What is Nano influencer?
A nano influencer is a creator with roughly 1,000 to 10,000 followers, known for very high engagement and a close, trusting relationship with a small local or niche audience.
Nano influencers deliver the highest engagement rates and the most authentic recommendations, often working on barter or low-cost deals.
They are ideal for local businesses and early-stage brands testing creator marketing.
Nano campaigns are managed differently because the unit economics only work at volume. Ten or twenty creators at once means the brief has to be self-explanatory, approvals have to be fast, and payment has to be automated, or the coordination cost swallows the saving. Done well it is the cheapest form of creator marketing available, and often the only one a local business can justify.
Related terms
- Micro influencer
- A micro influencer is a creator with roughly 10,000 to 100,000 followers, valued by brands for high engagement and a trusted, niche audience at affordable rates.
- Barter collaboration
- A barter collaboration is a deal where a brand gives a creator free products or services instead of cash, in exchange for agreed content such as a post, reel, or stories.
- Engagement rate
- Engagement rate is the percentage of a creator’s audience that interacts with their content, calculated as total engagements (likes, comments, shares, saves) divided by followers or reach, times 100.
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Nano influencer sits in the influencer marketing part of the glossary. These terms come up in the same conversations and are worth reading alongside it.