Jemele Hill
Progressive left, race-and-culture commentator· 1.6M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
39.5Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #103 of the creators we track
Jemele Hill ranks #103 by credibility versus #88 by raw follower count — their raw follower total sits ahead of where their audience quality places them.
Jemele Hill is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a contributing writer for The Atlantic, with a career that includes more than a decade at ESPN, where she co-anchored the 6 p.m. SportsCenter. She hosts podcasts including Jemele Hill is Unbothered and Spolitics, focusing on the intersections of sports, race, gender, politics, and culture. A prominent progressive voice, she drew national attention in 2017 over tweets critical of President Trump during her time at ESPN.
Where Jemele Hill posts
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Is Jemele Hill left or right?
Jemele Hill sits on the progressive left, writing at the intersection of sports, race, politics, and culture as a contributing writer for The Atlantic and host of the podcasts Jemele Hill Is Unbothered and Spolitics. She became a political lightning rod in September 2017 when, as an ESPN SportsCenter anchor, she tweeted that Donald Trump was 'a white supremacist' and unfit to be president, prompting the White House to call her comments a fireable offense; she left ESPN in 2018 and has centered her work on politics and racial justice since. Her recent 2025-2026 commentary continues in that vein, including coverage of athlete activism such as a January 2026 piece on WNBA star Breanna Stewart's 'Abolish ICE' protest sign. She has been consistently critical of Trump and of racial inequity in sports and media, and neutral references and conservative media alike treat her as a firmly left-progressive voice.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Jemele Hill's audience?
Jemele Hill scores 39.5 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #103 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Jemele Hill have?
Jemele Hill has about 1.6M followers combined across YouTube and X.
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