Top 10 U.S Journalists in Politics
Using our extensive media database, we compiled a list of the top 10 United States journalists in the Politics space. Our solution makes it easy to find — and connect with — the influencers that matter to you.
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*Data as of July, 2022
1. Rachel Maddow
Bio: I see political people… (Retweets do not imply endorsement.)
Location: New York, NY USA
Followers: 10.5M
2. Anderson Cooper
Bio: CNN/ 60Minutes. New book VANDERBILT: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty is out Sept 21st. To pre-order click link.
Location: New York
Followers: 10M
3. Jake Tapper
Bio: Dad; husband; anchor of @TheLeadCNN and @CNNSOTU; author of @TheOutpostbook, @TheHellfireClub, and The @Devil_May_Dance: bit.ly/DevilMayDance
Location: Corner Grey St & end of world
Followers: 3.3M
4. George Stephanopoulos
Bio: @GMA Anchor, @ThisWeekABC Anchor and Chief Anchor of @ABC
Location: New York, NY
Followers: 2.4M
5. Glenn Beck
Bio: Journalism is printing something that someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.
Location: Dallas, TX. Rockies, NYC.
Followers: 1.2M
6. Fareed Zakaria
Bio: WaPo columnist. Host of CNN’s GPS, Sundays @ 10am and 1pm ET in the US. Order my new book, “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World” amzn.to/3bPGXDa.
Location: New York, NY
Followers: 1M
7. David Corn
Bio: DC bureau chief of Mother Jones, MSNBC analyst. Sign up for my newsletter “This Land” at secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/LA
Location: Washington, DC
Followers: 940k
8. Dave Weigel
Bio: Covering politics for @washingtonpost. daveweigel@gmail.com, 202-334-7387. @CWAUnion member. Buy my book: tinyurl.com/h7wyg2c (Avatar by @damnyouregis)
Location: Washington, DC
Followers: 599k
9. Mike Allen
Bio: co-founder of Axios, the next great media company; co-founder of Politico
Location: Arlington, Va.
Followers: 405k
10. Briahna Joy Gray
Bio: Former National Press Secretary for #BernieSanders2020. Co-host @BadFaithPod, Contributing Editor @curaffairs. Former Senior Politics Editor @theintercept
Location: Manhattan, NY
Followers: 350k
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