What are some link building success stories in 2016?

I'm looking for websites that are doing link building right, given all the new Penguin changes - sites that are not getting penalized but are able to rank well. Looking for newer sites that are doing it more recently, like in the past 6 months or 1 year.

Ahrefs and Google are you friends. Pop open google, dig into your target niche, and analyze the profiles of the top 20 sites for each of your major-target-keywords.

Gurus lie, People spread misinformation, and blog-posts and forum-posts can become out dated - but whats ranking right there, right now, never lies.

One site that started in april dominated my niche within 3 months and ranked for keywords with a combined traffic of 15000/month.