Sydney, Australia – Aussie influencers and brands are not jumping on the NFT bandwagon as fast and as eagerly as its counterpart countries, according to a report by AI-analytics platform, HypeAuditor.
The new data has revealed the current state of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Instagram following the platform’s announcement that it will start integrating NFTs from leading blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Flow and Polygon, testing digital collectibles with select creators in the United States. Following this, only 281 Aussie influencers have been posting about NFTs on Instagram in the past 6 months, accounting for a total of 717 posts.
The data revealed that since January of 2022, there have been a total of 717 social media posts on Instagram about NFT or mentioning NFT, reaching a cumulative audience of 1.5 million. Out of the 717 posts, less than 15% were sponsored posts.
The report found there are only 124 Instagram influencer accounts in Australia containing the word NFT in their bios, with the accounts totalling over 5.2 million followers. The United States for instance has over 1900 NFT influencers. The top 3 categories for NFTs in Australia are Art (12.7%), Music (10.4%) and Photography (8.4%).
Alex Frolov, CEO and co-founder, HypeAuditor, said, “While it’s been reported that Australians have participated in the hyped-up market activity of trading NFTs, with many saying they’re using it as a way to save money for a house, compared to other countries like the United States, the uptake has been rather slow down under.”
According to Frolov, the slow trend might be an indication that Aussies are a bit more cautious when it comes to spending or investing in new sectors, and are more willing to take their time to understand the market before throwing themselves at it. The skyrocketing cost of living in Australia may also be another reason why Australians are more reluctant to gamble their savings on NFTs.
Since January 2022, a total of 281 influencers posted about NFT and only 14% of the posts were sponsored by brands. People aged 18 to 34 are the ones engaging with the social media posts about NFTs the most. Meanwhile, the influencers posting about NFTs the most are aged 25-34 yrs old.
NFTs are getting traction mostly from micro-influencers with 10k-50k followers (44.1%) and nano influencers with 1,000 to 10,000 followers (42.7%).
Australia’s Top 10 NFT Influencers with NFT in their bios are:
“From the Top 10 NFT Aussie influencers, it’s worth noting that their engagement rate (ER) overall is also very low. A good Instagram ER is between 2-3% and anything above 3% is considered high engagement. From the list above, only three influencers have high ER which is another indicator that the interest in NFTs hasn’t peaked yet,” added Frolov.
