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 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. Lynae Vanee

Bio I write poetry.
Stream my album.
NAACP Image Award Winning Digital Creator
MGMT: @colorcreative *****@lynaevanee.com Instagram Handle @lynaevanee Instagram Followers 1M Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Mega Gender Female 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 795.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. 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

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. 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 463.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Kali Fontanilla

Bio Truth Teacher
Founder of Exodus Institute, an Online K-12 School 🇺🇸 Thinkexodus.org
Links👇🏽 *****@thinkexodus.org Instagram Handle @kalifontanilla Instagram Followers 424.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. 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

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 374.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Hope Giselle-Godsey

Bio Award Winning
Activist, Author, DEI/Comms specialist & public speaker.
🏆:BET
🏆:Webby
Booking: *****@hopegiselle.com
📍LA/DC/MEX Instagram Handle @hopegiselle Instagram Followers 250K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Alicia Garza

Bio co-creator #BlackLivesMatter. Author #ThePurposeOfPower. Host: @ladydonttakenopod. views mine. *****@blackfutureslab.org Instagram Handle @chasinggarza Instagram Followers 243.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. 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

14. Kimberle Crenshaw

Bio @aapolicyforum co-founder and ED. @intersectionalitymatters host. @columbialawschool & @uclalawschool professor. NYT bestselling author of Backtalker. *****@aapf.org Instagram Handle @kimberlecrenshaw Instagram Followers 203.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Female 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 out now *****@raquelwillis.com Instagram Handle @raquel_willis Instagram Followers 200.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Kiandria Demone

Bio 🔥| The Disruptor
🍑| ATLANTA, GA
🛒| @femmefindsatl
✊🏾| @georgia_naacp
✉️| *****@gmail.com
Entrepreneur, Activist, & Culture Commentator Instagram Handle @kiandria Instagram Followers 194.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Nikki Free

Bio Welcome To The Freehive
From 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 136.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female nikkifreestyle.com + Follow Get Email Contact

25. Myriah Roden

Bio ●Marine Corps Veteran🇺🇸
●DFW☀️
●Married💍 Mom of 2🐻
⭐️Never be afraid to be a⭐️
Voice of Change *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @voice_of_change_ Instagram Followers 131.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Alicia Ellen Moore

Bio 🗣️ Speaker of Truth 🎤
🇺🇸🪶Truth seeking ♐️
👁 Awakening Minds & Opening Third Eyes @shopherbalsip Instagram Handle @its.aliciaellen Instagram Followers 19.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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