Top 20 Adventure & Outdoors Influencers in United States on Instagram (Aug 2026)

We found 164 adventure & outdoors influencers in United States on Instagram. These creators use "adventure & outdoors" in their Instagram bio and have audiences concentrated in United States. Here are the top 20, ranked on engagement rate, audience quality and reach, not follower count alone.

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Updated August 1, 2026

  1. 1George & Crissa Prieto | Adventure Travel Couple Instagram profile photo

    George & Crissa Prieto | Adventure Travel Couple

    @georgeandcris

    ๐Ÿซถ Helping you plan your bucket list trips โœˆ๏ธ Destinations | Itineraries | Experiences โœจ USA based | Currently in Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ’Œโ€ฆ

    MacroUnited States
    Followers720K
    Engagement rate16.56%4.7x page median
    Suspicious followers24.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays2.3MPer video post

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    Median

    George & Crissa Prieto | Adventure Travel Couple's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States82%
    United Kingdom2.5%
    Brazil1.7%
    Canada1.7%
    Australia1.4%

    Audience gender

  2. 2pepper | discovery & adventure Instagram profile photo

    pepper | discovery & adventure

    @pepper.steps

    the final form of a girl scout โ˜ป โฌ‡๏ธ HIKING GUIDE OUT NOW โฌ‡๏ธ ๐Ÿ’Œ dan@heypeppersteps.com

    MacroUnited States
    Followers551K
    Engagement rate3.55%At page median
    Suspicious followers13.8%Moderate
    Average reel plays208KPer video post

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    pepper | discovery & adventure's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States67%
    United Kingdom4.9%
    Canada4.3%
    Australia2.9%
    Mexico2.1%

    Audience gender

  3. 3Nicole Pang ๐ŸŒต USA Travel + Solo Hiking + Vanlife Instagram profile photo

    Nicole Pang ๐ŸŒต USA Travel + Solo Hiking + Vanlife

    @pang_bang

    ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Helping you plan your next USA adventure ๐Ÿ’Œ pangbang@thesociablesociety.com ๐Ÿš Next Stops: AZ, UT, WY, CO ๐Ÿœ๏ธ Get My Sedona Guide โ†“

    MacroUnited States
    Followers546K
    Engagement rate4.78%1.3x page median
    Suspicious followers20.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays124KPer video post

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    Median

    Nicole Pang ๐ŸŒต USA Travel + Solo Hiking + Vanlife's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States72%
    Canada2.5%
    India2.2%
    Brazil2.1%
    United Kingdom2.1%

    Audience gender

  4. 4Michelle | Raw Adventure Travel Instagram profile photo

    Michelle | Raw Adventure Travel

    @michellegoesthere

    ๐ŸŒ 22 year old chaotic travel storyteller โœˆ๏ธ 87 near death experiences and counting โœจ walking by faith, not by sightโ€ฆ

    Mid-tierUnited States
    Followers482K
    Engagement rate3.08%At page median
    Suspicious followers10.9%Moderate
    Average reel plays203KPer video post

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    Michelle | Raw Adventure Travel's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States81%
    Brazil1.9%
    Nigeria1.9%
    Canada1.9%
    Japan1.3%

    Audience gender

  5. 5Heidi Korte | Adventure Cat Fitz Instagram profile photo

    Heidi Korte | Adventure Cat Fitz

    @fitzcapades

    ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 2 Frisky Adventure cats ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Author, musician, cat mom โ˜€๏ธfollow for daily feel good Adventures ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Merch available - link โฌ‡๏ธ

    Mid-tierCanada
    Followers310K
    Engagement rate2.03%0.6x page median
    Suspicious followers17.3%Moderate
    Average reel plays88.4KPer video post

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    Heidi Korte | Adventure Cat Fitz's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States50%
    Canada8.5%
    United Kingdom5.0%
    Brazil4.6%
    Italy3.1%

    Audience gender

  6. 6Nick Kokenos & Erica Battle | Adventure Travel Instagram profile photo

    Nick Kokenos & Erica Battle | Adventure Travel

    @wanderlusttravelcouple

    โœจ Helping you w/ Hidden Gems, National Parks, ๐Ÿž๏ธ Bucketlist Experiences, & Unique Stays ๐Ÿš FullTime Travel 4 Years ๐Ÿ“งโ€ฆ

    Mid-tierUnited States
    Followers263K
    Engagement rate2.39%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers20.6%Elevated
    Average reel plays101KPer video post

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    Nick Kokenos & Erica Battle | Adventure Travel's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States51%
    United Kingdom8.0%
    Canada4.1%
    Italy2.9%
    Germany2.7%

    Audience gender

  7. Followers236K
    Engagement rate38.74%Outlier, verify before using
    Suspicious followers35.5%High
    Average reel plays483KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Australia8.1%
    New Zealand3.5%
    Canada2.1%
    Philippines1.9%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 91.4K. Avg comments: 210. Audience credibility: 82%.

  8. Followers225K
    Engagement rate5.04%1.4x page median
    Suspicious followers38.0%High
    Average reel plays527KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    United Kingdom0.9%
    Canada0.5%
    Jamaica0.4%
    Mexico0.4%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 11.3K. Avg comments: 108. Audience credibility: 79%.

  9. Followers219K
    Engagement rate5.17%1.5x page median
    Suspicious followers30.7%High
    Average reel plays209KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada3.4%
    United Kingdom2.2%
    Australia1.7%
    Germany0.8%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 11.3K. Avg comments: 89. Audience credibility: 88%.

  10. Followers211K
    Engagement rate3.62%At page median
    Suspicious followers37.0%High
    Average reel plays80.1KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada2.6%
    India1.9%
    Brazil1.6%
    United Kingdom1.6%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 7.6K. Avg comments: 181. Audience credibility: 78%.

  11. Followers150K
    Engagement rate2.53%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers32.7%High
    Average reel plays77.1KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada8.7%
    United Kingdom3.4%
    Australia2.3%
    Brazil2.1%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 3.8K. Avg comments: 90. Audience credibility: 81%.

  12. Followers147K
    Engagement rate4.73%1.3x page median
    Suspicious followers35.3%High
    Average reel plays86.6KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Italy4.8%
    India3.7%
    Mexico2.3%
    Canada2.2%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 7.0K. Avg comments: 83. Audience credibility: 80%.

  13. Followers127K
    Engagement rate8.11%2.3x page median
    Suspicious followers29.3%Elevated
    Average reel plays58.5KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Germany0.8%
    United Kingdom0.3%
    Canada0.3%
    Egypt0.3%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 10.3K. Avg comments: 75. Audience credibility: 85%.

  14. 14Jessica Butterfield | Bucket List  Adventure Travel Instagram profile photo

    Jessica Butterfield | Bucket List Adventure Travel

    @jessonthewildway
    Mid-tierPortland, US
    Followers120K
    Engagement rate3.13%At page median
    Suspicious followers42.6%High
    Average reel plays55.7KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada4.0%
    United Kingdom2.2%
    India1.3%
    Italy1.2%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 3.7K. Avg comments: 53. Audience credibility: 77%.

  15. Followers117K
    Engagement rate3.57%At page median
    Suspicious followers26.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays73.4KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada6.3%
    United Kingdom4.1%
    Australia2.1%
    France2.1%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 4.2K. Avg comments: 63. Audience credibility: 86%.

  16. Followers114K
    Engagement rate3.59%At page median
    Suspicious followers42.3%High
    Average reel plays150KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada4.1%
    United Kingdom3.2%
    Italy2.4%
    India2.2%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 4.1K. Avg comments: 89. Audience credibility: 81%.

  17. Followers113K
    Engagement rate1.98%0.6x page median
    Suspicious followers37.1%High
    Average reel plays66.1KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Australia3.4%
    Brazil1.0%
    United Kingdom1.0%
    Canada0.8%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 2.3K. Avg comments: 28. Audience credibility: 86%.

  18. 18laโ€ขdukeโ€ขb | Bryce LaDuc | Dog Mom Instagram profile photo

    laโ€ขdukeโ€ขb | Bryce LaDuc | Dog Mom

    @laducb
    Mid-tierReno, US
    Followers107K
    Engagement rate3.42%At page median
    Suspicious followers37.8%High
    Average reel plays49.8KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Canada6.6%
    United Kingdom5.1%
    Brazil2.8%
    Italy2.5%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 3.7K. Avg comments: 181. Audience credibility: 80%.

  19. Followers101K
    Engagement rate2.48%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers27.9%Elevated
    Average reel plays34.2KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Japan1.4%
    Australia1.0%
    Brazil0.7%
    Canada0.7%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 2.5K. Avg comments: 39. Audience credibility: 88%.

  20. 20Andy Austin | Adventure Travel Photographer Instagram profile photo

    Andy Austin | Adventure Travel Photographer

    @andyaustinphoto

    Photographer, author, lover of the less explored Montanan sharing the West and the World ๐Ÿ“˜Montana Coffee Table Book โฌ‡๏ธ

    MicroUnited States
    Followers84.8K
    Engagement rate2.33%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers22.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays12.2KPer video post

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    Andy Austin | Adventure Travel Photographer's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    United States71%
    Canada3.9%
    United Kingdom2.1%
    Italy1.7%
    Australia1.3%

    Audience gender

Benchmarks

Top adventure & outdoors influencers in United States: engagement and audience benchmarks

The median and ranges across this ranking, so you can tell a genuinely strong adventure & outdoors creator from an average one.

164creators indexed181Kmedian followers3.56%median engagement29.1%avg suspicious followers

The top adventure & outdoors influencers in United States run a median engagement rate of 3.56% and average 29.1% suspicious followers. Treat 3.56% as the bar a strong adventure & outdoors creator in United States should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.

The best adventure & outdoors influencers in United States here span 1 nano or micro and 3 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in United States (100%), skewing female at 54%.

How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like adventure & outdoors, outdoors, hiking in their own bio and whose audience is concentrated in United States. 164 accounts matched. We rank them on a blend of engagement rate, suspicious-follower share and reach, then publish the top 20. Figures are a snapshot taken on Aug 2026 and are frozen between refreshes, so the order you see is the order everyone sees.

Where their audiences are

United States100%

Follower tiers in this ranking

Nanounder 10K
0
Micro10K to 100K
1
Mid-tier100K to 500K
16
Macro500K+
3

Combined audience gender

FAQ

Adventure & Outdoors influencers in United States: common questions

How do I find adventure & outdoors influencers in United States?

Three approaches work. You can search local hashtags and location tags manually, which is free but slow and biased toward whoever posts most. You can ask your existing customers who they follow. Or you can filter an index: Leewou holds 164 adventure & outdoors influencers in United States and lets you narrow by follower range, engagement rate, audience country and suspicious-follower share in one query. The 20 on this page are the top of that set, and the rest are in the app.

Who are the top adventure & outdoors influencers in United States right now?

On this ranking, George & Crissa Prieto | Adventure Travel Couple (@georgeandcris), pepper | discovery & adventure (@pepper.steps), Nicole Pang ๐ŸŒต USA Travel + Solo Hiking + Vanlife (@pang_bang). The ordering blends engagement rate, audience quality and reach rather than follower count alone, which is why a smaller account can outrank a larger one. Data was last refreshed in Aug 2026.

What counts as a good engagement rate for adventure & outdoors creators?

Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these adventure & outdoors influencers in United States, the median engagement rate is 3.56% at a median of 181K followers. Anything meaningfully above that median is doing better than its peers at the same size; anything well below is worth a second look before you pay for reach.

Are these follower counts real?

Not entirely, and that is true of every Instagram list. Across this group, an average of 29.1% of followers show signs of being fake or inactive. We publish that figure on every card instead of hiding it, so you can discount reach estimates before you negotiate. Anything above 30% is worth auditing manually before you commit budget.

Can I see contact details and full audience data for these creators?

Not on this page: it is a public preview. Inside Leewou you get the full audience breakdown (age, gender, country, city, interests, credibility), historical growth, content performance and email unlocks, plus the ability to save creators to shared lists and monitor their campaign posts. The trial runs 14 days with no card required.

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