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The Fastest-Rising LinkedIn Creators in 2026, by the Data

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Naïlé Titah

Terakhir diperbarui: 5 Jun 2026

Here is the number almost nobody tells you about LinkedIn in 2026: it is getting harder, not easier. Take the 525 creators MagicPost tracks who posted consistently in both the last 12 months and the 12 before. The median one watched their typical post lose 11% of its likes year over year. Standing still on LinkedIn means sliding backward.

Against that tide, only 203 of the 525 grew at all. And a much smaller group did something the math says should be almost impossible: they multiplied. We ranked every creator by the year-over-year growth of their median likes per post, current 12 months against the 12 before, and the 20 you are about to meet grew between +228% and +1,564% while the platform around them shrank.

The rules are strict on purpose. To qualify you needed at least 25 posts in each year (so this is a sustained climb, not one lucky quarter), a current median of at least 200 likes (real reach today, not a rounding error), and 5,000 followers minimum. The table on every card shows both numbers, now and a year ago, for one honest reason: growing from a median of 25 is a different feat than growing from 1,400, and you deserve to see which is which.

The full board first, then the countdown:

The fastest-rising LinkedIn creators in 2026, by the data

TL;DR: We ranked creators by year-over-year growth of their median likes. Context: the typical two-year-active creator DECLINED 11% this year. These 20 grew up to +1,564%; Joshua Freedman leads, from 67 to 1,115 median likes in a year.

#20 · Deniz Kavi, +228% in one year

Deniz Kavi, number 20 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +228% median-likes growth in a year, 9k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
9k	315	96	+228%	34	United States	3.43%

Deniz Kavi is the CEO of Tamarind Bio, a Y Combinator biotech startup, and the only science founder on this list. His median post went from 96 likes to 315 in a year, and he did it on the smallest audience of the top 20: 9k followers, which is exactly why his 3.43% engagement rate is the highest card here. His best post of the year is a builder's gift to other builders.

"Want to get into AI for proteins? Here's (almost) everything you need to know." 954 likes. Read it

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#19 · Joyeeta Sinha, +241% in one year

Joyeeta Sinha, number 19 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +241% median-likes growth in a year, 17k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
17k	215	63	+241%	41	India	1.26%

Joyeeta Sinha helps offline B2B founders turn quiet LinkedIn profiles into booked sales calls, and her own numbers are the proof of concept: 63 median likes a year ago, 215 now, on a feed built around sales and content marketing. Her data tells a longer story too, climbing from a median of 7 back in 2023 to where she sits today. Her best post of the year is a counterintuitive sales lesson.

"I told a prospect LinkedIn won't close his $70k deal. And he was happy with that." 541 likes. Read it

#18 · Daniel Hemhauser, +268% in one year

Daniel Hemhauser, number 18 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +268% median-likes growth in a year, 41k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
41k	210	57	+268%	178	United States	0.52%

Daniel Hemhauser is a senior IT program manager who turned project management into a content niche of its own, and he did it the hard way: 178 posts in 12 months, the highest volume of anyone in the top 20. His median still nearly quadrupled, from 57 to 210, with a steady three-year climb behind it. Proof that high frequency and rising medians are not mutually exclusive if the topic is yours.

"Project managers ARE mini-CEOs. Period. Full stop." 2,497 likes. Read it

#17 · Kartik B., +282% in one year

Kartik B., number 17 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +282% median-likes growth in a year, 30k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
30k	512	134	+282%	103	India	1.69%

Kartik B. is a ghostwriter and LinkedIn strategist whose median jumped from 134 to 512 in a year, one of the larger absolute climbs on the list. He writes about social media and content, but his best post of the year is a personal one about reading, the kind of off-topic detour that often outperforms the playbook.

"Can you even write if you don't read?" 3,056 likes. Read it

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#16 · Mike Leber, +288% in one year

Mike Leber, number 16 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +288% median-likes growth in a year, 255k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
255k	5,437	1,403	+288%	246	Austria	2.13%

Mike Leber is the heavyweight of this ranking: a leadership coach and keynote speaker from Austria who grew from a 1,403 median to 5,437, the single biggest absolute jump on the list and the only four-figure starting point in the top 20. He did it at scale too, 246 posts on a 255k audience, almost all of them about leadership. Growing this fast from this high a base is the rarest feat here.

"The worst boss you ever had might have been your greatest teacher. Pain educates fast." 13,372 likes. Read it

#15 · Grant Lee, +309% in one year

Grant Lee, number 15 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +309% median-likes growth in a year, 106k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
106k	282	69	+309%	122	United States	0.27%

Grant Lee is co-founder and CEO of Gamma, and he carries the largest audience of the top 20 outside Mike Leber: 106k followers. His median quadrupled from 69 to 282 as he posted through a real company milestone year, with entrepreneurship and leadership his most-liked themes. His best post of the year is the kind of announcement that earns its reach.

"Today, as shared by The New York Times, we're announcing two things:" 5,217 likes. Read it

#14 · Zack Deris, +318% in one year

Zack Deris, number 14 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +318% median-likes growth in a year, 41k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
41k	309	74	+318%	117	United Kingdom	0.76%

Zack Deris is a founder and investor whose median went from 74 to 309 in a year, with sales and AI as his strongest themes. His best post of the year is a classic of the new genre: an AI-automation hook that pulled almost 4,000 comments, far more than its likes.

"What took 6 employees last year… Now takes 1 AI system running 24/7" 1,637 likes. Read it

#13 · Nimra Haider, +320% in one year

Nimra Haider, number 13 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +320% median-likes growth in a year, 51k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
51k	315	75	+320%	32	Pakistan	0.61%

Nimra Haider is a React accessibility specialist from Pakistan, and the only software engineer in this top 20. Her median more than quadrupled from 75 to 315, and notably she did it on just 32 posts, one of the leanest publishing volumes on the list. Her best post of the year was not about code at all, but a personal safety account that struck a nerve.

"I had a really disturbing experience yesterday that I feel everyone should know about." 1,860 likes. Read it

#12 · Cristina Grancea, +416% in one year

Cristina Grancea, number 12 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +416% median-likes growth in a year, 61k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
61k	1,316	255	+416%	114	United Kingdom	2.15%

Cristina Grancea built a multimillion-pound home care franchise and now teaches others to do the same, and her LinkedIn climbed right along with the business: 255 median likes a year ago, 1,316 now, the second-highest current median in the top 20. Leadership is her dominant theme, and she pairs the climb with a strong 2.15% engagement rate. Her best post of the year is a leadership confession.

"Everyone on my team now is smarter than me. And I regret not doing this sooner." 13,011 likes. Read it

#11 · Magali De Reu, +425% in one year

Magali De Reu, number 11 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +425% median-likes growth in a year, 35k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
35k	210	40	+425%	308	Belgium	0.61%

Magali De Reu is a personal brand strategist from Belgium whose median grew from 40 to 210, and she did it on the highest absolute volume in the entire ranking: 308 posts in 12 months. Her data goes back to 2019, which makes the recent acceleration stand out even more, from a 136 median in 2025 to a 338 median in 2026. We told her full story in her data biography. Her best post of the year needed only three words.

"Are we... okay??" 2,463 likes. Read it

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#10 · Jasmine Gathoga, +441% in one year

Jasmine Gathoga, number 10 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +441% median-likes growth in a year, 6k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
6k	557	103	+441%	61	Kenya	9.07%

Jasmine Gathoga is a graphic designer from Kenya, and her card hides the most striking efficiency number in the whole article: a 9.07% engagement rate, by far the highest here, on the smallest audience of the list at 6k followers. Her median went from 103 to 557 as she posted about design and social media. Her best post of the year leaned all the way into personality.

"I've been in a relationship for over a year now. Today I'm finally saying \"I do\" and you're invited to the wedding" 1,500 likes. Read it

#9 · Lindsay Linhart, +476% in one year

Lindsay Linhart, number 9 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +476% median-likes growth in a year, 57k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
57k	380	66	+476%	83	United States	0.67%

Lindsay Linhart is a brand strategist and former Goldman Sachs operator who writes about leadership and personal development. Her median grew nearly sixfold, from 66 to 380, in a single year. Her best post of the year is a reframe about the people you surround yourself with.

"The brilliant people in your room aren't your competition. They're your accelerators." 7,408 likes. Read it

#8 · Felix Haas, +514% in one year

Felix Haas, number 8 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +514% median-likes growth in a year, 60k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
60k	675	110	+514%	123	Germany	1.12%

Felix Haas works at the intersection of design and AI in Germany, and his median grew from 110 to 675 over a high-volume year of 123 posts. Software development is quietly his most-liked theme, and his best post of the year rode a product launch straight to four figures of likes.

"Huge update: GPT-5 is here. We just integrated it into Lovable" 6,418 likes. Read it

#7 · Laetitia Hioby, +716% in one year

Laetitia Hioby, number 7 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +716% median-likes growth in a year, 14k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
14k	204	25	+716%	69	Cameroon	1.48%

Laetitia Hioby writes about digital transformation and content from Cameroon, and her climb is one of the steepest from a small base: a median of 25 a year ago, 204 now. That low starting point is the honest caveat the table exists for, climbing from 25 is mechanically easier than from 1,400, but the audience response is real. Her best post of the year is a personal reflection on aging that resonated widely.

"À 15 ans, j'ai cru que la vie m'attendait." 2,237 likes. Read it

#6 · Eric Djavid, +748% in one year

Eric Djavid, number 6 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +748% median-likes growth in a year, 22k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
22k	263	31	+748%	103	France	1.21%

Eric Djavid is a SaaS and app builder from France, and his median climbed from 31 to 263 over a busy year of 103 posts about content and AI. He also runs one of the most comment-heavy feeds on this list, with nearly two comments for every like on a typical post (more on that below), and he holds the conversation crown in our France top 20. His best post of the year, fittingly, drew nearly 4,000 comments.

"La révolution VEO3 qui tourne pendant que tu dors." 1,848 likes. Read it

#5 · Sanvi Khandelwal, +829% in one year

Sanvi Khandelwal, number 5 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +829% median-likes growth in a year, 22k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
22k	353	38	+829%	75	India	1.57%

Sanvi Khandelwal is a content strategist and ghostwriter from India whose median went from 38 to 353 in a year, an almost tenfold jump. Marketing and content marketing are her strongest themes, and her best post of the year is a contrarian take on the platform's favorite advice.

"I wish I had realised this earlier. Everyone says: \"Storytelling is king on LinkedIn.\" Well… is it?" 2,127 likes. Read it

#4 · Tilak Pujari, +850% in one year

Tilak Pujari, number 4 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +850% median-likes growth in a year, 11k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
11k	304	32	+850%	42	India	2.67%

Tilak Pujari is an email marketing specialist from India, and his card is a comeback story the others are not: his median was 570 back in 2023, collapsed to 32, and has now rebuilt to 304. The year-over-year figure captures the recovery, from 32 to 304, while the longer history shows this is a creator returning to form. Content and marketing are his themes.

"Creating a friendly workplace culture starts at the top!" 564 likes. Read it

#3 · Gloria Norvor, +973% in one year

Gloria Norvor, number 3 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +973% median-likes growth in a year, 15k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
15k	279	26	+973%	38	Ghana	1.80%

Gloria Norvor coaches people to build authority and visibility on LinkedIn from Ghana, and her own median grew almost elevenfold, from 26 to 279. She did it on a leaner year of 38 posts, after a much higher-volume 2024 that earned far less per post, evidence that she traded quantity for resonance. Her best post of the year is a high-energy masterclass teaser.

"Grab a pen. Here's my exact AI photo strategy:" 3,747 likes. Read it

#2 · Jordan Lee, +1,182% in one year

Jordan Lee, number 2 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +1,182% median-likes growth in a year, 17k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
17k	782	61	+1,182%	72	United Kingdom	4.72%

Jordan Lee is a UK creator who built a business selling AI to companies, and his median exploded from 61 to 782, the second-steepest climb in the dataset. He pairs it with a 4.72% engagement rate, one of the highest in the top 20, and a heavily commented feed. Business development is his top-earning theme. His best post of the year is the layoff-to-AI-comeback arc that defines his account.

"Laid off after 5 years working 80 hour weeks for a company that sees me as just another number." 1,326 likes. Read it

#1 · Joshua Freedman, +1,564% in one year

Joshua Freedman, number 1 fastest-rising LinkedIn creator: +1,564% median-likes growth in a year, 41k followers

Followers	Median likes (now)	Median likes (a year ago)	Growth	Posts (12 mo)	Country	Engagement rate
41k	1,115	67	+1,564%	71	United States	2.73%

Joshua Freedman does not just lead this ranking, he runs away with it: a median that went from 67 likes to 1,115 in a single year, a +1,564% climb that no one else comes within 400 points of. He is the CEO of Six Seconds and writes about emotional intelligence and leadership, and the jump is visible in the raw evolution, a 93 median in 2024 against a 1,075 median across his most recent year. The combination of a real audience (41k), four-figure median, and the steepest growth on the platform is what puts him at the top. His best post of the year is pure self-leadership.

"What's the most important move you can make this New Year? Not a bigger goal. Not a better plan. Not more discipline. Fill your cup." 3,014 likes. Read it

Where do these cards come from? Every figure on this page runs on MagicPost's LinkedIn analytics: median engagement, year-over-year trajectories, engagement rates and conversation ratios, across the 525 creators we track in both windows. It works on your profile too, including your own year-over-year trend line.

Just missed the cut

Five names land right behind the top 20, and each grew fast enough to make almost any other list. Kasey Brown (#21, +213%, from 130 to 407 median likes) and Ani Avetisyan (#22, +205%, 120 to 366) miss by a few points of growth. Melissa Campbell Porter (#23, +199%, 87 to 260) and Enzo di Taranto Capozzi (#24, +175%, 158 to 435) follow. Closing the list is Costas K. G. (#25, +169%), and his is the most impressive in absolute terms: a median that grew from 1,062 to 2,855, a four-figure climb on a 106k audience. He sits outside the top 20 only because percentage growth from a high base is mathematically harder, exactly the volatility the two-number table is built to surface.

The efficiency champions (pound for pound)

Growth is one lens; raw efficiency is another. Here is the engagement rate cut, median likes divided by followers, among the fast risers:

Creator	Followers	Engagement rate	Median likes (now)
Deidra Cox	20k	2.95%	602
Joshua Freedman	41k	2.73%	1,115
Costas K. G.	106k	2.69%	2,855
Mati Staniszewski	35k	2.26%	786
Cristina Grancea	61k	2.15%	1,316

The leader on this cut is Deidra Cox, a US career coach at 2.95%, a hair ahead of our number-one riser Joshua Freedman. Costas K. G. is the standout, holding 2.69% on a 106k audience, far larger than the others on this cut. Note one name here who is not a runaway riser: Mati Staniszewski, co-founder of ElevenLabs, whose median barely moved year over year (+13%) but whose efficiency was always elite.

The volume game (highest absolute medians)

One more way to read the climb: not the percentage, but where these creators actually landed. These are the highest current medians among the fast risers:

Creator	Median likes (now)	Posts (12 mo)
Mike Leber	5,437	246
Cristina Grancea	1,316	114
Joshua Freedman	1,115	71
Jordan Lee	782	72
Felix Haas	675	123

Mike Leber is in a tier of his own here: a 5,437 median is four times the next creator on the list, and he reached it while posting more than almost anyone (246 times). The reading is simple: most of the steepest percentage climbs start small, but a handful of risers, Leber, Grancea, Freedman, are now genuine heavyweights in raw reach.

The conversation champion

The ratio of comments to likes is the cut nobody publishes. Among the risers it belongs to George Stock, founder of MakeUGC: 618 median comments against 202 median likes, more than three comments for every like, when the platform norm is closer to one comment per ten likes. Right behind him is our number-six riser Eric Djavid, at nearly two comments per like, who holds the conversation crown in our France ranking too. The pattern these two share: a comment section that is busier than the like count, the rarest engagement profile in the dataset.

What the risers have in common

The clearest pattern is the one in every table: growth from a small base is mechanically easier than growth at scale. Sixteen of the 20 started below a 200 median; the steepest climbs of all, Laetitia Hioby (+716%, from a median of 25), Eric Djavid (+748%, from 31), Gloria Norvor (+973%, from 26), all began near the floor. That is exactly why each card shows both numbers. The genuinely rare cases sit at the other end: Mike Leber grew +288% from a 1,403 median, and Cristina Grancea +416% from 255. Multiplying a four-figure median is the hardest thing on this list.

The second pattern is geographic spread. This is not a Silicon Valley story. The 20 risers span the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Pakistan, Belgium, Austria, Ghana, Kenya and Cameroon. The US leads with five names (Joshua Freedman, Lindsay Linhart, Grant Lee, Daniel Hemhauser, Deniz Kavi) and India with four (Tilak Pujari, Sanvi Khandelwal, Kartik B., Joyeeta Sinha), and the fastest growth often comes from the smaller markets. Country-by-country detail lives in our United States ranking, India ranking, UK ranking, Germany ranking, France ranking and Pakistan ranking.

The third is audience size: most risers are mid-sized accounts, not mega-influencers. Fourteen of the 20 sit under 60k followers, and only one (Mike Leber) clears 250k. The lesson the data keeps repeating is that you do not need a giant following to be the fastest-growing voice in your corner of LinkedIn, you need resonance the median can see. If you want the other side of this picture, the creators who are already at the top rather than climbing toward it, the creators pillar and the worldwide ranking (the top creators worldwide) are the sister pages to this one. And if part of your plan is showing up early in the risers' comments, an engagement feed makes that a daily five-minute habit.

Track your own climb. With MagicPost you can measure any creator the way we just did, median engagement, year-over-year growth, engagement rate, conversation ratio, and benchmark your own profile against the risers. The data on this page is the product.

Where this data comes from

Everything in this article is MagicPost's own research, not a copied list. MagicPost compared each tracked creator's last 12 months against the 12 before, kept the 525 creators with at least 25 posts in each window, a current median of at least 200 likes and 5,000 followers (deleted posts excluded, company pages excluded), and ranked them by the year-over-year growth of their median likes per post. We also computed engagement rates, conversation ratios and the full yearly trajectory behind each climb. Rankings refresh as the data does; figures dated June 2026. No one paid to be on this list, and no one can: it is arithmetic.

FAQ

Who is the fastest-growing LinkedIn creator in 2026?

By year-over-year growth of median likes per post, Joshua Freedman: his median went from 67 likes a year ago to 1,115 now, a +1,564% climb that leads the entire dataset.

How is this ranking calculated?

We compared each creator's median likes per post over the last 12 months against the 12 before, among the 525 creators MagicPost tracks who cleared the floors: at least 25 posts in each window, a current median of at least 200 likes, and 5,000 followers. Median, not average, so one viral post cannot buy a spot.

Is LinkedIn engagement growing in 2026?

For most creators, no. The median creator in our two-year sample saw their typical post lose 11% of its likes year over year, and only 203 of the 525 grew at all. The 20 on this list are the rare exceptions who multiplied while the platform shrank.

Why does a creator growing from 25 likes rank above one growing from 1,400?

Because the ranking measures percentage growth, and climbing from a small base is mechanically easier than climbing at scale. We show both the current and prior median on every card precisely so you can judge each climb honestly: multiplying a four-figure median, as Mike Leber did, is far rarer than multiplying a two-figure one.

Which countries produce the fastest-rising creators?

The top 20 spans eleven countries, led by the United States (five) and India (four), with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Pakistan, Belgium, Austria, Ghana, Kenya and Cameroon also represented. Country-by-country rankings are in our country series.

Do these creators have huge audiences?

Mostly not. Fourteen of the 20 sit under 60,000 followers and only one clears 250,000. The fastest growth on LinkedIn in 2026 is coming from mid-sized accounts with high resonance, not from the platform's biggest names.

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Semua yang Anda butuhkan untuk berkembang di LinkedIn. Di satu tempat.

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