Top 60 Poetry Influencers in 2026

1. Rupi Kaur

Bio poet & performer *****@rupikaur.com Instagram Handle @rupikaur_ Instagram Followers 4.1M Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Poetry Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Amanda Gorman

Bio Donate now to support UNICEF’s essential aid to children worldwide ⬇️ *****@urbanwordnyc.org Instagram Handle @amandascgorman Instagram Followers 3.6M Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. R. M. Drake

Bio New York Times Best Selling Author
Detoxify Book: link below Instagram Handle @rmdrk Instagram Followers 2.7M Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Morgan Harpernichols

Bio Interactive Artist+PhD student(UGA) inspired by doodling in notebooks, worldbuilding & the many ways stories are told. current curiosity: short films🎥 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @morganharpernichols Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female swiss-miss.com + Follow Get Email Contact

5. Atticus

Bio Anonymous poet of 3 x NYT Best Sellers. Poetry, storytelling & creative collaborations.
Sending love from the shadows xx
Join my newsletter ↓ *****@atticuspoetry.com Instagram Handle @atticuspoetry Instagram Followers 1.6M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. 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 861.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female 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 840.9K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. 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 747.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. 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 604.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Get Email Contact

10. Ocean Vuong

Bio *****@oceanvuong.com Instagram Handle @ocean_vuong Instagram Followers 469.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Lang Leav

Bio International Bestselling Author of I KNOW THE ANTS out July #IKnowtheAnts 🐜 Link to pre-order: *****@writershouse.com Instagram Handle @langleav Instagram Followers 467.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Margaret Atwood

Bio Author *****@caa.com Instagram Handle @therealmargaretatwood Instagram Followers 372.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Christopher Poindexter

Bio Searching for a voice.
Founder @jackwildpublishing
Personal @trumpetthatsangelizabeth
Flower farming @wildroot_flowerco *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @christopherpoindexter Instagram Followers 316K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Tyler Knott Gregson

Bio Autistic. Poet. Photographer. Buddhist. Cinderello.
YNWA.
Hoobie to @ladygregson
💌 Sign Up for my Signal Fire ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tylerknott Instagram Followers 299.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. 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 253.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Yrsa Daley-Ward

Bio I’ll help you know what you think.🪞You're exactly who this is for. Author-poet.
Find my SHOP, newsletter and more below. ↓ *****@me.com Instagram Handle @yrsadaleyward Instagram Followers 239.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Mansi Jikadara

Bio all work is protected by copyright ©️✨
pls don’t copy/recreate/modify🚫🌻
email for business enquiries 💌💡
journaling videos 📹📚 ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thetypewriterdaily Instagram Followers 182.3K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. 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 175.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male news.wosu.org/podcast/small-.. + Follow Get Email Contact

19. Warsan Shire

Bio *****@rockingchairbooks.com Instagram Handle @warsanshiree Instagram Followers 151.1K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. 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 147.9K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Brian Bilston

Bio I write poems. *****@jounwin.co.uk Instagram Handle @brian_bilston Instagram Followers 144.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Michael Faudet

Bio I am a New Zealand author represented by Writers House, New York. My latest book, Playing with Matches, is available from bookstores worldwide. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @michaelfaudet Instagram Followers 138.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Alison A. Malee

Bio poet. author. artist. perpetual wanderer. nyc. @booksteapoetry & @aliwriteshome
∘ books and events⇣ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alison.malee Instagram Followers 116.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Adam Schmalholz

Bio 2x Emmy Nominated Poet | Multi-Platinum Songwriter I Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker | Book, Journal, Album, Events & Booking Inquiries ⬇️ *****@in-q.com Instagram Handle @inqlife Instagram Followers 113.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Amanda Lovelace

Bio bestselling poetess & witchy author | 🏳️‍🌈 | wife of @itsparkerlee | BOOKS, ICED COFFEE & A SIDE OF DRAGONS out aug 25 📚🧋🐉 Instagram Handle @ladybookmad Instagram Followers 112.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Trista Mateer

Bio poet artist author of Aphrodite Made Me Do It
★ new book Misc. Americana OUT NOW!! ★ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tristamateer Instagram Followers 92.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Ada Limón

Bio Official IG of Writer, Poet, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States #adalimon *****@fieldofficewriters.com Instagram Handle @adalimonwriter Instagram Followers 73K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Emily Dickinson Museum

Bio Sparking the imagination from the place she called home. *****@emilydickinsonmuseum.org Instagram Handle @emilydickinson.museum Instagram Followers 70.3K Type Micro Get Email Contact

29. Sylvia Plath

Bio All things Sylvia & then some 📚👑💕
♡ Feel free to repost w/ credit.
♡ Tag me in your Plath posts!
♡ Global social issues are available in highlights. *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @sylviaplathpoetry Instagram Followers 60.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Get Email Contact

30. Sabrina Benaim

Bio dig 🖖🏼
📚 Depression & Other Magic Tricks // I Love You, Call Me Back // Chaotic Good Instagram Handle @badass_sab Instagram Followers 60.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Iain S. Thomas

Bio Thank you for reading. You can Sign Up for my newsletter in the link. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @realiainsthomas Instagram Followers 52.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Danez Smith

Bio Poet. Performer. Writer of other things. Teacher. Black Person. Your favorite ex. (They/Them/That Bitch) Instagram Handle @danez_smif Instagram Followers 51K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. 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 42.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. 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 32.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Madisen Kuhn Lamore

Bio Eighteen Years, Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better, Almost Home, and Bad At Existing
@keepsakepoems *****@madisen.co Instagram Handle @madisenkuhn Instagram Followers 32.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Jessica Katoff

Bio atlanta based poet, novelist, and taco connoisseur. all works copyright © jessica katoff, unless otherwise stated. #jessicakatoff Instagram Handle @jessicakatoff Instagram Followers 25.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Franny Choi

Bio Author of WE RADIANT THINGS: Notes on Being Alien and Becoming Cyborg, + 3 books of poetry. Founder of @brewandforge. Cat parent (derogatory). Instagram Handle @fancyrhino Instagram Followers 20.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Tracy K. Smith

Bio Poet, Memoirist, Librettist, Translator, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric & Oratory at Harvard University Instagram Handle @tracyksmithpoet Instagram Followers 11.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Hieu Minh Nguyen

Bio Poet, and sometimes Pam 🦭
Staying Still, forthcoming from @tin_house 09/01 available for preorder *****@hieuminhnguyen.com Instagram Handle @hieuminhbeing Instagram Followers 11.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

40. Tiana Clark

Bio Poet. Professor. Essayist.
Author of Scorched Earth, my latest poetry collection ✨💕🙌🏽. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tianaclarkypants Instagram Followers 9.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Rachel McKibbens

Bio (Camacho) Santa Ana country. Pink Door. Accomplice. Podcast: We Were Three. “Peace is the white man’s word.” - Kwame Ture
#mckibbenswritingprompt Instagram Handle @vulturekiss Instagram Followers 8.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Dr. Afra

Bio Emirati | Educator| Poet
PhD in Creative Industries | Author
‎شاعرة إماراتية | دكتوراه في الصناعات الابداعية Instagram Handle @afraatiq Instagram Followers 6.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Tapiwa Mugabe

Bio Poet. Philosopher. Theologian of the unseen
I write toward what’s sacred, invisible & real.
Here for memory, beauty, & the future we dream into being. *****@hotmail.co.uk Instagram Handle @tapiwamugabe Instagram Followers 5.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

44. 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 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. 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) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Derek Alton Walcott

Bio Derek Alton Walcott
KCSL OBE OCC ORTT (Trinity Cross), Nobel Prize, TS Eliot Prize,
Queen’s Medal for Poetry
Poet,Playwright,Painter,
1930-2017 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @derekwalcottofficial Instagram Followers 2.4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Jacquie Prebich

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

49. 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 548.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

50. Jacqueline Whitney

Bio My books and more. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jacquelinewhitney_ Instagram Followers 311.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Upile Chisala

Bio Mother. Storyteller. Researcher.
Email: *****@gmail.com
‘a fire like you’, 'soft magic' & 'Nectar' on Amazon.#Upile #softmagic Instagram Handle @beingupile Instagram Followers 63.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. Amanda Torroni

Bio A head full of stars & a handful of question marks.
♌ Writer. Photographer. Stargazer. Time Traveler.
💌 Poet w/ @andrewsmcmeel
📍 Charleston, SC *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @amandatorroni Instagram Followers 40K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. Blythe Baird

Bio 📌 Minneapolis ❤️‍🔥📖✨ 2x @buttonpoetry author, outreach manager at @loftliterarycenter, McKnight Fellow, & Leo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 #FREEPALESTINE🇵🇸🍉 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blythebaird Instagram Followers 33K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

54. Billy Collins

Bio This is the official Instagram of poet Billy Collins. Accept no substitutes. Instagram Handle @the_real_billy_collins Instagram Followers 12K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

55. K.Y. Robinson

Bio Author. Family caregiver. MAD. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @iamkyrobinson Instagram Followers 9.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. 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