We analyzed 7.7k pieces of influencer content sponsored by Kylie Cosmetics over the last 12 months.
This report breaks down where & how Kylie Cosmetics invests in influencer marketing, which social platforms they prioritize, top geographical markets, and more.
The data in this report comes from Modash's Brand Collaborations API.
P.S. for a simple list of influencers who have collaborated with Kylie Cosmetics, see here: Kylie Cosmetics influencers.
Kylie Cosmetics's influencer campaigns are active year-round with notable month-to-month fluctuation. The chart below shows month-by-month data for total sponsored posts tracked.
Number of sponsored posts
Kylie Cosmetics's influencer activity appears to have tapered over the year, from 1.1k posts in January down to 750 in December. January was the busiest month at 1.1k posts, 77% above the monthly average.
In our dataset (which only includes Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok), this is how the volume of Kylie Cosmetics's sponsored influencer collaborations break down by social platform:
Share of sponsored content by social network
TikTok influencer marketing is a clear focus for Kylie Cosmetics.
Here are 3 examples of Kylie Cosmetics's recent sponsored collaborations (one each for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube).
Influencer bio
🧚♀️Hi Angels🧚♂️ it's your selfcare & beauty bestie ✨ 📧 selinadasilva@dulcedo.com TikTok: selina.dasilvaaa / YouTube: SelinaDasilvaaa
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Influencer bio
be kind. live fully. insta/kateecass snap/katecassidy444 🩰
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Influencer bio
Lover of all things beauty. IG @MakeupByCherylH
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If you break this down further by content type on TikTok, this is what it looks like:
💡 Related resource: How To Find TikTok Influencers.
For their top social platform (TikTok), here is a breakdown of the type of influencers Kylie Cosmetics are collaborating with, by audience size.
Note: this breakdown is based on each influencer's average views (not follower/subscriber count), because views typically correlate more closely with influencer pricing and impact.
Based on each influencer's average views per post
With 35.9% of partnerships featuring creators averaging 1K-5K views, Kylie Cosmetics's strategy suggests niche targeting and authenticity, likely leveraging collaboration models like gifting and affiliates to work with smaller creators.
Here is an example of a sponsored collaboration with a larger-audience creator on TikTok (2.8M avg views/post):
Influencer bio
🇮🇹 IG @la_mainoo In elenco AGCOM
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And here is another example with a smaller creator on TikTok (9.8k avg views/post):
Influencer bio
Beauty, Vlog 📍Arkansas 💌 marochacon27@gmail.com
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Out of 5k unique influencers in our dataset, 167 of them (3%) posted content for Kylie Cosmetics in 3 or more separate calendar months. The most consistent partner is @esteela.campillo, who has collaborated across 8 months with 17 total posts.
Here are 3 examples of Kylie Cosmetics's repeat influencer partnerships, with links to the sponsored content.
💡 Related resource: Long-Term Influencer Partnerships: Pros, Cons & How The Pros Manage Them.
In our dataset, United States is where Kylie Cosmetics had the most influencer activity. 30.6% of their live influencer content in the last 12 months was posted by American influencers.
Based on the percentage of influencer content per market, other important markets include:
Here is another example of Kylie Cosmetics collaborating with an influencer in United States.
Kylie Cosmetics competes directly with Fenty Beauty and Huda Beauty in celebrity/founder-driven, social-first makeup where influencer tutorials, launches, and viral shades are core to demand generation.
Total sponsored posts tracked (last 12 months)
Huda Beauty leads with 34.8k sponsored posts, significantly outpacing Fenty Beauty (22.8k posts) and Kylie Cosmetics (7.7k posts). Across all three brands, the average volume is 21.8k posts, indicating mature, scaled influencer programs. Huda Beauty has multiple times more total posts than Kylie Cosmetics, and Fenty Beauty also has substantially more.
Sponsored posts by platform
Among these brands, Huda Beauty leads on Instagram and Fenty Beauty leads on TikTok and YouTube. The gap is most notable on Instagram, with Huda Beauty at 13k, Kylie Cosmetics at 2.3k, Fenty Beauty at 0 posts. Fenty Beauty's activity is particularly concentrated on TikTok. On Instagram, Huda Beauty has multiple times more posts than Kylie Cosmetics while Fenty Beauty has none, and on TikTok both Fenty Beauty and Huda Beauty have multiple times more posts than Kylie Cosmetics.
Estimated sponsored posts in Kylie Cosmetics's top markets
Fenty Beauty has the highest estimated sponsored-post volume in United States (12k posts, 51.2%), Brazil (2.4k posts, 10.6%), France (1.6k posts, 7%), while Huda Beauty has the highest estimated sponsored-post volume in India (3.9k posts, 11.3%), Italy (2.4k posts, 6.9%), while Kylie Cosmetics leads in United Kingdom with 974 posts (12.6%). Looking at United States specifically, the split is Fenty Beauty at 12k posts (51.2%), Huda Beauty at 8.5k posts (24.5%), Kylie Cosmetics at 2.4k posts (30.6%). Kylie Cosmetics's strength in United Kingdom may indicate a home-market focus, while Huda Beauty shows broader regional investment.
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