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Top 25 US Lifestyle Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

We screened the 927,095 US-based Instagram accounts we track for lifestyle in the bio, 20,000 to 1,000,000 followers, a 50% American audience, 1.5% engagement, 70% real followers, 1,000 average Reel views and a post in the last thirty days, then ranked 25 selected creators by the CA Influence Index.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev7 min readLast updated: 6 Sept 2026

The ranking

25 top US lifestyle influencers on Instagram

We screened 21,898 US Instagram accounts that name lifestyle in their own bio for an American audience, high audience quality, engagement and recent activity. The 25 below are ranked by the CA Influence Index.

25
Influencers selected
75%
Avg American audience
3.8%
Avg engagement
79%
Avg real audience
Sam Schlageter
#1

yourdcbestieSam Schlageter

Sam SchlageterMid
390.2K
Followers
1.91%
Engagement rate
359.0K
Avg views
12.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

👋 Let’s be friends! 📍 Washington, DC 🌎 lifestyle & travel 💌

Audience location
The United States88.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Sam Schlageter posts lifestyle and travel from Washington DC and opens the bio by asking you to be friends. A at 83, the only A on this page: an 88 percent American audience, 88 percent of it real, and Reels reaching 92 percent of her following.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit88% the United States
Engagement3.4x median
View power0.9x followers
Audience quality88% real
Jessica Haynes
#2

jessbecookingJessica Haynes

Jessica HaynesMid
446.2K
Followers
5.21%
Engagement rate
344.8K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

❤️Lifestyle| Home Cooking| Family Sharing Meals Texas Stay At Home Wife & Mom (🚫Not A Chef) ✨Amazon Storefront👇🏽 ❤️YouTube Channel 👇🏽

Audience location
The United States95.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Jessica Haynes cooks at home in Texas and says plainly that she is not a chef. B at 79 on the most American audience on this page.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit95% the United States
Engagement9.3x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality74% real
Soufiane Bernoukh
#3

soufs_videosSoufiane Bernoukh

Soufiane BernoukhMacro
617.8K
Followers
13.60%
Engagement rate
676.6K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🏀 Basketball• Comedy• Lifestyle 🇲🇦 Moroccan| 📍DC @halalwrist ™ 📩 /

Audience location
The United States60.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Soufiane Bernoukh posts basketball and comedy from Washington DC and runs a wristband brand. B at 78 on 24 times the US median engagement rate for his size, and the only account here whose Reels beat its own follower count.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit60% the United States
Engagement24.3x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality74% real
Allison
#4

_finallyallisonAllison

AllisonMacro
673.7K
Followers
4.90%
Engagement rate
376.1K
Avg views
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

- 🍽️ Precision 🚫 Restriction - 🥾 @stepbet host code finallyallison - 😎🌻 Easy Healthy Lifestyle - 👇🏻 Toys this way 👇🏻

Audience location
The United States78.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Allison posts easy healthy eating built on precision rather than restriction and hosts on the StepBet app. B at 77 on almost nine times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit78% the United States
Engagement8.8x median
View power0.6x followers
Audience quality84% real
kylie pitts
#5

kylieapittskylie pitts

kylie pittsMacro
649.8K
Followers
1.72%
Engagement rate
322.0K
Avg views
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

lifestyle vlogger📸 motherhood| real life| chaos 💌

Audience location
The United States95.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Kylie Pitts vlogs motherhood and calls her own feed real life and chaos. B at 76 on a 95 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit95% the United States
Engagement3.1x median
View power0.5x followers
Audience quality82% real
Derrick Lawrence Jr
#6

iamdeejayyyyllcDerrick Lawrence Jr

Derrick Lawrence JrMid
486.5K
Followers
2.83%
Engagement rate
266.1K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🎭 Comedy| Lifestyle 🩺 Nursing Life 📍New Orleans 📩 Collabs: DM or Email ↓

Audience location
The United States94.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Derrick Lawrence Jr posts comedy and lifestyle around his nursing job in New Orleans. B at 76 on a 94 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit94% the United States
Engagement5.1x median
View power0.5x followers
Audience quality79% real
Zach Webber
#7

zach_webber_Zach Webber

Zach WebberMid
463.7K
Followers
1.86%
Engagement rate
281.6K
Avg views
15.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Dad| Routines| Lifestyle Host of @good.reps.show Shop posts below ⬇️

Audience location
The United States69.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Zach Webber posts as a dad about routines and hosts a podcast on the same subject. B at 75 on an 85 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit69% the United States
Engagement3.3x median
View power0.6x followers
Audience quality85% real
Devonte West
#8

_devontewestDevonte West

Devonte WestMacro
878.4K
Followers
2.31%
Engagement rate
275.6K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Making everyday life way funnier Between Dallas and LA Partnerships

Audience location
The United States95.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Devonte West splits his time between Dallas and Los Angeles making everyday life funnier. B at 73 on 878,000 followers with 95 percent of the audience American.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit95% the United States
Engagement4.1x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality81% real
thyri frazier
#9

thyriifrazierthyri frazier

thyri frazierMacro
688.3K
Followers
3.31%
Engagement rate
235.6K
Avg views
24.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

your internet big sis 🐱 hot girl life + real girl talk wellness• lifestyle• confidence 📩

Audience location
The United States85.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Thyri Frazier calls herself your internet big sister and posts wellness and confidence talk. B at 73 on almost six times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit85% the United States
Engagement5.9x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality76% real
Paulina Torres
#10

ipautorresPaulina Torres

Paulina TorresMacro
708.4K
Followers
1.67%
Engagement rate
202.9K
Avg views
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Girl, get in…we're becoming our best selves 🤍 Lifestyle ♡ self love ♡ travel 🇲🇽→ LA

Audience location
The United States85.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Paulina Torres posts self-love, lifestyle and travel, and the bio marks a move from Mexico to Los Angeles. B at 72 on an 85 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit85% the United States
Engagement3.0x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality77% real

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Diane & Anthony
#11

officialwinstonfamilyDiane & Anthony

Diane & AnthonyMid
443.6K
Followers
1.86%
Engagement rate
134.8K
Avg views
27.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍 Houston, TX Marriage• Family• Parenthood• Lifestyle 📩 Collabs: 🕊️ Our Angel @_jenniferle 🏡 @_dianetherealtor

Audience location
The United States86.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Diane and Anthony post marriage and parenthood together from Houston. B at 72 on an 86 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit86% the United States
Engagement3.3x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality73% real
Bliss Poureetezadi Goytowski
#12

blisspoureetezadiBliss Poureetezadi Goytowski

Bliss Poureetezadi GoytowskiMacro
754.4K
Followers
2.65%
Engagement rate
322.4K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

@loveisblindnetflix 💫 Podcast host: @blindlove_podcast 🎙️ Mommy 👧🏻 👶🏻 🍼| Marriage💗| Lifestyle ✨ 💌

Audience location
The United States68.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Bliss Poureetezadi Goytowski came out of Love Is Blind and hosts the Blind Love podcast. B at 71 on 754,000 followers and an 81 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit68% the United States
Engagement4.7x median
View power0.4x followers
Audience quality81% real
Christian Ou
#13

onehappybiteChristian Ou

Christian OuMid
436.4K
Followers
1.89%
Engagement rate
246.9K
Avg views
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Healthy Asian-Inspired Recipes| Lifestyle 📍LA| TPE 🇹🇼🥟 📧 Click for FREE recipes👇

Audience location
The United States60.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Christian Ou posts healthy Asian-inspired recipes and splits the bio between Los Angeles and Taipei. B at 71 on an 83 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit60% the United States
Engagement3.4x median
View power0.6x followers
Audience quality83% real
Torick
#14

itsbadkidtorickTorick

TorickMid
408.7K
Followers
1.91%
Engagement rate
114.3K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍LA Influencers Creator 🗣️Comedy| Lifestyle| Blogger 🎬 Torick 📺 known For YouTube & Instagram skits 💫TikTok:Itsbadkidtorick225 300k

Audience location
The United States95.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Torick posts comedy skits from Los Angeles and runs 300,000 more on TikTok. B at 71 on a 94 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit95% the United States
Engagement3.4x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality71% real
Keya Davis
#15

juicewithkeyaKeya Davis

Keya DavisMacro
918.0K
Followers
10.24%
Engagement rate
118.2K
Avg views
3.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍 Florida 🌱Nutrition| Wellness| Lifestyle 👇🏼Juicer• Accessories• Ebooks• Coaching

Audience location
The United States75.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Keya Davis sells juicers, coaching and ebooks around nutrition and wellness from Florida. B at 70 on a 97 percent real audience, the cleanest on this page, and 18 times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit75% the United States
Engagement18.3x median
View power0.1x followers
Audience quality97% real
Karla Lu
#16

polymathmomKarla Lu

Karla LuMid
394.3K
Followers
9.09%
Engagement rate
286.2K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Single Mom of 2| Luxury Travel| Lifestyle 📍#Arizona California Inspiring others one square at a time💕 @thepolymathmom 📩

Audience location
The United States54.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Karla Lu posts luxury travel as a single mother of two between Arizona and California. B at 70 on 16 times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit54% the United States
Engagement16.2x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality71% real
Kimberley Jules 𑣲.
#17

simplykjulessKimberley Jules 𑣲.

Kimberley Jules 𑣲.Macro
897.7K
Followers
4.80%
Engagement rate
178.8K
Avg views
28.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Nursing student by day, comedian by accident <3 Skits| Lifestyle| 🇭🇹 Come navigate life w/ me:) Mgmt: 📧

Audience location
The United States75.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Kimberley Jules is a nursing student who calls herself a comedian by accident. B at 68 on 898,000 followers and almost nine times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit75% the United States
Engagement8.6x median
View power0.2x followers
Audience quality72% real
monkee bois
#18

monkee_boismonkee bois

monkee boisMacro
620.7K
Followers
1.60%
Engagement rate
329.4K
Avg views
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Ty and Donnie, TWO BROTHERS ROCKIN' THE 80's LIFESTYLE🐆🦓🐉⭐️🤘 Email for

Audience location
The United States58.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Ty and Donnie post together as two brothers living an eighties life. B at 68 on an 83 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit58% the United States
Engagement2.9x median
View power0.5x followers
Audience quality83% real
veronica
#19

v.okayveronica

veronicaMacro
610.1K
Followers
1.53%
Engagement rate
164.3K
Avg views
24.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

24• lesbian princess• ♍︎• LA📍 beauty• fashion• lifestyle 🗡️ email for business 📧

Audience location
The United States75.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Veronica describes herself as a 24-year-old lesbian creator posting beauty, fashion and lifestyle from Los Angeles. B at 67 on a 76 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit75% the United States
Engagement2.7x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality76% real
Destene Sudduth
#20

itsdestene_Destene Sudduth

Destene SudduthMacro
583.5K
Followers
1.70%
Engagement rate
195.7K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

lifestyle• motherhood• fashion wife & mama sharing real life 📍dallas

Audience location
The United States65.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Destene Sudduth posts motherhood, fashion and married life from Dallas. B at 67 on Reels reaching a third of her following.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit65% the United States
Engagement3.0x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality71% real

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Niaesha Downey
#21

delaneydreammNiaesha Downey

Niaesha DowneyMid
481.4K
Followers
1.75%
Engagement rate
106.3K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍TN Family|LifeStyle|Fashion|Travel Management: @jexyagency 📧: Tiktok: @delaneydream

Audience location
The United States71.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Niaesha Downey posts family, fashion and travel from Tennessee through an agency. B at 67 on a 71 percent American audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit71% the United States
Engagement3.1x median
View power0.2x followers
Audience quality71% real
LafamiliaPerez
#22

lafamiliaperezwebLafamiliaPerez

LafamiliaPerezMid
423.4K
Followers
1.82%
Engagement rate
121.6K
Avg views
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Familia latina 🇺🇸 Humor• Lifestyle 📩 Colaboraciones

Audience location
The United States61.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

The Perez family posts humour and lifestyle in Spanish from inside the United States. B at 67 on an 82 percent real audience.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit61% the United States
Engagement3.3x median
View power0.3x followers
Audience quality82% real
Addison
#23

theofficialaddisonAddison

AddisonMid
400.9K
Followers
2.17%
Engagement rate
25.6K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Comedy• Lifestyle• Beauty• Travel• LGBTQ 📍 LA| ICU RN| TikTok 1M “Let’s get 1 thing straight & 2 things gay”™

Audience location
The United States72.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Addison is an ICU nurse in Los Angeles who posts comedy, beauty and travel. B at 67 on the lowest Reel reach here, six percent of the follower count.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit72% the United States
Engagement3.9x median
View power0.1x followers
Audience quality79% real
Sabrina Cesta
#24

sabrinacestaSabrina Cesta

Sabrina CestaMacro
938.1K
Followers
3.12%
Engagement rate
365.9K
Avg views
4.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

gym rat on two wheels|📍LA• calisthenics• lifestyle• good vibes ☽。⋆ » @youngla @younglaforher| -15% code ‘SABRINA’ 📩

Audience location
The United States50.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Sabrina Cesta posts calisthenics and cycling from Los Angeles and carries a YoungLA discount code. B at 66 on 938,000 followers, the largest account on this page, and a 96 percent real audience, though exactly half the audience is American.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit50% the United States
Engagement5.6x median
View power0.4x followers
Audience quality96% real
Justine Joy Ndiba
#25

justinejoyJustine Joy Ndiba

Justine Joy NdibaMacro
677.3K
Followers
9.79%
Engagement rate
125.2K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

TV & Media Personality Host @justsayin 🎙️ Fashion| Beauty| Lifestyle 🇨🇩| 🇰🇪|📍 LA

Audience location
The United States63.0%
CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence in the United States, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Justine Joy Ndiba is a television and media personality in Los Angeles who hosts the Just Sayin podcast. B at 66 on 17 times the US median engagement rate for her size.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit63% the United States
Engagement17.5x median
View power0.2x followers
Audience quality81% real

Ranking method

CA Influence Index™ (CII): how we grade US lifestyle influencers

CII is a market-relative score from 0 to 99. It combines local audience fit, engagement against creators of the same size, average Reel views, and estimated real-audience share. The creators above are ordered by this score, not by follower count.

25%of the score

Audience fit

How much of the audience sits in the American market. Full marks once 80% of it is there.

30%of the score

Engagement

Likes and comments against creators of the same size here. Full marks at 3x that median.

30%of the score

View power

Average Reel views against follower count. Full marks at twice the following.

15%of the score

Audience quality

Share of followers reading as real people. Full marks at 90%.

Engagement is scored against the American median for a creator’s own size: around 0.8% under 50K followers, around 0.6% above 250K. Both are rounded, because the study measures them by search rather than by census.

  • A+90-99
  • A80-89
  • B65-79
  • C50-64
  • Dunder 50

The score is capped at 99 so it never implies certainty. Read the full CA Influence Index methodology. The benchmark is national, not global. Here is the market behind it.

Market benchmark

The American Instagram market behind this ranking

The American Instagram study covers 927,095 accounts with at least 10K followers. The 25 selected profiles are compared with that study below.

Read the United States Creator Economy Report, the measurement this chart is scored against.

How the selected 25 compare with the American Instagram market

Pink = the 25 US lifestyle influencers above.

Grey = every American Instagram account we measure with at least 10,000 followers, all 927,095 of them.

Each bar is the share above the threshold, so a longer pink bar means the influencers above reach it more often than the market does.

Audience at least 60% based in the United States

selected: 88%
market: 52%

Engagement rate of 5% or better

selected: 20%
market: 13%

Averages 100K+ Reel views per post

selected: 96%
market: 4.8%

Source: the Click Analytic American creator market study of 927,095 Instagram accounts, measured 6 September 2026. The market side is read from that study; the pink side is computed from the cards above.

Why Sam Schlageter is the #1 US lifestyle creator

Sam Schlageter tops this ranking with a CA Influence Index of 83 (A), the highest among the selected accounts on this page.

The score breaks down like this

  • Audience in the United States88.0%100/100
  • Engagement against the market median for this size1.91%, 3.4x100/100
  • Average Reels reach against follower count0.9x46/100
  • Share of the audience that is real88%98/100

Among the selected accounts, this creator has the highest combined score.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers on how the field was found, why lifestyle is never the whole brief and what the index weighs.

01How were these 25 US lifestyle influencers chosen?

We started from the 927,095 US-based Instagram accounts we track and kept those between 20,000 and 1,000,000 followers that name lifestyle in their own bio. Those accounts then had to hold at least half their audience in the United States while clearing our engagement, audience quality, Reel view and recency floors. 19 already published on our other US pages were excluded, and the 25 here are ranked by the CA Influence Index.

02Why does nobody here post only lifestyle?

Because lifestyle is a container word. Every one of the 25 bios pairs it with something concrete: comedy on seven of them, motherhood or family on eight, and the others run through cooking, wellness, cycling, travel and reality television. When you brief a lifestyle creator you are really briefing the second word, so read the bio line on each card before the follower count.

03How is this different from your US fashion and beauty pages?

They are drawn from the same market and many creators name several of these words in their bio. Where an account is already published on another US page it is not repeated here: 19 were excluded for that reason. If you are briefing across niches, read the pages as one field rather than four separate ones.

04Why is there only one A on this page?

Reel reach. The index weighs how far an account's Reels travel against its own following, and the median account here reaches about a third of it, with only one clearing its follower count outright. Audience quality and engagement are healthy across the page, so almost everyone lands in the B band between 66 and 79.

05Who was left out, and why?

A conservative political media account and an apparel label. Both name lifestyle in the bio and both passed the screen, but neither is a creator you can brief.

06How current is this?

Every account posted within 30 days of the Sep 6, 2026 snapshot. Follower counts, engagement, Reel views and audience shares are read at that date and move week to week at this size, so re-check before a campaign.

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 6 Sept 20267 min read

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