Top 50 Chronic Illness Influencers in 2026
Chronic Illness Influencers
Here are Top 50 Chronic Illness Influencers to Follow on Instagram in 2026
1. Suleika Jaouad
Bio Author of THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY and BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS 📚♥️
Substack: @theisolationjournals
🎬: American Symphony
Stage mom to @lentilbatiste *****@caa.com Instagram Handle @suleikajaouad Instagram Followers 406.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 678 Chronic Illness Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Email us
2. Selma Blair
Bio Somewhere between Vivian, Cecile, and Liz.
Mainly Selma. Instagram Handle @selmablair Instagram Followers 3.2M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact
3. Jessica Kellgren Fozard
Bio 🇬🇧Content Creator
🤟Deaf & Disabled Activist
🌈Half of @jessieandclaud
👶 Honest Parenting
👗 Vintage Lifestyle
📧 *****@theflockagency.co.uk Instagram Handle @jessicaoutofthecloset Instagram Followers 468.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female youtube.com/@jessicaoutofthe.. + Follow Get Email Contact
4. Nitika Chopra
Bio For anyone ready to stop fighting their body.
Founder @chroniconofficial
👀 @Forbes @allure @Newsweek
✨Start Your Journey Here👇🏽 *****@nitikachopra.com Instagram Handle @nitikachopra Instagram Followers 44.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
5. Sara Geurts
Bio The woman with wrinkles all over.
| Thriving with Ehlers Danlos | Advocate | BB💕
| Travel | Fashion | Rarity ✨️
COLLAB 📩 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sarageurts Instagram Followers 81.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
6. Jameisha Prescod
Bio Jameisha Prescod FRSA
Disability history, art and culture content
✉️ *****@freefocus.co.uk *****@freefocus.co.uk Instagram Handle @youlookokaytome Instagram Followers 37.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
7. Alicia Wolf
Bio Food that helps you feel better!
Migraine relief recipes + lifestyle tips
2x author & vestibular migraine advocate
Recipes, meal plans, and more ⤵️ *****@thedizzycook.com Instagram Handle @thedizzycook Instagram Followers 225.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +27% Type Macro Gender Female thedizzycook.com + Follow Get Email Contact
8. Dr. Jill Carnahan
Bio 🩺 Functional Medicine Expert. Faith-Driven MD
🌿 Mold. Toxins. Chronic Illness
Weekly education empowering patients with answers + hope
Start here👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drjillcarnahan Instagram Followers 78.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
9. Mesha Moinirad
Bio I educate & support those suffering with invisible disabilities
TikTok 4.8M-YouTube 1.6M
Enquiries: *****@connectmgt.com
Ambassador @coloplast.uk Instagram Handle @mrcolitiscrohns Instagram Followers 394.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact
10. Lucy May Dawson
Bio ✉️*****@luuudaw.co.uk
Disability•Fashion•Life After Brain Disease
Making survival glamorous 👸
For women rebuilding confidence & identity after illness💖 Instagram Handle @luuudaw Instagram Followers 383.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
11. Kate
Bio 👉🏼I help women overcome chronic health issues— it’s all about the *nervous system*
👉🏼Kinesiologist. 👉🏼Mind-Body/Nervous System Practitioner *****@katescleanlife.com Instagram Handle @life.withkate Instagram Followers 465.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
12. Jenni Pettican
Bio Disabled Content Creator, Speaker & Model
Disability Education, Mobility Aids & Chronic Illness Hacks
UK | Work Enquires: *****@chronicallyjenni.com Instagram Handle @chronicallyjenni Instagram Followers 162.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
13. Nicole Pedra
Bio Proof your life isn’t over · rebuild it
MS age 10 | Chronic illness advocate
I’ll make you feel less alone
📍 NYC · starting over in my late 30s *****@nicolepedra.com Instagram Handle @nicolepedra Instagram Followers 194.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
14. Tilly Rose
Bio 🩺 On my Insta I write chapters on #patientlife
🌼Helping YOU on your diagnosis/ chronic illness journey
📚 Author of BE PATIENT
🦓 hEDS Instagram Handle @thattillyrose Instagram Followers 117.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
15. Cienna
Bio My conditions are chronic, but my style is iconic
@periodicparalysis President 🦓
📍Detroit *****@eptalent.com💌 Instagram Handle @chronicallypersevering Instagram Followers 117.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
16. Shamikka Marty
Bio Ceo of @beyondthegamehealth
#10 Chronic Illnesses Influencer
Featured in World Health Leaders Magazine
PR:*****@fascinatemedia.net Instagram Handle @prettysicklupuschick Instagram Followers 95.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
17. Kelcie Miller-Anderson
Bio Kelcie is a disabled environmental scientist, social entrepreneur and disability advocate based in Calgary. Her Instagram account and YouTube channel chronicle the ups and downs of living with several progressive illnesses as she explores the world around her with her wheelchair. She's also passionate about creating opportunities for disabled youth to experience the outdoors, which is why she created WildAbility, a non-profit supporting the next generation of disabled climate leaders, environmental scientists, and outdoor explorers. *****@gmail.comMORE Instagram Handle @thechronic_explorer Instagram Followers 98.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
18. Morgan
Bio 🧠 Neuroscientist turned migraine coach
∙ From disabled → remission after 15 years
∙ Science-backed tools to retrain your brain
🔗 Free attack guide 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lifewithmigraine Instagram Followers 85.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +28% Type Micro Gender Female lifewithmigraine.home.blog + Follow Get Email Contact
19. Sara Levitt
Bio Crohn’s & Ostomy Advocate & Speaker
💌 *****@dulcedo.com 📍Montreal
Seen in People, Maxim, Time & more
Miss Universe Canada 2025 Top 15 Instagram Handle @saralevs Instagram Followers 56.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Get Email Contact
20. Ila Oxman
Bio 🦓Chronic illness support & advocacy
🎙️Host of @chronicallypositivepod
💌 PR/Partnerships *****@thecreativeimarketing.com Instagram Handle @chronic4u Instagram Followers 66.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
21. Gerry Langan
Bio Patient Advocate + Health Advocacy Speaker
Chronic Illness, Rare Disease + Invisible Illness
Saved by His grace✨
⬇️🎙️ Host of Rarely Typical Podcast *****@gerrylangan.com Instagram Handle @itsgerrylangan Instagram Followers 64.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
22. Caleigh Sarah Haber
Bio 💯 Living proof that survival doesn’t have to look limited
💫 Chronic Illness, transplant life + rare genetic disease
💬 Connect + stay awhile *****@fight2breathe.org Instagram Handle @fight2breathe Instagram Followers 70.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
23. Amy Mowbray
Bio Helping you get your life back from migraine
🧠Migraine education & PRT coach
✨Recovered from chronic migraine
👇Free Migraine Masterclass *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_migraine_life Instagram Followers 70.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +21% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
24. Reagan M
Bio Chronically Ill & Disabled Mama 👩🍼🍼 Wheeling through life w/ POTS+Long Covid. ♿️ Laughs & Love for Spoonies 💙 Isaiah 40:31 Instagram Handle @the_chronic_chronicles_ Instagram Followers 60.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
25. Flora Beverley
Bio Flora Beverley is a Bristol based fitness and sustainability influencer, known for her work across ultra running, sustainable renovation, and community projects. She started her Instagram 15 years ago while recovering from an eating disorder, later becoming known for representing ordinary people taking on challenging things, from her first road marathon in 2019 to trail running and ultramarathons despite injuries and a chronic illness diagnosis. *****@gmail.comMORE Instagram Handle @foodfitnessflora Instagram Followers 123.3K Type Macro Gender Female foodfitnessflora.blog + Follow Get Email Contact
26. Zoe Mckenzie
Bio ▫️Physiotherapist & Exercise Coach
▫️Author of “Exercise Well with Autoimmunity”
▫️Clinical Pilates for chronic pain & low energy at Actively Studio *****@activelyautoimmune.com Instagram Handle @activelyautoimmune Instagram Followers 33.3K Type Micro Get Email Contact
27. Jessica Cummin
Bio Just another Mad Cripfluencer™️ with Audhd and no bladder xo.
🚫 NO TRAUMA DUMPING 🚫 *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @thechroniciconic Instagram Followers 36.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
28. Pippa Stacey
Bio Accessible travel and lifestyle, chronic illness chats, and finding the silver linings…
📍York, UK
💌 *****@gmail.com
📚 Read my books! ↓ Instagram Handle @lifeofpippa Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
29. Katya Kozary
Bio 📌 Resources and Advocacy for life & travel with #chronicillness + #disability *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @positivelychronictravels Instagram Followers 24.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
30. Alicia White
Bio Empowering tick-borne illness patients to reclaim health, identity, and quality of life. Events, Website, Podcast & Facebook Support Group links:⬇️ *****@thetickchicks.com Instagram Handle @thetickchicks Instagram Followers 18.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
31. Mpho Matseka
Bio 🦓 IT Grad | cEDS, Epilepsy, HS. 🧪 Translating chronic illness and medical gaslighting into science. 🕵️♂️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ehlersdanlosboy Instagram Followers 18.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact
32. Tayla Collison
Bio Disabled Model • body positivity influencer • chronic illness advocate
Peterborough, UK
DM/Email to collab ⬇️ *****@aol.com Instagram Handle @my_catheter_and_me Instagram Followers 18.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
33. Eileen Davidson
Bio Diary of a Sick Girl - RA, nr-axSpA, OA, Fibro
Patient Advocate, Writer, Speaker & Podcast Host
Patient Advisory Board Member @arthritisresearch *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chroniceileen Instagram Followers 16.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
34. Andrea
Bio 🥄 Here to crush stereotypes about chronic illness and disability 🌈💖💜💙
📍Vienna, Austria
✨Check out my Blog and more: ⬇️
📸 @strawhill.photography 🐝 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rea.strawhill Instagram Followers 16.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
35. Dr Akshita Gupta
Bio 👩⚕️A Doctor who's also a patient.
😦Life with 24/7 pain + illnesses
💞My chronic illness story & resources
💌 — *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @fibroindiangirl Instagram Followers 13.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
36. Julie Croner
Bio REMEMBER: It’s just a bad day, NOT a bad life🫶
🧔🏻👩🏻🦱+👧🏼👦🏼👦🏼👧🏼
Medical mama managing Psoriatic Arthritis & championing Patient Leaders *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @itsjustabaddaynotlife Instagram Followers 10.7K Type Micro Get Email Contact
37. Cynthia Covert
Bio #WelcomeToMyChronicLife
The real, raw & ridiculous side of Psoriatic arthritis, endometriosis, surgical damage & undiagnosed abdominal pain. *****@thedisableddiva.net Instagram Handle @the_disabled_diva Instagram Followers 10.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female thedisableddivablog.com + Follow Get Email Contact
38. Sheryl Chan
Bio ❤ Articulating chronic illness & disability through various perspectives
🤜 Antiphospholipid Syndrome & more
👩🏻💻 For hire @ work.achronicvoice.com *****@achronicvoice.com Instagram Handle @achronicvoice Instagram Followers 7.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female achronicvoice.com + Follow Get Email Contact
39. Sara Ringer
Bio Founder: Inflamed & Untamed
🚫AI
Rare disease: Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction #CIPO
#TPN dependent, organfailure, #jpouch, #IBD #mentalhealth Instagram Handle @sara_ringer_sharp Instagram Followers 4.8K Type Nano Get Email Contact
40. Nicole
Bio Type 1 Diabetic | DX 4.4.21
High-carb WFPB 🌱 | strength + outdoors
Real life blood sugar, food & movement *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nicolebhast1d Instagram Followers 3.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
41. Dr. Jason Winkelmann
Bio Dr. Jason Winkelmann
🤓 Let’s learn about chronic pain
Keep the learning going 👇 Instagram Handle @dr_winkelmann Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact
42. Rachel
Bio 💨Living with Severe Asthma🫁, CHD, Migraines, Gastroparesis, AI
✨Invisible and Chronic Illness ✨
@asthmasocietyofireland Advocate
@healp.co Ambassador Instagram Handle @i_wheeze_alot Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
43. Agota
Bio Healing naturally since 2019
🌿 Food • Detox • Mindset • Energy Work • Spirituality ✨ Community & Healing 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beatingmyms Instagram Followers 63.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
44. Liv
Bio it was supposed to be a play on words
married💍 Instagram Handle @chronicallyillandhot Instagram Followers 52.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
45. Wasifa
Bio Navigating women with chronic illness with everyday self-care and motherhood 🇧🇩🇺🇸
Blogger | Ex-dentist | Beauty & Modest style enthusiast
Join us⤵ *****@sifascorner.com Instagram Handle @sifascorner Instagram Followers 7.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -5% Type Nano sifascorner.com + Follow Get Email Contact
46. Alana Schreiber
Bio Disability advocacy, politics & gardening 🌿
Mom to🐓👦🏼🐈
Author of Deliciously Digestible
Collabs: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alanababana Instagram Followers 25.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
47. Maya Bloomberg
Bio 🧠 | Your body speaks. Learn its language.
🩸 | Blood • stress • nervous system • body intelligence
✨ | science + soul | founder: @hem.foundation Instagram Handle @thehemenp Instagram Followers 15.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact