DIY 91% brand match Updated May 18, 2026
DIY Influencer List for 2026
Creators
16
39.4k–1.1M followers
Avg followers
461k
diy
Avg engagement
251.3%
2× industry benchmark
Verified emails
14 / 16
2 countries
What makes this list different
- Coverage: home-reno, woodworking, refinish, IKEA-hacks, Cricut, sewing/crochet
- Single-woman DIY layer (neverskipbrunch / anikasdiylife / smashingdiy)
- Black creator layer (smashingdiy, blackgirls_build_too)
- Excludes 1M+ macros (makeitwithmicah 3.1M, refurbishedish 2.1M, chrislovesjulia 1.65M)
- Both indie creators + brand-IGs (ikeahackersofficial) for co-marketing fit
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1
Casey Finn | Design & DIY
@diyplaybook · Entertainment
1.1M
Followers · 28.1% eng
2
Ashley
@arrowsandbow
840k
Followers · 305.0% eng
3
kenzie ervin | Decor + DIY + Thrift
@kenziemariehome · Entertainment
818k
Followers · 34.0% eng
| Rank | Creator | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  | 655k 32.0% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 5 | 628k 285.0% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● | |
| 6 |  | 498k 865.0% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 7 |  | 496k 115.8% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 8 |  | 490k 150.0% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 9 |  | 351k 60.0% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 10 |  | 340k | — |
| 11 |  | 310k 637.6% eng | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 12 |  | 251k | — |
| 13 | 221k | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● | |
| 14 |  CARA NEWHART @neverskipbrunch | 203k | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 15 |  Anika Gandhi | Diy Furniture & Woodworking @anikasdiylife | 129k | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
| 16 |  Erika | DIY Queen @blackgirls_build_too | 39k | ●●●●●@●●●.●●● |
About this list
16 hand-curated DIY Instagram creators (39K-840K followers) currently active in 2026 — covering home-reno, woodworking, furniture refinish, IKEA-hacks, Cricut/Joann craft creators, single-woman DIY (Cara Newhart tier), Black female DIY builders, and crochet/embroidery niches. Built for DIY brand deals (Lowe's, Home Depot, Behr, Rust-Oleum, Krylon, Cricut, Joann, Michaels, Wayfair). Every handle live-verified via Orbitvibe Detail API.