Top 60 Poetry Influencers in 2026

1. Rupi Kaur

Bio poet & performer
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2. Amanda Gorman

Bio Donate now to support UNICEF’s essential aid to children worldwide ⬇️ *****@urbanwordnyc.org Instagram Handle @amandascgorman Instagram Followers 3.5M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Ocean Vuong

Bio *****@oceanvuong.com Instagram Handle @ocean_vuong Instagram Followers 474.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Hanif Abdurraqib

Bio Writer. Ohio Against The World. PhD in Sad Songs. But doing fine, really. I don’t check DMs, so I won’t see it. *****@abdurraqib.com instead. Instagram Handle @nifmuhammad Instagram Followers 180K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male news.wosu.org/podcast/small-.. + Follow Get Email Contact

5. Ada Limón

Bio Official IG of Writer, Poet, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States #adalimon *****@fieldofficewriters.com Instagram Handle @adalimonwriter Instagram Followers 74K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Andrea Gibson

Bio Poet Laureate of Heaven
Film: Come See Me in the Good Light
Books: You Better Be Lightning +
Writings on Substack ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @andreagibson Instagram Followers 608.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Get Email Contact

7. Nikita Gill

Bio Poet. Playwright. Artist. @literacy_trust poetry ambassador. Represented by Niki Chang @davidhighambooks. ORDER HEKATE HERE AND PREORDER STYX HERE: Instagram Handle @nikita_gill Instagram Followers 844.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Tracy K. Smith

Bio Poet, Memoirist, Librettist, Translator, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric & Oratory at Harvard University Instagram Handle @tracyksmithpoet Instagram Followers 12K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Lang Leav

Bio International Bestselling Author of I KNOW THE ANTS out now! 🐜 Link to purchase: *****@writershouse.com Instagram Handle @langleav Instagram Followers 465.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Sabrina Benaim

Bio dig 🖖🏼
📚 Depression & Other Magic Tricks // I Love You, Call Me Back // Chaotic Good Instagram Handle @badass_sab Instagram Followers 60K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Iain S. Thomas

Bio Bestselling author of many things. Thank you for reading. You can Sign Up for my newsletter in the link. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @realiainsthomas Instagram Followers 52.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Safia Elhillo

Bio sudania ١٠٠/١٠٠. @blueflowerarts for inquiries, @randomhouse for books. i don’t read DMs☀️ @yazolcollective *****@safia-mafia.com Instagram Handle @safiamafia Instagram Followers 42.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Billy Collins

Bio This is the official Instagram of poet Billy Collins. Accept no substitutes. Instagram Handle @the_real_billy_collins Instagram Followers 12.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Christopher Poindexter

Bio Searching for a voice.
Founder @jackwildpublishing
Personal @trumpetthatsangelizabeth
Flower farming @wildroot_flowerco *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @christopherpoindexter Instagram Followers 315.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Tyler Knott Gregson

Bio Autistic. Poet. Photographer. Buddhist. Cinderello.
YNWA.
Hoobie to @ladygregson
💌 Rad Newsletter ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tylerknott Instagram Followers 298.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Blake Auden

Bio Award-winning poet. Patron @tnncharity. Ambassador @andsonsuk & @tomsstudio.
Published by @centavebooks & @thoughtcatalog
Buy books or mentorships: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blakeaudenpoetry Instagram Followers 254K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Rudy Francisco

Bio #Belizean 🇧🇿 | #Garifuna | 📍San Diego | Author of “helium” & “I’ll fly away” |@cuse_nurho | purchase books in the bio | Zoey’s dad 🍉 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rudyfrancisco Instagram Followers 251.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Hollie McNish

Bio 💚 Writer of Slug, Lobster, Virgin, Plum, Nobody Told Me
💚I love poetry
💚Buy a book, print or tour tickets
👇 *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @holliepoetry Instagram Followers 239.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Yrsa Daley-Ward

Bio Author-Poet. Founder of the utter®: the practice that helps you hear yourself again. 🪞 Shop SOFT INTERROGATIONS® and more below. ↓ Vote now for SXSW! *****@me.com Instagram Handle @yrsadaleyward Instagram Followers 239K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Lyndsay Rush

Bio Part-time poet, full-time dingdong
🎉 A BIT MUCH (USA Today Bestseller)
💊 MICRODOSING HOPE (March 2027) Instagram Handle @maryoliversdrunkcousin Instagram Followers 221K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Maggie Smith

Bio Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚Host of @slowdownshow podcast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maggiesmithpoet Instagram Followers 131.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Amanda Lovelace

Bio bestselling writer ✍️📚
@itsparkerlee 💍☕️
BOOKS, ICED COFFEE & A SIDE OF DRAGONS is out now 📚🧋🐉 Instagram Handle @ladybookmad Instagram Followers 114.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Courtney Peppernell

Bio There is always hope in tomorrow ✨
- The Last Poem: A Novel, Out Now
- Thinking of You, 6/Aug
All my books below ⤵️ *****@pepperbooks.org Instagram Handle @courtneypeppernell Instagram Followers 147.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Brian Bilston

Bio I write poems. *****@jounwin.co.uk Instagram Handle @brian_bilston Instagram Followers 144.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Elizabeth Acevedo

Bio Writing-ass writer. ✨ *****@blueflowerarts.com Instagram Handle @acevedowrites Instagram Followers 97.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Emily Dickinson Museum

Bio Sparking the imagination from the place she called home. *****@emilydickinsonmuseum.org Instagram Handle @emilydickinson.museum Instagram Followers 72.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Get Email Contact

27. Tiana Clark

Bio Poet. Professor. Essayist.
Author of Scorched Earth, my latest poetry collection ✨💕🙌🏽. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tianaclarkypants Instagram Followers 9.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Blythe Baird

Bio 📌 Minneapolis ❤️‍🔥📖✨ 2x @buttonpoetry author, outreach manager at @loftliterarycenter, McKnight Fellow, & Leo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 #FREEPALESTINE🇵🇸🍉 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blythebaird Instagram Followers 32.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Hieu Minh Nguyen

Bio Poet, and sometimes Pam 🦭
Staying Still, forthcoming from @tin_house 09/01
available for preorder now *****@hieuminhnguyen.com Instagram Handle @hieuminhbeing Instagram Followers 12.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +12% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Rachel McKibbens

Bio (Camacho) Santa Ana poet. Pink Door. Accomplice. Podcast: We Were Three. “Peace is the white man’s word.” - Kwame Ture
#mckibbenswritingprompt Instagram Handle @vulturekiss Instagram Followers 8.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Morgan Harper Nichols

Bio Interdisciplinary Artist + PhD student (UGA). Welcome 🩵🙏🏽 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @morganharpernichols Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female swiss-miss.com + Follow Get Email Contact

32. Atticus

Bio Pre-order my new book, Skinny Dipping in December
Anonymous poet of 3 x NYT Best Sellers. Poetry, storytelling & creative collaborations.
Pre-order ↓ *****@atticuspoetry.com Instagram Handle @atticuspoetry Instagram Followers 1.6M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. R. M. Drake

Bio New York Times Best Selling Author
Detoxify Book: link below Instagram Handle @rmdrk Instagram Followers 2.7M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. Donna Ashworth

Bio No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Instagram Handle @donnaashworthwords Instagram Followers 561.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Beau Taplin

Bio 2500yo Pythagorean Numerology applied to modern Language and Physics Constants proves an Intentionally Designed cosmos. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beautaplin Instagram Followers 544.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Cleo Wade

Bio My new book is called In a World of Sunrises: 365 days of Heart, Soul, and Hope is out now 💛☀️📒 *****@cleowade.com Instagram Handle @cleowade Instagram Followers 744.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Jacqueline Whitney

Bio My books and more. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jacquelinewhitney_ Instagram Followers 308.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Kate Baer

Bio # 1 NYT bestselling author and human writer Instagram Handle @katejbaer Instagram Followers 223.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Arch Hades

Bio 'Return | Ritorno' at Scoletta Battioro e Tiraoro in VENICE 07.05.2026 - 01.11.2026 *****@archhades.com Instagram Handle @archhades Instagram Followers 851.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Madisen Kuhn Lamore

Bio Writing and reading poems
@keepsakepoems
my books + substack 👇🏻 *****@madisen.co Instagram Handle @madisenkuhn Instagram Followers 32K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Alison A. Malee

Bio poet. author. artist. perpetual wanderer. nyc. @booksteapoetry & @aliwriteshome
∘ books and events⇣ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alison.malee Instagram Followers 116K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Michael Faudet

Bio I write because you exist. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @michaelfaudet Instagram Followers 137.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

43. Warsan Shire

Bio *****@rockingchairbooks.com Instagram Handle @warsanshiree Instagram Followers 150.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Margaret Atwood

Bio Author *****@caa.com Instagram Handle @therealmargaretatwood Instagram Followers 394.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Tapiwa Mugabe

Bio Writer. *****@hotmail.co.uk Instagram Handle @tapiwamugabe Instagram Followers 5.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

46. Alysia Knowles

Bio 🇦🇪Dubai for 10 years || Cali Girl for life🌴
Founder: @medina.creatives
Poet✒️ • Creator 🎬 • Producer🎥 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alysiaknowles Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

47. Derek Alton Walcott

Bio The official account of Nobel Prize Winner Derek Alton Walcott managed by the literary estate.
1930-2017. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @derekwalcottofficial Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. Megha Sood

Bio Award-winning Poet, Author, Editor @flowersongpress @theartistsforum Partner @cesta_stanford Fellowship @mvicw @nlapw @wnbadc @vonavoices @jerseyarts *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @meghasworld16 Instagram Followers 1.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female meghasworldsite.wordpress.com + Follow Get Email Contact

49. K.Y. Robinson

Bio Author. Family caregiver. Bipolar. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @iamkyrobinson Instagram Followers 9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Dr. Afra

Bio Emirati | Educator| Poet
PhD in Creative Industries | Author
‎شاعرة إماراتية | دكتوراه في الصناعات الابداعية Instagram Handle @afraatiq Instagram Followers 6.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Danabelle Gutierrez

Bio Predominantly @dearestcairo's mother. 🧿💖✨️
Also, a writer, author, actress, and photographer, on occasion.
📚 Links to my books on my bio. 💖 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @danabellegutierrez Instagram Followers 3.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. Jacquie Prebich

Bio Writer. Dancer. Poet. Lover of art and film🖤 Host of #poeticsighs🌜Moonchild🌛Los Angeles 🌊🌴 Instagram Handle @jwprebich Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. Camille Inkwell

Bio liminal.
2 books available: Flowers and Weeds, Along the Wayside. link below Instagram Handle @camille.inkwell Instagram Followers 7.5K Type Nano Get Email Contact

54. Jessica Katoff

Bio atlanta based poet, novelist, and taco connoisseur. all works copyright © jessica katoff, unless otherwise stated. #jessicakatoff Instagram Handle @jessicakatoff Instagram Followers 25.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

55. Nicole Rose

Bio just a poet putting her thoughts to ink♡
author of utopia, tea, and lemonade
collabs: *****@gmail.com
my books↓🎀💌♡ Instagram Handle @nicole.roses Instagram Followers 32.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. Mansi Jikadara

Bio ˚⋆click the link below to order my book: A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES DARK˚.💌༘⋆ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thetypewriterdaily Instagram Followers 183K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

57. Layla

Bio @uarizona ‘26
Creative Writing and Film & Television
Untraditionally Slytherin moon girl, word witch, and tea lover. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nin_chronicles Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Female ninchronicles.com + Follow Get Email Contact