Top 25 Australian Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

An Australian base, a following between 10,000 and 1,000,000, at least 30% of the audience in Australia, 2% engagement, 70% real followers, 50,000 average Reel views and a post inside the previous thirty days. Bios were then read one at a time, so clubs, production companies and band accounts came out, and the 25 highest CA Influence Index scores were published.

No. Rose Ruiz (@dietitianrose) holds 924,618 followers, the largest following on the page, and takes an A+ at 94 rather than the top spot, because only 63% of that audience is Australian and 83% of followers read as real; engagement of 2.19% is the lowest here but still more than three times the median for her size. Bailey Smith (@bazlenka) scores 99 on 422,822 followers, an 87% Australian audience and 9.33% engagement.

Four inputs: audience fit, the share of the audience in Australia; engagement judged against accounts of the same size; average Reel views set against follower count; and audience quality, the share of followers scored as real. Follower size is left out on purpose. Twelve cards here earn an A+ and thirteen an A, and all 25 average more Reel views than they hold followers.

The median is 72%. Emma & Jake (@emma__higgins) sit highest at 91% and DIM ilievski (@dim.ilievski) lowest at 34%, and nothing below 30% reached the page. The column matters more than it looks: at 41% local, the 595,425 followers of Chloe Fisher (@chloe.fisher) put fewer people in Australia than the 384,020 of Daniel Gorringe (@danielgorringe_) at 90%.

Eight trades, taken from the bios: 10 general entertainment creators, 3 comedians and live performers, 3 podcast and television hosts, 3 adventure and outdoors creators, 2 food creators, 2 footy names, 1 car creator and 1 renovation couple. That adds to 25. A dietitian can carry a nutrition claim and a car creator can carry a parts claim; the follower number tells you neither.

In September 2026, with every account on the page having posted inside the thirty days before the reading. Followers, engagement and view averages drift week by week, so the order is a picture of that month rather than a standing table. The underlying records refresh continuously and the page is rebuilt from them.