The biggest real estate and personal-finance creators (2026)
Independent, sourced profiles of the finance-first giants voices real estate investors follow most. Each profile lists audience counts with dates and sources, the businesses and communities behind the content, and any software ties.
Graham Stephan
Personal-finance YouTuber and former real estate agent who said in January 2026 he was selling off his personal real estate.
YouTube: 5,180,000 subscribersInstagram: 495,134 followersMeet Kevin (Kevin Paffrath)
High-volume markets YouTuber, licensed broker and investment adviser who runs The Paffrath Organization and HouseHack.
YouTube: ~2.06M subscribersGrant Cardone
Instagram-scale sales and real estate personality behind Cardone Capital and The 10X Rule.
Instagram: 5.2M followers, 0.03% engagement (sources conflict; see next entry)Instagram: 4M followers, 0.12% engagement (sources conflict; see previous entry)Codie Sanchez
Founder of Contrarian Thinking and author of Main Street Millionaire, focused on buying 'boring' small businesses.
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