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Top Instagram Sports Influencers in New York

11 Sports Instagram creators in New York, United States — ranked by followers.

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Total Creators

273.4K

Avg Followers

1.79%

Avg Engagement

64/100

Avg SH Score

As of October 2026, the Instagram Sports influencers in New York with the most followers on SocialHipper are Liz Eswein (@newyorkcity, 1.5M followers), Jaeki Cho (@jaekicho, 526.4K) and The Athletic (@theathletichq, 420.0K). Across the 11 creators in this ranking, the average engagement rate is 1.79% (the median is 1.6% for accounts under 10,000 followers and 0.8% above that, and 2% puts a larger account in the top quarter) and the average SocialHipper quality score is 64/100.

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@newyorkcity Instagram

New York, United States

1.5M

Followers

0.01%

Engage

52/100

Average

Updated 1d ago

Basketball

@jaekicho Instagram

New York, United States

526.4K

Followers

1.39%

Engage

68/100

Good

Updated 3mos ago — may be out of date

Language Learning

@theathletichq Instagram

New York, United States

420.0K

Followers

0.26%

Engage

56/100

Average

Updated 2mos ago — may be out of date

Sports

@eatingalonediaries Instagram

New York, United States

293.9K

Followers

0.80%

Engage

62/100

Good

Updated 1d ago

Food

@ashley.goes.hiking Instagram

New York, United States

108.7K

Followers

1.65%

Engage

74/100

Good

Updated 1d ago

Lifestyle

@alexday7 Instagram

New York, United States

67.1K

Followers

3.34%

Engage

85/100

Excellent

Updated 2mos ago — may be out of date

Sports

@sportsgirlnyc Instagram

New York, United States

26.3K

Followers

0.76%

Engage

59/100

Average

Updated 2mos ago — may be out of date

Sports

@thewatnyc Instagram

New York, United States

21.1K

Followers

7.34%

Engage

79/100

Good

Updated 2d ago

Parenting

@thebrooklyniteabroad Instagram

New York, United States

3.9K

Followers

1.60%

Engage

67/100

Good

Updated 2mos ago — may be out of date

Travel

@jkdnyc Instagram

New York, United States

2.3K

Followers

1.15%

Engage

55/100

Average

Updated 2d ago

Sports

@wolfninjamma Instagram

New York, United States

2.3K

Followers

1.38%

Engage

57/100

Average

Updated 2d ago

Fitness

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By followers, the top creators are Liz Eswein (@newyorkcity, 1.5M followers), Jaeki Cho (@jaekicho, 526.4K) and The Athletic (@theathletichq, 420.0K). SocialHipper tracks 11 Sports Instagram influencers in New York. Browse the ranked list above, sorted by follower count.
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Engagement rate is average likes plus comments per post, divided by followers, times 100. On Instagram, the median is 1.6% for accounts under 10,000 followers and 0.8% above that, and 2% puts a larger account in the top quarter.