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Top Emerging Writers

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

Rising

Under 10k followers

Fastest growing

Jenna Monnin

The Star

+29.8%

Jenna Monnin

The Star

+29.8%

Terran Mott

Colossus

+17.7%

Terran Mott

Colossus

+17.7%

Ruth Fowler

Free Agent

+5.1%

Ruth Fowler

Free Agent

+5.1%

Jenna Monnin

The Star

+29.8%

Terran Mott

Colossus

+17.7%

Ruth Fowler

Free Agent

+5.1%

4
Calder McHugh
Politico
+2.8%
5
Jessica Schiffer
Hard Court
+2.7%
6
Max Zeff
Wired
+2.2%
7
Matthew Frank
The Ankler
+2.1%
8
Jamie Waters
The Wall Street Journal
+1.4%
9
Mia Sato
The Verge
+1.0%
10
Natalie Korach
Status
+0.9%

Established

10k+ followers

Growing at scale

Theo Jaffe

MTS

+13.3%

Theo Jaffe

MTS

+13.3%

Jonathan Martin

Politico

+6.3%

Jonathan Martin

Politico

+6.3%

Matt Yglesias

Free Agent

+5.8%

Matt Yglesias

Free Agent

+5.8%

Theo Jaffe

MTS

+13.3%

Jonathan Martin

Politico

+6.3%

Matt Yglesias

Free Agent

+5.8%

4
Ashley Parker
The Atlantic
+5.7%
5
Sophie
MTS
+4.7%
6
Peter Baker
The New York Times
+4.0%
7
Phil Rucker
The Washington Post
+4.0%
8
Jayden Clark
Free Agent
+3.1%
9
Emily Sundberg
FeedMe
+2.6%
10
Arthur Brooks
The Free Press
+2.4%

Top Publications

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

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

Latest Additions

Richard Rushfield · The Ankler · Jun 9, 2026

3.2K
11K
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Kirsten Grind · The New York Times · Jun 3, 2026

262
8.3K
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Emily Glazer · The Wall Street Journal · Jun 3, 2026

1.2K
19K
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Liz Rappaport · Semafor · Jun 3, 2026

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4.0K
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Kyle Chayka · The New Yorker · Jun 1, 2026

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

Brian Lowry · Status · May 29, 2026

Oliver Darcy · Status · May 29, 2026

Natalie Korach · Status · May 29, 2026

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6.8K
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Jon Passantino · Status · May 29, 2026

214
189K
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Masha Gessen — 128K —	The New Yorker	128K	-200	-0.2%
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor — 109K —	The New Yorker	109K	-100	-0.1%
Apoorva Mandavilli — 50K —	The New York Times	50K	-114	-0.3%
Jazmine Hughes — 39K —	The New York Times	39K	-100	-0.3%
Brad Plumer — 38K —	The New York Times	38K	0	0.0%
Adam Gopnik — 27K —	The New Yorker	27K	-100	-0.4%
Jack Healy — 15K —	The New York Times	15K	0	0.0%
Cara Buckley — 12K —	The New York Times	12K	0	0.0%
Henry Fountain — 9.3K —	The New York Times	9.3K	-10	-0.2%
Jesus Jimenez — 8.1K —	The New York Times	8.1K	+27	+0.4%
Raymond Zhong — 8.1K —	The New York Times	8.1K	-1	-0.1%
Michael Rothfeld — 7.6K —	The New York Times	7.6K	+4	+0.1%
Isabella Kwai — 7.1K —	The New York Times	7.1K	0	0.0%
Sarah Bahr — 4.8K —	The New York Times	4.8K	+12	+0.3%
Emmett Lindner — 551 —	The New York Times	551	+2	+0.4%
Dani Blum — — —	The New York Times	—	—	—
George Packer — — —	The New Yorker	—	—	—
Jelani Cobb — — —	The New Yorker	—	—	—
Jill Lepore — — —	The New Yorker	—	—	—