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LinkedIn Top Voices – Influencers 2018, 2019, 2020

By January 6, 2021March 5th, 2021No Comments
LinkedIn Top Voices Influencers for 2018, 2019, 2020 top 20 table

What are you doing today (better) position yourself as a thought leader? What are you doing today to (better) engage your community? What are you doing today to (better) differentiate your voice? Well, if you are not on LinkedIn, you are missing out. LinkedIn has evolved itself into a powerhouse of thought leadership. With articles, updates, videos, portfolio examples, and more, you can become a powerful voice. In 2015, LinkedIn started publishing its annual “LinkedIn Top Voices List,” which is the term for its Influencers. At the end of each year, they rank the 20 LinkedIn Top Voices.

While there are hundreds of voices or influencers, each year LinkedIn shares its “standout voices.” In its 2018 post, author Daniel Roth explained how they researched and ranked:

To find all of the standout voices, we use a combination of data and editorial signals. We screen for engagement among professionals sharing in their area of expertise, looking at what kind of conversations — measured by engagement, including comments and re-shares — their original content is creating. We track relative follower growth, too: Are these Influencers attracting dedicated fans in their particular sector? Finally, we emphasize quality and diversity; the list should reflect the world we work in.

When helping our clients with thought leadership articles, blogs, keynotes, workshops, stories, etc., The Chief Storyteller® team helps you think about these very questions and how to answer them. At the core, thought leadership is about engaging your community with thoughtful, meaningful content that spurs conversations, changes in attitude and behavior, and ultimately, inspires action.

This is not a compare and contrast across the years. Rather, it is an opportunity for you to learn and model thought leadership.

Look at the Influencers below — links and topics included. Follow these LinkedIn top voices. Look at how these LinkedIn top voices post content, share stories, start conversations — how they engage their community. What can you learn? What can you apply? To grow your community liked a LinkedIn top voices.

LinkedIn Top Voices

RANK 2018 2019 2020
1 Richard Branson | Founder, Virgin Group

Topics:  Entrepreneurship; Business; Personal life; Travel; Personal Empowerment

Melinda Gates | Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Founder, Pivotal Ventures

Topics:  Entrepreneurship, especially female/women entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Personal empowerment

Melinda Gates | Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Founder, Pivotal Ventures

Topics:  Entrepreneurship, especially female/women entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Personal empowerment

2 Melinda Gates | Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Founder, Pivotal Ventures

Topics:  Entrepreneurship, especially female/women entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Personal empowerment

Adam Grant | Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Topics:  Psychology of work — innovation, culture, creativity, collaboration, productivity

Daymond John | CEO, FUBU and The Shark Group

Topics:  Entrepreneurship; Personal empowerment; Investing; Media

3 Ray Dalio | Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman, Bridgewater Associates

Topics: Global economy; Current events; Personal life

Sara Blakely | Founder & CEO, SPANX

Topics:  Entrepreneurship, especially female/women entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Personal empowerment

Brene Brown | Research Professor, CEO & Author

Topics:  Personal empowerment; Empathy; Awareness; Burnout & stress; Social justice; Anti-racism

4 Nicholas Thompson | Editor in Chief, Wired

Topics: Leading technology news from around the world

Daymond John | CEO, FUBU and The Shark Group

Topics:  Entrepreneurship; Personal empowerment; Investing; Media

Mark Cuban | Owner, Dallas Mavericks; Shark on ABC; C0-Owner, 2929 Entertainment

Topics:  Entrepreneurship; Investing; Personal empowerment; Innovation

5 Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister, Canada

Topics:  Everything Canada; Issues of international business, economy, and social

Ray Dalio | Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman, Bridgewater Associates

Topics:  Investing; Global economy

Shaun Robinson | Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Author, Activist

Topis:  Girls empowerment; Broadcasting; Career

6 Susan Cain | Co-Founder & CEO, Quiet Revolution

Topics:  Psychology (e.g., confidence, introverts, shyness, creativity, sharing, and teamwork); Workplace issues

Arianna Huffington | Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

Topics: Life; Work-Life Balance; Personal empowerment; Technology; Global issues

Sara Blakely | Founder & CEO, SPANX

Topics:  Entrepreneurship, especially female/women entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Personal empowerment

7 Ian Bremmer | President & Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

Topics:  World; Business; Politics

Indra Nooyi | Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo

Topics: Workplace; Diversity; Personal and female empowerment;

Ray Dalio | Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman, Bridgewater Associates

Topics: Global economy; Current events; Personal life

8 Beth Comstock | Author & Former Vice Chair of GE

Topics:  Workplace and management issues

Mike Bloomberg | Founder Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies

Topics:  Personal empowerment; Business; Sustainability; Environment; Philanthropy

Whitney Johnson | CEO & Founder, WLJ Advisors

Topics:  Emotional Resiliency; Perspective; Human behavior; Career; Personal empowerment

9 Sallie Krawcheck | CEO & Co-Founder of Ellevest

Topics: Investing; Personal empowerment; World

Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee) | Chairman, VaynerX & CEO, VaynerMedia

Topics: Entrepreneurship; Personal empowerment; Technology; Social Media; Branding; Marketing

Arne Sorenson | President & CEO, Marriott International

Topics:  Travel; Hospitality; Environment and sustainability; Safer workplace

10 Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee) | Chairman, VaynerX & CEO, VaynerMedia

Topics: Entrepreneurship; Personal empowerment; Technology; Social Media; Branding; Marketing

Katie Couric | Founder, Katie Couric Media

Topics:  Personal and female empowerment; Gender inequality; Global issues; Health/cancer

John Hope Bryant | Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Operation HOPE

Topics: Financial literacy; Personal empowerment; Diversity & inclusion; General equality; Racism

11 Arne Sorenson | President & CEO, Marriott International

Topics:  Travel; Hospitality; Environment and sustainability; Safer workplace

Arne Sorenson | President & CEO, Marriott International

Topics:  Travel; Hospitality; Environment and sustainability; Safer workplace

Dr. John Maeda | Chief Customer Experience Officer, Everbridge

Topics:  Digital Transformation; Technology; Leadership; Design Thinking; Innovation

12 David Sable | Chairman, VMLY&R

Topics: Marketing communication; International issues

Doug McMillon | President & CEO, Walmart

Topics: Global issues; Workplace; Employees

LeVar Burton | Actor, Director, Educator, Literacy Activist

Topics:  Education; Literacy; Literature; Family; Personal empowerment

13 Gordon Orr | Board Member, Lenovo & Swire Pacific

Topics:  Everything China

Mellody Hobson | Co-CEO & President, Ariel Investments

Topics:  Investing; Financial literacy; Gender inequality; Social

David M. Solomon | Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs

Topics: Business; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investing

14 Whitney Johnson | CEO & Founder, WLJ Advisors

Topics:  Disruption and Managing change

Ramon Laguarta | Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo

Topics:  Business; Environment & sustainability

Angela Duckworth | Founder & CEO, Character Lab Psychology Professor at University of Pennsylvania; Author GRIT

Topics: Perseverance; Confidence; Personal empowerment; Stress

15 Mary Barra | Chairman & CEO, General Motors

Topics:  Transportation; Education; Environment; Sustainability

Sallie Krawcheck | CEO & Co-Founder of Ellevest

Topics: Investing; Personal empowerment; World

Laysha Ward | EVP & Chief External Engagement Officer at Target

Topics:  Leadership; Anti-racism; Business; Gender inequality; Collaboration

16 Bernard Tyson | Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Permanente

Topics: Healthcare; Innovation

Ed Bastian | CEO, Delta Air Lines

Topics:  Transportation; Hospitality; Environment & sustainability; Travel

Arianna Huffington | Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

Topics: Life; Work-Life Balance; Personal empowerment; Technology; Global issues

17 Brene Brown | Research Professor, CEO & Author

Topics:  Personal empowerment; Empathy; Awareness; Burnout & stress; Social justice; Anti-racism

Phumzile MlamboNgcuka | Under-Secretary-General, UN and Executive Director, UN Women

Topics:  Gender equality; Female/women empowerment

Gretchen Rubin | Bestselling author – Happiness Project; Happier at Home

Topics:  Human behavior; Habits; Happiness

18 Sanyin Siang | CEO Coach, Professor & Author

Topics:  Behavioral science; Human factors; Leadershp; Ethics

Marillyn Hewson | Chairman, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin

Topics:  Internationa; Technology; Security; Defense; Space; STEM Education

Rafat Ali | CEO & Founder, Skift

Topics:

19 Winnie Byanyima | Executive Director, Oxfam International

Topics:  Gender; Gender inequality; Social; International

Nicholas Thompson | Editor in Chief, Wired

Topics: Leading technology news from around the world

Erika James | Dean, The Wharton School

Topics:  Travel; Events; Business; Global issues

20 Dan Schulman | President & CEO, PayPal

Topics: Global finance; Workplace culture; Leadership; Personal empowerment

Sally Susman | EVP & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Pfizer

Topics:  Humor; Humility; Travel; Personal information sharing

Eric S. Yuan | Founder & CEO, Zoom

Topics:  Collaboration; Virtual; Remote Work; Education; Experiences

SOURCES

LinkedIn Top Voices List: 2018
LinkedIn Top Voices List: 2019
LinkedIn Top Voices List: 2020

Photography Source:  Original Image from LinkedIn and modified by The Chief Storyteller®, LLC. © Copyright 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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Ira Koretsky has built The Chief Storyteller® into one of the most recognized names in communication, especially business storytelling. He has delivered over 500 keynote presentations and workshops in nearly a dozen countries, in more than one hundred cities, across 30 plus industries. His specialties are simplifying the complex and communicating when the stakes are high. He is also an adjunct professor in public speaking and storytelling at the University of Maryland's Business School. With over 25 years of experience, he is a sought-after storytelling coach, global speaker, trainer, consultant, communication coach, and public speaking coach.