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Personal finance influencers inspire, guide, and equip people to take charge of their money and build wealth. But with hundreds of social media influencers and industry experts to choose from, who actually delivers reliable financial advice?
Financer has put together our list of the top 30 finance influencers in the U.S. for 2026. These personal finance influencers are seen as respected industry leaders, and they have the experience, reputation, and track record to back it up.
| Position # | Influencer |
|---|---|
| 🥇 1 | Humphrey Yang |
| 🥈 2 | Graham Stephan |
| 🥉 3 | Dave Ramsey |
| #4 | Robert T. Kiyosaki |
| #5 | Andrei Jikh |
| #6 | Kevin Paffrath |
| #7 | Nate O'Brien |
| #8 | John Eringman |
| #9 | Brian Jung |
| #10 | Chelsea Fagan |
| #11 | Hunter Walk |
| #12 | Kevin O'Leary |
| #13 | Scott Trench |
| #14 | Marko Zlatic |
| #15 | Jill Schlesinger |
| #16 | Ryan Scribner |
| #17 | Jack Chapple |
| #18 | Nouriel Roubini |
| #19 | Samir Arora |
| #20 | Steve Burns |
| #21 | Bola Sokunbi |
| #22 | Parii Bafna |
| #23 | Haley Sacks |
| #24 | Ramit Sethi |
| #25 | Delyanne Barros |
| #26 | Helene Meisler |
| #27 | Jose Rafael Hernandez |
| #28 | Jeremy Schneider |
| #29 | Sallie Krawcheck |
| #30 | Matt Paulson |
As a former Merrill Lynch adviser, Humphrey Yang started his YouTube channel in 2019 with the goal of creating and sharing personal finance videos to help guide the everyday person. Later that year, he moved his efforts to TikTok, after noticing that there was a lack of personal finance content on the platform.
With more than 3.4 million followers on TikTok, Humphrey has also been involved in multiple business startups that generated seven figures. He explains things simply and helps people easily understand difficult financial concepts.
TikTok: @HumphreyTalks
I LOVE explaining things simply, so if you want difficult financial concepts made easy in layman’s terms, I’m here for you.
Humphrey Yang
Graham Stephan is a real estate investor who started working in the industry at the age of 18. Graham started his YouTube channel in 2016 where he shares personal finance insights, stock market guidance, and gives investment advice. He has over 5.15 million subscribers on YouTube.
Graham is part of the team at The Oppenheim Group and has appeared on the Netflix reality show Selling Sunset. He has sold more than $125 million in real estate during his career and has worked with a number of celebrity clients including Orlando Bloom and Chloe Moretz.
YouTube: @GrahamStephan
I focus on a personal approach when it comes to selling homes and customer service is of the utmost importance.
Graham Stephen
Dave Ramsey is a personal finance expert and host of The Ramsey Show, with more than 18 million combined weekly listeners. A seven-time number one national bestselling author with over 30 years of experience, Dave has appeared on Fox News, CBS This Morning, CNN, Good Morning America, and more.
After fighting his way back from millions of dollars of debt and bankruptcy, Dave helps people build wealth and take control of their money. He is also the CEO of Ramsey Solutions, featuring more than 1,000 team members helping people with insurance, real estate, taxes, and more.
YouTube: @DaveRamsey
We didn’t tell anyone what was going on, but if we had to do it again, we would learn from the wisdom of others who have been through it.
Dave Ramsey
Robert T. Kiyosaki is an author and American businessman. He is the founder of the financial education company Rich Dad Company and Rich Global LLC. Through his company, he provides personal finance and business education to people worldwide and has sold numerous books and videos through his YouTube channel, "The Rich Dad Channel," which has over 3.5 million subscribers.
Robert is a New York Times best-selling author with the number one personal finance book of all time, Rich Dad Poor Dad. It has challenged the way millions of people think about money and investing. He believes the world needs more entrepreneurs who focus on building assets that generate passive income.
YouTube: @TheRichDadChannel
Most people, in their drive to get rich, are trying to build an Empire State Building on a six-inch slab.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Andrei Jikh is an entrepreneur, social media influencer, and creator of financial awareness content on YouTube. As a son of two circus performers in Russia, Andrei entertains his audience by breaking down complex financial topics with sleight of hand card tricks.
Andrei invested in Bitcoin in 2020 and many big names in the crypto industry tweeted about it. This then led to him being invited to podcasts, which increased his popularity. He began producing regular content on crypto and personal finance, and currently has more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube.
YouTube: @AndreiJikh
I’m like Harry Potter – if he was a financial minimalist, did card tricks and worried about money.
Andrei Jikh
Kevin Paffrath moved to California at the age of 17 with only $1,000 and started working at Jamba Juice. After volunteering for the police and graduating high school, he bought his first home at the age of 19 and became a real estate agent. He bought his house with an FHA 203k loan and a 3.5% down payment, effectively controlling a home for over $100k under market value.
Today, he is a real estate broker with his own company, Meet Kevin. In 2018 Kevin began sharing his knowledge on YouTube, where he now has over 2 million subscribers. He also launched and later closed his own ETF, showing his willingness to experiment with new financial ventures.
YouTube: @MeetKevin
No matter where you are in your financial journey, you can use the principles I’ve learned the hard way to grow your net worth.
Kevin Paffrath
Nate O'Brien runs a personal finance channel on YouTube with more than 1.3 million subscribers and over 50 million views. He is an American investor, entrepreneur and internet personality who was recognized as one of the top nine Millennial YouTube channels by Forbes.
Nate is on a journey to help millions of others achieve financial success and as such provides free content with no frills or selling.
YouTube: @NateOBrien
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for personal finance, productivity, and personal development.
Nate O’Brien
John Eringman is an American entrepreneur and internet personality that is best-known for his self-development and personal finance channel on TikTok. He already has more than 1.2 million followers.
John believes in being honest, transparent, and open around topics on money and empowers his viewers with the tools and knowledge they need to make the best financial decisions.
John was featured on Fincon, Market Watch, and CNBC and is passionate about providing personal finance tips to his million-plus followers.
TikTok: @JohnEFinance
Through educational and motivational videos, I create content that will help you level up in life.
John Eringman
Brian Jung is an American entrepreneur, investor, and influencer. Brian is best known for his personal finance, crypto, and credit card channel on YouTube, where he has more than 2.1 million subscribers.
Brian has set out on a journey to help millions of others achieve financial success through smart credit card strategies and investing.
YouTube: @BrianJungy
The secret to the new normal is changing the way you think about spending.
Brian Jung
Chelsea Fagan talks about personal finance in a way that makes you excited about taking control of your money. She is the creator of The Financial Diet, one of the top destinations where people talk openly about money.
Chelsea covers topics like budgeting and investing, and has a weekly podcast along with a popular YouTube channel with over 1.3 million subscribers.
YouTube: @TheFinancialDiet
Everything you wanted to know about money + living better, even for the total beginner.
Chelsea Fagan
Hunter Walk is an active angel investor and advisor and a founding team member at Linden Lab. He is also a partner at Homebrew VC and a former YouTube and Google product lead, with almost 900K followers on LinkedIn.
Hunter has been involved in the building of products that earned more than $1 billion in revenue and generate over a billion daily page views.
LinkedIn: @HunterWalk
My mission in life is to continue opening up the startup and crypto investment landscape so that anyone and everyone can participate.
Hunter Walk
Kevin O'Leary is the chairman of Beanstox, O'Leary Funds, and O'Shares. He is a also contributor to CNBC, winemaker, photographer, and chef. He features on the four-time Emmy Award-winning Shark Tank on ABC, as 'Mr. Wonderful'.
Kevin co-founded O'Leary Funds in 2008 and is currently the company's lead investor and shareholder. The mutual fund company focuses on global yield investing and manages more than $1 billion in assets.
Instagram: @KevinOLearyTV
I’ve said it before, I think people with creative skills and those in entertainment are going to dominate the world! They already to in many ways.
Kevin O’Leary
Scott Trench is the CEO of BiggerPockets, an education platform on real estate investment. BiggerPockets is a complete resource for anyone looking to succeed in the world of real estate investing.
Scott's YouTube channel has more than 1.2 million subscribers and offers content that covers everything on real estate investing, from analyzing deals to financing properties.
Founded in 2004, BiggerPockets is headquartered in Denver, CO, and serves the global real estate community including investors and homeowners.
YouTube: @BiggerPockets
Building wealth is always possible, even while working full-time, earning a median income, and making up for a negative net worth.
Scott Trench
Marko Zlatic started investing in stocks at the age of 18 and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in finance in 2010. After working in tech startups, commercial real estate, and publicly traded banks, he decided to start aYouTube channel, WhiteBoard Finance, in November of 2017.
Marko shares his passion for personal finance, stock market investing, real estate investing, and entrepreneurship, on his YouTube channel with 1 million subscribers. He believes in complete transparency and open communication with his audience to help them succeed in real estate and achieve financial freedom.
YouTube: @WhiteBoardFinance
You build wealth by taking massive action towards increasing your income and investing the difference into cash flowing assets.
Marko Zlatic
Jill Schlesinger is an Emmy and Gracie Award-winning Business Analyst for CBS News and the former Chief Investment Officer of an advisory firm that managed over $460 million for invidious clients. With more than 700K followers on LinkedIn, Jill appears on CBS radio and television stations nationwide covering the economy, markets, investing, and anything else with a dollar sign.
During her career, Jill won numerous awards, including the Personal Finance Reporting Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) in 2018. She is also the host of the Jill on Money podcast.
LinkedIn: @JillOnMoney
I make sense of ambiguous financial markets for business leaders, decision-makers and investors.
Jill Schlesinger
Ryan Scribner started his online journey in 2016 by launching his YouTube channel where he documented his own investing journey. Today Ryan is an influencer in the personal finance space with 850K subscribers.
Ryan's channel was recognized as the number one must-watch YouTube channel for money-making, according to Forbes magazine in 2019. He is also the co-owner of the personal finance blog Investing Simple.
YouTube: @RyanScribner
I managed to quit my $70,000 job after learning the right lessons about money.
Ryan Scribner
Jack Chapple started his personal finance channel on YouTube in 2016 and has almost 700K subscribers to date. The channel focuses on real estate and investments, helping people master the art of personal wealth and taking control of their finances.
With a growing following, Jack was born in Canada and is also an active personal finance influencer on X.
YouTube: @JackChappleShow
I will take you from knowing nothing about stocks, to making your first trades in no time!
Jack Chappel
Nouriel Roubini is the CEO of Roubini Macro Associates and has been featured by Forbes and Time. He was also a Coindesk Most Influential Awards nominee and was an NYU professor for 26 years. Nouriel addressed the International Monetary Fund in 2006 to warn about the impending recession due to the housing and credit card market bubble, which became a reality in 2008.
With more than half a million followers on X, Nouriel is a personal finance expert and financial adviser for people worldwide wanting to learn more about economics, investments, and managing their personal finances successfully.
X: @Nouriel
If we didn’t have greed, market economies wouldn’t be as innovative as they are.
Nouriel Roubini
Samir Arora is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman and also the CEO of Sage Digital. He worked at Apple for almost a decade, before founding NetObjects, Inc. and creating NetObjects Fusion, one of the first web design products that allowed for websites to be created without programming.
Born in India, Samir is a personal finance influencer on X with more than 500K followers and regularly creates content around FinTech, personal finance, machine learning, and more.
X: @IAmSamirArora
You have learnt enough about how to invest – now it’s time to unlearn a few things.
Samir Arora
Steve Burns founded New Trader U in 2011 and is a popular stock trader. He focuses on trading strategies and philosophies, including when to buy and sell stocks. He has several online courses available and more than a thousand articles on his website on investing education.
Steve started investing in 1993 and has a gift for making complex ideas seem simple. He also authored more than 25 books about stock market trading and has been featured on Wall Street Journal, Trader's Planet, and Michael Covel.
He now shares his experience with 650K followers on X.
X: @SJosephBurns
The first sign a trade is wrong is that you’re losing money. The second sign a trade is wrong is you still think you’re right.
Steve Burns
Bola Sokunbi is a Certified Financial Education Instructor and the creator of Clever Girl Finance, one of the largest personal finance platforms for women in the U.S. Bola is also the recipient of the 2021 Financial Education Instructor of the Year (FEIY) Award from the National Council of Financial Educators.
Clever Girl Finance is an empowerment platform aimed at providing women with the right products, services, and guidance to build real wealth. Clever Girl Finance has an incredibly supportive community, with many financial courses, articles, audio content, and more.
My goal is to help women just like you take charge of their finances, stop living paycheck to paycheck, build real wealth and get you in control of the life you REALLY want to live.
Bola Sokinbi
Instagram: @CleverGirlFinance
Parii Bafna is a personal finance influencer who helps people to take charge of their personal finances. She is also the co-founder of Jumpstart, hosting three-day virtual startups to connect students in technology and business to help find solutions to problems and get startup ideas.
Jumpstart hosts several events every year including workshops where students can learn skills from the best in the business.
TikTok: @PariiBafna
Is entrepreneurship still a dream for you? I’ll help you build a start-up in 48 hours.
Parii Bafna
Haley Sacks, aka Mrs. Dow Jones, created her media company in 2017 so that she could learn more about money and make finance a cool topic for the masses. With her growing brand, she uses a combination of pop culture and humor to translate Wall Street into terms millennials understand.
Haley also launched The Ultimate Money 101 Course to help people establish actionable financial goals and achieve real wealth. On Instagram, Haley has over 1 million followers.
Instagram: @MrsDowJones
Ugh, people make learning about finance SO boring. That’s why I started Mrs. Dow Jones.
Haley Sacks
Ramit Sethi focuses on teaching people how to build wealth by saving more and spending less. Ramit started his career in 2004 while studying psychology and technology at Standford. He built a system to apply to 60+ scholarships but lost his money when he invested his first scholarship check in the stock market.
Today more than one million people read his materials every month and he has created more than 20 programs on making money, investing, and starting an online business. Ramit believes that while there is a limit on how much you can cut, there is no limit to how much you can earn.
X: @Ramit
You don’t need to be perfect to take control of your money. It’s OK to make mistakes. Get 85% of the way there and move on with your life.
Ramit Sethi
Delyanne Barros is an attorney and nationally-recognized money expert. She teaches new investors how to achieve financial independence by investing in the stock market. She has been featured on CBS, Business Insider, and NextAdvisor.
Delyanne is the CEO and founder of Delyanne The Money Coach, which she started in 2020 to teach new investors how to slay the stock market.
TikTok: @DelyanneTheMoneyCoach
At 37 years old I realized that long-term investing was indeed a path to freedom. This is when everything changed for me.
Delyanne Barros
Helene Meisler is a finance expert who spent more than a decade as a market technician on the sell side, covering accounts at various investment banks in NYC. Helene started her career at Cowen & Co in 1982 and joined Goldman Sachs in 1989. She is seen as an expert financial market analyst and influencer on social media.
Helene writes a daily technical analysis column for RealMoney.com and is a financial influencer on BlueSky
Blue Sky: @hmeisler.bsky.social
One of my biggest past mistakes was not being able to follow a trend.
Helene Meisler
Jose Rafael Hernandez started his career as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management before starting his Instagram channel in 2019. Since then, Jose started putting out content regularly and shares as much of his own personal experience as possible to help people achieve financial freedom.
Jose also started his own financial education company, Financial University, offering first-class education and individualized support to help people realize their financial goals and build wealth.
Instagram: @thejoserafaelhernandez
The first place to start is understanding where you stand. That’s where any great financial plan starts.
Jose Rafael Hernandez
Jeremy Schneider is a successful entrepreneur and personal finance expert. He founded RentLinx in 2004 before it was acquired by AppFolio. In 2017, Jeremy left AppFolio and started Personal Finance Club, a financial literacy company. He also co-founded Nyckel, a machine learning platform.
Jeremy retired at age 36 and believes that financial literacy is a key component of building wealth. Through Personal Finance Club, Jeremy gives simple, unbiased advice on how to win with money and become a multi-millionaire.
Instagram: @PersonalFinanceClub
Living below your means and investing early and often in index funds is the most efficient and effective path to building wealth.
Jeremy Schneider
Sallie Krawcheck is the CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, a digital investment platform to help women achieve their financial goals. She held positions such as CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, CEO of Smith Barney, and CFO of Citigroup. She is also one of the highest-ranking women to work on Wall Street.
Sallie has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, and more. As a former head of Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division, she is also the author of Own It: The Power of Women at Work.
LinkedIn: @SallieKrawcheck
Uncertainty is even more stressful than the certainty of pain. Get clear on where you stand financially, and make that plan. That’s financial self-care.
Sallie Krawcheck
Matt Paulson is the CEO and founder of MarketBeat.com, a leading platform for stock market news and research with more than 15 million visits every month. MarketBeat has been recognized by Forbes, Barron's, and Entrepreneur for its rapid success. Matt was also involved in the Falls Angel Fund in 2016, which facilitates high-growth, early-stage investments in South Dakota companies.
Matt is an active private equity investor and has invested in more than 75 startups and small businesses, including Lyft, Dollar Shave Club, and Buffer.
X: @MattPaulsonSD
We analyzed the best finance influencers in the U.S. based on their popularity, reputation, and rankings on social platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and X.
Our list of financial influencers on social media has significant experience in the financial industry, as well as other areas like investments, real estate, and entrepreneurship. They are frequently featured in top publications and have won numerous awards.
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Who are the top financial influencers?
The top financial influencers in the U.S. include Humphrey Yang, Graham Stephan, Dave Ramsey, Robert Kiyosaki, and Andrei Jikh. These creators have millions of followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, and they cover topics ranging from personal finance basics to advanced investing strategies.
Who is the most popular finance influencer?Dave Ramsey is one of the most popular finance influencers, with over 18 million weekly listeners on The Ramsey Show. On social media, Humphrey Yang leads with over 3.4 million TikTok followers, while Graham Stephan has over 5.15 million YouTube subscribers.
Who are the most influential people in finance?The most influential people in finance include both traditional experts and social media creators. Kevin O'Leary (Shark Tank), Nouriel Roubini (economist), Sallie Krawcheck (former Wall Street executive), and Ramit Sethi (author) all combine deep industry experience with large online audiences to shape how millions think about money.
Should you trust finance influencers?Finance influencers can provide valuable education and motivation, but their advice should not replace professional financial planning. Look for influencers with verifiable credentials, transparent track records, and content that teaches principles rather than promoting specific products. Always do your own research before making financial decisions.
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