Top 45 UK 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 Location United Kingdom
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2. 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 Location United Kingdom
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3. 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 Location London, England, United Kingdom
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4. 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 Location Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
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5. Tristan Hughes

Bio All things ancient history at History Hit.
Host of The Ancients podcast 🎙️ Instagram Handle @ancientstristan Instagram Followers 215.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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6. 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 Location London, England, United Kingdom
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7. 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 Location Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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8. 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 Location Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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9. Charlie Eve

Bio Like a magpie collects shiny things, I collect lesser known tales of British history. Care to join me
🎖️| for partnerships: *****@oursagency.co.uk Instagram Handle @thehistorymagpie Instagram Followers 141.7K Type Macro Gender Male Location Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
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10. Philippa Lacey Brewell

Bio 📸 History Travel
🏆 Award-winning History Tours
🎁 Patreon.com/BritishHistory
👩‍💼 Historical Consultant
a/c and company run by Philippa *****@britishhistorytours.com Instagram Handle @british_history_tours Instagram Followers 107.2K Type Macro Gender Female Location Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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11. Beth Reid

Bio I talk and write about Scottish history 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️
📍 Cairngorms *****@historywithbeth.com Instagram Handle @historywithbeth Instagram Followers 84.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Dr Anthony Delaney

Bio 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 OUT NOW
Co-host History Hit’s After Dark podcast.
🎭Harry Wild on Acorn TV
WELCOME TO THE PARISH 👋🏼 Instagram Handle @anthonydelaneyhistory Instagram Followers 69.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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13. Nicole DeRushie

Bio Author of BOG FASHION. MA Public History.BAH & MA Medieval St.L3 Forest School Leader.PGDE.Traditional knowledge & skills. @ashmoleanmuseum *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @grounded_history Instagram Followers 59.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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14. Estelle Paranque

Bio Author & editor of 6 books 📚
Showing you what historians really do 👀
Women • Power • Archives 🇫🇷 🇬🇧
Mentorship available 👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @estelleprnq Instagram Followers 55.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +91% Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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15. Ryan Gregory

Bio Press and PR enquiries: *****@outlook.com
10% Discount Race Across The World Experience London using code: LDNHISTORIAN10 (link below)
🇬🇧 🏃 Instagram Handle @londonhistorian Instagram Followers 46.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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16. Kate Williams

Bio historic wellness influencer
NYT bestselling historian, broadcaster
REGINA: A NEW HISTORY OF WOMEN AND POWER out now! *****@knightayton.co.uk Instagram Handle @katewilliamsme Instagram Followers 42.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +31% Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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17. Christopher Green

Bio Heritage worker & amateur historian focusing on Anglo-Saxon England and the world that interacted with it.
All pics taken by me ©️ by me. *****@googlemail.com Instagram Handle @anglosaxonhistory Instagram Followers 37.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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18. Tracy Borman

Bio Historian, author and broadcaster. Chancellor and Professor of History at Lincoln Bishop University. Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces *****@tracyborman.co.uk Instagram Handle @tracy.borman Instagram Followers 31.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Location London, England, United Kingdom
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19. Jenny Draper

Bio Tour guide, London history nerd, and author of "Mavericks", out now! Instagram Handle @jdraperlondon Instagram Followers 29K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Location London, England, United Kingdom
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20. Jessica Lawrence

Bio Medieval heritage, history & reenactment
Founder @livingmedievalofficial
❤️ @mitchofthefyrd Instagram Handle @historywithjess Instagram Followers 25.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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21. Kate McCaffrey

Bio Historian, PhD Student, Asst Curator, Writer, @historyextra ‘30 under 30’, Sometimes on TV ✨
Patreon: @owenandkatehistory
🏰 @hever_castle 📚 @mems_ukc *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kateemccaffreyhistorian Instagram Followers 25.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +103% Type Micro Gender Female Location Kent, England, United Kingdom
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22. Dr. Owen Emmerson

Bio Historian, Author, Broadcaster & Asst. Curator @hever_castle. Exploring people, places, & art.
Agent: @pfdagents
Publisher: @michaeljbooks🐧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drowenemmerson Instagram Followers 23.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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23. Dr Maddy Pelling

Bio Historian & broadcaster
📖 HOAX out now! @profile.books
🎙️ AFTER DARK @historyhit
🎥 PRESENTER *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maddypelling Instagram Followers 19.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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24. Matthew Lewis

Bio Historian and writer. Medievalist. Snap happy. Co-host of the Gone Medieval Podcast, host of Echoes of History. *****@mattlewisauthor.com Instagram Handle @mattlewishistory Instagram Followers 14.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Male Location Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
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25. Dr Nicola Tallis

Bio 👩🏼FRHistS. Historian. Author. Contributor.
📚Crown of Blood,Elizabeth’s Rival,Uncrowned Queen,All the Queen’s Jewels,Young Elizabeth. *****@nicolatallis.com Instagram Handle @historian_nicola Instagram Followers 14K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Location England, United Kingdom
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26. Eleanor Medhurst

Bio 💗Author of Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion (2024)
💜 Creator of @dressingdykes
💗 PhD in lesbian textile craft histories @uniofbrighton *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @elliemedhurst Instagram Followers 13.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Location Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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27. Jackson van Uden

Bio Historian, Political Commentator, Broadcaster, Podcaster and Historical Consultant. As seen on @channel5_tv and @bbc
@historyextra 30 Under 30 *****@historywithjackson.co.uk Instagram Handle @historywithjackson Instagram Followers 13.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Location Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
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28. Dr Elizabeth Norton

Bio Historian and Archaeologist. FRHistS. Writes books & appears on TV. Historical consultant on Firebrand & BBC’s Boleyns. Likes travelling Instagram Handle @enortonhistory Instagram Followers 6.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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29. Leigh Wakefield

Bio Lover of all things Boleyn to Brontë
👩🏻‍🎓PhD candidate @uniwinchester
🎙️Podcast Researcher @talkingtudors
🪶Visitor Assistant @bronteparsonagemuseum *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historic_leigh_speaking Instagram Followers 4.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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30. Molly Anderson

Bio Exploring UK history and heritage sites
🏠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland life and travel *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @molly_the_historian Instagram Followers 4.7K Type Nano Gender Female Location Letchworth, England, United Kingdom
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31. Nathen Amin

Bio 🫪 Public Historian
✍🏾 Author
🎙️Podcaster
📰 Substacker
😎 Fellow of Royal Historical Society
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh-Kashmiri
www.nathenamin.com Instagram Handle @nathenamin Instagram Followers 4.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Dr Lizzie Rogers

Bio Historian of 18th & early 19thC. Curator & Archivist @bowoodwiltshire. Views my own (and sometimes Jane Austen's). *****@historylizzie.co.uk Instagram Handle @historylizzie Instagram Followers 3.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Location Tamworth, England, United Kingdom
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33. Rosie Maggs

Bio Exploring Interwar history
Founder @thehistoriansmagazine @thelittlehistoriansmagazine
MA European History Graduate👩🏼‍🎓
@historyextra 30 under 30 ✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historywithrosie Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Location Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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34. Shauna

Bio Sharing history one post at a time🏰
Historical visits, book reviews & research…
Aspiring Victorian historian, interested in the Great Exhibition 1851 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @shaunadoeshistory Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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35. Hannah Parker

Bio 21 |🇺🇸🇲🇽 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @hannah_parker_ Instagram Followers 316 Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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36. Bethan Catherine Watts

Bio main account @bethanwatts.historian *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bethshistoricalblog Instagram Followers 155 Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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37. Julian Woodford

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historylondon Follower Growth (3mo) -100% Type Nano Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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38. 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 1.8M Type Mega Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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39. Sam McKnight

Bio Archaeology graduate and OSINT investigator @mcknight.reports *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gilgamesh_of_uruk__ Instagram Followers 326.3K Type Macro Gender Male Location United Kingdom
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40. Mina Moriarty

Bio 18th century historian 📜
As seen on Sky History, Channel 4
Author✍️
*****@minamedia.co.uk📩
*****@theactorsgroup.com📬 Instagram Handle @historyho101 Instagram Followers 208.8K Type Macro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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41. Steph Black

Bio Historian & Archaeologist
PhD candidate
✉️*****@gmail.com
London Instagram Handle @adventuringarchaeologist Instagram Followers 148.9K Type Macro Gender Female Location London, England, United Kingdom
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42. Charlotte Bowyer

Bio Medievalist
Working on a PhD in Old English literature
📍Bristol / London *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @lady_of_the_mercians Instagram Followers 58K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Location London, England, United Kingdom
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43. Chloe-Anne

Bio ✖️Destination X S1 @bbciplayer @bbc
🏛️ Historical Adventurer
✨Be more Tigerlily than Wendy…
@chloeannebanks
📧*****@bemoretigerlily.com Instagram Handle @moretigerlily_history Instagram Followers 44.8K Type Micro Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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44. Sarah Austin

Bio Archaeology | History | Heritage
🏺 Archaeology Curator
Explore the ancient world with me 🌎 ✨
📧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thehistory_curator Instagram Followers 5.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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45. Angel Davina

Bio History Postgraduate @ UoB, UK 📜
Focusing on Ancient Civilisations + Medieval Europe 🏺🏰
TikTok 👉🏼 historywithangel *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historywithangel Instagram Followers 2.2K Type Nano Gender Female Location United Kingdom
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