Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Creative freelancer platforms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 4,241 creative freelancer platforms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 359,669 professional contacts across them, including 8,373 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers creative freelancer platforms worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026. Country and city lists for creative freelancer platforms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest creative freelancer platforms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 127,560 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Upwork is the world’s work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent from across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 5,001 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over $5 billion in global payments,$200 million in annual revenue, 70k contracts signed, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,477 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With +10 years in the market, Workana is the largest remote work platform for hiring top talent in Latin America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,435 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PeoplePerHour is the UK’s leading freelance marketplace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 2,227 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “99designs by Vista is the global creative platform that makes it easy for freelance designers and clients to work together to create designs they love.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,826 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Envato, creativity isn’t just a buzzword-it’s our heartbeat.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,330 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Malt is a platform that connects businesses with freelancers, finding the perfect match for every project.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,126 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Guru offers a secure, flexible, and cost-effective platform for Employers and Freelancers around the globe to connect, collaborate and get work done.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 823 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Fiverr is a global platform connecting businesses with freelance talent in the simplest way possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 752 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Design Pickle is a subscription-based creative service platform combining vetted global talent, smart systems and dedicated support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 650 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The world of work has changed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 643 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Truelancer is a Global Freelance Marketplace, Network of Freelance Professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 604 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “DIGITALIZING THE FREELANCER MOVEMENT IN TURKEY Bionluk.com is an Istanbul-based startup developing an online marketplace for creative and professional services and freelancers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 570 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2015 by a group of engineers and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and New York, Fastwork is one of the largest professional freelancing platforms in Southeast Asia by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 521 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Microworkers is a service of Weblabcenter, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 495 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Textbroker.com is the leading online platform in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 493 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “99Freelas é uma plataforma online que reúne em um só lugar oportunidades e profissionais freelancers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 477 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ComeUp is a freelance marketplace platform that empowers people to deliver their best work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 469 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Профи.ру помогает специалистам находить работу, а клиентам, профессионалов для разных задач.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 459 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DesignCrowd is a global online marketplace for logo design, graphic design and web design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 285 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LittleBig Connection is an international tech scale-up founded in 2013.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Of course!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Designhill is the world’s # 1 creative marketplace that caters to the creative needs of businesses and individuals alike who can source high-quality designs from professional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Free-lance.ru – сайт по поиску удаленной работы и исполнителей на проект.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ponisha is MENA's leading outsourcing platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: creative freelancer platforms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names creative freelancer platforms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of creative freelancer platforms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name creative freelancer platforms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Creative freelancer platforms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among creative freelancer platforms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for creative freelancer platforms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “creative freelancer platforms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names creative freelancer platforms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among creative freelancer platforms, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 8,373 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Creative freelancer platforms by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Creative freelancer platforms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Creative freelancer platforms based in the United States582
- Creative freelancer platforms based in India449
- Creative freelancer platforms based in the United Kingdom244
- Creative freelancer platforms based in France172
- Creative freelancer platforms based in the Netherlands122
- Creative freelancer platforms based in Brazil81
- Creative freelancer platforms based in Germany68
- Creative freelancer platforms based in the United Arab Emirates65
- Creative freelancer platforms based in Australia60
Cities
- Creative freelancer platforms based in London, United Kingdom142
- Creative freelancer platforms based in Paris, France85
- Creative freelancer platforms based in New York, United States77
- Creative freelancer platforms based in San Francisco, United States34
- Creative freelancer platforms based in Los Angeles, United States31
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names creative freelancer platforms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many creative freelancer platforms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 4,241 creative freelancer platforms worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Upwork, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most creative freelancer platforms?
The United States leads with 582 companies, followed by India (449) and the United Kingdom (244). Every creative freelancer platforms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most creative freelancer platforms?
London leads with 144 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (85) and New York (78).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 8,373 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,241 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.