Written by David Roberts
Reviewed by Lucas Walter
Updated
The top running influencers in 2026 are Remo Kistler, Lisa Migliorini, Truett Hanes, Lambros, and Andy Glaze. This list ranks 26 running influencers by median views across their recent videos, not by follower count. Each one was found by searching across hundreds of thousands of top-performing posts in the running niche.
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All 26 are listed in rank order. Select a row to jump to the write-up.
| Rank | Creator | Followers | Median views | Engagement | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remo Kistler @kisremo | 313K | 398K | 2.4% | Physio exercises for runners |
| 2 | Lisa Migliorini @thefashionjogger | 2.7M | 383K | 2.8% | Marathon Majors race vlogs |
| 3 | Truett Hanes @just_truett | 572K | 370K | 2.8% | Marathons and record attempts |
| 4 | Lambros @lambrosarmy | 1M | 368K | 2.5% | Ultras run for cancer patients |
| 5 | Andy Glaze @amglaze | 528K | 315K | 2.7% | 100-mile weeks and 240-mile races |
| 6 | Jake Taylor @jaketm11 | 247K | 249K | 5.8% | Cinematic running films |
| 7 | Caden Race @cadenruns | 476K | 180K | 12.9% | Couple running challenges |
| 8 | Yana Strese @running.yana | 692K | 159K | 2.1% | Strength and mobility for runners |
| 9 | Ben Parkes @BenParkes | 371K | 157K | 1.5% | Running shoe reviews |
| 10 | tomxingruns @tomxingruns | 39.4K | 153K | 7.7% | Marathon fueling days |
| 11 | Harry Balmer @harrybalmerfit | 148K | 133K | 5.6% | Marathon training, styled |
| 12 | Nico Felich @nicofelich | 263K | 117K | 4.3% | Speed workouts and shoes |
| 13 | David Park @find404 | 337K | 109K | 4.3% | 200-mile ultras, day by day |
| 14 | Hugo Fry @hugo.fry | 154K | 106K | 2.4% | Daily marathon training vlogs |
| 15 | Tibs @Tibzzzzz | 191K | 102K | 1% | Track meet stunts |
| 16 | Ryan Hartsig @ryanhartsig | 244K | 98.4K | 11.2% | Marathon training, deadpan |
| 17 | Marsha Dunkel @Marsha_du_ | 585K | 93.8K | 1.3% | Track sessions as motivation |
| 18 | Lexi Watts @lexilwatts | 353K | 92.6K | 6.5% | Trail runs and ultras |
| 19 | Izzy Hill @izzyhillfit | 81K | 91.2K | 2.4% | Marathon training diaries |
| 20 | Jake Barraclough @rantojapan | 131K | 84.9K | 3% | Racing in Japan |
| 21 | Austin Tinsley @austinsley | 181K | 84.1K | 4.7% | Cinematic road runs |
| 22 | Sam Griffiths @globerunnergriff | 125K | 78K | 3.1% | From 125 kg to a 2:20 marathon |
| 23 | Adam Wood @AdamWoodRuns | 111K | 57.6K | 3.6% | Marathon build vlogs |
| 24 | Göran Winblad @goranwinblad | 206K | 57.5K | 2.8% | Training science for runners |
| 25 | Jeremy Miller @jeremymille.r | 266K | 53.6K | 4.6% | Trail races and ultras |
| 26 | Eugene Makarov @mr.ultrarunner | 207K | 50.5K | 2.2% | Trail and ultra coaching |
The best running influencers aren’t simply the accounts with the most followers. Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok all show videos to people based on how the video performs individually, not just based on who follows the creator. As a result, a small or midsized account can reach more people than one several times its size.
That’s why we rank running influencers by median views of their videos (the average number of people a typical video reaches). As of October 2026, the five most watched are Remo Kistler, Lisa Migliorini, Truett Hanes, Lambros, and Andy Glaze.
Grouped by the kind of running video each one makes. The number beside each name is the creator’s overall rank.
Training blocks filmed week by week toward one race. A natural fit for shoes, fuel, and watches tested over months.
Race vlogs from the big city marathons, Berlin, Sydney, Rome, and Los Angeles among them, between running comedy, motivation clips, and travel runs. A running physio with a 3:02 marathon.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running shoes, GPS watches, races, and race travel.
“Full day of eating” videos built around marathon training, carb loading, and race day. A 24-year-old in Philadelphia with a 3:07 marathon.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in sports nutrition and meal-planning apps.
A Reel a day from a marathon block, narrated for laughs: the sessions, the treadmill, the kit, and the food. A 2:17 marathoner who lists a 14:19 5K in the bio.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running shoes, wearables, health tests, and cruises.
Diaries of marathon blocks for Berlin and Chicago: the miles, the speed sessions, and the nerves before the start. Also makes videos for a running app.
8 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in beauty, sportswear, food, running apps, and races.
Weekly vlogs of half-marathon and marathon training in Japan, chasing personal bests, course records, and parkrun wins. Life in Japan fills the gaps: a house set up for training, the food, the sauna.
9 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in GPS watches, running apps, travel data plans, and altitude tents.
Big marathon training weeks and the races they lead to, from a 2:20:26 Berlin personal best to the Rome half. The bio sums up the arc behind them: 125 kg to a 2:20 marathon.
17 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running shoes, sports nutrition, running apparel, and GPS watches.
Marathon training and race vlogs from a 2:16 marathoner: the splits, the key sessions, and the doubts before race day. This autumn every upload built toward the Chicago Marathon.
2 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in skincare.
Hundred-mile weeks, 240-mile races, and mountain courses, filmed on the move by the people running them.
Two brothers who film ultramarathons and long treadmill runs, each one run for a named person with cancer. Every film builds to the finish line and the medal handed over at the end.
2 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in skincare.
Ultrarunning with a sense of humor: a streak of 100-mile weeks past 340 in a row, family runs, and race films. In October the Moab 240 filled the feed.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in sports nutrition and running planners.
Selfie-filmed ultra races of 200 miles and more, posted as a series with one video for each day of the race. Recent series covered the Moab 240 and the Bigfoot 200.
2 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in GPS watches and sports nutrition.
Trail runs and ultras filmed as run-with-me clips, from autumn trail sessions to Leadville and crewing a partner’s 100-miler. The bio counts 17 marathons, a 50-miler, and a 100-miler.
1 sponsored post in the last 90 days, in sports nutrition.
Trail and ultra race films, from the Swiss Alps 100 to a run across Zion, with trail shoe reviews and UTMB week coverage in between. A 2:40 marathoner and 100-mile finisher.
6 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running shoes, treadmills, dairy, and grooming.
Coaching Reels for trail and ultra runners: strength circuits, pole technique, downhill form, injury rehab, and gear fixes. The bio counts 159 marathons and 90 ultras.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Workouts, strength routines, and shoe reviews to copy. Four of the five coach or treat runners for a living.
Strength, mobility, and plyometric routines for runners from a physiotherapist, shown at home or on the track. Each one is sold on what it does for speed or for staying injury-free.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Strength, mobility, and drill routines aimed at runners, one exercise to a Reel with its purpose written on screen. Now and then a long trail run or a race weekend.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in GPS watches and headphones.
Long reviews and buying guides for running shoes and watches, filmed at home and on test runs, with marathon training advice in between. A 2:25 marathoner who also coaches and sells training plans.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Speed workouts, shoe reviews, and marathon training, talked through to camera or filmed mid-run. What to wear on a run is a regular post too.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Explainers on training science and running injuries, and “I tried it” episodes where a famous workout gets tested on camera. A physiotherapist and running coach.
6 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in GPS watches and running apparel.
Short running films with few words or none. They suit a product that sells on how it looks.
Training and race clips cut fast under a hard-edged voiceover, from marathons and ultras to world-record attempts. The bio counts two Guinness World Records.
7 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in sports nutrition, coffee, and clothing.
Cinematic running films under a motivational voiceover, cut from marathon training and race trips such as Berlin. A filmmaker by trade.
23 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in GPS watches, running shoes, sportswear, and water filters.
Marathon training and race trips cut as get-ready and ASMR-style edits, often under a one-word caption. Coaches runners and models for running brands.
6 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in skincare, running apparel, and GPS watches.
Short clips from the track: interval sessions, endurance work, drills, and night laps, cut into motivation montages. A recurring series races a dog.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in hotels and cameras.
Cinematic running montages set to music, with almost nothing said. Also hosts a run club at a recovery studio in Los Angeles.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running apparel.
Running as the premise for stunts, couple challenges, and deadpan daily bits, with sponsors written into the joke.
Running challenges and vlogs made as a couple, from a surprise personal best at the Chicago Marathon to eating contests with a race attached. Sponsored runs come in the same format.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in running shoes, sports drinks, and headphones.
Big-production stunts at track meets: Olympians snuck into school races, “illegal” cheats slipped into elite ones, and a meet the channel runs itself. Each video is cut fast and builds to the reveal.
4 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in sports nutrition and apps.
A marathon build told in a deadpan daily voice: training, physio visits, shoe and gear reviews, and running jokes. Drink reviews and other bits fill the rest of the feed.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in smart glasses, sportswear, music streaming, and beer.
We analyzed the 348 posts these 26 creators published on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok in the last 30 days. Of those, 34 beat their creator’s usual views by 3× or more.
Here is how this month’s breakouts open, read from what each video says in its first seconds, or from its caption when nobody speaks.
“Into the Mines of Moria ⛰️”
About half of this month’s breakouts have nobody talking: a song or a sound over running footage, with the caption doing the work. These seven creators post their usual videos the same way, so the silence is their format, not the reason a video took off.
Jeremy Miller 2.3M views · 43× their usualTheir subjects set them apart. Several come from a race: the Berlin Marathon, the Moab 240, two trail races. Others are motivation montages, and three of them share one sound, a rhyme that starts “Don’t tell your dreams to everybody around,” laid over training footage by two different creators.
“it’s 5:15 in the morning”
Two breakouts start in the middle of race day instead of setting it up: a friend back from a night out at 5:15 on Chicago Marathon morning, and runners trading jokes on the Moab 240 course. They come from two creators, and none of the same creators’ usual videos open this way.
Ryan Hartsig 386K views · 3.9× their usualFor a race organizer or a brand at the start line, this opening needs no script. The camera is already on when the day begins.
“You think a bad day’s going to stop me?”
The other spoken opening that broke out puts a claim in the first line: a track session run in the rain as a dare, and a trail runner asking whether chocolate milk really is the best recovery drink, in a paid post for a dairy group.
Marsha Dunkel 1.2M views · 13.3× their usualIt is a small pattern, one video each from two creators, and one of their usual posts opens the same way. What set these two apart was the subject: bad weather and recovery.
Austin Tinsley: “Let the soul breathe” reached 2.8M views, 33.5× their usual.
Lisa Migliorini: “DON’T TELL YOUR DREAMS 🖤🤫 SAVE and remember it 💪 Work in silence and they’ll come true ✨” reached 7M views, 18.3× their usual.
Caden Race: “Whenever I go on a run, I think to myself: what can I reward myself with after the run?” reached 2.3M views, 12.6× their usual.
This table shows what the running accounts on this list do at each size on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Use it to judge whether a creator’s numbers are strong for their tier.
| Tier | Followers | Median views | Engagement | Posts a week | Sponsored posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro | 10K to 100K | 122K | 5.1% | 3.4 | 17% |
| Mid | 100K to 500K | 100K | 4% | 1.6 | 22% |
| Macro | Over 500K | 341K | 2.6% | 6.3 | 12% |
The figures are medians across these 26 accounts, from each account’s recent videos. “Sponsored posts” is the share of posts in the 90 days to Oct 23, 2026, that carry a paid-partnership or paid-promotion label or a stated sponsor, or are part of a brand campaign.
If you sell running shoes, watches, fuel, or race entries, look for a creator whose runs match your product and whose race calendar matches your launch.
A trail shoe or a hydration vest belongs with creators who film ultras and mountain races; a carbon racing shoe belongs with someone chasing a marathon time. Check what the last month of videos shows, not the bio: some running accounts mix in lifting, triathlon, or food challenges.
Breakout videos bunch up around race weekends. Ask which race a creator is building toward, and place your posts in that build and on the weekend itself rather than in a quiet week.
Many of the most-watched runners already have a shoe, watch, or fuel deal, and the sponsor’s kit shows up in every video. Look through three months of posts for a rival brand before you reach out, and ask what their contract allows. On YouTube, a paid video can carry YouTube’s own paid promotion label, which appears at the start of the video.
Training plans, coaching, gels, and merch are common here: 7 of the 26 sell at least one. A creator with their own plan may not want to promote your training app, and one with their own gels may turn down a fuel brand.
If the post tells runners how to train, recover, or avoid injury, it lands better from someone who coaches or treats runners than from a fast amateur. Ask for the credential if the bio does not state it.
We identified and ranked these creators by searching hundreds of thousands of top-performing running posts across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok with Klint.
We rank by median views across each creator’s recent videos, so one viral post can’t lift an account up the list. Creators from any country qualify if they post in English or with no words, and if at least half of their recent videos are about running.
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As of October 2026 the top five running influencers by median views are Remo Kistler, Lisa Migliorini, Truett Hanes, Lambros, and Andy Glaze.
Lisa Migliorini, with 2.7M followers on Instagram and race vlogs from the big-city marathons. Ranked by median views instead, Lisa Migliorini is number 2.
Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Anyone active on two or three of them appears once, under the one with the higher median. X is left out because no running account there came close: the strongest one checked had a median of 10.7K views.
Nick Bare’s recent posts are mostly hybrid training and lifting, and David Goggins has not posted since November 2025. Shalane Flanagan now coaches a college team, and the account’s recent videos are mostly team posts with fewer views than anyone on this list. Active professional runners whose accounts follow their own racing careers are left out too.
By hand, start with a race weekend: search the race’s hashtag on Instagram and TikTok in the days after a big marathon, and note who keeps showing up with strong views. Klint runs that search across every platform at once, for example “trail runners under 200K followers who review shoes.”
It depends on the platform, the format, and whether you want one video or a season. In running, many deals are long-term: an ambassador contract with a shoe, watch, or fuel brand, often with free product and race entries, rather than a single paid post. Ask what a creator already has with competing brands before you agree on a price.
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