Top 35 Funeral Influencers in 2026

1. Lauren Eliza

Bio ⬇️ YouTube 💀⚰️ Weightloss shots 💪 ⬇️ *****@jexyagency.com Instagram Handle @lauren.the.mortician Instagram Followers 1.2M Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 527 Funeral Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Julie McFadden

Bio NYT Bestseller 📚.
Sober 2/4/16 🔺
Fitness & Makeup enthusiast 💪🏻💄
Turning End of Life From Scary to sacred. 💖 *****@select.co Instagram Handle @hospicenursejulie Instagram Followers 580.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Penny Smith

Bio Retired hospice nurse 🩺
Teaching about death 💀
Living my best life 🛼💃🏔️🎸💄🎬⛸️🏋️‍♀️
Author “Influencing Death” 📕 *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @hospicenursepenny Instagram Followers 550.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Caitlin Doughty

Bio ⚰️ Death Documentaries
💀 Writing a Titanic Book
⚱️ Founder @OrderGoodDeath & Clarity Funerals *****@wwnorton.com Instagram Handle @thegooddeath Instagram Followers 295.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Katie Duncan

Bio Nurse Practitioner•End of Life Coach•Author
Death Doula Training Program
Geriatrics
End of Life Consulting
Not medical advice
Resources👇🫶 *****@deathcarecoach.com Instagram Handle @death.care.coach Instagram Followers 195.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. David Kessler

Bio Author of 7 books on grief, including books with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Louise Hay. Founder of Grief.com and founding member of Project Angel Food. *****@grief.com Instagram Handle @iamdavidkessler Instagram Followers 167.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Megan Devine

Bio * psychotherapist * author * human
It's OK that You're Not OK - srsly. No one is ok right now.
study/speak/learn/write/hire ⬇️ Instagram Handle @refugeingrief Instagram Followers 164.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Melissa Meadow

Bio Advocate for Ethical Aftercare❤️‍🩹Educator 👋 Funeral Concierge ⚰️ Death Doula 🪷 Green Funeral Expert🍃 Mortuary Science 🎓📜#grieftherapykermit🐾 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_modern_mortician Instagram Followers 136.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Emily Murman

Bio Licensed funeral director & embalmer, poet, MFA, & proud weird girl sharing my life.
🥀 ⚰️ 🫀 ⏳ 🍂
26 | Chicago | #actuallyautistic Instagram Handle @theautisticmortician Instagram Followers 134.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +29% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Kacie Gikonyo

Bio 🖤RN🩺Death Care Expert for over 20 yrs
🖤Death Doula Educator
🎓Founder of Death Doula School & Death Doula Business Academy📚
👇🏻Free Resources! *****@deathdoulakacie.com Instagram Handle @deathdoulakacie Instagram Followers 132.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +125% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Alua Arthu

Bio Death Doula Training & End of Life Planning Organization
@alualoveslife | GwG Founder, NYT Bestselling Author
#deathpositive #deathdoula 🤸🏿‍♀️💜💫 *****@goingwithgrace.com Instagram Handle @going_with_grace Instagram Followers 129K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Linda Znachko

Bio Founder, He Knows Your Name
Giving honor/dignity to abandoned & unclaimed babies & adults
Author, Speaker, and Safe Haven Law Advocate *****@heknowsyourname.org Instagram Handle @lindaznachko Instagram Followers 82.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Kari Northey

Bio 👩‍👧‍👧 Mama bear
💻YouTuber @ Kari the Mortician (127k subs)
🪦Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
Spokesperson for The Champion Company *****@karithemortician.com Instagram Handle @kari_the_mortician Instagram Followers 64.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Sarah Kerr

Bio Ritual skills training for death doulas and others.
👇 Become a Certified Sacred Deathcare Guide *****@sacreddeathcare.com Instagram Handle @sacreddeathcare Instagram Followers 62K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Jade Flynn Adgate

Bio 💀 Death doula & educator | Nashville + virtual
Helping families & aspiring doulas face death with care
Tips, tools & one story at a time *****@farewellfellowship.com Instagram Handle @the.farewell.library Instagram Followers 40.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Jamie Thrower

Bio Your friendly neighborhood gay-ngel of death ⚰️✨🖤
Queer Death Doula, Educator +Advocate
Death & Grief Care for US by US 🏳️‍🌈🕯️🏳️‍⚧️
Portland, OR 🍄 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @queergriefclub Instagram Followers 37.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Bonita Ralph

Bio Death Education.
death educator, conversations & workshops
🌳 💙 🇦🇺
#deatheducation #deatheducationchildren
www.deatheducation.com.au *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @deatheducation Instagram Followers 37.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +114% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Joel Simone Maldonado

Bio ⚰️ Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer 💈 Former Barber
🗞️Featured in @nytimes @npr @goodhousekeeping @glamourmag
👇🏾 Self Study Deathcare Courses *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thegravewoman Instagram Followers 12.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s.. + Follow Get Email Contact

19. Narinder Elizabeth Bazen

Bio Artist and Death Work Teacher
🗝️Creator of Nine Keys School of Death Arts
An interdisciplinary school of death work as art and cultural practice. *****@narinderbazen.com Instagram Handle @narinder.bazen.death.life Instagram Followers 10.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Diamond

Bio 📍Maryland ⚰️Licensed Mortician ⚱️Author 📚 Instagram Handle @funeral_bae Instagram Followers 9.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Diane Hullet

Bio 🎙️ Host of the Best Life Best Death podcast
💜 End-of-Life Educator, Doula and Coach
🍎 Director of Education at the Centre for Sacred Deathcare *****@bestlifebestdeath.com Instagram Handle @bestlifebestdeath Instagram Followers 5.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female bestlifebestdeath.com/podcast + Follow Get Email Contact

22. Jasmine

Bio #Mortician ⚰️💐 FDR 4404
#Embalmer Instagram Handle @jasminethemortician Instagram Followers 4.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Sheila Burke

Bio 📚D€ath & grief education. 💑Widow
🎙Podcast Host: Talk D€athy to Me
🏜Embracing mortality is embracing life Instagram Handle @deathdoulacle Instagram Followers 3.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Niki DiGaetano

Bio ✨️Grief Support | Legacy | End-of-Life planning✨️
[future] Grief Therapist
💻Website + Brand Designer for Death Workers
📍Salt Lake City, UT Instagram Handle @numbereddays.doula Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Isabel Knight

Bio Helping you to design a better deathcare for everyone. I do online courses, strategic visioning workshops, web design, and service design. *****@thedeathdesigner.com Instagram Handle @thedeathdesigner Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Katie Costello

Bio Award Winning Soul Midwife, Funeral Celebrant, CPD Accredited Death Educator, Author 💖
I support the dying, honour the dead, and educate the living 💫 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @katiecsoulmidwife Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Kris Van Genderen

Bio 📍Denver
🎥 Legacy Films & Biz Storytelling
🌿 Death Doula | Breathwork | Herbalism
🎶 Mantra Music
✨ Stories that heal & honor Instagram Handle @krisvangenderen Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Heather Graff

Bio End-of-Life Doula for people and pets. EOL Planning • Coordination • Guidance. Life Stories. Vigil Sitting. Survivor Support. Instagram Handle @dying.well.with.heather.graff Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Thabisile Makoena Sethaba

Bio Deathcare Advocate| solving deathcare @sendoffapp 🎙️: Let's talk deathcare|Life&Beyond Radio host @urbanedgeradio Instagram Handle @iam_thabisile_m Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Jessica Reis Mendivil

Bio 🦋💀 Your Death Bestie & Grief Buddy
Ancestral Death Doula and Certified Life Coach. "Your Mortality is A Reminder of What Matters."
1st Gen 🇲🇽🇺🇸 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the.death.empath Instagram Followers 103.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Anna Lyons

Bio End of life doula & grief support. Open for new clients. *****@me.com Instagram Handle @lifedeathwhat Instagram Followers 88.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Savannah Turhan

Bio Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer💖
Destigmatizing death and dying
Interested in becoming a Mortician
Start here 🔽🔽⚰️💀⚱️ Instagram Handle @pinkhearsesociety Instagram Followers 25K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Cait

Bio D€ath doula
Resource page only atm *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cait.deatheducation Instagram Followers 21.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Sarah

Bio Specializing in Caregiver Support & those of us navigating the difficult terrain of Grief.
📍Toronto, ON + Beyond Instagram Handle @deathdoula.sarah Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact