Who are the top earning creators on EARNIN TRACKER?

The leaderboard ranks every indexed creator by tracked income in each category. Creators can hide the exact amount, but everyone indexed still appears in the ranking.

Top earners, every category

Ranked by tracked income across all surfaces worldwide. Everyone indexed appears here. Amounts settled to a creator are private to that creator's dashboard — this board only shows tracked totals.

$539,982,526

tracked on this board

categories ranked

creators with amounts kept private

01
Tim Urban
Writer & Illustrator · United States
Writing & Publishing
$4,492,281
tracked
02
Ben Okri
Novelist & Poet · Nigeria
Writing & Publishing
$4,465,229
tracked
03
Ben Thompson
Analyst & Writer · Taiwan
Writing & Publishing
$4,362,128
tracked
04
Paulo Coelho
Novelist · Brazil
Writing & Publishing
$2,906,908
tracked
05
Neil Gaiman
Author · United Kingdom
Writing & Publishing
$2,826,619
tracked
06
Roxane Gay
Essayist & Editor · United States
Writing & Publishing
$2,553,242
tracked
07
Amanda Gorman
Poet · United States
Writing & Publishing
Amount private
tracked
08
Rupi Kaur
Poet · Canada
Writing & Publishing
$2,213,467
tracked
09
Colleen Hoover
Novelist · United States
Writing & Publishing
Amount private
tracked
10
Anne Helen Petersen
Journalist & Author · United States
Writing & Publishing
$1,153,359
tracked
11
Margaret Atwood
Novelist & Poet · Canada
Writing & Publishing
$1,143,180
tracked
12
Elif Shafak
Novelist & Essayist · Turkey
Writing & Publishing
$1,072,728
tracked
13
Brandon Sanderson
Novelist · United States
Writing & Publishing
$1,009,595
tracked
14
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novelist · Nigeria
Writing & Publishing
$341,916
tracked
15
Haruki Murakami
Novelist · Japan
Writing & Publishing
$130,636
tracked
16
Haruki Murakami Archive
Novelist Archive · Japan
Writing & Publishing
$130,636
tracked

Creators may hide their exact figure — placement on the list is determined by tracked volume and cannot be opted out of.