Freelance Writing in the AI era
Copywriters, screenwriters, ghostwriters, freelance journalists.
This career is in the daily snapshot but has no written analysis yet — the numbers below are measured, the interpretation is not written. Small sample on Bluesky; the working population is on Reddit and LinkedIn.
Where this profession is right now
66
Tracked
0%
Commissions open
0 accounts
1.52%
Commissions closed
1 accounts
9.09%
Looking for work
6 accounts
9.09%
Courses / subs
6 accounts
7.58%
Names a former studio
5 accounts
Share of tracked freelance writing accounts publishing each status in their own public profile, as of 2026-08-07. Baseline 2026-08-07 · history starts now. Self-reported, so read it as what this profession says about itself, not as a labour statistic.
Recent moves in this profession
Status changes people published themselves, in the last three weeks.
No status changes recorded yet. Tracking began today — the first diffs appear tomorrow.
People doing this work
Ian Flynn
@ianflynnbkc.bsky.social · 21,668 followers
Ernie Smith
@ernie.tedium.co · 20,872 followers
SiyaMchunu
@siyamchunu.bsky.social · 19,653 followers
Kate Cray
@katecray.bsky.social · 16,924 followers
Hedonium Shockwave
@hedoniumshockwave.bsky.social · 16,393 followers
Liam Robertson
@liamrobertson.bsky.social · 10,919 followers
Corey Atad
@coreyatad.com · 10,903 followers
Kars
@karoshimyriad.bsky.social · 9,421 followers
Zeb Larson
@zeblarson.bsky.social · 9,186 followers
Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊🏽🌈 (she/they)
@blackurbanist.bsky.social · 8,895 followers
Stephanie Kemmerer
@doubtisthewayout.bsky.social · 7,288 followers
Steve Ammidown
@stegan.bsky.social · 6,512 followers
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