Top 35 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 Type Mega Gender Female Enagagement Rate 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 1.1M Follower Growth (2mo) +33% Type Mega Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

3. Lynae Vanee

Bio I write poetry.Stream my album. NAACP Image Award Winning Digital CreatorMGMT: @colorcreative *****@lynaevanee.com Instagram Handle @lynaevanee Instagram Followers 980.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

4. 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 (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

5. Wescott America

Bio Master of Common SenseUnfiltered Cultural Commentary1M+ | Politics • Society • Straight Talk📩 Partnerships & Media: *****@wescottamerica.com Instagram Handle @wescottamerica Instagram Followers 636.4K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

6. Adiv

Bio hey it's @whoisadiv let's talk *****@furahaartists.com Instagram Handle @adivunsolicited Instagram Followers 493.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +23% Type Macro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

7. Ijeoma Oluo

Bio NYT best-selling author of So You Want To Talk About Race (2018) & MEDIOCRE (2020) & Be A Revolution (2024). *****@ijeomaoluo.com Instagram Handle @ijeomaoluo Instagram Followers 466.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Brianna Riddick

Bio Not here to tell you what to think but to show what Independent thinking can look like ✊🏾Co-Star: @prettyfeduppodcast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blackcarddeclined Instagram Followers 462.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +17% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

9. Kali Fontanilla

Bio Truth TeacherFounder of Exodus Institute, an Online K-12 School 🇺🇸 Thinkexodus.org Links👇🏽 *****@thinkexodus.org Instagram Handle @kalifontanilla Instagram Followers 420.5K Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

10. 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 377.1K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. 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 374.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

12. Alicia Garza

Bio co-creator #BlackLivesMatter. Author #ThePurposeOfPower. Host: @ladydonttakenopod. views mine. *****@blackfutureslab.org Instagram Handle @chasinggarza Instagram Followers 245.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. 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 (2mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

14. Hope Giselle-Godsey

Bio Award Winning Activist, Author, DEI/Comms specialist & public speaker. 🏆:BET🏆:WebbyBooking: *****@hopegiselle.com📍LA/DC/MEX Instagram Handle @hopegiselle Instagram Followers 237.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

15. Raquel Willis

Bio TIME Woman of the Year + TIME 100 • co-founder, @genderlib • author, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐌 • host, @afterlives.pod↓ paperback June 9 *****@raquelwillis.com Instagram Handle @raquel_willis Instagram Followers 200.6K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

16. Nyisha Chu

Bio Jesus first ✝️Politics & foreign policyFacts over feelingsInquiries: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nyishaloraine Instagram Followers 195.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

17. Kimberle Crenshaw

Bio Co-Founder & ED @aapolicyforum. Host of @intersectionalitymatters. Professor at @columbialawschool & @uclalawschoolBuy my new memoir, BACKTALKER ⬇️ *****@aapf.org Instagram Handle @kimberlecrenshaw Instagram Followers 194.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Kiandria Demone

Bio 🔥| The Disruptor🍑| ATLANTA, GA🛒| @femmefindsatl ✊🏾| @georgia_naacp ✉️| *****@gmail.comEntrepreneur, Activist, & Marketing Genius. Instagram Handle @kiandria Instagram Followers 189.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

19. Ayo Tometi

Bio Ayọ means joy! 🌻 Spirit & Self-care girlie. Storyteller. Social entrepreneur.✨ Rep’d @wme @hwaspeakers. Co-creator #BlackLivesMatter. *****@ayotometi.org Instagram Handle @ayotometi Instagram Followers 137.2K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

20. Myriah Roden

Bio ●Marine Corps Veteran🇺🇸●DFW☀️●Married💍 Mom of 2🐻●Thank you ALL for 132k❤🥹⭐️Never be afraid to be a⭐️ Voice of Change *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @voice_of_change_ Instagram Followers 132.8K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Nikki Free

Bio Welcome To The FreehiveFrom fashion to fighting fascism, because we've got enough outfits, not enough OUTRAGE! Shop The 92% Meme Merch 👇🏾 *****@nikkifreestyle.com Instagram Handle @iamnikkifree Instagram Followers 130.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +10% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate nikkifreestyle.com + Follow Get Email Contact

22. Feminista Jones

Bio Booking: *****@apbspeakers.comInquiries: *****@gmail.comI’m a doctor who studies people of the African Diaspora Instagram Handle @feministajones Instagram Followers 72.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

23. 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 (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

24. 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 37.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

25. Staceyann Chin

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

26. Alicia Ellen Moore

Bio 🗣️Motivational Speaker 🎤🇺🇸🪶Truth seeking ♐️👁 Awakening Minds & Opening Third Eyes Instagram Handle @its.aliciaellen Instagram Followers 19.2K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

27. 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 Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

28. 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 14K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

29. 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 (2mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

30. Ernisha Randolph

Bio 🍤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 4K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

31. 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 131.8K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

32. 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 33K Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact