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Top 25 NYC Fitness Influencers on Instagram

We screened 1,427 New York based Instagram accounts between 20,000 and 500,000 followers that name fitness in their own bio, for a 20% United States audience, 1.5% engagement, 60% 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.

Jules CarmauxJules Carmaux8 min readLast updated: 17 Sept 2026

The ranking

25 top New York fitness influencers on Instagram

The 25 selected influencers include an airline and helicopter pilot who instructs on both, a clinical psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker who owns a counselling practice, a travel nurse, a pediatric nurse, a certified trainer who develops recipes, a cosplayer, a colourist who sells grading packs, and coaches selling structured programmes.

25
Influencers selected
78%
Avg American audience
6.1%
Avg engagement
77%
Avg real audience
Mazi
#1

starrmaziMazi

MaziNano
23.0K
Followers
6.39%
Engagement rate
45.9K
Avg views
28.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

God. Vision. Family. Fitness. @4shootersonly🗽 @themazifamily color your videos with my lut pack 🎨

Audience location
United States92.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Mazi lists faith, vision, family and fitness and sells a colour grading pack for video through the bio. A+ 97 is the top score here, and his 45,899 average Reel views sit exactly on the roster median, against a 92% United States audience.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit92% United States
Engagement8.1x median
View power2.0x followers
Audience quality72% real
Shaq
#2

shaqsuaveeShaq

ShaqNano
33.6K
Followers
8.72%
Engagement rate
67.4K
Avg views
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🇯🇲 BSN, RN💉🩺 Jersey 📍 Travel nurse / Fitness / Lifestyle

Audience location
United States65.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Shaq works as a travel nurse out of New Jersey and lists fitness and lifestyle alongside the nursing. A+ 94 combines 8.72% engagement with 67,386 average Reel views and 80% real followers.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit65% United States
Engagement11.0x median
View power2.0x followers
Audience quality80% real
Mili
#3

lockinwithmiliMili

MiliNano
29.0K
Followers
14.30%
Engagement rate
81.4K
Avg views
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Mili · NYC 📍 High-protein meals • Fitness• Mindset ⬇️ my macro + habit toolkit → no download → start for $1 today🔒

Audience location
United States63.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Mili posts high-protein meals, fitness and mindset from New York and sells a macro and habit toolkit. The second highest engagement rate on this page, 14.3%, carries A+ 93 against a 63% United States share.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit63% United States
Engagement18.1x median
View power2.8x followers
Audience quality80% real
Dallin Jones
#4

dallinallcapsDallin Jones

Dallin JonesNano
29.3K
Followers
8.86%
Engagement rate
93.0K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🦸‍♂️Human action figure 🎥 Maker • Film • Fitness 📩

Audience location
United States52.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Dallin Jones calls himself a human action figure and lists maker, film and fitness as his subjects. A+ 90 rests on 8.86% engagement and 93,015 average Reel views, with a 52% United States audience the weakest part of the score.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit52% United States
Engagement11.2x median
View power3.2x followers
Audience quality81% real
Lindsay Bennie
#5

benniebaby_Lindsay Bennie

Lindsay BennieMid
256.4K
Followers
9.14%
Engagement rate
354.3K
Avg views
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

@benniebabylifts_ 🏋🏼‍♀️ fashion | lifestyle | fitness "BUILT, NOT BOUGHT" sign up ⬇️

Audience location
United States89.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Lindsay Bennie runs a separate lifting account, files her work as fashion, lifestyle and fitness, and sums it up as built not bought. Much the widest reach on this page at 354,316 average Reel views, and A 89 measures that against a following of 256,369.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit89% United States
Engagement16.3x median
View power1.4x followers
Audience quality82% real
Trishanna B. von Czarnowski
#6

_xoxo_trishTrishanna B. von Czarnowski

Trishanna B. von CzarnowskiNano
45.6K
Followers
6.35%
Engagement rate
186.8K
Avg views
33.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Clothing Brand @annahsirtlabel Former Homebody turn Minister of Enjoyment Fashion|Fitness|Family|Motherhood|Wellness

Audience location
United States58.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Trishanna owns the clothing label her bio tags and calls herself a former homebody turned minister of enjoyment. A 89 reads 186,840 average Reel views and 6.35% engagement, with 67% real followers the limiting figure.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit58% United States
Engagement8.0x median
View power4.1x followers
Audience quality67% real
dannyboy
#7

dannyboydummydannyboy

dannyboyMid
143.2K
Followers
16.64%
Engagement rate
305.3K
Avg views
27.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

A dummy who likes fitness & dancing ❤️‍🔥 Checkout @damndesco & Yummyboydummy:)

Audience location
United States49.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

The dannyboydummy account describes itself as a dummy who likes fitness and dancing and tags two further accounts. The highest engagement rate here, 16.64%, and 305,317 average Reel views carry A 87 against the narrowest United States audience on the page, 49%.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit49% United States
Engagement26.0x median
View power2.1x followers
Audience quality73% real
Yuly
#8

naturallyyulyYuly

YulyMicro
95.0K
Followers
2.70%
Engagement rate
124.1K
Avg views
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

✨NOT Your Typical Fitness Gal ✨Educator | CPT | Recipe Developer ✨The BX/DMV ⬇️ Cookbooks & Coaching Services

Audience location
United States74.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Yuly calls herself not your typical fitness gal and lists educator, certified personal trainer and recipe developer. A 87 pairs 124,058 average Reel views with 83% real followers, on 2.7% engagement.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit74% United States
Engagement3.9x median
View power1.3x followers
Audience quality83% real
Tiffany Ihnen
#9

tiffjeffcoatTiffany Ihnen

Tiffany IhnenMid
280.7K
Followers
7.28%
Engagement rate
337.8K
Avg views
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

lifestyle, beauty, fitness, mommy to Halo, wife to zay💗 TikTok: 1.8mil+ Partnerships💌

Audience location
United States77.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Tiffany Ihnen lists lifestyle, beauty and fitness alongside motherhood and claims more than 1.8 million followers on TikTok. Much the largest account here at 280,673 followers, and A 85 sets 337,823 average Reel views against that size.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit77% United States
Engagement13.0x median
View power1.2x followers
Audience quality75% real
Mike Young
#10

_mikeyoung1Mike Young

Mike YoungNano
30.5K
Followers
3.85%
Engagement rate
29.2K
Avg views
7.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Simplifying fitness for the confused beginner 1-1 coaching & free stuff

Audience location
United States94.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Mike Young describes his work as simplifying fitness for the confused beginner and offers one-to-one coaching. At 93% real followers and a 94% United States audience he holds the cleanest and joint most domestic card on this page, and his 3.85% engagement is exactly the roster median, for A 84.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit94% United States
Engagement4.9x median
View power1.0x followers
Audience quality93% real

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Emma Watters
#11

emmawatters__Emma Watters

Emma WattersMid
112.6K
Followers
9.32%
Engagement rate
117.8K
Avg views
28.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

diet, fitness, workouts, hair, makeup & fashion at link below

Audience location
United States94.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Emma Watters gives her subjects as diet, fitness, workouts, hair, makeup and fashion. At 94% his United States audience is joint widest here, and A 83 adds 9.32% engagement and 117,771 average Reel views.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit94% United States
Engagement13.8x median
View power1.0x followers
Audience quality72% real
Monèt M.
#12

rockstarrmofitMonèt M.

Monèt M.Nano
21.9K
Followers
2.60%
Engagement rate
23.4K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

@rockstarrmo fitness | lifestyle | wellness 📍NJ 💌: @oxyshred athlete👇🏾

Audience location
United States90.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Monèt lists fitness, lifestyle and wellness from New Jersey and names an athlete role with a supplement brand. A 83 rests on a 90% United States audience and 23,353 average Reel views, on 2.6% engagement.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit90% United States
Engagement3.3x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality74% real
Edis Lukolic
#13

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Edis LukolicNano
23.8K
Followers
12.08%
Engagement rate
19.0K
Avg views
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

nyc • fashion | fitness | lifestyle

Audience location
United States87.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Edis Lukolic gives his three subjects as fashion, fitness and lifestyle from New York. A 81 combines 12.08% engagement with 84% real followers, held back by 19,019 average Reel views.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit87% United States
Engagement15.3x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality84% real
Kevin B
#14

kbnkvaKevin B

Kevin BNano
21.0K
Followers
9.76%
Engagement rate
18.7K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Licensed Therapist | LCSW Owner of Empower You Counseling and Wellness, LLC Hybrid Fitness Training Commercial 📸

Audience location
United States85.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Kevin B is a licensed clinical social worker who owns the counselling practice his bio names and also does hybrid fitness training. His 85% United States audience sits exactly on the roster median, and A 81 adds 9.76% engagement on a following of 21,017.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit85% United States
Engagement12.4x median
View power0.9x followers
Audience quality74% real
peggy
#15

peggyxtanpeggy

peggyNano
21.6K
Followers
3.81%
Engagement rate
17.9K
Avg views
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

RN, BSN ⚕️ 📩 @danchomodels @sheincampus ambassador Fitness + Wellness @liftwithpegs

Audience location
United States92.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Peggy works as a registered nurse, models through the agency her bio tags, and runs a separate lifting account. A 80 reads a 92% United States audience and 17,903 average Reel views, on 3.81% engagement.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit92% United States
Engagement4.8x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality77% real
EJ
#16
42.4K
Followers
1.81%
Engagement rate
59.4K
Avg views
24.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍NJ | Cosplay | Fitness 🔜 Colossal Con East 💍 @punkwitchcosplay 😚🫶🏽💜 @u.k.o_fitness code: BoricuaPump Business

Audience location
United States72.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

EJ posts cosplay and fitness from New Jersey, names a convention he is heading to, and carries a supplement code. The lowest engagement rate on this page, 1.81%, holds 59,392 average Reel views to B 79.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit72% United States
Engagement2.3x median
View power1.4x followers
Audience quality76% real
TINA, RN
#17

tinapedsnurseTINA, RN

TINA, RNNano
28.8K
Followers
3.16%
Engagement rate
27.8K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

✨ romanticizing life in & out of scrubs 🩺 💆🏻‍♀️wellness • fitness • self-care (38.2k on tt) 📍long island, ny 💌

Audience location
United States67.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Tina describes her subject as romanticising life in and out of scrubs and posts wellness and fitness from Long Island. B 79 comes from 3.16% engagement and 79% real followers, against a 67% United States share.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit67% United States
Engagement4.0x median
View power1.0x followers
Audience quality79% real
Trevor Babin
#18

trevorbabinTrevor Babin

Trevor BabinMid
216.2K
Followers
2.38%
Engagement rate
142.9K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Fitness | Lifestyle | Fashion NYC 📧

Audience location
United States88.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Trevor Babin gives his three subjects as fitness, lifestyle and fashion in New York. Third largest here at 216,224 followers, and B 78 measures 142,909 average Reel views and an 88% United States audience against that.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit88% United States
Engagement4.1x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality79% real
Yeniabel Torres
#19

yenytorressYeniabel Torres

Yeniabel TorresNano
41.0K
Followers
2.48%
Engagement rate
27.1K
Avg views
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Helping grown bodies rebuild flexibility beyond their20s Jesus at the center ✝︎ @legion yenyT 🤸🏽7 week SPLITS challenge + free fitness app🗓️⤵️

Audience location
United States81.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Yeniabel Torres helps grown bodies rebuild flexibility, runs a seven-week splits challenge, and gives away a fitness app. B 78 rests on 27,057 average Reel views and 78% real followers, on 2.48% engagement.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit81% United States
Engagement3.1x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality78% real
Destinee Mcherron
#20

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Destinee McherronMicro
50.8K
Followers
3.21%
Engagement rate
35.3K
Avg views
33.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

✨Online Fitness Coach✨ Here to help you pick up the pieces and redefine who you truly are❤️‍🩹 Join the family⬇️ @prozis | DESTO10

Audience location
United States87.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Destinee Mcherron works as an online fitness coach and carries a discount code for the supplement brand she tags. B 77 reads 35,322 average Reel views and an 87% United States audience, with 67% real followers the limiting figure.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit87% United States
Engagement4.1x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality67% real

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MJ
#21

mellizlleMJ

MJNano
23.4K
Followers
2.98%
Engagement rate
18.5K
Avg views
38.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

New York 🗽 / 🇨🇴🇨🇺 licensed esthetician / fitness personal trainer Business: @melaniesesthetics.ny

Audience location
United States85.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

MJ works as a licensed esthetician and a fitness personal trainer in New York and names her own business account. B 77 pairs 2.98% engagement with an 85% United States share, held down by 62% real followers, the lowest reading on this page.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit85% United States
Engagement3.8x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality62% real
Sabrina Johnson
#22

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Sabrina JohnsonNano
20.5K
Followers
3.26%
Engagement rate
9.3K
Avg views
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Airline Pilot | Helicopter Pilot CFI airplane & helicopter Flying & Fitness 🇨🇴All opinions are my own.

Audience location
United States90.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Sabrina Johnson flies as an airline and helicopter pilot, instructs on both, and lists flying and fitness as her subjects. The smallest account here at 20,466 followers also draws the narrowest reach, 9,285 average Reel views, which is what B 76 measures.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit90% United States
Engagement4.1x median
View power0.5x followers
Audience quality84% real
GABRIELLA
#23

itsgabriellaamichelle_GABRIELLA

GABRIELLAMicro
71.3K
Followers
3.59%
Engagement rate
31.9K
Avg views
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

NY Fitness: @builtbygabby_ @ashdollll | CODE: GABBY Business

Audience location
United States91.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Gabriella posts fitness from New York through the training account her bio tags and carries a discount code. B 75 reads a 91% United States audience and 31,926 average Reel views, on 3.59% engagement.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit91% United States
Engagement4.9x median
View power0.4x followers
Audience quality77% real
Shakeel Simmons
#24

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Shakeel SimmonsMicro
50.2K
Followers
4.49%
Engagement rate
53.0K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

I help men shred fat & build muscle 📈 📸Model 🎥Actor @wilhelminamodels DM “fitness” for help 👇🏽

Audience location
United States57.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Shakeel Simmons says he helps men shred fat and build muscle and also lists model and actor with the agency he tags. B 75 combines 4.49% engagement with 52,976 average Reel views, against a 57% United States share.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit57% United States
Engagement5.7x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality71% real
Steven with a Ph.D.
#25

butch.queenSteven with a Ph.D.

Steven with a Ph.D.Nano
31.7K
Followers
3.45%
Engagement rate
24.8K
Avg views
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

📍 NYC 🧠 Clinical Psychologist ✨ Lifestyle • Fitness • Wellness 🤪 Professionally Unserious

Audience location
United States66.0%
CA Influence Index™

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

Market-relative score

Steven works as a clinical psychologist in New York and lists lifestyle, fitness and wellness. B 75 rests on 3.45% engagement and 24,750 average Reel views, with a 66% United States audience under the roster median.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Audience fit66% United States
Engagement4.4x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality75% real

Ranking method

CA Influence Index™ (CII): how we grade New York fitness 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 929,228 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 New York fitness influencers above.

Grey = every American Instagram account we measure with at least 10,000 followers, all 929,228 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: 84%
market: 52%

Engagement rate of 5% or better

selected: 44%
market: 13%

Averages 100K+ Reel views per post

selected: 28%
market: 4.8%

Source: the Click Analytic American creator market study of 929,228 Instagram accounts, measured 15 September 2026. The market side is read from that study; the pink side is computed from the cards above.

Why Mazi is the #1 New York fitness creator

Mazi tops this ranking with a CA Influence Index of 97 (A+), the highest among the selected accounts on this page.

The score breaks down like this

  • Audience in United States92.0%100/100
  • Engagement against the market median for this size6.39%, 8.1x100/100
  • Average Reels reach against follower count2.0x100/100
  • Share of the audience that is real72%80/100

The top of this list is tight: 4 creators grade A+, so the component bars on each card are what separate them.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

These cover why the audience figure is national, what was and was not counted as New York, and what the score reaches.

01Why does the audience number say United States and not New York?

Because that is what was measured. The screen filtered creator location to New York City and audience location to the country, so each percentage is the share of followers inside the United States. Fitness creators based in New York generally have national audiences by design, and screening on a city share would have cut the field to almost nothing.

02Does New Jersey count as New York here?

For this page, yes, and it is worth saying out loud. New Jersey and Long Island bios were kept because they sit inside the New York media market and a brand briefing New York reaches them anyway. Bios naming Georgia, Tennessee, Texas or Houston as home were removed, because a location tag says where a platform thinks someone is and a bio says where they say they are.

03Why are there so many nurses, therapists and pilots on a fitness list?

Because that is what the screen returned, and it is the most useful thing about this page. New York's fitness accounts belong disproportionately to people who already have a profession and train publicly alongside it. Nothing asked for that. It means a brand can get a trainer with a licence in something else attached.

04What was removed for health reasons?

Three accounts whose bios are built on a medical condition, all of which would otherwise have ranked. Publishing someone's diagnosis as part of a marketing listing is a hard exclusion in this programme regardless of how openly they discuss it themselves, because a ranking is not the place that decision gets made for them.

05How large are these accounts?

From 20,466 to 280,673 followers. The smallest is a pilot and she ranks twenty-second; the largest ranks ninth. The index weighs Reel reach against the following behind it, so size moves a card far less than a brief reading of the list would suggest.

06What can the score not tell me?

Price, availability, whether recent work suits a brief, or whether a campaign converts. It compares four measurements from one day across this page alone. Build a list with it, then read the posts and ask for terms.

Jules Carmaux

Written by

Jules Carmaux

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

Last updated 17 Sept 20268 min read

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