Top 20 Food Influencers on Instagram (Jul 2026)

We found 3,709 food influencers on Instagram. These creators use "food" in their Instagram bio. Here are the top 20, ranked on engagement rate, audience quality and reach, not follower count alone.

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Updated July 24, 2026

  1. 1Raíza Costa Instagram profile photo

    Raíza Costa

    @raizacostaofficial

    food storyteller | showrunner 📍NYC | studio:@dulcedelightproduction director and host of SWEET SIDE OF LIFE on @foodnetwork RAINHA DA COCADA on @gnt

    MacroBrazil
  2. 2gal akbari Instagram profile photo

    gal akbari

    @gal.qal

    Just a gal who eats lots of food and posts it for the world. Im just as confused as you are FULL VIDS with no cuts⤵️ 📧galvsfood@gmail.com

    MacroCanada
    Followers932K
    Engagement rate2.98%At page median
    Suspicious followers22.3%Elevated
    Average reel plays1.6MPer video post
  3. 3Puck Moonen Instagram profile photo

    Puck Moonen

    @puckmoonen

    multi-disciplined bikeracer 🚲 | sometimes drawing and painting 🎨 | lover of all things fast 🏎 🏍 | will ride for food and coffee |…

    MacroThe Netherlands
    Followers885K
    Engagement rate2.08%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers18.5%Moderate
    Average reel plays363KPer video post
  4. 4Vamsi Reddy Chillakuri Instagram profile photo

    Vamsi Reddy Chillakuri

    @vamsy_chillakuri05

    Food | Fashion | Lifestyle ✨ A little growth, A little fun More on: @vamsy_stillalive 📩 For Collabs : vamsychillakuri05@gmail.com

    MacroIndia
    Followers879K
    Engagement rate209.12%Outlier, verify before using
    Suspicious followers14.2%Moderate
    Average reel plays58MPer video post
  5. 5Sak lee Instagram profile photo

    Sak lee

    @leesaktr

    Ben Lee Abi’yim 👉 Yozgatlı ☺️ Geri döneceğim arkadaşlar

    MacroTurkey
    Followers819K
    Engagement rate6.95%2.2x page median
    Suspicious followers13.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays1.6MPer video post
  6. 6Helena Faustin Instagram profile photo

    Helena Faustin

    @thatnursecancook

    Caribbean Food, Recipes, Family 🇯🇲 📍NY Champion on @foodnetwork ‘s OutChef’d Let’s Collab: Thecookingnurse1@gmail.com Cookbooks👇🏾

    MacroUnited States
  7. 7Shreya Instagram profile photo

    Shreya

    @foodwatii

    Serving food with humour and stories❤️ Work: foodwatii.collab@gmail.com

    MacroIndia
  8. 8Dana | The Cook Girl | Instagram profile photo

    Dana | The Cook Girl |

    @dana__danasri

    We All Live For Food 🍛 #thecookgirl 🇮🇳 @dnxx_sri 🙈🙉🙊 YouTube 1M+ subs ❤️ Cook 👩🏽‍🍳 | Hack 👩🏽‍🔬 | Look💃🏽

    MacroIndia
  9. 9Dev Basker Instagram profile photo

    Dev Basker

    @the_d_square_vlogs

    Positive🤍🧿 Founder @thedsquarecompany_travel Food | Travel | Staycations Indian YouTuber with 2.5 Million subscribers Bengaluru ❤️ 💛 Chennai

    MacroIndia
    Followers800K
    Engagement rate2.28%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers21.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays566KPer video post
  10. 10Rinchen Wangdi Bhutia Instagram profile photo

    Rinchen Wangdi Bhutia

    @vlogginkitchen

    Food🍱 ||Travel 🧳||Lifestyle ||Pet Parent Building @rinchen_momo 📍Kolkata || Sikkim Email:rinchen.bhutia@clout.pocketaces.in 🎥You tube 284K || FB…

    MacroIndia
  11. 11Paula Fullerton Instagram profile photo

    Paula Fullerton

    @paulainmarbella

    Influenced by, amazing food, restaurants, and the chefs who gift us with innovation. Exceptional wines. Art, fashion, and exploration.

    MacroSpain
  12. 12Mariia Vehera | food expert | ASMR Instagram profile photo

    Mariia Vehera | food expert | ASMR

    @marrysweet884

    The girl behind Dubai chocolate 🍫 Tik Tok 3,4 million 😍

    MacroUnited Arab Emirates
    Followers670K
    Engagement rate3.86%1.2x page median
    Suspicious followers22.0%Elevated
    Average reel plays595KPer video post
  13. 13Brian Gerwig Instagram profile photo

    Brian Gerwig

    @g_bque

    Easy Recipes | Backyard Bites | Game Day Food 📍North Carolina Email: brian.gbque@gmail.com

    MacroUnited States
    Followers667K
    Engagement rate2.15%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers23.3%Elevated
    Average reel plays308KPer video post
  14. 14Michael Tran Instagram profile photo

    Michael Tran

    @betweenspoonfuls

    nostalgic food recipes & beyond 🥄 📍sf bay area partnerships: betweenspoonfuls@undercurrent.net find recipes on my blog ⤵️

    MacroUnited States
  15. 15Gagan Arora Instagram profile photo

    Gagan Arora

    @whogaganarora

    | Lafangey *Khauf * Tabbar * College Romance *The Fame Game * Industry * Ujda Chaman* | *Don't touch my food* and we can be friends. • Mumbai

    MacroIndia
    Followers658K
    Engagement rate3.32%At page median
    Suspicious followers18.9%Moderate
    Average reel plays389KPer video post
  16. 16Brandon Bala + Jorge Maestre Instagram profile photo

    Brandon Bala + Jorge Maestre

    @tastyideas

    Latin food & culture 🇺🇸🇻🇪 📩 jorge@tastyideasmedia.com

    MacroUnited States
  17. 17Andrea Novita Instagram profile photo

    Andrea Novita

    @andreanovitaa

    science communicator 👩🏻‍🔬🍎🔬 food technology • microbiology 🧠 @foodiology.id CP: 0877-8123-9338 (Wisnu)

    MacroIndonesia
  18. 18Rey | kingcooks Instagram profile photo

    Rey | kingcooks

    @kingcooksofficial

    Food Blogger Smooth Talker 😏 Collab: kingcooks@alooma.mg 👇🏾JUST LIKE THAT: COOKBOOK

    MacroUnited States
  19. 19Hamza Bhatti Instagram profile photo

    Hamza Bhatti

    @hamzathebhatti

    God first.☝🏼 Mgmt ✉️ 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗸@𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺 🎨 Lifestyle | Travel | Food | Cars Brand Ambassador @goturkiye 🇹🇷 COAS…

    MacroPakistan
    Followers653K
    Engagement rate4.38%1.4x page median
    Suspicious followers14.6%Moderate
    Average reel plays501KPer video post

Benchmarks

Top food influencers: engagement and audience benchmarks

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

3,709creators indexed707Kmedian followers3.15%median engagement19.6%avg suspicious followers

The top food influencers run a median engagement rate of 3.15% and average 19.6% suspicious followers. Treat 3.15% as the bar a strong food creator should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.

The best food influencers here span 0 nano or micro and 20 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in United States (30%), India (25%), Brazil (5%), skewing female at 56%.

How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like food, foodie, food blogger in their own bio. 3,709 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 Jul 2026 and are frozen between refreshes, so the order you see is the order everyone sees.

Where their audiences are

United States30%
India25%
Brazil5.0%
The Netherlands5.0%
Turkey5.0%

Follower tiers in this ranking

Nanounder 10K
0
Micro10K to 100K
0
Mid-tier100K to 500K
0
Macro500K+
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Combined audience gender

FAQ

Food influencers on Instagram: common questions

How do I find food influencers on Instagram?

Manual hashtag searching works but surfaces whoever posts most, not whoever performs best. Filtering an index is faster: Leewou holds 3,709 food creators on Instagram and lets you narrow by follower range, engagement rate, audience country and suspicious-follower share. The 20 listed here are the top of that set on our ranking, and the full list is in the app.

Who are the top food influencers on Instagram right now?

On this ranking, Raíza Costa (@raizacostaofficial), gal akbari (@gal.qal), Puck Moonen (@puckmoonen). 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 Jul 2026.

What counts as a good engagement rate for food creators?

Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these food influencers, the median engagement rate is 3.15% at a median of 707K 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 19.6% 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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