Top 50 History Influencers in 2026

1. Dan Snow

Bio Visiting the world’s best historic sites.
🎧: Dan Snow’s History Hit Podcast.
📺: @historyhit TV channel. *****@historyhit.com Instagram Handle @thehistoryguy Instagram Followers 1.1M Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 History Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Lucy Worsley

Bio hello! I'm Lucy. For ages I was Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity and historian at large. *****@googlemail.com Instagram Handle @lucy_worsley Instagram Followers 278.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +20% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. David Olusoga

Bio British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - CoHost @journeythroughtimepod🎙️
AGENT *****@unitedagents.co.uk Instagram Handle @olusoga Instagram Followers 19.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Alice Loxton

Bio Historian, broadcaster and No. 1 bestselling author
Inspiring you to explore the wonders of British history, heritage and art! *****@aliceloxton.com Instagram Handle @history_alice Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Bettany Hughes

Bio Historian, Author, Broadcaster *****@bettanyhughes.co.uk Instagram Handle @bettany_hughes Instagram Followers 74.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Greg Jenner

Bio PUBLIC HISTORIAN
🎙Host of You’re Dead To Me comedy podcast on @bbcsounds
📚Author of 7 funny books for adults & kids
📺 Ex-BBC Horrible Histories *****@gregjenner.com Instagram Handle @greg_jenner Instagram Followers 31K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Suzannah Lipscomb

Bio Can you trust the stories you hear about the past
I’m a history professor, TV presenter, author & podcaster
🎧 Podcast: Not Just the Tudors *****@knightayton.co.uk Instagram Handle @sixteenthcgirl Instagram Followers 132.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +28% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Tracy Borman

Bio Historian, author and broadcaster. Chancellor and Professor of History at Lincoln Bishop University. Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces *****@hodder.co.uk Instagram Handle @tracy.borman Instagram Followers 31.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. James Holland

Bio Historian, author & broadcaster
MY NEW BOOK: THE VISIONARIES OUT NOW @wehavewayspod @avreind @ww2headquarters *****@griffonmerlin.com Instagram Handle @jamesholland1940 Instagram Followers 64K Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Tristan Hughes

Bio All things ancient history at History Hit.
Host of The Ancients podcast 🎙️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ancientstristan Instagram Followers 215.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Dr. Janina Sara Maria Ramirez

Bio 💥 Legenda PB 2nd July competition💥
https://lnk.to/LegendaPB
📚 Best selling author 📚
🎓 Cultural historian Oxford & Lincoln 🎓
🎥 Documentary film maker 🎥 *****@unitedagents.co.uk Instagram Handle @drjaninaramirez Instagram Followers 33.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female play.acast.com/s/artdetective + Follow Get Email Contact

12. Amber Butchart

Bio Fashion & textile historian, author & curator
🪡 History on @britishsewingbee
📺 BBC: Stitch in Time
☠️ Forensic Garment Analyst
📚 Books/exhibitions ⬇️ *****@miradormanagement.co.uk Instagram Handle @amberbutchart Instagram Followers 69.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Dr Fern Riddell

Bio Historian. On your TV/Radio
*Victoria’s Secret OUT NOW* link in bio👇 📺 Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child, @channel4 *****@morgangreencreatives.com Instagram Handle @fernriddell Instagram Followers 14.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Dana Schwartz

Bio No. 1 NYT bestselling author and screenwriter
🎧 @noblebloodtales / @hoaxthepodcast
📚 ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY; THE ARCANE ARTS *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @danaschwartzzz Instagram Followers 53.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Katie Kennedy

Bio Historian
Oxford Uni 📚
Forbes 30u30 | Time100
*****@hldtalent.com ✉️ Instagram Handle @thehistorygossip Instagram Followers 163.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Jacklynn

Bio Travelling the world in pursuit of history!
VOTE for me Travel Creator of the Year ⬇️🔗
@lonelyplanet correspondent
💌 *****@wmgmt.co.uk Instagram Handle @byjacklynn Instagram Followers 656.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Jack Chesher

Bio The hidden history of London (and beyond)
ITV Travel bCreator of the year! 🎉
Tap link for my bestselling book, walking tours, newsletter👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @livinglondonhistory Instagram Followers 781.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male livinglondonhistory.com + Follow Get Email Contact

18. Dr Jess Venner

Bio 🏺 Ancient Historian & Archaeologist @oxford_uni
🌋 Author of ✨THE LOST VOICES OF POMPEII✨
🧡 Mgmt: *****@northbanktalent.com Instagram Handle @lifeinthepastlane_ Instagram Followers 145.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +63% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Dr Amy Boyington

Bio Historian, Author & Presenter
As seen on @channel4 @channel5_tv @historyuk
Order my new book now!👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @history_with_amy Instagram Followers 799.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Trevor Poutine

Bio Time for your daily history update! Professor Poutine is a 28 year History teacher and holder of three university degrees (Honours BA; BEd, MA). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @trevors_history_reels Instagram Followers 1.4M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male Social YouTube Get Email Subscribe

21. Megs

Bio 🕯️ Early modern historian
🗝️ Women’s history, social history & art history
👑 All eras - medieval, tudor & beyond!
📧*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historywithmegs Instagram Followers 110K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Sarah Morris

Bio 🇬🇧 Explore Tudor History With Me
🏰 Ideas For Your Next Tudor History Tour
❗️I'll likely lead you astray, so best not to follow me 😉 *****@thetudortravelguide.com Instagram Handle @thetudortravelguide Instagram Followers 152.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas.. + Follow Get Email Contact

23. Katie Wignall

Bio 🙋🏻‍♀️London Tour Guide - Public walks and private tours
👉🏼sign up for my weekly newsletter for London’s hidden history and latest walk availability *****@lookup.london Instagram Handle @look_uplondon Instagram Followers 201.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female lookup.london/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

24. Clementine de la Poer Beresford

Bio 🏰 Historian, Curator @goodwood & Writer
🏛️ History, historic places & art history
📜 PhD King James I funded @ahrcpress *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_history_gal Instagram Followers 129.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Scott Webber

Bio Founder of Mad About History
Sharing history with 300K+followers across platforms
BA in History • Published Children’s Book Author • Award-Winning PT *****@yahoo.co.uk Instagram Handle @mad_about_history_scott Instagram Followers 78.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +28% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Lisa Weakland

Bio Discover the people & places that shaped the fabric of America🇺🇸 The Historical USA Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple, Rumble, and YouTube! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historical_usa Instagram Followers 122.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s.. + Follow Get Email Contact

27. Malia Miglino

Bio 📍L.A.-based when not traveling
📚Historian ✈️ Luxury Travel
👻🍷Spooky Spirits & Music
💌 - *****@lahistorygirl.com Instagram Handle @macabremalia Instagram Followers 59.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Myron

Bio • Mainly WWI and WWII history daily, to educate and to learn from its mistakes. 📚
• Strictly non-political! 📝
• Militaria collector 🔎 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_dutch_historian Instagram Followers 110.9K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Edmund J Carter

Bio Pls follow for History, military history, military, warfare, and current events. Unable to collab TFN. From NJ 🇺🇸 Instagram Handle @historyunlimited Instagram Followers 261.1K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Natalie Grueninger

Bio Historian, author & podcaster
📚Women’s History| Books | Anne Boleyn
🎙️Host of @talkingtudors
📍Sydney | 💌 *****@onthetudortrail.com
Learn more ⬇️ Instagram Handle @themosthappy78 Instagram Followers 24.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +12% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Cay Bluestocking

Bio History facts, fits & skits
London 📍
Public Historian, author, and presenter: @twogirlsonecorsetpod 🎙️
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @caybluestocking Instagram Followers 40.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Elizabeth

Bio 📕 Author of Bloody, Brilliant Tudors
✉️ *****@hotmail.com
🏰 Blenheim Palace Ambassador Instagram Handle @the_historical_gal Instagram Followers 30.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Sarah Levy

Bio The History Chick 1941
:: Military History WWII-GWOT::
:: History Behind The Page: Live :: Instagram Handle @thehistorychick1941 Instagram Followers 50.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Craig Owens

Bio Uncovering forgotten history, one story at a time.
📖 Author • 🎬 Historical Researcher
Haunted Discoveries • Tours • Books • TV *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bizarre_los_angeles Instagram Followers 17.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Mandy Bartok

Bio 🇺🇸 in 🇯🇵, 15 yrs, 47/47 prefectures
Sharing Japan’s history, seasons, culture, food
⬇️ All tours + self-guided walks *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @uncover_japan Instagram Followers 21.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Reema Singhal

Bio YouTube: Historia Maxima
I ♥️ history Instagram Handle @historia_maxima Instagram Followers 24.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +96% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Ashley Risk

Bio I reimagine 16th century art to help bring history alive.
Pro human rights and democracy. Instagram Handle @tudors_reimagined Instagram Followers 24.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Steve

Bio Cold War Historian. 21st Century Digital Boy.
East Germany.
Support my work/buy a button! ⬇️ Instagram Handle @stuheevun Instagram Followers 12.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Emily Brand

Bio Historian, 18thcenturyist, genealogist
📝 Marie Antoinette’s ladies-in-waiting
📚The Fall of the House of Byron: Times & Mail on Sunday Book of the Year Instagram Handle @historian_emily Instagram Followers 5.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Lauren Johnson

Bio Public historian - writer - historical interpreter - marginalised histories. Author of bios: #ShadowKing Henry VI & #MargaretBeaufort *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @history_lauren Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Victoria

Bio 🏰Guide at Edinburgh Castle
🎓BA History student
🎞️Photos and facts from my historical travels
⚜️Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts⚔️🏰🕯️🛡️🗝️ Instagram Handle @16thcenturygeek Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +59% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Neil

Bio All about ancient history. Creator of the Ancient History Hound podcast 🏺🏛 🎙 *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @ancientblogger Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Nano Gender Male ancientblogger.com + Follow Get Email Contact

43. Dr Charlotte Spence

Bio Lecturer in Ancient History @sthildasoxford @oxford_uni
PhD from @exeterclassics
Sharing my world of #academia #ancienthistory and #books 📜🏛️📖 *****@classics.ox.ac.uk Instagram Handle @drcharlottespence Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Matteo Bebi

Bio Historian 🏛️ Art, Medievalist, MuseumGuide
Ideatore e curatore @matteodagualdo.it
Author EraNuova, Typimedia *****@outlook.it Instagram Handle @matteobebi217 Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

45. Laura Fitz

Bio Irish Fashion, Art, Beauty Historian
Presenter|Consultant|Writer of Irish fashion past & present @rtelifestyle + global media
@fashionhistsocireland *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @seekthehistoric Instagram Followers 16.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Ursula Weekes

Bio Art historian of Mughal India etc. author, speaker, teacher, writer. Instagram Handle @ursulaweekes Instagram Followers 41.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

47. Ahmet Yaşar Akkaya

Bio Marmara Üniversitesi | Doktora
Arşiv Kurdu 📜
Menderes • Darbeler • Azınlıklar
Yakın tarihin tozlu raflarından. Instagram Handle @ahmetyasarakkaya Instagram Followers 18.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. Sam McKnight

Bio Archaeology graduate. 𓆦𓆦𓆦
Πάθει μαθος | amor fati
𓌶𓂢𓐍𓂋𓉼 𓅱𓀁 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gilgamesh_of_uruk__ Instagram Followers 315.9K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact