Top 20 American Rock Climbing Influencers on Instagram (Jul 2026)

We found 128 rock climbing Influencers in United States
These influencers mention 'rock climbing' in their Instagram bio and have audiences primarily in United States. Here are the top 20. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
07/27/2026
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1. Tanille Ballard

United States

Sedona, AZ Trail Running-Ultra Marathoner Hiking/Backpacking Rock Climbing High Lining Aerialist Owner of @redrockmobilebar

Followers
25.2k
Fake followers
24.4%
Engagement rate
1.66%
Average Reel plays
4.7k
Audience gender
female
52.65%
male
47.35%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
74.45%
Brazil
2.78%
Canada
1.85%
United Kingdom
1.83%
India
1.81%
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3. Andrew Megas-Russell

United States

Empowering climbers with technical skills and climbing stoke - @amga1979 Rock and Alpine Guide Partnered with @mammutna

Followers
15k
Fake followers
11.02%
Engagement rate
2.29%
Average Reel plays
285.5k
Audience gender
female
29.91%
male
70.09%
Top performing Reels
  1. 443 259
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  3. 338 433
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
80.78%
Canada
2.42%
Iran
1.48%
Chile
1.21%
Mexico
1.21%
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4. Sierra 🌹 Knott

United States

• Certified Personal Trainer & SFC💪🏽 • Rock Climbing Coach⛰️ • DM for training📥 • Athlete for @organicclimbing @tru_wild @soulfireapparelco • SD, CA📍

Followers
14.3k
Fake followers
22.95%
Engagement rate
2.26%
Average Reel plays
5.1k
Audience gender
female
28.79%
male
71.21%
Top performing Reels
  1. 304 684
  2. 37 025
  3. 28 765
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
65.66%
United Kingdom
3.24%
Italy
3.19%
Canada
3.16%
Spain
3.05%
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5. Randy Leavitt

United States

Rock climbing first ascents. Surfing, Kitesurfing, Hydrofoil. Aviation. Leavittation. BASE 39. Night BASE 15

Followers
14k
Fake followers
19.46%
Engagement rate
3.39%
Average Reel plays
10k
Audience gender
female
17.2%
male
82.8%
Top performing Reels
  1. “JUMBO PUMPING LOVE” is NOT the name of the hardest rock climb in America. It could have been. So how does a climb gets its name? This story started over 3 decades ago, when a striking, but faint line of pockets - viewed through my binoculars - eventually became one of the most difficult and famous rock climbs in the world. On a cold November day in 1991, perched near the summit of remote Clark Mountain, I embarked on a top down inspection of what was the most king line I ever found. Wild swings into the wall to place bolts revealed section after section of V-hard boulder problems. My psyche was high as I slowly and methodically continued down, placing bolts. It became abundantly clear to me that this entire climb would go, but at a standard much more difficult than the hardest grade in 1991. I thought maybe this would be possible as a multi pitch climb. I tried it, was unable to make it to the halfway anchors, so I set my sights on the other king line to the left which I named Jumbo Pumping Hate (5.14a). Fast forward to 2008, when Chris Sharma redpointed my original king line project. In true Sharma fashion, he brought it to a new level by climbing the entire wall in one very long pitch. He named this “Jumbo Love” and graded it 5.15b. It stood as the hardest and proudest sport climb in America for 14 years. There were a few repeats by America’s strongest sport climbers. In 2013, I belayed Sharma on a hard start (bolted by Jorge Visser) to Jumbo Love. This was like adding a 5.14b, with no rest, to a long 5.15b. I tried to do the math… how hard could this be? The direct start to Jumbo Love remained un-redpointed until October 2022, when Seb Bouin linked it all together. So how does a route get its name? What would Seb name it? Do you honor the history in your name as Sharma did with Jumbo Love, or do you call it something completely different? Seb messaged Chris and me. With a little back and forth, he decided on “Suprême Jumbo Love” (5.15c). Photos tagged: Suprême 2022 Suprême in 2013, 2 photos JPH in the 90s #climbinghistory #originofclimbingroutenames #clarkmountain
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
63.85%
Canada
4.54%
United Kingdom
3.56%
Spain
2.49%
Italy
2.44%
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7. Chossy Rock Memes

Memes from life Support climbing join the @accessfund

Followers
12.5k
Fake followers
12.04%
Engagement rate
8.85%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
female
23.9%
male
76.1%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
52.82%
United Kingdom
10.33%
Canada
8.33%
Australia
3.63%
Germany
2.7%
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10. Izzy

United States

Director, Producer: @SkyRooted, Planet Earth Journalist: Human Rights, Enviro Justice, Rock Climbing. Links in bio

Followers
9.5k
Fake followers
19.6%
Engagement rate
24.5%
Average Reel plays
1.3k
Audience gender
female
58.89%
male
41.11%
Top performing Reels
  1. 122 895
  2. 121 463
  3. 6 118
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
72.85%
Canada
5.57%
United Kingdom
2.19%
Australia
1.46%
Italy
1.33%

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11. Norman Montes

United States

Rock Climber | Coach | Artist | Adventurer | Venice, CA | IG Mostly for climbing | Soill Ambassador

Followers
9.2k
Fake followers
29.06%
Engagement rate
1.24%
Average Reel plays
3.1k
Audience gender
female
60.22%
male
39.78%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
48.75%
United Kingdom
8.15%
Australia
4.3%
Brazil
3.72%
Spain
3.61%
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12. Geordie Hicks

I live in Eugene Oregon. I'm an arborist by trade and I enjoy rock climbing and soccer. Gaming and painting since age 10! Regular life @geordie_hicks

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13. Kylie Cullen | Professional Rock Climber

United States

climbing and training authentically @doubleedgecoffee @madrockclimbing @hitorii.design

Followers
7.9k
Fake followers
14.82%
Engagement rate
13.14%
Average Reel plays
12.2k
Audience gender
female
50.63%
male
49.37%
Top performing Reels
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  3. My mental health is in the gutter and it's been like that for a while. Over the last year my anxiety has been at an all time high and my depression at an all time low. Getting up and taking care of myself was a challenge, let alone training and going to school. There were months where I was only able to get myself to the gym once a week. I lacked motivation and a clear goal that I actually believed I could achieve. I started taking antidepressants, forgot a few doses, had a seizure and learned that skipping medication increases the likelihood of having a seizure. I was slowly taken off that medication and put on anti-seizure medication as well. Of course, I eventually also forgot a few doses of my anti-seizure medication and if you couldn't guess, I had another seizure. Turns out when you skip seizure medication it makes it even more likely for you to have a seizure than if you weren't taking it at all. There is no happy ending here. My mental health is only mildly better than it was before. I can't tell if my anxiety meds are helping or making it worse. Theres probably a little bit of brain damage from the seizures, at least that's my reasoning for the fact that slurring words has now become a normal speech pattern of mine. And my neurologist thinks I have a juvenile seizure disorder that appears in the form of short full body muscle jerks. So to all those who've seen me just violently twitch for a sec, sorry for scaring you with that but now I kinda have an answer for why I do that. Moral of the story, DONT FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDS. Welcoming suggestions for decorating my pillbox to make it more fun and coquette or suggestions for not forgetting my meds cause why can't I remember. And don't tell me "oh just set an alarm," IT DOESN'T WORK. Idk how y'all do it but I will turn off the notification and literally forget what I'm doing on my way to get the medication (or turn off the notification and go back to sleep 😓). Also, gurl, your anxiety ain't worth a $3000 uber just tell the EMT someone else can take you to the hospital. 🙄 You're not alone 🤍 📸: (1) @gajdaphotography (2) @lenssoul
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
62.61%
United Kingdom
4.97%
Germany
3.12%
France
2.59%
Canada
2.43%
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14. Stanislav Kanev | Rock Climber | Instructor

United States

Certified AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Sport Climbing Instructor @mountaineersorg Sharing adventure, friendship & growth on and off the rock

Followers
7.7k
Fake followers
15.46%
Engagement rate
5.07%
Average Reel plays
34.7k
Audience gender
female
20.61%
male
79.39%
Top performing Reels
  1. 29 539
  2. 7 047
  3. 6 053
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
22.21%
Italy
7.52%
Spain
6.93%
Brazil
4.11%
France
4%
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15. Amy Sanders

United States

Finished pots. Pots in process. And two sweet boys. And maybe a little bit of rock climbing too...

Followers
7.2k
Fake followers
17.74%
Engagement rate
2.35%
Average Reel plays
2.5k
Audience gender
female
76.55%
male
23.45%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
65.05%
Canada
5.12%
Iran
2.54%
Brazil
2.26%
Argentina
2.19%
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16. Paul Gagner

Rock and alpine climber of 47 years 🏔Metolius Climbing Team

Followers
6.3k
Fake followers
21.6%
Engagement rate
2.36%
Average Reel plays
3.4k
Audience gender
female
21.68%
male
78.32%
Top performing Reels
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  3. Patagonia 1987: This is 27 year old me on top of Fitzroy. I have a great shot of Walt as well, but unfortunately it isn’t scanned. After 45 minutes on top we started down. We were “onsighting” a huge complicated descent - but we found the top rap anchors right away, so how bad could it be? The reason we chose to descend this south facing ridge was because about halfway down you dip around the ridge onto the east side, which puts you out of the wind. It gets dark about 3-4 raps, and now the wind has kicked up again. We’re rapping by headlamp and are finding the anchors without too much trouble though. We eventually get to an anchor where we could go two different ways. One way looks to be out into the middle of nowhere on a huge face - our headlamp beams don’t show much. We opt to continue straight down. That was the last obvious anchor. We’re definitely off-route now. The wind is howling. And we’re starting to use a lot of our meager rack for anchors. We do find some remnants of fixed ropes here and there and cut pieces out of the ice to use to sling blocks. At one point I pass an old dicey looking anchor and keep going, thinking I can reach a small ledge that I can just barely see with my headlamp. I come up about 2’ short and take a deep breath and drop onto the ledge. I yell to Walt to use the other anchor. Even with our clothes battened down the wind pummels us and it’s like being sand blasted by ice particles, but we finally make it to the col. With the wind battering us we find the most protected spot we can and bivy for a few hours. #climbing #fitzroy #patagonia @metoliusclimbing @guenergylabs
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
47.71%
United Kingdom
4.37%
Canada
4.35%
Italy
3.95%
Spain
3.17%
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17. Risto Thomas

United States

🏠SLC 🛩 DET pUbLiShEd PhOtOgRaPhEr My friends call me Kris. Currently, no Detroit dates are planned. Chances are I'd rather be rock climbing.

Followers
5.3k
Fake followers
18.33%
Engagement rate
2.58%
Average Reel plays
1.7k
Audience gender
female
64.61%
male
35.39%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
89.55%
Canada
1.05%
United Kingdom
0.97%
Australia
0.89%
Italy
0.58%
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19. Brad Burns

United States

Medical Student (WY WWAMI) “The Climb” HBO Max La Sportiva Athlete Rock Climbing Guide (PCGI)

Followers
4.8k
Fake followers
10.15%
Engagement rate
5.17%
Average Reel plays
23.6k
Audience gender
female
53.79%
male
46.21%
Top performing Reels
  1. 55 728
  2. 1 053
  3. 893
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
75.8%
Brazil
5.38%
Canada
3.11%
Chile
3.11%
Mexico
3.08%
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20. Kyle Young

United States

Musician 🎸 Artist 🎙 Producer 👨‍💻 Streamer 💫

Followers
3.4k
Fake followers
9.42%
Engagement rate
1.16%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
female
64.42%
male
35.58%
Top performing Reels
No info available
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
96.25%
Brazil
0.65%
South Africa
0.49%
Canada
0.49%
France
0.33%

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