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Top Emerging Writers

This Week · Last updated Jun 27, 2026, 3:57 AM

Rising

Under 10k followers

Fastest growing
  1. 4
    Calder McHugh

    Politico

    +2.8%
  2. 5
    Jessica Schiffer

    Hard Court

    +2.7%
  3. 6
    Max Zeff

    Wired

    +2.2%
  4. 7
    Matthew Frank

    The Ankler

    +2.1%
  5. 8
    Jamie Waters

    The Wall Street Journal

    +1.4%
  6. 9
    Mia Sato

    The Verge

    +1.0%
  7. 10
    Natalie Korach

    Status

    +0.9%

Established

10k+ followers

Growing at scale
  1. 4
    Ashley Parker

    The Atlantic

    +5.7%
  2. 5
    Sophie

    MTS

    +4.7%
  3. 6
    Peter Baker

    The New York Times

    +4.0%
  4. 7
    Phil Rucker

    The Washington Post

    +4.0%
  5. 8
    Jayden Clark

    Free Agent

    +3.1%
  6. 9
    Emily Sundberg

    FeedMe

    +2.6%
  7. 10
    Arthur Brooks

    The Free Press

    +2.4%

Top Publications

  1. 1
    Colossus
    6 writers
    83.3%
  2. 2
    Puck News
    6 writers
    66.7%
  3. 3
    Byline
    8 writers
    62.5%
  4. 4
    The Free Press
    4 writers
    50.0%
  5. 5
    The Wall Street Journal
    4 writers
    50.0%
  6. 6
    The Atlantic
    9 writers
    33.3%
  7. 7
    The Ankler
    6 writers
    33.3%
  8. 8
    The New York Times
    64 writers
    29.7%
  9. 9
    The Star
    8 writers
    25.0%
  10. 10
    Status
    4 writers
    25.0%

Rankings include publications with at least four writers in the index.

Latest Additions

Ben Fritz · The Wall Street Journal · Jun 1, 2026

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-0.2%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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Byline
-0.5%
Sebastian Mallaby
Colossus
+1.9%
Brie Wolfson
Colossus
+0.7%
Camille Ricketts
Colossus
+0.9%
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Hard Court
+2.7%
Eli Tan
The New York Times
+0.1%
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The Ankler
-0.1%
Sarah Novak
Byline
-0.1%
Ali Royals
Byline
+0.2%
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Byline
+0.1%
Maya Kotomori
Byline
+0.5%
Jeff Dooley
The Star
+0.3%
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Byline
+0.6%
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Byline
+0.5%
Sara R. Radin
Byline
-0.5%
Terran Mott
Colossus
+17.7%