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THE WORLD’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN IN 2026

The world’s top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn in 2026.

The top 10 most-followed people on LinkedIn in 2026.

The top 10 most famous leaders, professionals and influencers on LinkedIn in 2026.

Written by Mau, a Senior LinkedIn Marketing Specialist at eDigital.

THE WORLD’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN IN 2026

The world’s top 10 most popular professionals LinkedIn in 2026.

Because nothing says “cutting-edge b2b marketing strategy” like obsessing over the same LinkedIn influencer everyone’s been following since LinkedIn was born in 2003.

Why should marketers care about the world’s top 10 most-followed people on LinkedIn?

Because your CMO read something on LinkedIn about “top 10 LinkedIn influencers“ while pooping, and now you need to pretend these people matter to your brand that sells industrial-strength toilet bowl cleaners to Midwestern hardware stores.

Just imagine the possibilities!

Your brand could spend $50,000 on a sponsored post from a tech bro who will absolutely never see your email! Or perhaps you could craft an entire “engagement strategy” around top LinkedIn influencers who have teams of 21-year-olds running their accounts while they lounge on yachts completely unaware of your existence.

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THE WORLD’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN IN 2026

The top 10 most-followed people on LinkedIn represent the pinnacle of humanity’s achievements – mostly tech fouders, entrepreneurs, celebrity CEOs, public speakers, authors, coaches, media moguls and investors who accidentally bought social media platforms.

Study their posts with the dedication of ancient scholars! What profound wisdom might you glean from a leader on LinkedIn posting “can’t wait for you guys to see what’s next 👀” or a celebrity entrepreneur posting “great pitch today 🔥”?

Remember: nothing impresses clients like saying “According to Brian Chesky’s latest post…” in a strategy presentation. It shows you’re “tapped in” to “the conversation” happening on a platform where the conversation is mostly bots arguing with other bots.

Check out this list to finally answer the question nobody asked:

“How can we be more like these completely unreachable famous people on LinkedIn who would block our brand account if we dared to mention them?”

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10. Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn 5.8+ million followers.

@garyvaynerchuk

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9. Melinda French Gates

Melinda French Gates is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 7+ million followers.

@melindagates

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8. Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 7.3+ million followers.

@officialtonyrobbins

Tony Robbins is a book author, life coach, philanthropist and entrepreneur.

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7. Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 8.3+ million followers.

@mark-cuban-06a0755b

Mark Cuban is a serial entrepreneur, investor and owner of different companies including: Dallas Mavericks (NBA team), Texas Legends (G League affiliate), 2929 Entertainment (co-founded with Todd Wagner; parent company of Magnolia Pictures, HDNet Films/Movies, AXS TV),  Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (Cost Plus Drugs), Alyssa’s Bakery, Lazy (NFT display platform), collegedebt.com,Fireside (interactive streaming platform),Stage TEN (shoppable livestream tools), DIRT (AI engagement analytics),Mustard (athlete coaching with AI),VibeRide (brake-equipped skateboards/longboards),Foam Party Hats,Clipbook (AI for PR/media analysis),Glove Wrap, Retold Recycling, Richualist, Famous Finder, Pascal Tags, Divorced Girl Smiling, TrophySmack, NOSHI, Gameday Couture, Storage Scholars, WONDRY Wine Co., Sparkcharge, Samaya AI, Melni Technologies, VNTANA, Bequest Finance, Cerebro Sports, HiccAway, Earth Brands, Joy Milk Tea, THEMAGIC5, The Diaper Dust, Campus Ink, tokenproof, ThirdWeb, EthPass, TokenScript and Oorbit.

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6. Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 8.8+ million followers.

@simonsinek

Simon Sinek is a book author of “Start with Why” and “The Infinite Game”, and founder of The Optimism Company.

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5. Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 9.6+ million followers.

@AriannaHuffington

Arianna Huffington is the Thrive Global’s CEO.

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4. Jeff Weiner

Jeff Weiner is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 10.3+ million followers.

@jeffweiner08

No surprise Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn’s CEO) is one of the most-followed people on LinkedIn.

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3. Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 11.8+ million followers.

@satyanadella

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2. Richard Branson

Richard Branson is one the top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn with 18.6+ million followers.

@rbranson

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1. Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the top 10 most popular person on LinkedIn with 39+ million followers.

@williamhgates

It does not matter if you were playing around on teen parties with Epstein, the reality is Bill Gates keeps getting more followers every day on LinkedIn.

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OTHER POPULAR PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN

• Daniel Goleman 5.8m
• Deepak Chopra 5.59m
• Adam Grant 5.53m
• Justin Trudeau 5.51m
• Narendra Modi 4.8m
• Brené Brown 4.6m
• Kevin O’Leary 4.4m
• Brigette Hyacinth 4.1m
• Ian Bremmer 3.68m
• Anthony J. James 3.66m
• Ryan Reynolds 3.64m
• Guy Kawasaki 2.9m
• Emmanuel Macron 2.9m
• Steven Bartlett 2.8m
• Daymond John 2.7m

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Conclusion

The top 10 most popular people on LinkedIn have the power to boost a brand’s visibility to a targeted audience. They can also offer legitimacy by functioning as social proof.

These top 10 popular people on LinkedIn are literally billionaires who pay other people to manage their social media.

Do not create strategy decks based on content written by hired 23-year-old social media managers who are themselves referencing OTHER marketing strategy decks.

It’s a perfect circle of delusion: marketers studying celebrities who hire marketers who study marketing trends created by marketers studying celebrities. This is the equivalent of a dog chasing its own tail while wearing a $6,000 Brioni suit and calling it “thought leadership.”

The cherry on top?

These same marketers will then charge clients thousands to “leverage celebrity X strategy insights” which basically translates to “we’ll copy whatever Rihanna’s intern posted last Tuesday but make it about your discount mattress store.” And somewhere, a CMO is nodding vigorously while thinking they’ve cracked the X’s algorithm code.

The LinkedIn ecosystem: where people with marketing degrees study people who pay people with marketing degrees to post for them.

It’s beautiful, really.

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