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Top 20 Art Influencers in Nigeria on Instagram (Aug 2026)

We found 51 art influencers in Nigeria on Instagram. These creators use "art" in their Instagram bio and have audiences concentrated in Nigeria. Here are the top 20, ranked on engagement rate, audience quality and reach, not follower count alone.

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Ranked by engagement rate, audience quality and reach

Updated August 10, 2026

  1. 1PETERSON OKOPI🇳🇬 instagram profile photo

    PETERSON OKOPI🇳🇬

    @okopi_peterson

    THE KINGS CRIER SOLD OUT TO CHRIST Recording artist/entrepreneur For bookings reach out to management +2349135457278 leads at @themeetingpoint_

    MacroNigeria
    Followers681K
    Engagement rate2.98%At page median
    Suspicious followers15.5%Moderate
    Average reel plays145KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    PETERSON OKOPI🇳🇬's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria85%
    United States of America3.4%
    United Kingdom2.5%
    Ghana2.2%
    Canada0.8%

    Audience gender

  2. 2SEYI ALADE instagram profile photo

    SEYI ALADE

    @seyialadee

    ARTIST MANAGEMENT model |CREAT CONTENT| tiktok @seyialadee 💥 JUST HAVING FUN 👻 seyialade1 email: bookseyialade@gmail.com

    Mid-tierNigeria
    Followers171K
    Engagement rate5.87%2.0x page median
    Suspicious followers24.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays122KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    SEYI ALADE's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria63%
    United States of America5.2%
    Ghana3.1%
    Kenya3.1%
    Tanzania2.6%

    Audience gender

  3. 3Gillian Baci instagram profile photo

    Gillian Baci

    @onegillianbaci

    author • music artist • goofball 🙃 A Decent Man is out now (click ⬇️ to get)

    MicroNigeria
    Followers96.4K
    Engagement rate2.19%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers21.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays23.6KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Gillian Baci's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria75%
    Ghana3.9%
    Tanzania2.4%
    Kenya2.2%
    United States of America1.9%

    Audience gender

  4. 4LEEMAH DOES FX instagram profile photo

    LEEMAH DOES FX

    @iamofficial_anty_tanwa

    NIGERIA 🇳🇬 BASE MAKEUP ARTIST👩‍🎨 CONTENT CREATOR SFX LIONESS 🦁 Business page @anty_tanwa_style_house .

    MicroNigeria
    Followers87.2K
    Engagement rate2.40%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers25.0%Elevated
    Average reel plays20.2KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    LEEMAH DOES FX's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria81%
    United States of America6.1%
    United Kingdom3.5%
    United Arab Emirates1.9%
    Canada0.9%

    Audience gender

  5. 5Tuff King Israel instagram profile photo

    Tuff King Israel

    @tuffkingisrael

    Artist 🎤 Tuff King The Black Sheep 👑 THE KING OF BLAST💥 BLACK SHEEPIZEN ALBUM out all Platforms 💽💿 Manager @tripbeatz_ For booking +2349164281590

    MicroNigeria
    Followers81.5K
    Engagement rate14.27%5.0x page median
    Suspicious followers13.8%Moderate
    Average reel plays69.9KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Tuff King Israel's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria76%
    United States of America3.6%
    Ghana2.4%
    United Arab Emirates2.4%
    United Kingdom1.8%

    Audience gender

  6. 6Rufai Khadijah instagram profile photo

    Rufai Khadijah

    @khadijahrufai

    International Multimedia journalist 💻🎥Radio girl 📻 Voice Over Artist 🎙️ For collaborations please send an email to collab@ptmedia.com.ng

    MicroNigeria
    Followers79.9K
    Engagement rate2.59%At page median
    Suspicious followers18.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays30.9KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Rufai Khadijah's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria78%
    Tanzania3.2%
    United States of America3.1%
    Ghana2.6%
    United Arab Emirates1.6%

    Audience gender

  7. 7BEAUTY LORD 💄 instagram profile photo

    BEAUTY LORD 💄

    @christian_abang

    𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑼𝑻𝒀 𝑩𝑶𝒀 Versatile Creator | Fashion | Makeup Artist 1M+ on TikTok 📩 andrekrist18@gmail.com

    MicroNigeria
    Followers64.7K
    Engagement rate4.92%1.7x page median
    Suspicious followers21.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays21.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    BEAUTY LORD 💄's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria78%
    Ghana5.5%
    United States of America3.2%
    United Kingdom1.7%
    United Arab Emirates1.0%

    Audience gender

  8. 8Sweet Ope instagram profile photo

    Sweet Ope

    @switope

    | 🏆 Award winning Content creator |🕴️Actor | 📻Presenter/Head of Producers @885_ufm |🎤 Host | 🗣VO artist |Travel Enthusiast ✈️

    MicroNigeria
    Followers60.8K
    Engagement rate2.19%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers18.8%Moderate
    Average reel plays23.6KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Sweet Ope's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria79%
    United States of America5.6%
    United Kingdom4.2%
    Canada2.0%
    United Arab Emirates1.3%

    Audience gender

  9. 9Afolabi Emmanuel Oluwatobiloba instagram profile photo

    Afolabi Emmanuel Oluwatobiloba

    @biggy1804

    Artist🇨🇭@paistecymbals. versatile Musician/Drummer🎖️For More Enquiries, Contact Afolabi2158@gmail.com. Click link below ⬇️ for YouTube Videos

    MicroNigeria
    Followers51.0K
    Engagement rate2.65%At page median
    Suspicious followers17.1%Moderate
    Average reel plays11.5KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Afolabi Emmanuel Oluwatobiloba's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria74%
    United States of America7.0%
    United Kingdom2.4%
    Brazil2.3%
    Ghana1.9%

    Audience gender

  10. 10Drummergog Damilare instagram profile photo

    Drummergog Damilare

    @drummergogdamilare

    DRUMMER🥁❕ CONTENT CREATOR ❕ ARTIST ❕ PRODUCER

    MicroNigeria
    Followers49.5K
    Engagement rate2.24%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers20.8%Elevated
    Average reel plays13.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Drummergog Damilare's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria90%
    United States of America3.0%
    United Kingdom1.1%
    Ghana0.8%
    United Arab Emirates0.6%

    Audience gender

  11. Followers47.0K
    Engagement rate5.56%1.9x page median
    Suspicious followers32.0%High
    Average reel plays13.3KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Nigeria86%
    Niger1.8%
    India0.9%
    Saudi Arabia0.8%

    Top posts

    Avg likes: 2.6K. Avg comments: 31. Audience credibility: 76%.

  12. 12Chika Igbokwe instagram profile photo

    Chika Igbokwe

    @chikah_igbokwe

    Son Of God Record producer Mix and mastering engineer Musician Music artist

    MicroNigeria
    Followers45.6K
    Engagement rate3.20%At page median
    Suspicious followers15.3%Moderate
    Average reel plays27.8KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Chika Igbokwe's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria86%
    United States of America3.3%
    Ghana2.1%
    United Kingdom1.4%
    Canada0.6%

    Audience gender

  13. 13OJOANACHE instagram profile photo

    OJOANACHE

    @uwannigideon

    Artist | Director | Bassist | Producer Founder @tmgc.official • #OFFKEY @uwanni_ Get the UWANNIVERSE 🌍👇🏽👇🏽

    MicroNigeria
    Followers33.1K
    Engagement rate3.69%1.3x page median
    Suspicious followers17.2%Moderate
    Average reel plays13.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    OJOANACHE's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria78%
    United States of America5.2%
    Ghana2.8%
    United Kingdom2.2%
    Canada1.2%

    Audience gender

  14. 14Awofala Abdulwasiu Aderinsola instagram profile photo

    Awofala Abdulwasiu Aderinsola

    @chef_derin

    🇳🇬Culinary Artist|Farmer |Traveler Dr.🎓 (h.c) @purplebistrolagos @nobsandberries @thecookroom_ng ROOTED IN CULTURE Food is a Universal Language

    MicroNigeria
    Followers31.5K
    Engagement rate2.78%At page median
    Suspicious followers20.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays6.8KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Median

    Awofala Abdulwasiu Aderinsola's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria78%
    United States4.5%
    Ghana2.9%
    United Kingdom2.3%
    Tanzania1.4%

    Audience gender

  15. 15Flora Ezeh instagram profile photo

    Flora Ezeh

    @glam_by_flora

    BRIDAL MUA BEAUTY ARTIST DESTINATION MUA✈️🌎 NIGERIA BASED🇳🇬 No.20 Ikenegbu Owerri 📍 💄Team of amazing makeup artists

    MicroNigeria
    Followers27.2K
    Engagement rate2.43%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers19.8%Moderate
    Average reel plays2.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Flora Ezeh's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria87%
    Ghana4.1%
    United States of America1.5%
    United Arab Emirates1.3%
    South Africa1.0%

    Audience gender

  16. 16Zainab instagram profile photo

    Zainab

    @zennyteeglam

    Professional Makeup Artist 💄 Enchanced Finish🤞💕 Available to Travel No 16, kosoko Road, Modirat Iyabo shopping complex. Ojodu Berger

    MicroNigeria
    Followers25.2K
    Engagement rate2.41%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers24.1%Elevated
    Average reel plays624Per video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Zainab's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria62%
    Ghana5.3%
    Tanzania5.0%
    United States of America4.5%
    Kenya2.1%

    Audience gender

  17. 17NANALEWABEAUTY💎 instagram profile photo

    NANALEWABEAUTY💎

    @nanalewabeauty

    Bridal/ beauty/ photoshoot Artist Available to travel 🛫 Educator lewawatt@gmail.com Call or WhatsApp…. 07066067175

    MicroNigeria
    Followers23.5K
    Engagement rate2.57%At page median
    Suspicious followers19.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays2.1KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    NANALEWABEAUTY💎's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria77%
    South Africa6.2%
    Ghana5.5%
    United Kingdom2.9%
    Kenya2.2%

    Audience gender

  18. 18Ayo | Makeup Artist in London 🇬🇧 instagram profile photo

    Ayo | Makeup Artist in London 🇬🇧

    @glamby_olly

    London 🇬🇧 | International 🌍 BRIDALS | BEAUTY Available to travel

    MicroUnited Kingdom
    Followers17.3K
    Engagement rate9.79%3.4x page median
    Suspicious followers25.0%Elevated
    Average reel plays2.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Ayo | Makeup Artist in London 🇬🇧's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria86%
    United Kingdom3.6%
    United States of America2.7%
    Ghana1.2%
    Canada0.7%

    Audience gender

  19. 20ROJON instagram profile photo

    ROJON

    @rojonstudio

    ▫️Bridal, Soft Glam Artist ▪️Offering luxury, clean and flawless looks 📍Abuja, Available to Travel Click👇link to book a session with us NO REFUND 🚨

    MicroNigeria
    Followers15.5K
    Engagement rate7.31%2.5x page median
    Suspicious followers21.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays8.5KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    ROJON's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Nigeria85%
    United Kingdom4.0%
    United States of America3.4%
    Ghana1.5%
    Canada1.0%

    Audience gender

Benchmarks

Top art influencers in Nigeria: engagement and audience benchmarks

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

51creators indexed48.3Kmedian followers2.88%median engagement20.3%avg suspicious followers

The top art influencers in Nigeria run a median engagement rate of 2.88% and average 20.3% suspicious followers. Treat 2.88% as the bar a strong art creator in Nigeria should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.

The best art influencers in Nigeria here span 18 nano or micro and 1 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in Nigeria (90%), skewing male at 54%.

How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like art, art, illustration in their own bio and whose audience is concentrated in Nigeria. 51 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

Nigeria90%

Follower tiers in this ranking

Nanounder 10K
0
Micro10K to 100K
18
Mid-tier100K to 500K
1
Macro500K+
1

Combined audience gender

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FAQ

Art influencers in Nigeria: common questions

How do I find art influencers in Nigeria?

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 51 art influencers in Nigeria 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 art influencers in Nigeria right now?

On this ranking, PETERSON OKOPI🇳🇬 (@okopi_peterson), SEYI ALADE (@seyialadee), Gillian Baci (@onegillianbaci). 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 art creators?

Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these art influencers in Nigeria, the median engagement rate is 2.88% at a median of 48.3K 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 20.3% 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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