Hi, I’m Charles.
As a journalist, I’ve worked at The New York Times, where I won a Pulitzer prize, and The New Yorker magazine.
I’m also the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and Smarter Faster Better, which was also a bestseller.
My latest book, Supercommunicators, was published in early 2024 and has been on bestseller lists since then.
I have a newsletter – The Science of Better – which you can subscribe to here.
You can find me on LinkedIn, X and Instagram. There’s a full bio at the bottom of this page.
Articles about Charles
Reporting, with an M.B.A
Harvard Magazine | JAN 1, 2022
A Q&A with Charles Duhigg, Author of Smarter Faster Better
Scientific American | July 1, 2016
The Life Biz
The New Yorker | MAR 21, 2016
'Smarter, Faster, Better': The New Science of Productivity
Knowledge at Wharton | June 2, 2016
MIND Reviews: The Power of Habit
Scientific American | July 1, 2012
The Power of Habit and How to Hack It
Wired | April 20, 2012
Television Appearances
Charles on The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report | Jan 22, 2014
Well Done: Charles Duhigg's guide to living a productive life
CBS Mornings | Mar 21, 2016
How Retailers Cash In On Your Habits
THE TODAY SHOW | FEB 27, 2012
Podcasts Charles Appeared On
Charles Duhigg on Habits And Productivity
BRENÉ BROWN | JUL 12, 2021
How to Be More Productive
FREAKONOMICS | APR 20, 2016
Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them
FRESH AIR | MAR 5, 2012
Charles Duhigg Biography
A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Charles is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, Supercommunicators, also a bestseller published in 2024, and Smarter Faster Better, a third bestseller. Mr. Duhigg writes for The New Yorker magazine and previously wrote for The New York Times.
Charles led the New York Times team that won the 2013 Pulitzer prize in explanatory journalism for “The iEconomy,” a series that examined the global economy through the lens of Apple. That series included examinations of such topics as the factories in China where iPhones and iPads are manufactured.
Charles has also received The George Polk award, the Gerald Loeb award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal, the Scripps Howard National Journalism award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and other honors.
While a reporter at the Los Angeles Times, Charles reported from Iraq about American military operations. Today, Charles writes for The New Yorker magazine.
Before becoming a full-time journalist in 2003, Charles worked as an analyst for American Property Global Partners, a private equity firm and co-founded SWPA Education Management Group, L.L.C., which developed education programs for medically underserved areas.
He was also, for one terrifying day in 1999, a bike messenger in San Francisco.
He lives in California with his wife and two children.