Fitness influencers in the US: 60 Instagram creators, measured (2026)

This page lists 60 Instagram creators whose bio names the US and who post mostly about fitness, with the follower count, engagement rate and median Reel views we measured for each one. Virev's crawler read their profiles and recent posts between August 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026. The median creator here has 13,093 followers and an engagement rate of 3.74%, which is above the 2.56% median across the 65 lists in this series and ranks 4th of 65.

Fitness creators in the US by follower count

Nano accounts (1K to 10K followers) are the largest group, at 25 of 60 creators, or 42%. Nano creators get the highest median engagement rate, 4.63%, against 2.83% for micro creators, so a typical nano post draws 64% more response per follower. Reach grows with size, and the median mid-tier creator's Reels get 59,600 views, against 2,536 for nano creators.

The 20 biggest fitness creators in the US

These are the largest accounts on the list, sorted by followers at our read. The biggest is Ignacio "La Jaula" Bahamondes with 550,728 followers and a 2.16% engagement rate.

11 high-engagement fitness creators in the US with 10K to 100K followers

These are the 11 creators with 10,000 to 100,000 followers and the highest engagement rates on the list. The median across all 24 creators in that range is 2.83%, and 2 of these 11 reach at least twice that. We also left out 4 creators with no measured Reel views, or whose average likes and comments beat their median Reel views, since we could not check their rate against reach. A high rate can also come from comment prompts, so open a few recent posts before you reach out.

What fitness creators in the US post about

The most common profile category is Fitness and bodybuilding, on 4 accounts (7% of those with a category), followed by Fitness with 2. The category is the one the creator or Virev's profile reader set, so treat it as a starting filter.

How we built this list

1. We started from 39,669 individual Instagram creators with at least 1,000 followers and 6 measured posts, read by Virev's crawler between August 18 and October 7, 2026. Brands, media pages and businesses are not on the list.
2. A creator is on this page when their Instagram bio or display name names the US, such as a city, a region or a flag, and the country in their Virev profile does not name another country. We removed accounts that name the place only inside another account's handle, an email address, or a team or event name, such as a baseball club or a marathon.
3. The engagement rate is average likes plus comments on the 6 to 12 most recent feed posts, divided by followers at the read.
4. Median Reel views is the median play count of the creator's last 12 Reels, and it shows n/a when fewer than 3 Reels had a play count. 48 of the 60 creators have one.
5. These 60 creators were read between August 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026, and follower counts move after that, so check the live profile before you send an offer.
6. The page shows public profile numbers only, with no emails or phone numbers.

More creator lists

Lists built the same way: Influencers in the US, Fitness influencers in India, Food influencers in Los Angeles, Fashion influencers in Los Angeles, Food influencers in Chicago, Food influencers in Houston. Related reading: Fitness influencers in 2026, NYC influencers. For hand-picked lists with a recent post per creator, see micro and nano influencers.

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