Top 20 Nigerian Running Influencers on Instagram (Jan 2026)

We found 26 running Influencers in Nigeria
These influencers mention 'running' in their Instagram bio and have audiences primarily in Nigeria. Here are the top 20. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
01/20/2026
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2. Enoch Adegoke

Nigeria

100-9.98 "21OLY Finalist "19 African U20 Champ 100m/4*100m🥇🥇 "19 Nat. Champ 100m 🥈 "18 C. W.GFinalist "18 WAUG Champ 100m/200m🥇🥈 Running By Revelation

Followers
5.3k
Fake followers
19.78%
Engagement rate
8.72%
Average Reel plays
6.8k
Audience gender
female
23.62%
male
76.38%
Top performing Reels
  1. 19.2k
  2. 2.2k
  3. 2.1k
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
69.49%
United States
7.8%
United Kingdom
2.91%
Australia
1.59%
India
1.35%
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3. Fullstack Engineer

Nigeria

🚀 Software engineer VC analyst running @brainstechng @wearzowis

Followers
4.4k
Fake followers
23.04%
Engagement rate
1.05%
Average Reel plays
918
Audience gender
male
48.57%
female
51.43%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
79.8%
United States
4.33%
Ghana
3.42%
United Kingdom
2.53%
Canada
1.06%
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4. Highly Favoured 😊

Nigeria

Thank you God, for keeping things running smoothly. Book me please🥹 @fixmeup__

Followers
3.5k
Fake followers
31.44%
Engagement rate
19.27%
Average Reel plays
12.1k
Audience gender
female
31.83%
male
68.17%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
85.76%
United States
2.67%
United Kingdom
1.22%
Russia
1%
Ghana
0.78%
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5. Matilda Ashinya Dajoh

Nigeria

Chartered accountant,running a business,super mom of 4,loving my heartbeat and walking with Jesus: CEO @hairbytildasalon

Followers
3.2k
Fake followers
22.77%
Engagement rate
2.07%
Average Reel plays
833
Audience gender
female
62.35%
male
37.65%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
79.33%
United States
5.87%
United Kingdom
3.87%
Ghana
1.81%
United Arab Emirates
1.19%
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6. OBI ÚTÓ♒️

Nigeria

What if we just tried fighting what we are running from? We can’t fix it if we never face it. Stay tasteful✨ NWAKAEGO🤞🏼 YNWA

Followers
2.7k
Fake followers
31.17%
Engagement rate
6.82%
Average Reel plays
695
Audience gender
male
68.39%
female
31.61%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
56.83%
United States
7.92%
Ghana
4.67%
Kenya
3.43%
United Kingdom
1.95%
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7. Sean

Nigeria

Future RN || RM ||BNSc👨‍⚕️🩺 Running on coffee, dreams, and 2 hours of sleep.📚☕️

Followers
2.7k
Fake followers
22.43%
Engagement rate
3.51%
Average Reel plays
1.3k
Audience gender
female
40.46%
male
59.54%
Top performing Reels
No info available
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
61.96%
Ghana
7.97%
United States
4.33%
South Africa
4.1%
Namibia
2.96%
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9. Oluwafemi

Nigeria

MONEYJUNCTION231⚓️…Even if I'm ahead, I'm working like I'm running behind!!! Buying All Crypto Coins 📈. 📍: 🇪🇬🇶🇦🇲🇦🇹🇷

Followers
2.5k
Fake followers
33.5%
Engagement rate
12.88%
Average Reel plays
1.9k
Audience gender
male
70.5%
female
29.5%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
81.44%
United States
3.38%
Turkey
3.17%
Ghana
1.64%
United Arab Emirates
1.42%
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10. Olajumoke Faro

Nigeria

A Penelope! mama Awon boys n a girl. God is running my show 'Rich Forever'

Followers
2.4k
Fake followers
24.88%
Engagement rate
2.01%
Average Reel plays
561
Audience gender
male
49.73%
female
50.27%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
74.14%
United States
7.86%
United Kingdom
5.89%
Canada
2.95%
United Arab Emirates
1.47%

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11. Tife 💜

Nigeria

Marketing comms🚀 Running @yourluckynailss

Followers
2.4k
Fake followers
26.12%
Engagement rate
4.78%
Average Reel plays
1.9k
Audience gender
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
88.66%
United States
2.81%
United Kingdom
1.64%
Canada
0.94%
United Arab Emirates
0.76%
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12. SheyiPopular

Nigeria

I’m not the one you used to know ⚠️………….But then again, I keep my head up. Running up more 💵 than Followers 🔞

Followers
2.4k
Fake followers
24.21%
Engagement rate
38.81%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
male
59.75%
female
40.25%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
88.15%
United States
2.04%
United Arab Emirates
1.48%
India
1.3%
South Africa
0.74%
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13. Aisha Shuaibu

Nigeria

Be about running ur race & winning Cooking my hobby🍲🍜🍝 Makeup my passion💄💋

Followers
2.1k
Fake followers
23.07%
Engagement rate
1.93%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
male
42.72%
female
57.28%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
87.13%
United Kingdom
2.5%
United States
1.86%
Kenya
1.01%
Ghana
0.81%
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14. Tayo Winkunle

Nigeria

Running miles. Building AI that matters. Founder @techlyticsafrica

Followers
1.9k
Fake followers
15.56%
Engagement rate
2.53%
Average Reel plays
470
Audience gender
female
46.63%
male
53.37%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
84.37%
United States
6.22%
United Kingdom
3.03%
Canada
1.52%
Ghana
0.61%
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16. Mahmud Sulaiman

Nigeria

Ɗan Amar Azara 👳🏾‍♂️ Running enthusiast 🏃🏾 Striving human 😇 GGMU ⚽️

Followers
1.7k
Fake followers
16.32%
Engagement rate
2.5%
Average Reel plays
648
Audience gender
male
73.33%
female
26.67%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
75%
United Kingdom
7.34%
United States
6.42%
Canada
2.06%
United Arab Emirates
2.06%
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17. Chris Robert

Nigeria

Financial Services World Traveler 🌍 Investor & mentor 🎯 Life is Risk vs Reward⚖️ Running a trading floor 📍👨‍💻

Followers
1.5k
Fake followers
25.45%
Engagement rate
2.4%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
male
62.13%
female
37.87%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
87.26%
United States
1.94%
United Kingdom
1.08%
United Arab Emirates
1.08%
India
0.65%
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18. Hot sauce Ent.

Nigeria

Whatever it takes💪 God first✝️ | Crypto 📈 | Web 3 📊 Life’s a marathon not a sprint so keep running💯 #llnipseyhussle🕊️ #themarathoncontinues🏁 #leo🦁

Followers
1.4k
Fake followers
28.39%
Engagement rate
4.2%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
female
43.23%
male
56.77%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
71.15%
United States
8.83%
United Arab Emirates
3.23%
Ghana
2.58%
South Africa
2.15%
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19. Muhammad Rufai

Nigeria

RIPPING AND RUNNING

Followers
1.3k
Fake followers
27.45%
Engagement rate
12.54%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
male
74.11%
female
25.89%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
84.27%
Tanzania
1.55%
Saudi Arabia
1.46%
United Arab Emirates
1.07%
Sudan
0.97%
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20. Bello Adedayo Ibrahim

Nigeria

Diaspora president #Ebaforsahur Gang * Road side Tech bro * muslim, Islam is perfect, I’m not* |||| running things at @techefiko

Followers
1.2k
Fake followers
13.9%
Engagement rate
11.01%
Average Reel plays
564
Audience gender
male
38.39%
female
61.61%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
Nigeria
89%
United Kingdom
3.7%
United States
1.57%
Canada
0.92%
Ghana
0.74%
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