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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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Search All Writers

Writer	Publication
Kevin Roose — 172K —	The New York Times	172K	+400	+0.3%
Sophie — 168K —	MTS	168K	+7.4K	+4.7%
Alexia Bonatsos — 147K —	Free Agent	147K	0	0.0%
Kelsey McKinney — 87K —	Defector	87K	-100	-0.2%
Ina Fried — 86K —	Axios	86K	+100	+0.2%
Casey Lewis 9.5K 9.4K 63K	After School	82K	+183	+0.3%
Nitasha Tiku — 64K —	The Washington Post	64K	0	0.0%
Jayden Clark — 41K —	Free Agent	41K	+1.2K	+3.1%
Jasmine Sun — 22K —	Free Agent	22K	+400	+1.9%
Hayden Field — 17K —	The Verge	17K	+100	+0.6%
Patrick Redford — 16K —	Defector	16K	0	0.0%
Theo Jaffe — 11K —	MTS	11K	+1.2K	+13.3%
Max Zeff — 8.7K —	Wired	8.7K	+186	+2.2%
Aaron Wiener — 8.2K —	The Star	8.2K	-9	-0.2%
Sam Eagan 3.9K 1.8K —	Free Agent	5.7K	+32	+0.6%
Emily Leibert 5.6K — —	Free Agent	5.6K	0	0.0%
Calder McHugh — 2.0K —	Politico	2.0K	+52	+2.8%
Jenna Monnin — 179 —	The Star	179	+41	+29.8%
Dave McKenna — — —	Defector	—	—	—
Drew Magary — — —	Defector	—	—	—