The Montreal Canadiens drew nearly 110,000 new followers on a playoff run to the Eastern Conference Finals, while Quebec math rock duo Angine de Poitrine expanded a near-sold-out North American tour to push past 930,000. A Toronto dance creator, a Montreal fashion icon, and a horror series actress joined independent content creators who collectively added nearly 480,000 followers through consistent output alone.
Here are the fastest-growing Canadian Instagram accounts from last month:
#1. Joseph Levy Cohen (Dark Joseph Ravine) | @realdjr
A sports betting picks creator whose audience expanded during the NBA and NHL conference finals period, when heightened playoff interest drove fresh discovery of tipster accounts.
The Montreal fashion and fitness creator, now in her early 60s, who built one of Instagram’s most-followed accounts on the argument that personal style has no expiration date.
A Canadian singer and vocal content creator, son of two Juilliard-trained opera singers, whose steady stream of impressions, music breakdowns, and performance clips continued attracting new viewers throughout the month.
The masked French-Canadian microtonal rock duo from Saguenay expanded their near-sold-out North American tour in mid-May, confirmed a Jack White support slot at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, and continued drawing discovery traffic from a KEXP session that has passed 14 million views since February.
Posted the month’s sharpest proportional spike with a 74% follower gain, though no specific viral moment or external trigger could be independently confirmed.
The Vancouver actress plays Julie Matthews in “From,” the MGM+ horror-mystery series whose fourth season launched April 19 and continued rolling out weekly through May, with a fifth and final season already renewed.
The Leduc, Alberta soul-power-pop trio of siblings Marc, Zacary, and Seth Melisizwe built their May numbers on the current single “Never Too Late” and a consistent run of short-form performance clips.
Creators Building Without a Moment
Four of May’s top 10 Canadian accounts grew without a playoff run, a streaming premiere, or a tour announcement behind them.
Grece Ghanem led the group, adding 144,032 followers through consistent fashion and fitness content aimed squarely at an audience the algorithm has historically underserved: women in their 60s, building a multi-million following without a major platform event to accelerate it. Deepty Chettri’s audience growth points to the same pattern: growth built from genuine engagement, not a spike. Justin J. Moore and the Melisizwe Brothers added a combined 193,000 followers through music content and active single promotion, both compounding steadily on the work itself, without institutional backing or external amplification to explain the numbers.
Cecilia Carloni, Interview Manager at Influence Weekly and writer for NetInfluencer. Coming from beautiful Argentina, Ceci has spent years chatting with big names in the influencer world, making friends and learning insider info along the way. When she’s not deep in interviews or writing, she's enjoying life with her two daughters. Ceci’s stories give a peek behind the curtain of influencer life, sharing the real and interesting tales from her many conversations with movers and shakers in the space.
The Montreal Canadiens drew nearly 110,000 new followers on a playoff run to the Eastern Conference Finals, while Quebec math rock duo Angine de Poitrine expanded a near-sold-out North American tour to push past 930,000. A Toronto dance creator, a Montreal fashion icon, and a horror series actress joined independent content creators who collectively added nearly 480,000 followers through consistent output alone.
Here are the fastest-growing Canadian Instagram accounts from last month:
#1. Joseph Levy Cohen (Dark Joseph Ravine) | @realdjr
Gained: +208,697 followers
May total: 13.8M followers
A Canadian motivational creator and author known as Dark Joseph Ravine, whose content centers on positivity, kindness, and self-improvement.
#2. RjBetz | @itsrjbetz
Gained: +169,377 followers
May total: 650,005 followers
A sports betting picks creator whose audience expanded during the NBA and NHL conference finals period, when heightened playoff interest drove fresh discovery of tipster accounts.
#3. Grece Ghanem | @greceghanem
Gained: +144,032 followers
May total: 2.3M followers
The Montreal fashion and fitness creator, now in her early 60s, who built one of Instagram’s most-followed accounts on the argument that personal style has no expiration date.
#4. Deepty Chettri | @deeptychettrii
Gained: +140,925 followers
May total: 772,478 followers
A Toronto-based fashion, fitness, and dance creator whose consistent Reels output coincided with steady audience growth throughout May.
#5. Justin J. Moore | @justinjmooremusic
Gained: +115,354 followers
May total: 712,620 followers
A Canadian singer and vocal content creator, son of two Juilliard-trained opera singers, whose steady stream of impressions, music breakdowns, and performance clips continued attracting new viewers throughout the month.
#6. Angine De Poitrine | @anginedepoitrine
Gained: +110,244 followers
May total: 932,544 followers
The masked French-Canadian microtonal rock duo from Saguenay expanded their near-sold-out North American tour in mid-May, confirmed a Jack White support slot at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, and continued drawing discovery traffic from a KEXP session that has passed 14 million views since February.
#7. Canadiens de Montréal | @canadiensmtl
Gained: +108,590 followers
May total: 1.4M followers
The Habs dispatched Tampa Bay in Round 1, beat Buffalo in Game 7 overtime, then fell to the Hurricanes in five games in the Eastern Conference Finals.
#8. Choonghee Hong | @itschung.hee
Gained: +95,145 followers
May total: 223,989 followers
Posted the month’s sharpest proportional spike with a 74% follower gain, though no specific viral moment or external trigger could be independently confirmed.
#9. Hannah Cheramy | @hannahcheramy_
Gained: +80,581 followers
May total: 396,044 followers
The Vancouver actress plays Julie Matthews in “From,” the MGM+ horror-mystery series whose fourth season launched April 19 and continued rolling out weekly through May, with a fifth and final season already renewed.
#10. The Melisizwe Brothers | @themelisizwebros
Gained: +78,303 followers
May total: 141,908 followers
The Leduc, Alberta soul-power-pop trio of siblings Marc, Zacary, and Seth Melisizwe built their May numbers on the current single “Never Too Late” and a consistent run of short-form performance clips.
Creators Building Without a Moment
Four of May’s top 10 Canadian accounts grew without a playoff run, a streaming premiere, or a tour announcement behind them.
Grece Ghanem led the group, adding 144,032 followers through consistent fashion and fitness content aimed squarely at an audience the algorithm has historically underserved: women in their 60s, building a multi-million following without a major platform event to accelerate it. Deepty Chettri’s audience growth points to the same pattern: growth built from genuine engagement, not a spike. Justin J. Moore and the Melisizwe Brothers added a combined 193,000 followers through music content and active single promotion, both compounding steadily on the work itself, without institutional backing or external amplification to explain the numbers.
Data from HypeAuditor, May 2026
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