Top 25 US Food Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

Rob Martinez tells stories about people and food and states plainly that he takes no paid placements. A+ at 97, the highest score here: 36 times the US median engagement rate for his size.

Yeji keeps a corporate worker's food journal around Bay Area eating. A+ at 96 on a 92 percent real audience, the cleanest on this page.

Josh Scherer cooks for Mythical Kitchen and wrote a number one New York Times bestseller. A+ at 93 on Reels reaching almost twice his following.

Chef Pops creates food in Los Angeles and has appeared on Food Network and HBO Max. A at 86 on an 82 percent American audience.

Alycia posts as a working mother and wife around family food. A at 85 on the most American audience in the top ten at 92 percent.

Olivia Maher created Girl Dinner. A at 84 on an 88 percent real audience.

Livy posts food while writing openly about her battle with leukaemia. A at 81 on 445,000 followers.

Audrey Rogers posts recipes, reviews and travel together. A at 81 on Reels reaching more than her follower count.

Matt Peterson describes the account as like the Food Network, but not. B at 79 on seventeen times the US median engagement rate for his size.

Dylan Reese posts faith, family and food in that order. B at 78 on an 82 percent American audience.

Sama posts real food and real life entirely in sign language. B at 78 on a 75 percent American audience.

Julian Mu posts food, people and places that feel like home. B at 78 on an 86 percent American audience.

H Woo's entire bio is three words: i like food. B at 77 on 689,000 followers and Reels reaching more than his following.

James Kibitel streams weekly and lists a management address. B at 77 on a 71 percent American audience.

Jay posts food, Halloween and whatever he feels like, and calls himself a girl dad. B at 77 on the third most American audience here at 91 percent.

Kaelyn Gutierrez posts lifestyle, food and travel from North Carolina and carries 3.3 million on TikTok. B at 75 on the largest following on this page at 883,000.

Alex Rios is a personal chef in Miami cooking Cuban food. B at 75 on an 87 percent American audience.

Michael Tran posts nostalgic recipes from the Bay Area. B at 75 on more than ten times the US median engagement rate for his size.

Rey blogs food and calls himself a smooth talker. B at 75 on Reels reaching more than four fifths of his following.

Codie and Drew post food and travel from Florida outward. B at 75 on a 90 percent American audience.

Shay cooks food for the soul from Chicago. B at 75 on an 89 percent American audience.

Ismatu G describes herself in four words as a mildly lobotomised food girlie. B at 74 on an 87 percent American audience.

Chef Darius makes cooking simple from Atlanta. B at 73 on a 93 percent American audience, the most domestic here.

Vanessa Rctz cooks Michoacan food and runs a second account. B at 73 on a 79 percent American audience.

Messy Baker went from decorating grocery store cakes to baking at home. B at 73 on Reels reaching more than four fifths of her following.