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Top 13 UK Tech Influencers

British tech feeds are built by makers, not just unboxers.

This list runs from gadget and Apple reviewers to machine-learning engineers, an augmented-reality developer, and an AI founder.

The people who actually build software and hardware tend to hold the most reactive followings, which is exactly why this shortlist over-indexes on engineers and tinkerers.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev3 min readLast updated: 16 Jun 2026

The ranking

13 top influencers from 1,797 UK tech profiles

Across the 1,797 UK tech creators we track, audiences engage about 4.8x more per post than a typical account of the same size, and their followers read as about 81% real on average.

13 / 1.8K
Influencers selected
4.4%
Avg engagement
81%
Avg real audience
Gavin Free
#1

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Gavin FreeMacro
345.4K
Followers
1.67%
Engagement rate
155.7K
Avg views

🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 - Slow Mo Guy,, “Best Slow Mo on YouTube” - (Will Smith) “Is this what white people do?” - (Snoop Dogg) “Underwhelming” - (Chris Pratt)

Audience location
UK14.0%
13.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Science and tech spectacle.

One half of the Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free turns cameras, gadgets, and physics into high-production spectacle. His 87% real audience and large following make him the broadest-reach pick here, best when a brand wants polished tech storytelling over a deep technical walkthrough.

Sam Meech-Ward
#2

meech_wardSam Meech-Ward

Sam Meech-WardMacro
181.8K
Followers
7.30%
Engagement rate
882.1K
Avg views

https://cloudcourse.dev

Audience location
UK12.0%
12.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Cloud and developer education.

Sam Meech-Ward teaches cloud and software development and links straight to his own course. His engagement runs far above the typical account of his size, which signals a tight, technical following, ideal for developer tools and SaaS briefs.

Huw Prosser
#3

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Huw ProsserMacro
113.5K
Followers
6.72%
Engagement rate
187.4K
Avg views

In a cave with a box of scraps 📦 ML Engineer Tinkerer 📍London

Audience location
UK29.0%
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Machine-learning builds.

A London-based ML engineer who posts hands-on machine-learning and tinkering projects. Engagement well above his tier benchmark suggests followers come for the builds, making him a strong fit for AI and developer-facing campaigns.

Tomi Adebayo
#4

gadgetsboyTomi Adebayo

Tomi AdebayoMid
59.2K
Followers
7.33%
Engagement rate
11.8K
Avg views

Bridging Consumer Tech & Car Culture 🏎️📱 🎙️Presenter & Content Creator 📩 Agent:

Audience location
UK31.0%
35.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Consumer gadget reviews.

Tomi Adebayo reviews consumer tech and car culture as a presenter and is represented by an agent, so he is set up for paid work. His audience reads as 65% real, the softest signal on this list, so weigh his reach against quality before booking.

Macbook Hacks
#5

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Macbook HacksMid
56.1K
Followers
1.10%
Engagement rate
36.8K
Avg views

Apple Tips (for normal people) 👇🏽 Weekly newsletter with Mac tips

Audience location
UK8.0%
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Apple and software tips.

Macbook Hacks runs practical Apple and Mac tips and feeds a weekly newsletter. Engagement is lower than the louder accounts here, but a tips-and-newsletter format suits software brands that want a clear, repeatable how-to slot.

Jorge Powell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#6

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Jorge Powell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Micro
40.7K
Followers
1.67%
Engagement rate
17.4K
Avg views

⚡️YouTube creator & tech enthusiast. 📩 👇🏼 Wallpapers, YouTube & more!

Audience location
UK23.0%
24.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Everyday tech and wallpapers.

Jorge Powell is a Welsh tech enthusiast and YouTube creator who posts wallpapers and consumer-tech content. His mix of channels makes him a fit for accessible, mainstream tech briefs rather than deeply technical ones.

Joey Does Tech
#7

joeydoestechJoey Does Tech

Joey Does TechMicro
40.1K
Followers
1.59%
Engagement rate
13.9K
Avg views

All my links below 😊

Audience location
UK47.0%
13.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: UK-heavy tech audience.

Joey Does Tech has the most UK-concentrated audience on this list, with 47% of followers in the country and an 87% real score. That makes him a sensible starting point when a campaign needs to land specifically with a British tech audience.

Oghalé
#8

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OghaléMicro
34.3K
Followers
3.20%
Engagement rate
9.4K
Avg views

creative director @isoko saved by grace†| 🫧| ai consultant licensing, @trunkarchive london ↔ Los Angeles

Audience location
UK10.0%
13.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: AI and creative direction.

Oghalé works as a creative director and AI consultant across London and Los Angeles. With an 87% real audience and a design-led feed, the account fits creative-tool and AI briefs that value taste as much as reach.

Patrick
#9

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PatrickMicro
22.4K
Followers
9.18%
Engagement rate
7.1K
Avg views

220K+ subs YouTube channel: Youtube.com/c/patrickrambles

Audience location
UK8.0%
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: High-engagement tech video.

Patrick runs a 220K-subscriber YouTube channel and posts the highest engagement on this list. That intensity points to a loyal, reactive following, useful when a brand wants comments and saves rather than just impressions.

Lucyhedges
#10

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LucyhedgesMicro
18.4K
Followers
3.74%
Engagement rate
4.2K
Avg views

BBC Travel Show| BBC The One Show| House Beautiful Tech Columnist| Former Metro Tech Editor| Host/Speaker/TV opportunities:

Audience location
UK64.0%
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Editorial tech credibility.

Lucy Hedges is a former Metro tech editor and BBC presenter, and 64% of her audience is in the UK. She brings editorial credibility and a domestic following, a fit for brands that want a trusted reviewer voice rather than pure scale.

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Arthur Bouffard
#11

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Arthur BouffardMicro
15.4K
Followers
2.62%
Engagement rate
17.2K
Avg views

⚙️ Creator - Developer - Augmented Reality 📖 Feat/Work @ Snap, Google, Olympics, adidas, NYT, LIV Golf, MIT & WIRED 📍 I make art & technology

Audience location
UK8.0%
14.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Augmented reality and effects.

Arthur Bouffard is a developer and augmented-reality creator with credited work for major platforms and brands. His 86% real audience and AR focus make him the clear pick for camera-effect, creative-tool, and platform briefs.

Shit User Story
#12

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Shit User StoryMicro
15.3K
Followers
4.24%
Engagement rate
22.8K
Avg views

The internet nobody asked for

Audience location
UK10.0%
11.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Tech and UX humor.

Shit User Story turns software and UX frustrations into sharp, relatable humor and has the cleanest audience here at 89% real. The comedic angle suits developer-tool and SaaS brands comfortable with self-aware, in-joke creative.

Amir Kidwai
#13

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Amir KidwaiMicro
12.1K
Followers
6.99%
Engagement rate
134.1K
Avg views

University of Manchester 🇬🇧 graduate London 📍 CEO at Tensorblue AI In my build Era

Audience location
UK9.0%
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: AI founder storytelling.

Amir Kidwai is the founder of an AI company and documents building it from London. His following is smaller and reads as 71% real, but a founder-building-in-public angle is well suited to B2B and developer-audience campaigns.

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Brand fit

Best brand fits for UK tech influencers

Read these as inferences from bios and content themes, useful for shortlisting, not a record of past deals.

Consumer hardware and gadgets
Best fit

The reviewers here test phones, laptops, and accessories on camera, which suits launch and hands-on review briefs.

Software, apps, and SaaS
Strong

Apple-tip and developer accounts demonstrate tools in real workflows, a fit for product walkthroughs and free-trial pushes.

AI and developer tools
Strong

Several creators build with machine learning and AI and speak to a technical audience, useful for B2B and dev-facing campaigns.

Creative and AR platforms
Good

The AR technologist on this list has credited work for major platforms, a fit for creative-tool and camera-effect briefs.

Courses, newsletters, and learning
Niche

Many link to their own courses or newsletters, so education and upskilling brands have natural common ground.

Several of these creators describe themselves as developers, engineers, or founders rather than reviewers, and their bios link to courses, newsletters, or live products instead of affiliate stores. That maker-led mix is why engagement on this shortlist runs well above the typical account of the same size.

Many run a larger YouTube channel and treat Instagram as a feed for longer reviews and build logs, so reach here understates their total audience. Several also list an agent or a business email, which means a meaningful share of this short list is already set up for paid work.

Our verdict

This shortlist is best for briefs that reward a credible, hands-on demonstration: hardware launches, software walkthroughs, and developer-facing or AI campaigns.

Start with the gadget and Apple-tip reviewers when you need broad consumer reach, and move to the engineers, the AR developer, and the AI founder when the audience needs to be technical. Note that one creator here reads as 65% real, below the rest, so weigh that against reach.

To go further, the public list is a sample: Click Analytic tracks 1,797 UK tech creators in total, with audience quality, contact emails, and price estimates on each, so you can filter the full slice rather than work from the top 13 alone.

Methodology

How we selected these influencers

How we picked this shortlist: we started from UK tech creators on Instagram and ranked by a blend of reach, engagement, and audience quality.

Eligibility

genuine tech content creators only. We removed retail and repair businesses, telecom brands, design studios, and off-niche accounts such as artists and general lifestyle pages.

Audience location

each creator has a measurable UK audience share; the list leans toward creators whose content reaches a UK following, not only UK-resident accounts.

Engagement benchmark

multiples compare each creator against the typical engagement for an account of their size, using the Creator Economy Report 2026 Instagram tier benchmarks.

Audience quality

the real-audience figure is the share of followers that read as genuine, not bots or inactive accounts.

Data date

figures refresh every month; this is a small public sample of a larger tracked slice.

Shortlist vs full slice

the 13 shown here are a hand-vetted preview of the 1,797 UK tech creators in the database.

The figures above are a snapshot pulled on June 16, 2026, not a live feed.

For developers & data teams

Put the data behind this ranking in your own stack

The same live data we used to rank UK tech creators, followers, engagement, audience quality and more across 400M+ creators, is available programmatically through the Click Analytic Influencer Marketing API.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything brands ask before shortlisting UK tech creators.

How were these UK tech influencers chosen and ranked?

We started from tech creators with a UK audience on Instagram, removed businesses and off-niche accounts, then ranked the remaining people by a blend of reach, engagement, and audience quality. The result is a hand-vetted sample of 13, not a raw follower count.

Is this list only Instagram?

The metrics shown are from Instagram, but several of these creators are bigger on YouTube and use Instagram as a feed for longer reviews and build logs. The platform tooling can pull the same creators across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

How is audience quality measured?

Each creator has a real-audience score, the share of followers that read as genuine rather than fake or inactive. For context, across all Instagram creators in the Creator Economy Report 2026 only 39% clear a 75%-real bar; most creators on this shortlist sit above it.

Why is the UK tech list shorter than other rankings?

UK tech is a smaller Instagram niche than beauty or fashion, and we would rather show a short, defensible list of genuine creators than pad it with repair shops, telecom brands, and off-topic accounts. The full tracked slice is much larger.

Are these creators good for brand campaigns?

Most suit hands-on briefs: hardware launches, software walkthroughs, and developer or AI campaigns. Brand-fit notes here are inferred from bios and content, not a record of past sponsorships, so treat them as a starting point for outreach.

How do I see the full list of UK tech creators and contact them?

Click Analytic tracks 1,797 UK tech creators in total. The platform shows audience data, real-audience scores, price estimates, and public contact emails where available, so you can filter the full slice and reach out directly rather than work from this top 13.

Photos and figures reflect the data snapshot date and may differ from the current profiles.

Denis Golubev

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Denis Golubev

Marketer at Click Analytic, turning live data on 400M+ creators into rankings brands can actually act on.

Last updated 16 Jun 20263 min read

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