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Influencers in Philadelphia: 85 Instagram creators with measured engagement (2026)

85 Instagram creators whose bio names Philadelphia, each with followers, engagement rate and Reel views we measured. The median one has 15.5K followers and a 2.85% engagement rate.

This page lists 85 Instagram creators whose bio names Philadelphia, 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 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026. The median creator here has 15,465 followers and an engagement rate of 2.85%, which is above the 2.56% median across the 65 lists in this series and ranks 17th of 65.

85

Creators measured

Individual Instagram creators with 1,000+ followers and 6+ recent posts.

15.5K

Median followers

Half of the creators on this page have more, half fewer.

2.85%

Median engagement rate

Average likes plus comments per post, divided by followers.

Creators in Philadelphia by follower count

Micro accounts (10K to 100K followers) are the largest group, at 43 of 85 creators, or 51%. Among tiers with 5 or more creators, nano creators get the highest median engagement rate, 3.51%, against 1.25% for mid-tier creators, so a typical nano post draws 2.8 times the response per follower. Reach grows with size, and the median mid-tier creator's Reels get 24,541 views, against 2,078 for nano creators.

FollowersCreatorsMedian engagement rateMedian Reel views
Nano (1K to 10K)313.51%2,078
Micro (10K to 100K)432.34%4,464
Mid-tier (100K to 1M)101.25%24,541
Macro (1M and up)10.30%123,235

The 20 biggest creators in Philadelphia

These are the largest accounts on the list, sorted by followers at our read. The biggest is KOREAN-AMERICAN CHEF 🇰🇷 🇺🇸 with 1,177,488 followers and a 0.30% engagement rate.

CreatorFollowersEngagement rateMedian Reel viewsCategory
KOREAN-AMERICAN CHEF 🇰🇷 🇺🇸1.2M0.30%123KChef
Fr. Hyacinth Marie Cordell, O.P.313K1.32%n/aCatholic faith and clergy life
Theo Scott251K3.43%41.0KSoccer / football content
Nikki Geeks246K0.24%5.5KPhiladelphia sports entertainment
Arianna Cabrera211K1.18%31.3KArtist
Janelle Nichole210K0.60%17.7KFood and baking
Adrianna Santiago | Lifestyle Content Creator144K11.15%48.1KLifestyle
Katie Mai136K2.44%n/aIllustration and creative design
Jacen Bowman129K0.47%14.4KLGBTQ+ advocacy and community lifestyle
Emily Senn128K6.78%31.9KMusic performance
Fresh Prince of Rhode Island105K0.11%2.6KReality television fan content
HANNAH SPARKS95.3K1.13%36.7KLifestyle
Courtney | NJ, Philly & Beyond Travel Creator82.6K1.79%40.8KTravel
Pancakes80.4K1.31%26.8Kfood and dining
Josie Davis74.2K4.23%10.9KLifestyle and tea content
Danny Cooper | Player Development72.7K1.73%n/aBasketball player development and skills training
Roshni Shah - Family Travel & Lifestyle Creator60.7K0.11%2.7KFamily travel
Romain Dufour59.8K0.39%6.3KPastry and baking
Amanda Marie Barr | Philly, Food, Drinks, & More!56.4K0.44%n/aDigital creator
Dymon | Philly Lifestyle Creator50.2K0.67%3.6KPersonal blog

20 high-engagement creators in Philadelphia with 10K to 100K followers

These are the 20 creators with 10,000 to 100,000 followers and the highest engagement rates on the list. The median across all 43 creators in that range is 2.34%, and 10 of these 20 reach at least twice that. We also left out 12 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.

CreatorFollowersEngagement rateMedian Reel viewsCategory
Rob Nero32.9K56.78%422KCustom sports apparel art
Tyler Thrasher22.9K33.43%25.0KViral news and unusual local stories
Grace Mihalich / Philly mom and lifestyle blogger18.8K20.55%4.3KMotherhood and lifestyle
Phoebe Adams14.0K10.17%90.7KPersonal lifestyle
JC Carey10.6K6.71%14.9Kconcert photography
Paola 🇩🇴 Travel & Lifestyle Creator14.1K6.40%4.0KTravel and lifestyle
Latoi McGinnis-Storr22.1K6.30%2.1Kcivic engagement and community lifestyle
Jenica | Food + Philly10.9K6.19%15.9KFood and local Philadelphia lifestyle
TATIANA ARIEL11.0K5.81%3.3KFood and dining lifestyle
Morgan Ross35.4K5.54%18.8KReel creator
Cristina | Food, Travel, Lifestyle Creator15.1K3.12%10.9KDigital creator
kary van collins 🕸️ | androgynous fashion, lifestyle, & lgbtq+23.4K2.84%6.5KAndrogynous fashion and LGBTQ+ lifestyle
Steve Morrison37.1K2.34%11.0KCat rescue and animal-welfare community content
Danielle Howard16.4K2.09%3.6KSouth Jersey local lifestyle and experiences
The City Spoon | Philly & NYC27.8K1.95%4.5KFood and dining
Imani ✨ | Lifestyle and Wellness22.9K1.94%3.4KLifestyle
DanniLoxx30.4K1.06%4.0KDigital creator
Vincenzo Minniti25.3K1.04%2.7KPop-culture and celebrity interviews
Brooke Goldstein13.5K1.00%3.8KFitness and wellness
FRANCESCA RUSCIO | “Philly Golf Girl”48.1K0.51%12.2KDigital creator

What creators in Philadelphia post about

The most common profile category is Digital creator, on 12 accounts (14% of those with a category), followed by Lifestyle with 3. The category is the one the creator or Virev's profile reader set, so treat it as a starting filter.

Instagram categoryCreatorsMedian engagement rate
Digital creator123.17%
Lifestyle31.94%
Wedding photography32.84%
Artist22.06%
Personal blog21.93%
Food and dining21.96%
Photographer22.94%
Music23.75%

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 Philadelphia, 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. 49 of the 85 creators have one.
  5. These 85 creators were read between August 24, 2026 and October 6, 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, Influencers in Boston, Influencers in Colorado, Influencers in Seattle, Influencers in San Diego, Influencers in Austin. Related reading: Average Instagram followers, Influencer rates 2026, NYC influencers. For hand-picked lists with a recent post per creator, see micro and nano influencers.

Find more creators in Philadelphia

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