List Pickup Artists

List of pickup artists is an index of people this encyclopedia keeps pages for — instructors, writers, and handles in the English-language seduction community. It is not a ranking and not a "master pickup artist" hall of fame.^[1]^[2]

Independent biographies stay thin unless a reliable source exists. No invented birth dates. Kick-style handles without a public legal name stay handles.

2010s fundamentals writing

Chase Amante

Origins (pre-Game and The Game)

Albert Ellis — 1967 how-to ancestor
Eric Weber — How to Pick Up Girls! (1970)
Ross Jeffries — Speed Seduction, sarging
Mystery (Erik von Markovik) — Mystery Method
Neil Strauss (Style) — The Game
Lovedrop (Chris Odom) — co-author, The Mystery Method
Papa (Nicholas Kho) — Real Social Dynamics co-founder
Owen Cook (Tyler Durden, RSD Tyler) — RSD co-founder
David DeAngelo (Eben Pagan) — Double Your Dating, cocky funny

Commercial 2000s–2010s

Nick Savoy — Love Systems
Julien Blanc — RSD instructor; 2014 visa bans
Todd V — former RSD
Jeff Allen (Jlaix, RSD Jeffy)
Badboy (Danijel Nesek)
Vin DiCarlo
Richard La Ruina (Gambler, The Natural)
Adam Lyons (AFC Adam)
Beckster
Zan Perrion — natural-game lectures

Daygame

Tom Torero
Nick Krauser
Yad
Sasha Daygame
Andy Yosha
Jimmy Jambone
Nick Kroeger
Roosh V — Bang, Day Bang (contrast; not a method lead)

Forum / natural / other instructors

Crossover / contrast

Mark Manson — Models
Matthew Hussey — mainstream
Coach Corey Wayne
Heartiste — manosphere contrast
Rollo Tomassi — The Rational Male (manosphere contrast)
Andrew Tate — influencer contrast; not a PUA school founder

References

↑ Strauss, Neil. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. ReganBooks. 2005. ISBN 0-06-055473-8.
↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.

[game-1] Strauss, Neil. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. ReganBooks. 2005. ISBN 0-06-055473-8.

[wp-2] Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.

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