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Top 25 US Tech Influencers

Phone reviews and AI explainers now pull bigger US audiences than most legacy tech press.

This list gathers 25 American tech creators on Instagram, from gadget reviewers and Android specialists to software engineers, AI educators, and tech-comedy accounts.

What ties them together is craft over hype: most break down what a product or model actually does, which is why their followers stay and keep watching.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev4 min readLast updated: 16 Jun 2026

The ranking

25 top influencers from 8,316 US tech profiles

Across the 8,316 US tech creators we track, audiences engage about 3.7x more per post than a typical account of the same size, and their followers read as about 81% real on average.

25 / 8.3K
Influencers selected
3.3%
Avg engagement
81%
Avg real audience
Carter Smith
#1

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Carter SmithMega
930.8K
Followers
1.84%
Engagement rate
451.3K
Avg views

making tech less of a snooze fest

Audience location
US58.0%
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Consumer tech reviews at scale.

Carter Smith built the largest following here by making everyday tech feel light rather than technical. At 930.8k followers he is the reach pick for a phone, laptop, or gadget launch that needs a wide consumer audience.

Kyle Krueger
#2

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Kyle KruegerMega
778.1K
Followers
3.75%
Engagement rate
617.6K
Avg views

Discovering the coolest things ๐ŸŒโ€ผ๏ธ Business ๐Ÿ“ง:

Audience location
US51.0%
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Gadget discovery and cool products.

Kyle Krueger leans into discovering new and unusual products, which suits launches that want a sense of novelty. His engagement runs well above the typical large account, so his audience reacts more than reach alone suggests.

Chris Boden
#3

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Chris BodenMega
700.4K
Followers
1.59%
Engagement rate
165.4K
Avg views

Chris Boden is a passionate polymath. A professional weirdo with dangerous toys and weaponized working to educate, inspire, and entertain.

Audience location
US45.0%
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Maker and hands-on hardware.

Chris Boden is a maker and educator who works with hardware and builds, useful when a brand wants demonstration over talking-head review. His audience reads as strongly real for an account this size.

Germy Ballswell
#4

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Germy BallswellMacro
486.4K
Followers
2.15%
Engagement rate
400.7K
Avg views

sound and aerodynamics experiments. files and info in the link ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

Audience location
US41.0%
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Science and engineering experiments.

Germy Ballswell runs sound and aerodynamics experiments, so he fits hardware, components, and brands that benefit from a visible test. Good when you want a product shown working, not just described.

Emma Steuer
#5

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Emma SteuerMacro
484.2K
Followers
1.14%
Engagement rate
147.9K
Avg views

Inside the companies building the future Software Engineer & Investor SF & NYC ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป โœˆ๏ธ

Audience location
US52.0%
2.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Engineering and startup audiences.

Emma Steuer is a software engineer and investor who covers the companies building new tech. With about 98% of her followers reading as real, she is a credible fit for developer tools and B2B tech.

Constantin Kogan
#6

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Constantin KoganMacro
463.6K
Followers
1.03%
Engagement rate
66.1K
Avg views

๐Ÿ”ฅ Founder & GP at @holisticapital ๐ŸงญExploring markets, technology, and human behavior ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Host: Holistic Investment Podcast ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build smart. Stay human.

Audience location
US45.0%
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Founder and investor audiences.

Constantin Kogan is a founder and investor exploring markets and technology, which points to a business-tech audience. Best for fintech, frontier-tech, and products aimed at operators rather than consumers.

Andrew Tattersall
#7

andrewcodesmithAndrew Tattersall

Andrew TattersallMacro
456.3K
Followers
1.80%
Engagement rate
190.8K
Avg views

tech| ai| code| life ๐Ÿ‘พ software engineer building @thepolymathapp ๐Ÿ“ telling stories through technology

Audience location
US34.0%
5.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Developer and AI tooling.

Andrew Tattersall is a software engineer who tells stories through code, AI, and app building. His audience reads as about 95% real, making him a clean fit for developer tools and AI products.

Parker Burton
#8

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Parker BurtonMacro
448.0K
Followers
2.59%
Engagement rate
207.4K
Avg views

That Android Guy

Audience location
US44.0%
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Android and phone launches.

Parker Burton is known as That Android Guy, a clear specialism that matters when platform fit decides a campaign. He is the obvious choice for Android phones, accessories, and apps over a general reviewer.

Kaitlynd McQueen
#9

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Kaitlynd McQueenMacro
412.0K
Followers
4.65%
Engagement rate
506.2K
Avg views

ex apple employee ๐ŸŽ (not affiliated) a lil this a lil that ๐Ÿ˜ธ blame the ๐Ÿ“ง:

Audience location
US76.0%
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Apple and consumer tech takes.

Kaitlynd McQueen brings an ex-Apple background to a personable consumer-tech account. Her engagement sits well above the norm for her size, so her smaller-feeling audience is unusually responsive.

Ryan
#10

therealryankennedyRyan

RyanMacro
407.4K
Followers
2.95%
Engagement rate
349.3K
Avg views

I break down the tech and AI shifts that actually matter - whatโ€™s worth your money, whatโ€™s hype, and what to do next Brands:

Audience location
US46.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: AI and what-to-buy guidance.

Ryan focuses on the tech and AI shifts that matter and what to actually do about them, which suits brands that want a recommendation framing. Strong when a campaign needs a clear buy-or-skip verdict.

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Joe Cirillo (Rillo)
#11

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Joe Cirillo (Rillo)Macro
356.7K
Followers
1.31%
Engagement rate
106.3K
Avg views

Atlanta making tech more fun

Audience location
US35.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Approachable, fun tech.

Joe Cirillo makes tech more fun out of Atlanta, a good fit for consumer brands that want a friendly, non-intimidating tone. Best for mainstream products rather than deeply technical audiences.

Jason Yeager
#12

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Jason YeagerMacro
355.2K
Followers
36.89%
Engagement rate
1.6M
Avg views

๐ŸŒ Tech Comedy & Insights ๐Ÿ“ˆ Building a $1B+ fully AI-run company ๐Ÿ“ Founder & Investor in San Francisco

Audience location
US49.0%
3.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Tech comedy and founder angle.

Jason Yeager pairs tech comedy with a founder-and-investor identity, useful when a launch wants humour with a business edge. His audience reads as almost entirely real, so the response feels trustworthy.

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#13

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liv grantโ™กMacro
313.4K
Followers
1.88%
Engagement rate
92.5K
Avg views

๐Ÿ’ป your go to girl for TECH ๐™šโ™ก ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“ Dr, PhD in bioinformatics ๐ŸŒธ email: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ co-host of @soculturedpodcast

Audience location
US30.0%
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk

Best for: Science-credible tech. liv grant covers tech with a bioinformatics PhD behind it, a rare blend of approachable and credentialed. Good for brands that want science credibility without a dry, academic tone.

Alberta Tech
#14

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Alberta TechMacro
285.4K
Followers
2.34%
Engagement rate
271.7K
Avg views

๐Ÿค– Tech comedy & AI hot takes ๐Ÿ—ฝ NYC ๐Ÿ“ง

Audience location
US34.0%
15.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: AI hot takes and comedy.

Alberta Tech runs tech comedy and AI takes from NYC, built for launches that need to travel through humour. Best when you want reach and shareability around an AI or product moment.

Sarah Grace
#15

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Sarah GraceMacro
268.9K
Followers
1.47%
Engagement rate
105.7K
Avg views

Making Tech Unboxings Fun ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐Ÿ“ฆ NYC ๐Ÿ“3.5M on YouTube ๐ŸŽฅ

Audience location
US67.0%
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Unboxings and product reveals.

Sarah Grace makes tech unboxings fun and points to a 3.5M YouTube following, so she is a strong reveal-and-first-impressions partner. Useful when the look and feel of a product is the story.

will bowers
#16

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will bowersMacro
252.0K
Followers
1.61%
Engagement rate
85.8K
Avg views

the best hidden gems in tech My Links ๐Ÿ”ป

Audience location
US56.0%
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise

Best for: Hidden-gem product picks. will bowers surfaces lesser-known tech, a fit for smaller brands and tools that need discovery rather than mass awareness. Best for products that benefit from a curated, find-this framing.

Rich Rosales
#17

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Rich RosalesMacro
224.5K
Followers
3.37%
Engagement rate
211.6K
Avg views

The Rich Tech Friend ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿคตโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ง

Audience location
US58.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Friendly buying advice.

Rich Rosales positions himself as the rich tech friend who helps people buy well, with engagement above the typical account his size. Good for consumer brands that want a trusted-recommendation tone.

Trisha Hershberger
#18

thatgrltrishTrisha Hershberger

Trisha HershbergerMacro
211.6K
Followers
1.80%
Engagement rate
109.7K
Avg views

TV Host| Tech| Gamer| Creator| Mom ๐Ÿ“บ Prime Video & AmazonLive ๐ŸŽฎ #Twitch & #YouTube /TrishaHershberger ๐Ÿ“ Los Angeles, CA

Audience location
US63.0%
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Hosted tech and crossover reach.

Trisha Hershberger is a tech and gaming TV host as well as a creator, which adds polish and cross-platform reach. Best when a campaign wants a presenter-style partner rather than a raw reviewer.

Tracketpacer
#19

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TracketpacerMacro
200.7K
Followers
1.13%
Engagement rate
57.0K
Avg views

๐Ÿš€rockit network engineer ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ปethernet fangirl ๐Ÿ›œ weird use cases & silly tech! ๐Ÿ’Œ

Audience location
US44.0%
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Networking and infrastructure.

Tracketpacer is a network engineer who makes niche networking content approachable, reaching a technical audience most consumer creators miss. The clear fit for developer tools, cloud, and infrastructure brands.

lindsey โ™ก
#20

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lindsey โ™กMacro
191.4K
Followers
1.01%
Engagement rate
41.0K
Avg views

That tech girl โ™ก 820k+ on tiktok biz: โ€Ž

Audience location
US77.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise

Best for: Aesthetic, everyday tech. lindsey covers tech with an everyday, design-led angle and notes 820k+ on TikTok, so she suits lifestyle-tech crossovers. Best for consumer products where look and usability lead the pitch.

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Morgan DeBaun
#21

morgandebaunMorgan DeBaun

Morgan DeBaunMacro
190.2K
Followers
1.05%
Engagement rate
17.9K
Avg views

๐Ÿ“Founder @blavityinc @afro.tech ๐Ÿง  Helping you use Tech for Biz & Life ๐Ÿ“ˆBestselling authorโ€ข Speaker Work with our brandsโฌ‡๏ธ

Audience location
US84.0%
27.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Tech for business and founders.

Morgan DeBaun is the founder of Blavity and AfroTech and frames tech for business and life. Best for B2B, founder-audience, and professional-development brands rather than gadget launches.

Camille Bergin
#22

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Camille BerginMacro
163.5K
Followers
1.36%
Engagement rate
93.0K
Avg views

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Space engineer โžก๏ธ tech storyteller โ˜€๏ธ Chief Marketing Officer @starcatcherind ๐Ÿš€ Space tech, business, & policy partnerships:

Audience location
US34.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Space and deep-tech storytelling.

Camille Bergin is a space engineer turned tech storyteller, a fit for aerospace, deep-tech, and brands that want a science-forward narrative. Distinct from the consumer reviewers on this list.

Arrion Knight | Computer Science
#23

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Arrion Knight | Computer ScienceMacro
161.3K
Followers
1.15%
Engagement rate
43.1K
Avg views

CS @ Pvamu Business: B.S Computer Science ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ“œ

Audience location
US94.0%
15.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Coding and CS education.

Arrion Knight makes computer-science content with a strong, real-reading audience, useful for developer tools, bootcamps, and learning brands. Best for reaching students and early-career engineers.

Cedrick Plamo
#24

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Cedrick PlamoMacro
154.8K
Followers
2.58%
Engagement rate
72.8K
Avg views

Tech| Lifestyle ๐Ÿ“ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ“ Houston

Audience location
US61.0%
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Tech and lifestyle crossover.

Cedrick Plamo blends tech with lifestyle out of Houston, a fit for consumer brands that want product content inside a daily-life frame. Best when the device fits naturally into routine, not a spec sheet.

Matt Johansen
#25

mattjayyMatt Johansen

Matt JohansenMacro
154.2K
Followers
1.19%
Engagement rate
55.5K
Avg views

Founder of @vulnu_com Long Island elder emo surviving in ATX ๐Ÿ‘‡Join over 34k pros who get my weekly newsletter at vulnu.com

Audience location
US88.0%
12.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Security and pro audiences.

Matt Johansen is a security founder who runs a newsletter for thousands of professionals, with about 88% of followers reading as real. The clear fit for cybersecurity and developer-focused B2B.

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Brand fit

Best brand fits for US tech influencers

Tech creators fit a narrower band of brands than lifestyle accounts, so read these as content-led inferences from bios, not proof of past deals.

Consumer electronics and phones
Best fit

The reviewers and unboxers on this list already build content around hardware and buying decisions.

Software, apps, and AI tools
Best fit

Several creators are engineers or AI educators whose audiences come for product walkthroughs.

Developer tools and cloud
Strong

The engineer accounts reach a technical audience that evaluates infrastructure and tooling.

Accessories, peripherals, and gear
Strong

Setup, desk, and gadget content makes peripherals a natural fit for the review-led accounts.

Online learning and courses
Good

The educator and coding voices already teach, so skill and course brands sit close to their content.

Fintech and B2B SaaS
Niche

The founder and operator voices reach a business-tech audience open to workflow products.

Most of these accounts are individuals, not brands, and many describe much larger audiences elsewhere: several point to YouTube or TikTok followings well into the hundreds of thousands or millions, which means their Instagram number understates their true reach.

The list splits between creators who review and react to consumer hardware and those who build it or explain how it works, including several working software, network, and machine-learning engineers. That divide is the most useful way to brief them: reviewers for awareness, engineers and educators for credibility with a technical audience.

Our verdict

This shortlist is strongest for launches and product education: hardware reviewers and unboxers for consumer electronics, engineer and AI-educator accounts for software and developer tools, and the tech-comedy voices when you want a launch to travel.

If you are staffing one campaign, start with the gadget reviewers for reach and the engineer and educator accounts for credibility with a technical audience. The 25 here are a hand-checked preview. We track 8,316 US tech creators on Instagram in total, and the full slice is where you filter by audience location, real-follower score, and verified contact before you reach out.

Methodology

How we selected these influencers

How we picked this shortlist.

Eligibility: individual US tech creators on Instagram whose audience reads as meaningfully US-based. We kept gadget reviewers, software and network engineers, AI educators, tech-comedy creators, and maker or science voices, and removed tech-product brands, gadget and PC retailers, repair shops, AI-news and pop-culture aggregator pages, and wrong-niche accounts such as music, fashion, and finance creators that the topic pull swept in.

Selection: the topic classifier plus a manual spot-check dropped non-creator and off-niche accounts (product brands, retail and repair businesses, news and aggregator pages, and music or fashion accounts) before ranking.

Data source

the live Click Analytic creator database, which tracks 8,316 US tech creators on Instagram.

Ranking signals

follower reach, engagement rate, and audience quality (the share of followers that read as real).

Filters

active accounts posting within the last 30 days, with a real-audience floor and engagement floor applied before ranking.

Scope: the 25 creators shown are a hand-checked preview. Every metric on this page describes that shortlist unless it is explicitly labelled as the full tracked slice or a Creator Economy Report benchmark.

Context benchmarks come from Click Analytic's Creator Economy Report 2026, a study of 23.6M creators (data: December 2025). Updated monthly.

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

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The same live data we used to rank US 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 US tech creators.

How were these US tech influencers chosen and ranked?

We pulled US tech creators on Instagram from the live Click Analytic database, kept individual creators (reviewers, engineers, AI educators, and tech-comedy voices), removed brands, retailers, and news pages, then ranked the remainder by follower reach, engagement, and how real their audience reads.

Is this list only about Instagram?

Yes. The reach and engagement numbers here are Instagram. Many of these creators also note large YouTube or TikTok followings in their bios, so they are usually worth checking on more than one platform before a campaign.

Are these real tech creators or tech brands?

These are individual people who make tech content, not product brands or media outlets. We deliberately removed gadget retailers, repair shops, AI-news aggregators, and company accounts so the list reads as creators you can actually brief.

How do these creators compare with a typical US Instagram account?

Across all US Instagram creators in the Creator Economy Report 2026, only 39% clear a 75%-real-audience bar. The 25 shown here average about 81% real followers and engage their audiences roughly 3.7 times more than a typical account of the same size.

Are US tech creators a smaller pool than lifestyle or beauty?

Yes. We track 8,316 US tech creators on Instagram, fewer than broad consumer niches, because tech is a more specialised lane. That is why the list focuses on the strongest individual voices rather than padding it out with brand or news pages.

How do I find more US tech creators or their contact details?

This page shows 25 of the 8,316 US tech creators we track on Instagram. In the full database you can filter by audience location, real-follower score, follower size, and engagement, and pull verified contact emails before you reach out.

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 20264 min read

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