From travel attractions to culinary variety and healthcare and fitness, Sri Lankans now never run out of topics to post about and hence there is a growing list of Instagram influencers in the island. Our curiosity to identify the top influencers in Sri Lanka has led us to compile a list of influencers who have Sri Lankans looking forward to their Instagram activity on a regular basis.
NOMINATION MECHANISM
A survey was conducted among 300+ participants who were asked to nominate any Instagram influencers they follow or know of. All responses were compiled, documented and analyzed.SELECTION METHODOLOGY
Celebrities including actors, popular musicians, and sports personalities who have gained a following through their celebrity status and not mainly through their Insta behavior and activity, have been omitted from the list.SHORTLISTING METHODOLOGY
The 100 influencers with the most followers were shortlisted.RANKING METHODOLOGY
The ranking was based on the engagements (views, reactions, comments) they receive on their posts.HOW DID WE CALCULATE THIS?
- We looked at all 100 influencers.
- We picked 30 consecutive posts from each quarter of the year (3 quarters in 2018)
- We then took the total number of engagements from these 90 posts as their engagement score.
- We arrived at our Top 35 based on the influencers who have the most engagement.
*Please note that the data gathered for the report is accurate as at October 2018
#1. Oshadi Himasha Chavindi
@oshadihimasha
Model/ Travel/Fashion
Followers: 331,000
Total Engagement: 725,083
#2. Maria Yusefovna Al-Kasas
@maria.yusefovna
Fashion/Model
Followers: 94,700
Total Engagement: 619,073
#3. Chanuk
@Chanux Bro
Techie
Followers: 115,000
Total Engagement: 534,570
#4. Gaia Kodithuwakku
@gaiakodithuwakku
Fitness/Motivation
Followers: 41,000
Total Engagement: 466,241
#5. Meliza Leitch
@leitchpeach
Fitness
Followers: 97,000
Total Engagement: 461,762
#6. Sachith De Silva
@sachith_de_silva
Cars
Followers: 42,500
Total Engagement: 457,284
#7. Chulakshi Ranathunga
@chulakshi
Fashion/Fitness/Motivation
Followers: 105,000
Total Engagement: 436,815
#8. Stephanie Sansoni
@stephanie_sansoni
Singer/Music/Events
Followers: 48,000
Total Engagement: 409,210
#9. Christina Plate
@love.plate
Fashion/Foodie/Travel
Followers: 47,700
Total Engagement: 356,985
#10. Christina Sirisena
@chrissansa
Fashion/Travel/Lifestyle
Followers: 29,700
Total Engagement: 317,953
#11. Stephanie Siriwardhene
@stephaniesiriwardhana
Model/Fashion
Followers: 48,000
Total Engagement: 311,275
#12. Sarrani Tillakaratne
@physique.by.sari
Fitness/Motivation
Followers: 30,700
Total Engagement: 243,032
#13. Ishini Weerasinghe
@ishiniw
Fashion
Followers: 20,300
Total Engagement: 203,373
#14. Senuri Ranatunga
@senurana
Travel/Fashion
Followers: 46,300
Total Engagement: 202,697
#15. Lalitha Epaarachchix
@lalitha_epaarachchi
Fitness/Motivation
Followers: 25,200
Total Engagement: 198,380
#16. Sarah Illyas
@sa5268
Fashion
Followers: 24,200
Total Engagement: 175,038
#17. Melissa
@exoticthingtwo
Foodie/Travel
Followers: 36,900
Total Engagement: 172,527
#18. Zuri
@zurifitnessofficial
Fitness
Followers: 25,400
Total Engagement: 168,365
#19. Natalie
@natalieshenelle
Beauty/Fashion/Lifestyle
Followers: 30,000
Total Engagement: 167,913
#20. Fazil Marija
@fazilmarija
Fitness/MotivationFollowers: 12,100
Total Engagement: 152,424
#21. Zainab Faizal
@queen_bae_1926
Foodie/Fashion
Followers: 27,200
Total Engagement: 137,058
#22. Rukshala Alwis
@choco_prettiness
Fitness/Healthcare
Followers: 32,700
Total Engagement: 133,641
#23. Tamara Senaratne
@tammy21288
Fashion
Followers: 27,700
Total Engagement: 117,460
#24. Nicky Desilva
@nickizzle
Travel Blogger
Followers: 33,100
Total Engagement: 106,539
#25. Alice Luker
@styleinsrilanka
Travel/Hotel/Restaurant Photography
Followers: 34,600
Total Engagement: 97,007
#26. Nikita
@nikitatehani
Fashion/Lifestyle
Followers: 12,200
Total Engagement: 81,520
#27. Sonali Silvaa
@sonalisilvaa
Fashion/Model
Followers: 24,500
Total Engagement: 80,178
#28. Sarah Faisal
@sarahfaisal98
Foodie
Followers: 9,636
Total Engagement: 77,235
#29. Tarja De Silva
@tarjadesilva
Dancer/Fitness/Motivation
Followers: 27,700
Total Engagement: 72,561
#30. Nadiya Fernando
@nadiyafernando
Make Up Artist/Fashion
Followers: 14,700
Total Engagement: 66,575
#31. Shalu Wijeratne
@shx.lu
Travel/Food/Fashion
Followers: 25,900
Total Engagement: 65,788
#32. Fari
@fari91designs
Fashion/Arts&Crafts
Followers: 9,361
Total Engagement: 64,295
#33. Shenelle Rodrigo
@sheneller
Fashion
Followers: 9,362
Total Engagement: 48,927
#34. Deepak Shanmuganathan
@deepak_shan
Fitness/Model
Followers: 5,197
Total Engagement: 36,268
#35. Melissa Stephen
@melissastephenofficial
Music/Events
Followers: 4,054
Total Engagement: 28,820