We found 792 running influencers on Instagram. These creators use "running" 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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Ranked by engagement rate, audience quality and reach
Updated July 24, 2026
🇳🇴 middle distance runner Olympic Champion 1500m & 5000m 🇯🇵🇫🇷 @nikerunning @corosglobal @runfest.norway @springrunclub @smartfishsports 🏎️:…
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Avg likes: 26.3K. Avg comments: 87. Audience credibility: 89%.
Actor | Director | Editor | Filmmaker Bigg Boss Telugu 8 - 2nd Runner Up YouTuber : @warangaldiaries Snapchat : Iamnabeelafridi
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Avg likes: 29.0K. Avg comments: 135. Audience credibility: 83%.
BBK Season 12 | Runner-Up Content Creator Tulu Channel @rakshita_tulu_talks
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Avg likes: 57.9K. Avg comments: 359. Audience credibility: 85%.
RUNNER-UP OF THE FACE VIETNAM 2023 @baaukrysie baukrysie.booking@gmail.com
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Avg likes: 47.7K. Avg comments: 81. Audience credibility: 82%.
VIJAY TV, BIGBOSS SEASON 7 RUNNER😊 JODI SEASON 9 TITLE WINNER😊 ACTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER IN TAMIL CINEMA 🤗
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Avg likes: 6.2K. Avg comments: 43. Audience credibility: 78%.
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Avg likes: 27.0K. Avg comments: 164. Audience credibility: 83%.
1st Runner-Up, SSS-2 SonyTV🎶 ✨ Managed By TalentNext @scrosario @pratapyadav2010 For Bookings +91 9820012547 /+91 7986950089talent @sonytvofficial
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Avg likes: 8.3K. Avg comments: 205. Audience credibility: 86%.
Runner up - MTV Splitsvilla X4 Dance page - @justin_coolstuff Choreographer - @hotindianscrew_official 🔥
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Avg likes: 53.8K. Avg comments: 154. Audience credibility: 85%.
@mtvsplitsvilla X5 Winner 🏆 @mtvroadies Runner- Up 🥈 Big Boss Kannada Finalist Work email: jashwanthb2022@gmail.com
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Avg likes: 14.6K. Avg comments: 112. Audience credibility: 76%.
mom, wife, runner, model & follower of Christ ♡ orange county, ca @noebadvibes @wilhelminamodels worldwide @churchofjesuschrist 🇦🇲/🇸🇪
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Avg likes: 23.8K. Avg comments: 51. Audience credibility: 85%.
Bigg Boss 6 Finalist | Ismart Jodi 3 Runner Up | youtuber | Legal & Financial Insights | Public Awareness | AMFI MFD | Investor adinarayanq2@gmail.com
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Avg likes: 30.6K. Avg comments: 446. Audience credibility: 77%.
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Avg likes: 96.7K. Avg comments: 953. Audience credibility: 80%.
ur unnecessary unqualified running and love expert founder @razzeclub runner, ultra, ironman, foodie, dad jokes
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Avg likes: 15.4K. Avg comments: 62. Audience credibility: 81%.
@21_studio__ 📍 @vijaytelevision - Pandian Stores 2 (Raji) ✨ Kathanayagi - Runner up 👑 Software Developer | Dancer | Actress 📩…
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Avg likes: 47.2K. Avg comments: 218. Audience credibility: 77%.
DANCE DEEWANE 3 WINNER🏆 DHEE CHAMPIONS WINNER 🏆 DID 6 RUNNER UP ✨ MUMBAI📍 Email for any work/bookings 💼
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Avg likes: 8.8K. Avg comments: 96. Audience credibility: 81%.
Zee Kannada | Drama juniors - 2 | Runner up | Managed by @thebureau.in Work 📩 workwithsumitsankoji@gmail.com
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Avg likes: 58.4K. Avg comments: 171. Audience credibility: 89%.
📍🇲🇦 Rabat , Casablanca 🫀 👩🏻⚕️ Cardiovascular Surgeon 📚 Reader l 🏃🏻♀️Runner I 🏋🏻♀️lifter 📩 : dr.jihad.briki@gmail.com
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Avg likes: 11.3K. Avg comments: 188. Audience credibility: 75%.
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Avg likes: 9.6K. Avg comments: 87. Audience credibility: 85%.
🇩🇴 CIBAEÑA 🌺 #TeamDiana 👑 MISS GRAND RD 3rd RUNNER UP 2025 ✨ Modeling | Music | Vlogs ✉️:Dianalaizc@gmail.com 9145622534 @dianalaizacademy
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Avg likes: 5.5K. Avg comments: 86. Audience credibility: 83%.
Benchmarks
The median and ranges across this ranking, so you can tell a genuinely strong running creator from an average one.
The top running influencers run a median engagement rate of 4.24% and average 18.0% suspicious followers. Treat 4.24% as the bar a strong running creator should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.
The best running influencers here span 0 nano or micro and 12 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in India (60%), United States (10%), Norway (5%), skewing male at 56%.
How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like running, marathon, running coach in their own bio. 792 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.
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United Kingdom5.0%Combined audience gender
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Every list below is built from the same index and the same ranking, so numbers stay comparable across markets.
FAQ
Manual hashtag searching works but surfaces whoever posts most, not whoever performs best. Filtering an index is faster: Leewou holds 792 running 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.
On this ranking, Jakob A. Ingebrigtsen (@jakobing), Nabeel Afridi (@iamnabeelafridi), Rakshita Shetty (@rakshita_kannada_talks). 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.
Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these running influencers, the median engagement rate is 4.24% at a median of 532K 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.
Not entirely, and that is true of every Instagram list. Across this group, an average of 18.0% 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.
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.
This page shows the top 20. Inside Leewou you get the whole set, filterable by audience country, age, gender, engagement and audience credibility, plus contact emails, shared lists and campaign tracking.
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