Influencer marketing has quickly risen to the fore as a staple discipline that can directly impact all levels of the funnel (from awareness to sales), and build strong brand loyalty. In fact, 61% of US consumers are more likely to buy a product from a brand if they work with an influencer they know and trust.
As we enter into a new year, we figured we share the top beauty brands in influencer marketing for 2023 in the US. Below are the top beauty brands, ranked by the Brand Vitality Score (VIT) across 3 platforms – Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
P.S. We also created a list of the top 10 fashion brands in 2023, ranked by VIT. Check it out here.
Top 10 Beauty Brands by VIT of 2023
1. Rare Beauty
VIT 1.30M
Mentions 73k
Engagements 468M
2. Sephora
VIT 1.28M
Mentions 103k
Engagements 308M
3. L’Oréal Paris
VIT 910k
Mentions 32.3k
Engagements 124M
4. Fenty Beauty
VIT 562k
Mentions 52.6k
Engagements 196M
5. Kylie Cosmetics
VIT 557k
Mentions 10.9k
Engagements 154M
6. Olay
VIT 535k
Mentions 2.01k
Engagements 13.5M
7. Maybelline
VIT 514k
Mentions 35.1k
Engagements 141M
8. CeraVe
VIT 480k
Mentions 7.93k
Engagements 39.5M
9. NYX
VIT 475k
Mentions 61.2k
Engagements 155M
10. e.l.f.
VIT 461k
Mentions 56.4k
Engagements 136M
Top 10 Beauty on Instagram by VIT
1. Rare Beauty
VIT 739k
Mentions 41.5k
Engagements 281M
2. Sephora
VIT 540k
Mentions 54k
Engagements 154M
3. Kylie Cosmetics
VIT 418k
Mentions 7.54k
Engagements 114M
4. Fenty Beauty
VIT 348k
Mentions 38k
Engagements 131M
5. Huda Beauty
VIT 285k
Mentions 35.3k
Engagements 75.4M
6. NYX
VIT 281k
Mentions 40.5k
Engagements 95.4M
7. Charlotte Tilbury
VIT 267k
Mentions 37.8k
Engagements 103M
8. Ulta Beauty
VIT 249k
Mentions 26.8k
Engagements 67.3M
9. Dior
VIT 242k
Mentions 25.4k
Engagements 95.9M
10. Colourpop
VIT 240k
Mentions 32.8k
Engagements 92.6M
Top 10 Beauty Brand on TikTok by VIT
1. L’Oréal Paris
VIT 680k
Mentions 7.58k
Engagements 66.3M
2. Sephora
VIT 628k
Mentions 34.6k
Engagements 139M
3. Olay
VIT 485k
Mentions 507
Engagements 11.4M
4. Rare Beauty
VIT 474k
Mentions 23.4k
Engagements 176M
5. CeraVe
VIT 425k
Mentions 2.31k
Engagements 27.1M
6. Neutrogena
VIT 285k
Mentions 1.2k
Engagements 8.17M
7. Maybelline
VIT 259k
Mentions 6.97k
Engagements 66.5M
8. e.l.f.
VIT 240k
Mentions 14.1k
Engagements 75.6M
9. Ulta Beauty
VIT 200k
Mentions 11.1k
Engagements 42.5M
10. MAC Cosmetics
VIT 168k
Mentions 6.93k
Engagements 38.2M
Top 10 Beauty Brands on YouTube by VIT
1. Sephora
VIT 108k
Mentions 11.5k
Engagements 15M
2. Rare Beauty
VIT 86.2k
Mentions 6.22k
Engagements 10.2M
3. MAC Cosmetics
VIT 72.3k
Mentions 6.34k
Engagements 9.23M
4. Colourpop
VIT 66.9k
Mentions 5.88k
Engagements 10M
5. Charlotte Tilbury
VIT 58.2k
Mentions 6.55k
Engagements 8.49M
6. Fenty Beauty
VIT 53.4k
Mentions 3.14k
Engagements 5.36M
7. L’Oreal Paris
VIT 52.4k
Mentions 4.61k
Engagements 7.49M
8. Holo Taco
VIT 49.1k
Mentions 248
Engagements 6.4M
9. e.l.f.
VIT 48.9k
Mentions 6.74k
Engagements 7.2M
10. NYX
VIT 48.7k
Mentions 5.60k
Engagements 7.49M
Methodology
This report was created by Traackr, the influencer marketing platform for performance-driven marketers. Built to handle the most complex programs, yet nimble enough for small teams that need to do it all. The top beauty brand list was sourced from analyzing influencers in the United States who produced content mentioning at least one of the 2,799 brands from our Beauty Brand Leaderboard.
We analyzed the content produced and shared by these influencers from January 2023 - October 2023. We defined influencer tiers based on total audience size across all platforms as follows.
What is the Brand Vitality Score (VIT)?
Traackr’s proprietary metric helps you understand how content mentioning your brand performs, taking into account visibility, impact, and brand trust. You can learn how VIT is calculated in this whitepaper.
Simple. By aggregating multiple data points into one, VIT provides a single metric for success that can be used to benchmark and track trends.
Transparent. The VIT methodology is easy to understand and highly actionable in uncovering where to invest to drive impact.
Meaningful. VIT is based on known brand levers and has been optimized through machine learning to correlate with business metrics at the brand level.