Top 80 Miami Food Influencers in 2026

Key takeaways for miami food in September 2026

• Sam Schnur, Nico Norena, Alex Rios currently sit at the top of this miami food ranking.
• Follower mix: 26.3% micro, 37.5% mid, 23.8% macro, 8.8% mega. Dominant tier: mid.
• Geography: 23 countries on the list, led by United States (51.3%) and United Kingdom (6.3%).
• 37 profiles link out to a live or curated Instagram handle; 37 are verified public figures with self-hosted photos.
• Highest engagement on the list is Liz at 6.7%, which is not the largest audience (Sam Schnur at 2.4M). That gap is the usual “don’t sort only by followers” lesson.
• A creator who only posts restaurant interiors may have high aesthetic ER and poor CPG conversion. Match the brief to cook-at-home vs dine-out audiences.

What this miami food influencers ranking actually shows

A 15-second cook-through with captions outperforms a plated beauty shot. Food is a save-heavy niche, so judge success on saves and recipe-card clicks, not just likes. On this specific list the median account has been posting since around 2015 (average age ~8.6 years; oldest 2011, newest 2024) with roughly 4,218 posts — enough history that you can actually audit a grid before you brief.

Primary language on the roster is English (67.5%). A meaningful secondary slice is Spanish (7.5%) — write the caption language into the brief if you care about comment quality.

Where gender is labelled, the split is 27 female / 9 male (44 unlabelled). Use that as a casting hint, not a quota.

Follower-tier mix

Where they are based

How to brief miami food influencers

• Send the product at least 10 days before the go-live so it can appear in a real cook-through.
• Ask for on-screen ingredient text — that’s what drives saves.
• Local restaurant creators need geo-fenced expectations (one city, not “national”).

Formats that usually work here: recipe Reels, restaurant recs, ingredient swaps, meal-prep carousels. Read the ranking methodology or the 2026 rate guide.

Miami Food Influencers vs related lists

Miami Food Influencers averages 0.1pp more engagement than Philippines Food Influencers and has a larger median audience (235K vs 229K).

Miami Food Influencers averages 0.3pp less engagement than Indian American Food Influencers and has a larger median audience (235K vs 194K).

Miami Food Influencers averages 0.3pp more engagement than Female Chef and has a smaller median audience (235K vs 421K).