Top 25 Black Liberal Influencers in 2026

1. Angela Rye

Bio #TruthBringer in Chief | #on1withAngelaRye Host | @youtube Black Creator | OG Politics + Culture Commentator | #206Productions *****@angelarye.com Instagram Handle @angelarye Instagram Followers 1.5M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 150 Black Liberal Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Ashley Barron

Bio 📚History & Headlines: Decoded, unfiltered, and way more interesting than school *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ashleytheebarroness Instagram Followers 1.2M Follower Growth (3mo) +47% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Bio political & impact strategist.
writer. talker. leader. | culture. justice. impact.
host & EP, UNDISTRACTED, a ‘26 Webby Winner.
brittanypacknett.com *****@brittanypacknett.com Instagram Handle @mspackyetti Instagram Followers 796.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Wescott America

Bio Master of Common Sense
Unfiltered Cultural Commentary
1M+ | Politics • Society • Straight Talk
📩 Partnerships & Media: *****@wescottamerica.com Instagram Handle @wescottamerica Instagram Followers 687.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +17% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Adiv

Bio hey it's @whoisadiv let's talk
*****@furahaartists.com Instagram Handle @adivunsolicited Instagram Followers 493.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +26% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Brianna Riddick

Bio Alottabit of commentary, alittlebit of lifestyle 🎥
Proud Conservative 🇺🇸
Proud Jesus Freak ✝️
Proud Fiancée 💍 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blackcarddeclined Instagram Followers 492.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Garrison Hayes

Bio NAACP Image Award Nominated.
NABJ & Webby Award Winner.
😎 Telling better stories.
🚀 History | Race | Culture
🙏🏾 Husband & Dad
📧 Substack ↙️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @garrisonh Instagram Followers 377.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Austin Channing Brown

Bio Joy. Antiracism. Black womanhood | Writer. Speaker. | NYT Bestselling Author of Im Still Here | Full of Myself out now! *****@austinchanning.com Instagram Handle @austinchanning Instagram Followers 374.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Tiffany D. Cross

Bio 📕 LOVE, ME: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career & Relationship | Formerly 🎙️ @nativelandpod 📺 @msnbc & Fellow @harvardiop| *****@tiffanydcross.com Instagram Handle @tiffanydcross Instagram Followers 243.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Nyisha Chu

Bio Jesus first ✝️
Politics & foreign policy
Facts over feelings
Inquiries: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nyishaloraine Instagram Followers 212.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Ayo Tometi

Bio Humanitarian. Healing practitioner. Host. 🌻 Here for all things spirit, self + societal care. *****@ayotometi.org Instagram Handle @ayotometi Instagram Followers 136.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Brea Baker

Bio Writing, speaking, + organizing toward political imagination
🍑 by way of🗽
📚 2x author: ROOTED + BRICKTOP
🎙️ @theothersideofchange Instagram Handle @freckledwhileblack Instagram Followers 48.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Danielle Moodie

Bio 📺 Host of The Danielle Moodie Show on @YouTube Mon-Thurs 5pm EST & co-host of #democracyish podcast and The Check-In on Substack. *****@moodiemills.com Instagram Handle @deetwocents Instagram Followers 38.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Staceyann Chin

Bio Writer/Activist
Founder: @kindredontherock
EP & Subject: @amotherapart
Venmo: Staceyann-Chin, cashapp staceyannchin, zelle/PayPal *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @staceyannchin Instagram Followers 31.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Marie R. Rattigan

Bio 🐍FAMU & FSU Alumna | 1913 🐘🔺
⚖️Aspiring Civil Rights Attorney
🎙️Founder @wordonthestreetseries
✊🏾NAACP National Field Organizer *****@marierattigan.com Instagram Handle @lyricalmarie Instagram Followers 14.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Julian Johnson

Bio Chicago civil rights and injury lawyer fighting for justice | Account to educate and empower.
75K on TikTok @julianjlaw *****@julianjohnsonlaw.com Instagram Handle @julianjlaw Instagram Followers 4.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Sophie William

Bio Main @sophiewilliamsofficial
TED Speaker •3x Author •UN UK Delegate
✍🏽The Glass Cliff, Anti-Racist Ally, & Millennial Black *****@sophiewilliamsofficial.com Instagram Handle @officialmillennialblack Instagram Followers 131.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Feminista Jones

Bio Booking: *****@apbspeakers.com
Inquiries: *****@gmail.com
I’m a doctor who studies people of the African Diaspora Instagram Handle @feministajones Instagram Followers 72.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Derecka Purnell

Bio i wanna be a love letter when i grow up | writer, organizer, lawyer, amateur design student + tennis evangelist | author, Becoming Abolitionists *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dereckapurnell Instagram Followers 32.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Patricia A. Taylor

Bio I’m nobody’s expert, but I know some things.
I’m a Black woman living in America.
#somethoughtsfromyourblackfriend *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @patricia_a_taylor Instagram Followers 14.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Ernisha Randolph

Bio 🍤Million$ Food Empire Entrepreneur 🏦
👑 Child of The Most High
🏆Top 40Under40
📰📺 Featured NBC, ABC, TLC, Miami Herald
@WeShuckin @TheEmpireU
✨✨✨✨✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrs.sweetbutter Instagram Followers 4.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact