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How to Use Click Analytic Search Filters to Find Creators

What the main Click Analytic search filters do, the values to start with, and how power filters and lookalikes narrow 400M+ creators to a shortlist.

Jules CarmauxBy Jules CarmauxNews & updates

Click Analytic lists every public Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profile with 1,000 or more followers, 400M+ creators in total. Filters turn that number into a shortlist you can contact.

This is the quick reference: what each filter group in the Search tool does and the value to start with. For the full routine, with screenshots and a worked first search, follow our 5-step guide to finding creators.

Start with two or three filters, run the search, then refine. Click Analytic tells you whether the search is too broad, too niche or just right, while 10 to 20 filters at once quietly empty the list.

Basic filters for size, location, engagement and activity

Basic filters describe the creator and their reach. Good starting values:

  • Followers: keep the band wide. A band of 10,000 to 25,000 can leave too few results once other filters stack up.
  • Audience location: where the followers live, a separate filter from creator location. Set the minimum share at 70% or less for a country and 10% or less for a city.
  • Engagement rate (likes and comments as a share of followers): start at 2 to 3% on Instagram.
  • Average views: lead with this on TikTok and YouTube, where views matter more than engagement.
  • Activity: a post in the last 30 days and 50 or more posts in total.

Note: to check one creator you already know, skip the filters and open Analyze & Compare from the Search menu for a full report.

Tip: know your audience before you search. Analyze & Compare works on brand accounts, so running your own handle shows where your followers live, their age and their interests.

Find niche creators with one power filter at a time

Power filters find creators by what they post, what their bio says or what their audience engages with. Use one at a time to start:

  1. Audience interests: what the audience engages with. Start at 30 to 40% and raise it to 50 to 70% if too many creators come back.
  2. Creator niche: what the creator posts about, detected by our AI from captions, photos and videos. This filter and audience interests work on Instagram.
  3. Bio keywords: a word in the creator's bio, such as fitness, teacher, mom or "UGC" (user-generated content). One keyword at a time.
  4. Topics: themes our AI tags across an account. Pick several and you get creators who match any of them.
  5. Talks About: a keyword, a hashtag or a brand mention such as @nike in captions. Fill in all three and a creator must match all three. Stories are not covered.

Tip: when a creator fits, reuse the words in their bio as bio keywords.

Note: you can select several audience interests at once.

Find creators who already talk about your brand

Creators who already like your brand engage more genuinely and are easier to agree gifting deals with. To find them, put your brand handle in Talks About, or your brand name as a keyword, since creators don't always tag. Then repeat with a competitor.

Tip: Analyze & Compare on your own handle lists the top creators among your followers and the people who like your posts. It needs roughly 5,000 to 10,000 followers to work.

Note: to follow new mentions over time, use Social Listening instead of a one-off search.

Find lookalikes and check audience authenticity

Found one creator who fits? Creator Lookalikes returns profiles with similar content, keywords and topics, and Audience Lookalikes returns creators with a similar audience.

Tip: use one kind of lookalike at a time, with basic filters only. Not every creator has lookalikes, so try a few.

Note: every profile carries an Audience Authenticity Score (AAS) from 0 to 100. A low score points to fake or inactive followers, or to weak engagement for the account's size. You can filter a shortlist on it before you open a single profile.

Save the creators who pass to a list. From there you can analyze, export, contact or pay them without losing your search.

Start a free search to try these filters, or contact our team if you want help with your first shortlist.

Paul, from the Click Analytic team

Jules Carmaux

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Co-Founder and Content Lead at Click Analytic, covering influencer marketing, audience analytics, and creator economy trends.

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