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Top NFT Influencers to Follow in 2023


Deepak Joshi
By Deepak Joshi | Last Updated on April 12th, 2024 7:09 am | 3-min read

In the past, influencers were seen as ‘the new celebrities’ and were quickly snapped up to promote brands. But with that came a lot of invaluable content. Brands had to find the right ones and invest in them to make it worthwhile. In an NFT world, this would change. Influencers would be able to make their own merchandise, monetize their videos and create a brand that people would want to buy into.

Why would they do this? Because they could.

NFTs would allow them to sell directly to fans via their own channels, without having to work with brands. Creators could build up a strong community and sell merchandise, tickets and other products through an NFT-backed platform. Listed hereunder are some NFT influencers that you should follow in 2023 if you are really looking to mark a strong presence in the blockchain world. 

1. Snoop Dogg

The hip hop icon Snoop Dogg tops our list of NFT Influencers 2023. The man behind the popular NFT centric Twitter account Cozomo de’ Medici, Snoop Dogg has collected multiple NFTs including that of CryptoPunks, Bored Apes, Doodles, etc.

2. Gary Vaynerchuk

Popularly known as Gary Vee, Gary Vaynerchuk has his own NFT collection “VeeFriends”, which consists of over 10,255 drawings with rewards including his mentorship sessions. He is also the owner of over 50 CryptoPunks NFTs.

3. Yam Karkai

Yam Karkai is the owner of the World of Women NFT collection. She launched this collection of 10,000 NFTs, and the unique artworks, along with her partner Raphael Malavieille. Today her NFT collection is liked by NFT influencers such as Snoop Dogg, Gary Vee, etc.

4. Pranksy

Active in the NFT world since 2017, Pranksy has one of the largest NFT collections in the entire world. He is the owner and co-founder of the NFTBoxes project and a supporter of the Blue Dragon’s Children Foundation.

5. DeezeFi

DeezeFi is yet another prominent name in the NFT world. She is well-known among the NFT users for holding informative Twitter Space discussions with topics revolving around NFT Pricing and Fractional Fridays.

6. Farokh

Another notable NFT influencer, Farokh has been a part of NFT world since 2021 and today holds an impressive NFT collection of Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks and Cool Cats. He is also the founder of the digital media agency GoodLife.

7. BoredApeYC

The most spoken-about NFT project, Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10000 unique Bored Ape NFTs that has gained massive popularity since its beginning in 2021. Today they are recognized among the most prestigious NFT collections in the world.

8. Punk6529

An anonymous NFT influencer, Punk6529 owns a vast collection of NFTs from CryptoPunks, the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Rare Pepes, Art Blocks, Autoglyphs, and much more. He is known for sharing insightful content about what he sees in the NFT and Metaverse sphere.

9. Matty

The founder of MetaKey, Matty is one of the top NFT influencers who regularly educates users about the NFT world by sharing content in the form of tweets, blogs, and Youtube videos. He has been featured on Garyvee, Coindesk, and Reuters.

10. Artchick

Artchick is a top female NFT influencer who actively endorses female NFT creators from across the globe. An avid enthusiast of the World of Women NFT collection, Artchick is well known for sharing her experiences as a woman in the NFT sector.

11. Ohhshiny

A community capitalist investing in the metaverse, Ohhshiny is the host behind the Ohhshiny Show. He is popular in the NFT world for tweeting about the latest happenings in the Metaverse, and highlights projects and creators who are doing something unique.

12. Dikasso

A VR/Digital artist and Pro NFT collector, Dikasso is one of the top NFT buyers on Rarible, an Ethereum-based platform to create, buy and sell NFTs. He is known for regularly sharing projects of interest or hosting giveaways for all followers.

13. RealMissNFT

RealMissNFT is the owner of realmissnft.xyz website, where she highlights work of the upcoming NFT artists. She also displays the story of two upcoming artists every week along with @BhushanVishwas and posts daily NFT giveaways on @NFTs4Free.

14. j1mmy.eth

Founder and CEO of nft42, j1mmy.eth has also founded an enterprise cloud solutions provider, Dito, which is pioneering and advancing on-chain NFTs and the metaverse. He often tweets about upcoming projects, opinions, and inspirational quotes.

15. Rac.eth

A Grammy award winning recording artist, Rac.eth posts about NFTs, the blockchain, and the shift from web2 to web3 on Twitter. He has also been named as one of the Future 25 shaping the music industry by Rolling Stone.

16. Crypto Baristas

Crypto Baristas is the world’s first NFT funded café in NYC. Launched in Feb 2021, Crypto Baristas is now focusing on opening other physical locations, a roastery and education space in NYC, as well as also looking to partner with a farm in Honduras.

17. CryptoPunks

Created by Larva Labs, CryptoPunks is a collection of 10,000 characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. All the characters are unique, and have combinations of attributes, such as being an alien, smoking, etc.

18. Devin Finzer

Co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, Devin Finzer was formerly a software engineer at Google and Pinterest. Launched in 2017, OpenSea is the largest decentralized NFT marketplace in the industry with $82.5 million turnover in 2021.

19. Krista Kim

Krista Kim is the founder of the Techism Movement, a movement dedicated to bridging the gap between technology and art. She is also the artist of an NFT digital abode, Mars House. She is known for talking about NFTs, Metaverse and other trending topics.

20. Josie Bellini

A pioneering artist and designer, Josie Bellini has been creating cryptoart since 2017. She is currently working on an NFT collection, CyberBrokers, which will contain 10,001 cryptoart collectibles and can be accessed in Mirrorwave, a metaverse-native fashion brand.   This concludes Appy Pie’s list of NFT influencers 2023. As an influencer in this day and age, it is important that you connect with your followers and expand your influence on a bigger audience. Using Appy Pie’s NFT Generator, hundreds of people have created their NFT collection without any coding. It is time to get started and build your own NFT collection in no time.

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Deepak Joshi

Content Marketing Specialist at Appy Pie