UGC Creators in the United States

The the United States creator market

The United States is the largest country cohort in the index by a wide margin, and the most diversified: beauty, parenting, fitness, home, lifestyle, travel, and fashion each carry hundreds of creators, with meaningful mental health, tech, finance, and trading pools behind them. Most are Instagram-first, post in English, and sit in the nano and micro bands that US brands rely on for seeding and creative testing. Use this page when you need US shipping addresses, US-sized products, and content that references American retailers and prices. For state or city targeting, use the city and state filters inside the app; this page breaks the pool down by country only.

The United States is the largest country in the index, with 10,822 indexed creators, 9,124 on Instagram and 1,698 on TikTok. It is also the most diversified: beauty (2,772), parenting (1,772), fitness (1,450), home (1,039), lifestyle (949), travel (877), and fashion (883) each have hundreds of creators, and the US supplies the bulk of the mental health pool and the largest country share of trading and finance. The median US creator has 1,616 followers and the top quarter sits above 4,151, so the market is nano and micro by construction, with 388 creators in the 50k to 250k band for brands that want a reach tier. Content is in English, and 40.1% of US creators list a portfolio site. Disclosure is governed by the FTC Endorsement Guides, updated in 2023, which require a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any material connection, treat creator claims as brand claims, and now explicitly cover fake reviews and undisclosed incentives. Payment norms are straightforward: PayPal, ACH, or Venmo for nano creators, invoices for anyone with an LLC, and a W-9 on file if you expect to pay a creator more than the IRS 1099 threshold in a year. Outreach lands across four time zones; sending in the late morning Eastern reaches most of the country during working hours, and creators in the index respond fastest on weekdays.

In numbers: 10,822 creators in the United States at the October 2026 index, 84% on Instagram and 16% on TikTok. 46% sit in the 1k to 5k band, 32% are under 1,000 followers, and 13% are above 10,000. The interquartile range runs from 749 to 4,151 followers, so a typical shortlist is nano and micro accounts rather than influencers.

Top niches in the United States

The three largest niches here are beauty (2,772), parenting (1,772), fitness (1,450); home (1,039), lifestyle (949), fashion (883) come next. Everything smaller stays inside the app until it has real inventory. Labels overlap because a creator can be tagged for more than one niche.

16% of the country's creators are on TikTok, against 18% across the whole index, and 40.1% link a portfolio site from their profile. Each niche link opens the the United States table for that category with its own follower bands and platform split.

UGC creators by city in the United States

29 cities in the United States hold enough creators for a list of their own (30 or more who state the city on their profile). New York is the largest with 568, then Los Angeles with 511. Together they cover 4,515 of the 10,822 creators on this page; the rest name a smaller town, or no city at all.

• New York 568
• Los Angeles 511
• Atlanta 417
• Chicago 380
• Miami 348
• Houston 337
• Dallas 278
• Tampa 159
• Orlando 133
• Austin 127
• San Diego 123
• Seattle 112
• Charlotte 98
• Pittsburgh 98
• Philadelphia 95
• Las Vegas 90
• Nashville 80
• San Francisco 76
• Boston 66
• Portland 61
• Denver 57
• Phoenix 47
• Washington, D.C. 44
• Kansas City 42
• Columbus 40
• Raleigh 36
• Detroit 31
• San Antonio 31
• Jacksonville 30

Rates and deliverables for creators in the United States

Mapped to the calculator's tiers, 79% of creators in the United States are nano (under 5k followers), 16% sit between 5k and 50k, and 5% are above 50k. The index's bands are coarser than the tiers, so treat the middle group as a mix of micro and mid. In practice most quotes from this pool will land in the nano and micro columns.

2026 benchmark, estimates from the UGC Agent rate model and public rate cards. Not a quote and not drawn from the creator index. Build an itemised rate card for your brief with the UGC rate calculator, or compare a reach-based quote with the influencer rate calculator.

How to approach creators in the United States

US creators receive the most pitches of any country, so specificity wins. Open with the product and the reason the creator's content matched, state whether the offer is gifted or paid, and give the deliverable, the rights, and the turnaround in the first message. Expect creators to ask for a rate range and a W-9 process if the fee is meaningful, and have a short agreement ready; the UGC contract template on this site covers usage rights, disclosure, and payment terms in the form US creators expect. Shipping is easy domestically, so seeding waves of ten to twenty creators are practical for physical products, and US retail references (Target, Sephora, Costco, Trader Joe's) in a brief help creators film the shelf. Confirm state-level rules if your product is regulated (supplements, alcohol, financial services, cannabis-adjacent), since a clip compliant in one state may not run in another. For paid social, ask for the ad-authorization code up front; US creators are the most used to whitelisting and price it separately. Time your check-ins for Eastern or Pacific mornings, and expect faster replies from creators who list a portfolio site.