Refik Anadol

Refik Anadol

@refikanadol

Media Artist & Director at RAS Co-founder & Artistic Director at DATALAND Los Angeles, CA

1.1M

Followers

3.2K

Following

1.6K

Posts

9.51%

Engagement Rate

≈ +0.4% over 143d Mega-tier Followers as of Oct 17, 2026

Account Overview

Profile summary and post performance

Refik Anadol (@refikanadol) has 1,067,169 Instagram followers as of October 17, 2026 and 1,559 posts; the account is verified. Across the 12 recent posts we analysed for this report on June 20, 2026, a post got 100.2K likes and 1.1K comments on average (median 8.2K likes), an engagement rate of 9.51% of followers, an average its biggest posts pull up (the median post reached 0.78%). Over the 143 days we have tracked it, the account gained 4,077 followers (+0.4%).

Where these numbers come from: public Instagram profile data and @refikanadol's recent posts, collected by IGDataHub. Follower history comes from our own repeated readings of the profile. How we calculate these numbers.

Account Info

Account Size Mega
Followers 1,067,169
Following 3,249
Posts 1,559
Verified Yes
Category Artist

Post Performance

Posts Analyzed 12
Avg Likes per Post 100,183
Avg Comments per Post 1,118
Videos 9
Photos & carousels 3
Engagement Rate 9.51%

Follower Growth Over Time

How @refikanadol's Instagram follower count has changed across IGDataHub's tracked snapshots. Hover any point for the exact value on that day.

+4.1K

Net Change

+0.4%

% Change

+29

Avg / Day

143

Days Tracked

76

Data Points

Tracked between May 26, 2026 (1,063,092 followers) and Oct 17, 2026 (1,067,169 followers).

@refikanadol follower readings, newest first (the first reading, then the last reading of each month)
Date Followers Change
1,067,169 -38
1,067,207 +255
1,066,952 +464
1,066,488 +1,399
1,065,089 +1,997
1,063,092 first reading

Engagement Analysis

Based on 12 recent posts

100.2K

Avg Likes/Post

1.1K

Avg Comments/Post

1.2M

Total Likes

13.4K

Total Comments

Engagement Rate

Compared with the 877 Mega-tier reports with an engagement rate (median 0.94%, middle half 0.3% to 2.58%)

Top quarter

9.51%

(Likes + Comments) / Followers per post

An average its biggest posts pull up: the median post reached 0.78%.

Video vs Photo Engagement

27.7K

Avg Likes on Videos (9)

317.5K

Avg Likes on Photos & carousels (3)

Per-Post Engagement Trend

Engagement (likes + comments) for each of @refikanadol's tracked recent posts, in upload order. Hover any point for the exact value.

Each data point is one post. The median post got 8,337 likes and comments; 5 of the 12 reached twice that (16,674 or more).

Best-Performing Post, Decomposed

What @refikanadol's single biggest recent post had going for it, measured against the account's other posts.

654,612 likes · 6,903 comments

6.5× @refikanadol's average post · 79.3× the median post.

"Dear friends, yesterday night was historic! We felt the true love and power of public art and honored the genius of Gaudí by using his incredible facade of Casa Batlló as a canvas, his entire life’s dataset as a light pigment, together! Living Architecture : Casa Batlló was for…"

799 characters

Photo or carousel

Format

Saturday

Day Posted

12:00 UTC

Hour Posted

Hashtags: #barcelona #gaudi #casabatllo #ai

Content Analysis

Hashtags, keywords, captions, and top posts

Hashtags in the analysed posts

Each one appears in a single post, so none stands out as a regular tag.

#newyork (1) #barcelona (1) #gaudi (1) #casabatllo (1) #ai (1)

Top Keywords

Words used at least twice in the captions we analysed, with how often.

dataland (15) angeles (10) museum (9) opening (9) friends (8) dear (7) living (6) thank (5) heart (5) world (5) data (5) dream (5) soon (5) june (5) artwork (4) moma (4) digital (4) first (4) grateful (4) hope (4) visitors (4) casa (4) artworks (4) built (4) nature (4) share (4) exhibition (3) grand (3) journey (3) historic (3)

Caption Analysis

Avg Caption Length 584 chars
Posting Frequency not shown

Content Mix

9

Videos / Reels

3

Photos & carousels

Top Posts

Highest-liked recent posts from @refikanadol

# Caption Likes Comments Views Link
1
Dear friends, yesterday night was historic! We felt the true love and power of …
654.6K 6.9K — view
2
Dear friends, I’m deeply honored to announce that our artwork Unsupervised has …
296.7K 4.0K — view
3
Transforming the world’s largest digital canvas into an AI Data Sculpture.
170.2K 1.2K 1.5M view
4
What does 720 MILLION pixels look like? Welcome to Dataland. 🌐 Officially ope…
34.7K 259 78.5K view
5
Dear friends, our most recent exhibition Latent City : Brugge — receiving wonde…
18.6K 163 36.2K view
6
Thank YOU Los Angeles from my heart! Opening weekend of DATALAND Was incredible…
10.1K 184 59.1K view
7
Dear friends, our most ambitious dream — DATALAND Opening June 20 in Los Angele…
6.2K 177 35.6K view
8
Dear friends, I’m still searching for words for the magic of the last 24 hours……
5.5K 183 35.5K view
9
Dear friends, today our dream project — DATALAND- is opening its doors here in …
2.2K 145 20.1K view

Posting Patterns & Optimal Timing

When @refikanadol posts on Instagram

Saturday, Monday

Peak posting days

15:00, 14:00 UTC

Peak posting hours

Posts per week, the average gap, active days and the consistency score are not shown for this account. The posts we analysed include pinned posts, which Instagram keeps at the top of a profile however old they are, so counting them stretches the date range and understates how often the account posts. Peak days and hours count the same posts.

Posting Activity by Hour (UTC)

Night (10pm-5am) Morning Afternoon Evening Peak hour

How often @refikanadol publishes at each hour of the day, across 12 timestamped posts. Bar height = number of posts. Hover any bar for the exact count.

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Hour of day (UTC): 0 is midnight, 12 is noon

Reading this chart: Taller bars are hours when @refikanadol publishes more often. Their busiest hours are 15:00, 14:00 UTC, highlighted with bold pink bars. Times are in UTC. US Eastern is 4 hours behind UTC in summer and 5 in winter, US Pacific 7 or 8 hours behind, and UK time is UTC in winter and 1 hour ahead in summer. These posts went out in 4 of the 24 hours; an empty hour only means none of them went out then.

Engagement by Day of the Week

@refikanadol's recent posts grouped by the day they went out.

Day Posts Avg Engagement Total Engagement
Monday 3 15,529 46,588
Wednesday 1 300,695 300,695
Friday 1 1,261 1,261
Saturday 7 123,867 867,068

Caption Length & Performance

How @refikanadol's caption length correlates with engagement

100.0%

Posts with Caption

584

Avg Caption Chars

389

Median Chars

1427

Longest Caption

Caption Length Posts Avg Engagement
Medium (40-100) 1 171.4K
Long (100+) 11 94.9K

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Estimated Earnings

Revenue estimates based on follower count only

Sponsorship Value (Est. Per Post)

Based on 1.1M followers (Mega)

$8,000 to $15,000

Our per-follower range for accounts this size (see methodology)

Disclaimer: These are rough estimates from follower count only. Actual earnings vary by niche, audience demographics, brand deals, and individual negotiation. Instagram sponsored post rates fluctuate and are not guaranteed.

Download @refikanadol's data

Everything below is derived from this account, priced on the counts shown. Delivered as CSV by emailed link.

Every post & reel

1,559 posts & reels

$15.59

Caption, likes, comments, views, duration, mentions, co-authors and sponsored status for every post and reel.

See a sample
shortcodecaptionlikescomments
DaNuQXCxUYyDear Los Angeles, We are deeply grateful for yo…91627634
CyQtuiTryoUDear friends, I’m deeply honored to announce tha…2968684031
Cr5wQw5tcIVDear friends, yesterday night was historic! We f…6540066893

Real rows from this account. The file continues in the same shape.

Everyone who follows them

up to 50,000 followers of 1,067,169 total

$250.00

Handle, full name, ID, and verified/private flags for each follower.

See the columns
usernamefull_nameuser_idis_verifiedis_privateprofile_pic_url

These are the columns. We can't show live rows: Instagram serves no follower or following list to a logged-out client, so we hold none until you order.

Everyone they follow

up to 3,249 accounts

$16.25

Every account this one follows, same fields.

See the columns
usernamefull_nameuser_idis_verifiedis_privateprofile_pic_url

These are the columns. We can't show live rows: Instagram serves no follower or following list to a logged-out client, so we hold none until you order.

You only pay for rows we deliver. Counts are the maximum available today; if an export comes back smaller, the difference is refunded automatically. Counts as last collected 20 hours, 54 minutes ago.

Tracking

What we have recorded about @refikanadol over time, and ongoing alerts.

Follower count over time · 76 observations

Every observation we have recorded, with follower and post deltas between them: our own record, not a re-scrape.

See a sample
observed_atfollowersfollowers_deltaposts
2026-10-1510671741559
2026-10-161067157-171559
2026-10-171067169121559

Real rows from this account. The file continues in the same shape.

$9.99

Weekly change alerts · 30 days, ~4 digests

Baseline now, then a change digest by email every week for 30 days.

$14.99

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Followers, following and full post history as CSV, priced on the exact record counts above.

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Frequently Asked Questions About @refikanadol

How many followers does @refikanadol have on Instagram?

@refikanadol has 1,067,169 followers on Instagram, placing them in the Mega-tier group (1M+ followers).

What is @refikanadol's Instagram engagement rate?

@refikanadol has an engagement rate of 9.51% based on 12 recent posts, averaging 100.2K likes per post. That average is pulled up by its biggest posts: the median post reached 0.78%.

How much does @refikanadol earn on Instagram?

From follower count only, we estimate @refikanadol's sponsorship value at $8,000 to $15,000 per post. Actual earnings vary by niche, audience demographics, and individual brand negotiations.

How many posts has @refikanadol published on Instagram?

@refikanadol has published 1,559 posts on Instagram.

What is @refikanadol's most-liked recent post?

Of the 12 recent posts analyzed, the top post received 654,612 likes and 6,903 comments.

How often does @refikanadol post on Instagram?

We don't show a weekly rate for @refikanadol: the posts we analysed include pinned posts, which Instagram keeps at the top of a profile however old they are, so a rate from them would understate how often the account posts. Peak posting days are Saturday, Monday.

How does @refikanadol compare to other Instagram creators?

@refikanadol sits in the Mega-tier group alongside accounts like @oprahsbookclub, @itizwil, @drdisrespect.

Is @refikanadol verified on Instagram?

Yes, @refikanadol is a verified Instagram account.

About This Analysis: This analysis is based on a snapshot of @refikanadol's Instagram profile and 12 recent posts.

Data collected and analyzed by IGDataHub | Follower count as of Oct 17, 2026 | Posts analysed Jun 20, 2026

Cite this page

IGDataHub (2026). @refikanadol Instagram stats and analytics, follower count as of 17 October 2026, posts analysed 20 June 2026. https://igdatahub.com/blog/refikanadol-instagram-profile-stats/

Method: how IGDataHub calculates these numbers.