Influencer Marketing Trends in India, Q3 2020

The most engaging influencers

Beauty and fashion influencer @thepunjabichick was the most engaging influencer on social media in the last 3 months. The secret for such a high engagement rate lies in her beautiful, aesthetics pictures featuring lifestyle, beauty and fashion content. According to our Affable.ai’s Instagram influencer analytics, @thepunjabichickhas a considerable engagement rate (7%) with her audience mainly based in India. If your brand is seeking to partner with engaging beauty and fashion influencers in India, this girl should definitely be on your list.

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@bikewithgirl is another female influencer who attained a high engagement rate on social media last September. While @thepunjabichick wins over her audience with her charming beauty, @bikewithgirlimpresses Instagrammers with a bold look when riding motorcycles. As a macro-influencer with more than 260k followers, she has an impressive engagement rate of 7.17% and a long record of partnering with big-name brands such as Triumph Motorcycle India, Oppo India, BMW India, Olay India, and Dove.

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The most active brand on social media

With more than 140 sponsored influencers posts, Loreal Paris was the most active brand on social media in Q3 2020 in India. The beauty giant partnered with a huge number of Indian influencers to spread the word for a wide range of products such as Infallible Foundation, EX Oil Serum and Crystal Microessence. In their #DontStopMeNow campaign, Loreal Paris leveraged a classic yet effective strategy to demonstrate the effectiveness of their products. The photos use a “Before-After” comparison, showcasing a big difference before and after using Loreal Paris’ foundation. 

Hop over to our previous blog find out 6 ways your brand can collaborate with beauty and fashion influencers! 

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Samsung India was also among the most active brands on social media with more than 120 sponsored posts. Last July, Samsung India released Samsung Galaxy M31s - a new add on to the Galaxy M31 series. The highlight of this all-new model is the Single Take feature which allows users to get up to 10 photos and videos with just 1 take! To make a shoutout for this feature, the brand partnered with influencers in different tiers to create the #MonsterShot campaign, sharing their favorite “monster” output!

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The most trending hashtags

In terms of hashtags, #Vocalforlocal and #Vocalforlocalindia were the 2 most trending hashtags in India in Q3 2020. So what do these hashtags stand for? 

In his delivery of the seventh consecutive Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the need to use and promote local products. "The mindset of free India should be 'vocal for local'. We should appreciate our local products, if we don't do this then our products will not get the opportunity to do better and will not get encouraged", he stated. Hence, in support, Indian influencers have started adopting the hashtag #Vocalforlocal and #Vocalforlocalindia to show their appreciation for local brands.

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