I'd suggest you really have two separate categories here **@themarkymark,** since "underappreciated" is a pretty open-ended idea.

One is the *"established and possibly well-known, but don't enjoy the success, recognition or following commensurate with their efforts and contributions"* and the other would be the (for any number of reasons) *"largely undiscovered"* authors/content creators, who could be new or old.

In the first category, I'd suggest **@janton** whom someone else mentioned, too... creates high quality *original* and interesting content. I also recommend **@simplymike** who does an *enormous* amount of work helping newcomers while also publishing quality content, all for very modest rewards... even though she often gets 200-300 votes per post, they are all from small accounts. **@themanwithnoname** creates consistently and has for a long time, and still lives in relative obscurity. Somewhat better known but still undervalued — given the amount of effort she puts into community building — would be **@jaynie,** even after 2+ years and 1000+ well made original posts she makes less than $2 on many of them.

On the more "undiscovered, but unique" front, I like **@krazzytrukker,** the blog of a long-haul trucker traveling the US with cats in the cab; artist **@lucydyer** who shares all original work...