Top 40 Paleontology Influencers in 2026

1. Harrison Duran

Bio Paleontologist 🦕🦖, videographer | adventuring into the late Cretaceous of North America , ⛏ based in South Dakota *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @duranosaur Instagram Followers 439.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 226 Paleontology Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Reysuka

Bio Dino Mommy, Ph.D. 🦖IRL Paleontologist Dinosaur science, cosplay + more 💕 Instagram Handle @reysuka_ Instagram Followers 364.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Jared Cooke

Bio documenting my paleontology journeyTexas A&M -Personal account: @j_cooooke *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @jcookepaleo Instagram Followers 237.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Mamlambo Fossils

Bio YouTube / TikTok Channel 🎥Paleontology and Geology 🦖🐧⛏Fossil prep 🦀Native tree planting 🌲🌳🌿 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mamlambofossils Instagram Followers 146.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Dr Dean Lomax

Bio Palaeontologist 🦕🐬🦖Author | Presenter | Ichthyosaur Expert, Dinosaurs & More | — Adventurer 🌍 New book: "THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS" *****@bristol.ac.uk Instagram Handle @dean_r_lomax Instagram Followers 133.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Lisa Seline

Bio Dinosaurs, Fossils & Co. 🦖Explaining the world of paleontology 🔬🐚Join me on my Adventures ⚒️✨️📩 *****@gmx.de 📍Germany🍁@lisaselines_gallery🦋🖌 Instagram Handle @dinogirl.lisaseline Instagram Followers 89.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Amy Atwater

Bio Director of Paleontology @dinosaur.ridge | Author: The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure | Co-host @weirdanddead | President @coloradoscientificsociety *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mary_annings_revenge Instagram Followers 69K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Eliza Petersen

Bio I find dinosaurs in my spare time 🦖✨🦕 HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE 🦕All thoughts are my own Instagram Handle @lizemopetey Instagram Followers 36K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Rodrigo Horodyski

Bio Paleontólogo ⚒️@mhgeounisinos Museu de História Geológica do Rio Grande do Sul @ittoceaneon Instituto de Paleoceanografia e Mudanças Climáticas Instagram Handle @rodrigo.paleontologist Instagram Followers 29.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Skye Walker

Bio Paleontologist with @elevationscience 🦕🦖Science communicatorFossils, research, museums, outreach, and more! Instagram Handle @thedinomancer Instagram Followers 22.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Charlotte Hohman

Bio Environmental Scientist & Naturalist🐭M.S. Biology @samhoustonstate🏔️B.S. Earth Science @montanastateuniversity🌿Posting about natural science ⬇️ Instagram Handle @charlottejhh Instagram Followers 22.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Kallie Moore

Bio Science Communicator🦕Host - @eonsshow🦣Manager - Paleo Collection at @umontana📖 Author - Tales of the Prehistoric World *****@mso.umt.edu Instagram Handle @fossil_librarian Instagram Followers 22.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Jingmai O’Connor

Bio Associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Chicago Field Museum studying the early evolution of birds and other flying dinosaurs AKA dead bird nerd 🦤 *****@fieldmuseum.org Instagram Handle @paleontologista Instagram Followers 15.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Darren Naish

Bio Dinosaurs, reptiles, mammals, cryptozoology. Natural historian, zoologist, author. Blog Tetrapod Zoology tetzoo.com. DinoCon leader. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tetzoo Instagram Followers 13.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Bárbara Aravena Berríos

Bio Soy Bióloga 🦋🦖 Trabajo como paleontóloga y divulgadora científica 🌸🦕⬇️ NUEVO CURSO INFANTIL ONLINE ⬇️ *****@ug.uchile.cl Instagram Handle @barby.paleontologa Instagram Followers 12.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Filippo Bertozzo

Bio Dinosaur paleontologist at @cerena.pt @tecnico_ulisboaTTRPG dinosaur storytelling➡️ @dicendinosaur Paleobiologist, explorer, adventurerMSCA Fellow Instagram Handle @dino_doctor Instagram Followers 9.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Evelyn Vollmer

Bio Hey there, Wanna talk about dinosaurs 🦖🦕3D scanning, 3D printing, 3D modeling.Paleontologist 🌎 Instagram Handle @evelyn_vollmer_ Instagram Followers 8.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Bethany Burke

Bio Paleo fun for everyone! Paleontologist, Sci Comm Educator, Fossil Preparator 🦕🦖❤️ Texas Paleo Researcher *****@bkbones.com Instagram Handle @bkbonesdinos Instagram Followers 7.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Paleontology Enthusiast

Bio The journey of life throughout the eonsFrom the weirdest invertebrates in the Cambrian 🦂, to the monsters of the Jurassic 🦕 *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @_paleo_enthusiast Instagram Followers 4.6K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Lee Hall

Bio 2025/26 Feedspot Top 40 #paleontology influencer. #Dinosaur #paleontologist. Expert in excavating and conserving #fossils. Author of Gems for Kids. Instagram Handle @paleeoguy Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Keely Sweeney

Bio 🥼🔬 Fossil Preparator @fossil_oasis *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @paleokeely Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Dr. Jasmina Wiemann

Bio I am a Molecular Paleobiologist researching what biomolecule fossilization products can tell us about the history of life on Earth and beyond! *****@jhu.edu Instagram Handle @jasmina_wiemann Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Julianna James

Bio Art🔹Fossils 🔹Photos 🔹Wildlife old bones - TFFLink to YouTube channel from Instagram Handle @juls_fossilsandnature Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Alex Hastings

Bio Paleontologist, reptile enthusiast and all-around nerd. Instagram Handle @dr_crocogator Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Melchizedek

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @paleontologoamador Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Mary Athanasiou

Bio Geologist/palaeontologist. Phd in biostratigraphy and paleoceanography @cyprusgeolife Instagram Handle @mairyatha Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Erika Morgengrau

Bio Fossil preparator, paleoartist, musician. Dead thing enthusiast. Be curious and always take that dirt road. Live your life and have fun! Instagram Handle @erika_morgengrau Instagram Followers 1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Monika

Bio 🐦‍⬛ Vtáčkovia @ornitomonicka 🦕 Dinosaury @paleontomonicka 🦎 Vraj popularizátor paleontológie🦤 “GOJI10” 10% off @wolfpackclth *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gojirasaurr Instagram Followers 309 Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Andrea Yévenes Alveal

Bio La Divulgadora de los Dinosaurios 🦖🇨🇱 💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @paleo_andrea Instagram Followers 272.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Fossil Daddy

Bio -Boston-️‍ LGBTQA+ Fossil Hunter- Fossil Pokémon Champion- Paleontological Father Figure-Subscribe to my YouTube channel! -❤️ taken, no dms *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @fossildaddy Instagram Followers 72.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Brennan Martens

Bio Named a New Species of MosasaurDaily Anomalocaris & Cambrian Posts⛏️Vancouver Paleontological Society ⚒️ #bcfossils & #hainosaurusboubker Instagram Handle @brennanthepaleodude Instagram Followers 30.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Katherine Parsons

Bio 🏛️ Geologist & Paleontologist 🦖💙 B.S. MTSU | M.S. @ UofM 🎓🗺️ Researching stratigraphy in Cretaceous TN 📚🔗 Links to my science + side quests ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @katie.digs.dinos Instagram Followers 19.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Myria Perez

Bio All my favortite animals are extinct 🦖🦕🦣🦤Art Account ➡️ @myriadoodles *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @paleontologica Instagram Followers 14K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Paul C Sereno

Bio Paleontologist, archaeologist, Professor, adventurer *****@uchicago.edu Instagram Handle @paulserenoofficial Instagram Followers 10.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +31% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Christopher Plouffe

Bio Paleontologist at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Instagram Handle @your.favorite.paleontologist Instagram Followers 2.6K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Timothy James

Bio San Jose Village, Tinian, Marianas Islands🌴Mitigation Paleontologist 🦖🦴Archaeologist 🤠🏺Actor in NM & LA 🎬📽Tiktok @hollywoodnaturalist Instagram Handle @hollywoodnaturalist Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

37. dino.boiii

Bio Fossil Preparator and Paleoartist at TCM *****@happyhentoys.com Instagram Handle @paleo_plata Instagram Followers 934 Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Alton Dooley

Bio Director of Western Science Center @westernsciencecenter. Paleontologist studying mastodons, whales, and whatever else shows up in my lab. Instagram Handle @altoncdooley Instagram Followers 858 Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. David M Appleton

Bio Forensic Psychologist. Husband. Father. All DMA, part DNA. Collector of things old, new and awfully cool. Lover of music. Instagram Handle @davidmappleton Instagram Followers 542 Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

40. Andy Farke

Bio PaleontologistEducatorOpen science advocateHomebrewer Instagram Handle @AndyFarke Instagram Followers 1.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact