 likes. Her wellness median has risen each year, from 531 in 2024 to 707 in 2025 and 873 so far in 2026.

Her best post opens on two short lines, a denial and then a count.

"You don't need a perfect day. You need three small wins." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 5,114 likes and 506 comments, more than 6 times her median. Read it

#19 · Dr. Miro Bada, 789 median likes per wellness post

Dr. Miro Bada is a doctor who writes about career and personal growth, in the United States; his headline counts 30,000 patients treated. He is new in this edition, and his wellness posts earn 27% more than his overall median of 619 likes.

His best post sets two short sentences against each other, then turns to his own story.

"Burnout is not your fault. But it's your responsibility to fix it." His most liked wellness post of the year: 2,328 likes and 314 comments, almost 3 times his median. Read it

#18 · Victoria Repa, 891 median likes per wellness post

Victoria Repa is the founder and CEO of BetterMe and a health coach, in the United States, up from #20 in our previous edition. Her wellness posts land 4% below her overall median, close to her usual level.

Her audience comments more than most here: one comment for every 3.4 likes, the second-highest ratio in this top 20, behind Dr. Carolyn Frost.

"If you feel like something in your life needs to change… (but you don't know where to start)" Her most liked wellness post of the year, a condition aimed at the reader with the objection answered in brackets: 2,733 likes and 481 comments. Read it

#17 · James Clear, 979 median likes per wellness post

James Clear writes at JamesClear.com, in the United States, and is new in this edition. Among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, he writes the shortest posts, 21 words on average, and his audience comments the least: 67 median comments.

His best post earned 1.6 times his median, the smallest gap here, so his rank rests on an even series of posts.

"The antidote to a bad day is a good workout." His most liked wellness post of the year, a single sentence: 1,581 likes and 125 comments. Read it

#16 · Sanjiv Beri, 1,011 median likes per wellness post

Sanjiv Beri helps people in high-pressure jobs reset their body and build resilience, from the Netherlands. He published 103 wellness posts in 12 months, the most in this top 20, and the theme fills 29% of his feed, the highest share here.

That volume puts him third on total wellness likes below. He ranks #16, down from #13 in our previous edition, and his wellness posts earn 38% more than his overall median.

His most liked wellness post of the year is a personal account of his own health under pressure, so we give its numbers without quoting it.

That post drew 2,631 likes and 359 comments, about 2.6 times his median.

#15 · Jade Bonacolta, 1,039 median likes per wellness post

Jade Bonacolta (see the data biography) founded The Quiet Rich after working at Google, and writes daily on personal growth, in the United States. She is #15, down from #10 in our previous edition. Wellness fills 24% of her feed, the second-highest share in this top 20.

Her wellness median went from 762 in 2024 to 1,198 in 2025, then 986 so far in 2026. Her 64 posts put her sixth on total wellness likes below.

"Your dream life isn't built overnight." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 6,461 likes and 269 comments, more than 6 times her median. Read it

#14 · Sahil Bloom, 1,152 median likes per wellness post

Sahil Bloom (see the data biography) is a New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur and investor in the United States, new in this edition. His wellness posts earn 11% less than his overall median of 1,294 likes.

His wellness output nearly tripled from 10 posts in 2025 to 29 so far in 2026, and his median held, 1,221 then 1,152. His best post defines a goal by first saying what it is not.

"The goal isn't to never fall. It's to get back up faster." His most liked wellness post of the year: 4,379 likes and 498 comments. Read it

#13 · Matt Gray, 1,154 median likes per wellness post

Matt Gray is the founder and CEO of Founder OS, which builds founder brands, in the United States. He is new in this edition, two likes ahead of Sahil Bloom, and his wellness posts earn 77% more than his overall median.

Among the top-20 creators we hold writing data for, he writes the longest posts, 402 words on average, and puts a number in 40% of his hooks, the highest rate. More in his data biography.

"33 habits that (quietly) changed my life forever:" His most liked wellness post of the year: 4,164 likes and 451 comments. Read it

#12 · Rachel Mitchell, 1,295 median likes per wellness post

Rachel Mitchell is an executive producer who helps experts get paid appearances on television and streaming platforms, in the United States. New in this edition, she is the fourth-biggest account in this top 20, with 981k followers.

Her wellness posts earn 19% less than her overall median of 1,604 likes, the third-steepest discount here. Her best post then names four things to look after, one short line each.

"Many of life's greatest wins come from taking better care of what we already have." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 6,415 likes and 395 comments, almost 5 times her median. Read it

#11 · Susan Chen, 1,399 median likes per wellness post

Susan Chen is a former Wall Street executive turned meditation and high-performance expert, in the United States. New in this edition, she is the smallest account in this top 20, with 23,591 followers, and her 5.93% engagement rate is the highest in our wellness pool.

Wellness fills 17% of her feed, yet those posts earn 32% less than her overall median of 2,043 likes, the steepest discount here.

Hers is one of three best posts in this top 20 built on the idea of luxury, with Ankur Warikoo's and Claire Mounier-Vehier's.

"Real luxury isn't what you can buy. It's what you refuse to sacrifice." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 8,296 likes and 565 comments, almost 6 times her median. Read it

#10 · Andrea Petrone, 1,651 median likes per wellness post

Andrea Petrone calls himself the CEO Whisperer; he is an executive coach, keynote speaker and the author of Reinvention at the Top, in the United Kingdom. He ranks #10, one place below his rank in our previous edition.

His overall median is 507 likes, the lowest in this top 20, and his wellness posts earn 226% more, the largest premium in this top 20. He is also one of two top-20 names in the efficiency table below.

"You're not tired because you do too much. You're tired because you bleed energy in the wrong places." His most liked wellness post of the year: 3,056 likes and 257 comments. Read it

#9 · Mel Robbins, 1,772 median likes per wellness post

Mel Robbins wrote The Let Them Theory and hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast, in the United States. With 1.6M followers she is the third-biggest account in this top 20; she ranks #9, down from #7 in our previous edition.

Her wellness posts land 2% above her overall median. Her wellness median went from 2,594 in 2025 to 1,897 so far in 2026.

"Don't let your ambition crowd out all the other stuff that lights you up - your loved ones, your health, your unique interests and hobbies that don't 'go anywhere.'" Her most liked wellness post of the year: 16,321 likes and 583 comments, more than 9 times her median, the widest gap in this top 20 and the single biggest post on this page. Read it

#8 · Ben Meer, 1,813 median likes per wellness post

Ben Meer calls himself 'The Systems Guy' and is a New York Times bestselling author, in the United States. He is new in this edition, and his wellness posts earn 130% more than his overall median of 789 likes, the second-largest premium here.

His wellness median went from 915 in 2025 to 2,054 so far in 2026. His best post credits the method to Jesse Itzler, who sits at #21 just below.

"An idea I'm implementing in my life: The 1-6-4 Method." His most liked wellness post of the year: 7,204 likes and 299 comments, almost 4 times his median. Read it

#7 · Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey, 1,920 median likes per wellness post

Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey is a National Geographic Explorer and strategic adviser to chief executives who writes about navigating uncertainty, from the United States. She makes the list on 10 wellness posts, our floor, and ranks #7, one place lower than in our previous edition.

Her overall median is 2,791 likes, the third-highest here, and her wellness posts land 31% below it. Her best post moves burnout from the hours to the load.

"Most burnout isn't from working too hard. It's from carrying too much." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 6,470 likes and 545 comments. Read it

#6 · Ankur Warikoo, 1,944 median likes per wellness post

Ankur Warikoo, founder of WebVeda and a six-time bestselling author in India, is new in this edition and its second-highest new entry. With 2.6M followers he is the second-biggest account in this top 20, and his 0.07% engagement rate is the lowest here.

His wellness posts earn 79% more than his overall median of 1,085 likes, on 6% of his feed.

"10 luxuries not connected to money:" His most liked wellness post of the year, a numbered list: 5,063 likes and 323 comments. Read it

#5 · Claire Mounier-Vehier, 2,211 median likes per wellness post

Claire Mounier-Vehier is a cardiologist at Lille University Hospital and professor of vascular medicine at the University of Lille, in France. She ranks #5, down from #3 in our previous edition, and her wellness posts earn 45% more than her overall median.

Her 42 wellness posts put her second on total wellness likes below. Her wellness median has eased from 2,850 in 2024 to 2,521 in 2025 and 2,220 so far in 2026.

She writes in French, and her best post opens on a question about what luxury means.

"Prenons le temps de nous demander ce qu'est le vrai luxe ?" Her most liked wellness post of the year: 7,421 likes and 228 comments. Read it

#4 · Jalonni Weaver, 2,744 median likes per wellness post

Jalonni Weaver teaches LinkedIn personal branding and works as a talent consultant, in the United States. She holds #4 from our previous edition. She posted 514 times in 12 months, the most in this top 20, so her 18 wellness posts are 4% of her feed.

Those posts earn 64% more than her overall median, and her wellness median jumped from 730 in 2025 to 3,548 so far in 2026. Her best post repeats one opening, line after line.

"I pray that April brings you a job offer." Her most liked wellness post of the year: 7,974 likes and 336 comments, almost 3 times her median. Read it

#3 · Colby Kultgen, 2,889 median likes per wellness post

Colby Kultgen is a former accountant from Canada who founded 1% Better and writes about self-development. He is #3, up from #5 in our previous edition, and his wellness posts earn 40% more than his overall median.

His wellness median went from 2,309 in 2024 to 1,998 in 2025, then 3,929 so far in 2026. He ranks fourth on total wellness likes below, on 29 posts.

"Energy for October: be so busy watering your own grass that you don't have time to notice if someone else's is greener." His most liked wellness post of the year, one sentence under a seasonal label: 9,493 likes and 382 comments, the third-biggest post on this page. Read it

#2 · Justin Welsh, 4,098 median likes per wellness post

Justin Welsh is a writer and entrepreneur who publishes The Saturday Essay, in the United States. He holds #2 from our previous edition. Wellness is 3% of his feed, tied for the lowest share here, and those posts earn 28% more than his overall median.

His audience writes back: 1,070 median comments, the most in this top 20, one for every 3.8 likes. His wellness median climbed from 2,095 in 2024 to 2,609 in 2025 and 4,262 so far in 2026. More in his data biography.

"The smartest career move you can make is staying healthy. Too many ambitious people do the opposite." His most liked wellness post of the year: 7,194 likes and 940 comments. Read it

#1 · Steven Bartlett, 8,321 median likes per wellness post

Steven Bartlett (see the data biography) is the founder of Steven.com, the creator economy company behind FlightStory and FlightCast, in the United Kingdom. New in this edition, he tops it with 8,321 median likes per wellness post, 146 times the typical wellness post, about twice Justin Welsh's figure.

He has the biggest audience in this ranking, 3.2M followers, and the highest overall median, 3,964 likes. His 11 wellness posts are 4% of his feed and earn 110% more.

His wellness median went from 3,843 in 2025 to 10,971 on 10 posts so far in 2026. His best post is a birthday list of three lessons, and energy comes first.

"Energy is the foundational currency of life." His most liked wellness post of the year: 14,965 likes and 1,444 comments, the most comments on any best 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, theme premiums, trajectories and engagement rates, across 276 wellness creators and 15,986 wellness posts. It works on your profile too, including a side-by-side with anyone on this list.

Which wellness creators just missed the top 20?

Five names sit right behind the cut, all within 148 likes of number twenty:

Jesse Itzler, at #21, misses number twenty by 29 likes, and his wellness posts earn 107% more than his overall median. Rashid Hamid (#22) has 19k followers, just under the 20k floor of the efficiency cut below.

Felix Bertram (#24) posts on the theme the most of the five, 84 times. James Ware (#25) has only 34k followers but earns more likes per follower than almost anyone here: he is second in the efficiency table below.

Which LinkedIn wellness creators have the highest engagement rate?

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

Susan Chen (#11) leads at 5.93%, more than three times the next creator. Andrea Petrone (#10) is the only other top-20 name in the table.

The middle of the table belongs to full-time wellness voices: Marilyne Defer, a health and nutrition coach in the United Arab Emirates, gives the theme 79% of her feed, and Markus Kneissl, a fitness coach for entrepreneurs in Germany, 81%.

The top 20 runs from 5.93% (Susan Chen) down to 0.07% (Ankur Warikoo). For how wellness compares with other subjects, see our study of LinkedIn engagement rate by topic.

Which wellness creators get the most total likes on LinkedIn?

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

Dan Go, a body transformation coach, leads on 548 wellness posts, more than three times the total of anyone else, without a place in the top 25 by median.

Steven Bartlett reaches fifth on 11 posts. Mark Hyman, with 63 posts, is the other name from outside the top 20.

Which LinkedIn wellness creator gets the most comments per post?

This cut divides comments by likes. Among creators with 100+ median likes, the record in our wellness pool belongs to Jacob Pegs, who helps business owners win clients with content: 129 median comments against 134 median likes, almost one comment per like. More in his data biography.

Nat Berman, at the same ratio, and Iain Eyre, who hosts Live Longer and Love It, complete the podium. None of the three makes this top 20.

The typical top-20 creator gets about one comment for every six likes; Dr. Carolyn Frost (#20) gets the most here, one for every 2.4.

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

No. Of the 276 creators who post on wellness consistently, 13 give it at least half their feed, and none of them makes this top 20. The highest shares here are Sanjiv Beri's (29%) and Jade Bonacolta's (24%).

At the other end, Justin Welsh and Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey give the theme 3% of their feed, and four more give it 4%, our #1 among them.

The tourists collect the biggest premiums. Andrea Petrone (4% of his feed, +226%), Ben Meer (6%, +130%) and Steven Bartlett (4%, +110%) all earn far more on wellness than on their other posts. The steepest discounts go to Susan Chen (-32%), Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey (-31%) and Rachel Mitchell (-19%).

By their own headlines, the twenty are mostly authors, founders and coaches, along with two medical doctors, a television producer and a talent consultant.

Fourteen of the twenty are based in the United States and two in the United Kingdom, with one each in Canada, France, India and the Netherlands. Country by country rankings: the United States, the UK, Canada, France, India, the Netherlands, the full series.

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 does wellness compare with mental health, psychology and healthcare on LinkedIn?

Each of our theme rankings counts only the posts tagged with its own theme, so the pools differ:

Psychology is the largest of the four and has the best typical post, 83 likes. Wellness has more posts than mental health or healthcare, but its typical post sits third, ahead of healthcare only.

The overlap is largest with mental health: 11 of this top 20 also rank in the mental health top 20, against 6 in psychology and 4 in healthcare. Steven Bartlett is number one in three of the four; Claire Mounier-Vehier and Mel Robbins make all four lists.

How we ranked the top LinkedIn wellness creators

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through 15,986 wellness posts from the last 12 months and ranked 276 creators by median likes on their wellness posts.

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 10 wellness posts in the window; deleted posts excluded.

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

• Wellness posts only: each post gets a theme from our own classification, and only those posts count.

• Wellness 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.

• Personal best posts (an account of the creator's own health): described, never quoted or linked.

Eleven of the twenty medians rest on 20 wellness posts or fewer, our #1's on 11, 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 wellness 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.