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Influencers in Washington DC: 94 Instagram creators with measured engagement (2026)

94 Instagram creators whose bio names Washington DC, each with followers, engagement rate and Reel views we measured. The median one has 14.4K followers and a 2.73% engagement rate.

This page lists 94 Instagram creators whose bio names Washington DC, 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 September 29, 2026. The median creator here has 14,352 followers and an engagement rate of 2.73%, which is above the 2.56% median across the 65 lists in this series and ranks 26th of 65.

94

Creators measured

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

14.4K

Median followers

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

2.73%

Median engagement rate

Average likes plus comments per post, divided by followers.

Creators in Washington DC by follower count

Nano accounts (1K to 10K followers) are the largest group, at 41 of 94 creators, or 44%. Nano creators get the highest median engagement rate, 4.08%, against 1.34% for mid-tier creators, so a typical nano post draws 3.0 times the response per follower. Reach grows with size, and the median mid-tier creator's Reels get 31,367 views, against 2,276 for nano creators.

FollowersCreatorsMedian engagement rateMedian Reel views
Nano (1K to 10K)414.08%2,276
Micro (10K to 100K)392.08%5,542
Mid-tier (100K to 1M)141.34%31,367

The 20 biggest creators in Washington DC

These are the largest accounts on the list, sorted by followers at our read. The biggest is Muhsin Cason with 443,544 followers and a 0.06% engagement rate.

CreatorFollowersEngagement rateMedian Reel viewsCategory
Muhsin Cason444K0.06%n/aReel creator
Brian Sacawa369K0.28%34.1KMenswear and bespoke tailoring
Alicia Bianca337K1.99%571KMotherhood and baby-care products
Lisa Summers |📍Baltimore / DMV Things To Do | Family Travel247K1.10%n/aDigital creator
Sage Angelica/ |セージ ♡︎219K6.48%n/aArtist
Kay Davenport•DMV style Influencer193K2.31%28.7KFashion and lifestyle
Aishah Hasnie167K3.00%n/aNews media personality and lifestyle
Jasmine Adetunji155K1.12%24.6KDigital creator
Nisha151K0.60%n/aDigital creator
Valeria Cuervo150K1.42%n/aBlogger
Alexander T Nguyen146K5.60%35.4KEntrepreneur
dcfoodgod™️127K8.91%179KFood and dining
Judy | DMV Foodie | Photographer📸101K1.26%26.3KFood and restaurant content
Buciie M | Beauty & Lifestyle100K0.66%5.5KBeauty and lifestyle
Katheryn Moore87.5K0.14%n/aLifestyle and live music experiences
Tristen 🍕 DMV Food & Fun61.4K0.95%13.8KDMV food and local lifestyle
EDG TIZZY🎙55.8K2.08%n/aeducation and student lifestyle
Sarah | Oshawott’s mom50.2K1.76%n/aDigital creator
Emily Moore ✈️ Travel/Outdoors47.9K1.57%14.2KTravel and local experiences
Marjanne Suarez46.1K0.71%5.5KLifestyle

20 high-engagement creators in Washington DC 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 39 creators in that range is 2.08%, and 8 of these 20 reach at least twice that. We also left out 9 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
Sandra Zo | 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧40.0K43.82%21.3KDigital creator
Gizzy Vural10.3K15.66%11.1KFood and restaurant reviews
maddie cidlik39.1K14.58%24.1KLifestyle and travel
TJ | Food + Travel + Lifestyle Content Creator23.5K8.17%13.8KFood and dining
Rachel30.2K8.16%8.3KSports and fitness
Paola 🇩🇴 Travel & Lifestyle Creator14.1K6.40%4.0KTravel and lifestyle
𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊10.5K6.24%9.5KLifestyle
Isha | DMV Foodie and Adventurer💞🍜35.7K5.24%21.8KDMV food and local travel/adventure
Adassa 🌹| Food + Travel Creator35.1K3.23%14.2KFood and travel
Joshua Gbelawoe14.6K2.85%3.3KMen's skincare and self-care
chloelynneats | curated experiences + eats14.0K2.61%3.2KLocal food and lifestyle experiences
Troy Isley28.7K2.16%10.3Kfitness and personal motivation
HAPPY EATS | DMV Food & Lifestyle16.6K1.89%4.4KFood & lifestyle
Alexandra Johnson15.8K1.87%5.3KDMV local food and experiences
Samara Singer | DMV Foodie28.8K1.72%11.4KFood and dining
Sue | DMV Content Creator20.6K1.42%1.4KFood and dining
krystal lang14.7K1.21%1.8KBooks and reading community
Megan | Family Friendly Travel • Local Adventures27.4K1.13%10.6KFamily travel and local adventures
DMV Makeup Artist | Travel Makeup Artist15.4K0.98%6.3KMakeup artistry
Domonique Bazil34.4K0.96%4.5KRunning and fitness

What creators in Washington DC post about

The most common profile category is Digital creator, on 11 accounts (12% of those with a category), followed by Food and dining with 9. 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 creator111.76%
Food and dining92.07%
Blogger31.42%
Artist23.90%
Entrepreneur24.63%
Lifestyle23.48%
Photographer268.53%
Reel creator10.06%

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 Washington DC, 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. 52 of the 94 creators have one.
  5. These 94 creators were read between August 24, 2026 and September 29, 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 Los Angeles, Influencers in Chicago, Influencers in Miami, Influencers in San Francisco, Influencers in Atlanta. 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 Washington DC

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