Top 40 Puppets Influencers in 2026

1. Peter Prankster

Bio Family-Friendly Comedy with Puppets
TikTok: PeterPrankster (3.5M+)
YouTube: PeterPrankster (915K+)
Tour, Socials & Merch ↙️ *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @peterprankster Instagram Followers 1.5M Type Mega Get Email Contact Request 262 Puppets Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Tom Bottcher

Bio German Puppet Boy
📍Hamburg / Berlin *****@wecreate.media Instagram Handle @tomboettcher Instagram Followers 963.1K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Awkward Puppets

Bio new episodes every thursday
WATCH NOW👇🏽👇🏽 *****@shots.com Instagram Handle @awkwardpuppets Instagram Followers 807.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Get Email Contact

4. Sam Wilde

Bio Theatre & Puppet Designer
Founder: CardboardAdventures.co.uk
#Offie Winner - TYA: Design - 2023
#Offie Finalist - TYA: Writer - 2023
#Stage100 - 2022 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @samueljwilde Instagram Followers 650K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Jessie Caballero & Gus Renaud

Bio Husband & Wife running a Puppet Adoption Agency!
✷ ADOPTION DAY: TBD! ✷
✷ Bob Baker Day: Sep 20 ✷
JOIN OUR MAIL CLUB ⤵️ *****@ragmopandgoose.com Instagram Handle @ragmopandgoose Instagram Followers 588.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Get Email Contact

6. Han Carter

Bio Odd births, sweet deaths. Handmade puppets, horrific tales. For commissions follow link below (no DM orders)
📍@thedevilshollow
🎶@_the_hvllowed_ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @handsomedevilspuppets Instagram Followers 436.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Amy Roiland

Bio A Fashion Nerd ™ est. 2013
Designer / blogger/ fashion
Inquires: *****@undercurrent.net
Mom to @ryder.birdie & @rockwell.benj
@childrensla Instagram Handle @afashionnerd Instagram Followers 364.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Masters of Puppets

Bio 5-11 July 2027 • Valeč, CZ
3 Stages | 250+ Artists | 7 Days
Hitech | Psycore | Tekno | Darkpsy | Forest
🎟️ Presales are LIVE *****@mastersofpuppets.net Instagram Handle @mastersofpuppetsfest Instagram Followers 113.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Bernd Ogrodnik

Bio 🤸‍♀️ - Learn to make your own puppets for only $1 a day
❤️ - Beginner-friendly lessons
🎭 - 40 years of experience
🫶 - Welcome to our sanctuary Instagram Handle @worlds.of.puppets Instagram Followers 93.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +33% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Phil McCauley

Bio Handcrafted kinetic art
🐸 micro puppets |🐀 transformed plushies
💚 Ker'micro adoptions are open!
👤@spaghetti__policy | 💜 Baltimore *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kineticritters Instagram Followers 83.2K Type Micro Gender Male Social Instagram Get Email Learn More

11. Oliver Hymans

Bio Director and Designer of
Puppetry & Performance
@littleangeltheatre Associate Director
@qestcraft Scholar
@homofaber Fellowship 24/25 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @buddyollie Instagram Followers 65.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Sarah Vigars

Bio Puppet maker specialising in WOOD and STRINGS
Puppeteer in @flyingwithstrings Marionette Theatre
PUPPET SHOWS and CARVING COURSES👇👇
Pronounced V👁️GARS *****@sarahvigarsart.com Instagram Handle @sarahvigarsart Instagram Followers 54.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Shelby

Instagram Handle @weirdpuppetgirl Instagram Followers 33.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +28% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Satyajit Ramdas Padhye

Bio Ventriloquist | Puppeteer | Puppet Character Designing | Actor 🎭| T.V. | Films| Events| Advertisements 📧 : *****@gmail.com ☎️:+91-9820683852 Instagram Handle @satyajitpadhye Instagram Followers 32.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Pro Puppet Makers

Bio Puppets • Characters • Performance
Film • TV • Content • Activations • Themed & Live Entertainment
Made in California. Made to Come Alive.
Los Angeles *****@propuppetmakers.com Instagram Handle @propuppetmakers Instagram Followers 25K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Micro Get Email Contact

16. Toby Olie

Bio Director • Designer • Puppeteer
Also Co-Founder @puppetryinmtn *****@scottmarshall.co.uk Instagram Handle @tobyolie Instagram Followers 20.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Judith Hope

Bio *****@foolsparadise.co.uk Instagram Handle @judithhopepuppetmaker Instagram Followers 16.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Get Email Contact

18. Uzzy Works

Bio Puppet Builder and Puppeteer.
Open for commissions.
Not available on Netflix. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @uzzyworks Instagram Followers 11.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Get Email Contact

19. Nick Barnes

Bio Artistic Director Nick Barnes Puppets
We design and make award winning puppets for contemporary theatre *****@nickbarnespuppets.com Instagram Handle @nickbarnespuppets Instagram Followers 10K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Get Email Contact

20. Garry Marshall Theatre

Bio Currently #AtTheGMT:🍁 FALL [edu] Enrollment OPEN 🍂 *****@garrymarshalltheatre.org Instagram Handle @garrymarshalltheatre Instagram Followers 6.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Get Email Contact

21. Puppet Shawn

Instagram Handle @whoneedspuppets Instagram Followers 6K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Nano Get Email Contact

22. Sangya Ojha

Bio Award Winning #Puppeteer | #GalliGalliSimSim #SesameStreet #India | Co-Founder - The Puppetarians | #TEDx Speaker | #Voice Artist #Author #Creator *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sangyaojha Instagram Followers 4.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Ella Mackay

Bio Puppet Maker + Puppeteer.
Scotland (West Lothian)
Nudge Puppets & Hopeful Monster @hopefulmonstertheatre *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nudge_puppets Instagram Followers 4.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +130% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Allison Ewert

Bio custom order inquiry pls send me a message
Veryhappypuppets.com
Creator of puppets @pakkaydost @hwdi.tv
Saskatoon:) Instagram Handle @veryhappypuppets Instagram Followers 3.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Get Email Contact

25. Kelvin

Bio Our mission: #Puppets. Puppet videos, puppet building, puppeteering, all things puppetry.
Owned and operated by Kevin Blades. *****@operationpuppet.com Instagram Handle @operationpuppet Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Joe Peek

Bio UK based puppet maker and puppeteer
Taking commissions *****@hotmail.co.uk Instagram Handle @joepeekpuppets Instagram Followers 3.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Marty Allen

Bio I’m Marty, I make a lot of stuff. Sock Puppet City and more! Holiday pop up at Seaport Snowport, Boston, Nov 6-Dec 27! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @martystuff Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Get Email Contact

28. Emil Marill

Bio Puppet maker creating handmade puppets & creatures. Character design, puppet building & behind-the-scenes. Welcome to Running Puppets by Emil Marill. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @running_puppets Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +30% Type Nano Get Email Contact

29. Jon Little

Bio Puppet builder and performer based out of Boston *****@littlescreatures.com Instagram Handle @littlescreatures Instagram Followers 2.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. My Puppet Pal

Bio MyPuppetPal
Email📧: *****@outlook.com
Website🌐: https://mypuppetpal.ca/
Youtube▶️: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtZwmecYD7JPZYdKjYMX-Q Instagram Handle @mypuppetpal Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Maia Kirkman Richards

Bio 🗣️ “Maia - like the month of May”
🎭 Puppet Designer, Director & Maker *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @maiakirkrich Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Stephanie Elgersma

Bio Puppet director/maker (and occasional actor) working in Canada and the UK. Making it up as I go along, but having a great time doing so 🐡 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @stephepuppets Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Anne Cubberly

Bio Giant Puppet Designer in Hartford, ct
@bestgiantpuppets for all your giant puppet fun
Open for commissions *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @annecubberly Instagram Followers 77.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. Jimmy Grimes

Bio Puppet director/designer/consultant
Especially love mechanism design and teaching
Check out my my book on Puppet Mechanism Design!
#puppet *****@yahoo.co.uk Instagram Handle @jimmy_grimes_puppetry Instagram Followers 40.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Gordon Smuder

Bio No Commissions. Professional puppeteer and puppet builder. Co-creator of Transylvania Television. Available now on Tubi.tv and Seeka.tv! Instagram Handle @thepuppetforge Instagram Followers 7.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Get Email Contact

36. Sofia Serrano

Bio Freelance puppet maker and model maker based in London *****@heyheypops.com Instagram Handle @hey_pops Instagram Followers 4.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Cynthia Lopez

Bio Puppet Builder
Handmade, Custom puppets
📍🇲🇽 shipping 📦🌏
Email for Quotes and Commissions
📧 *****@gmail.com
Etsy: My Puppet Factory Instagram Handle @mypuppetfactory Instagram Followers 3.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Nano Get Email Contact

38. Heather Quinn

Bio Puppeteer, puppet maker & creator based in the UK
Co-creator @gibletsmidnightmusings & @crumpetscorner
Northerner (Smoggie)
Available for work! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @quinnofthenerds Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. The Creature Works Studio

Bio 🤏🏽 | Puppet Builder and Performing Studio #puppeteer #puppetry
🎬 | Video Production
🧵 | Commissions: OPEN
🍁 | Canada Based. *****@thecreatureworksstudio.com Instagram Handle @thecreatureworksstudio Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

40. Joni Rae Carrack

Bio Theatre & Mental Health
Working with an open 🧠 & ❤️
CW+ Resident Puppeteer
Making award-winning theatre in hospitals with @plucktheatre Instagram Handle @joniraecarrack Instagram Followers 692 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact