Foreign Influencers Who Now Call India Home!

They admire India’s culture, cuisine, and diversity and have made India their home. These foreign influencers have lived in India for years, creating engaging content while immersing themselves in desi life. You’ll find them at events, interviewing Bollywood stars, producing local content, and even speaking fluent Hindi.

With a global following, their content reaches audiences beyond borders, offering fresh perspectives on Indian society, traditions, and lifestyle. Their unique insights intrigue both Indian and international viewers. Even brands looking to expand in India collaborate with them to enhance visibility and connect with a broader audience.

Let’s look at the list of foreign influencers and content creators. Furthermore, they live happily in India and do very well for themselves.

Drew Hicks

American content creator Drew Hicks has massive visibility on social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube. His upbringing in India, particularly Varanasi and Patna, contributed to his deep connection to the culture. He was recently honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the National Creators Award ceremony in New Delhi. A US citizen, Hicks has been living in India for over a decade with a fantastic command of Hindi and Bhojpuri languages. People are in awe of him for his language skills and engaging content. He promotes India’s culture globally and even urges creators to flaunt their creativity to narrate stories about India.

Olly Esse

Olly is a popular Italian DJ, influencer, and content creator living in Mumbai for quite some time now. Well known in the fitness and music fields, she has played alongside world-class DJs like Martin Garrix, Alan Walker, EDM, and Hardwell, and also at Sunburn Festival. When she is not working, she often uploads videos exploring Mumbai and other cities of India. What we love about her the most is that she likes to wear sarees and seems comfortable.  In one of the videos, Olly enjoys Mumbai’s famous aam raas with puri. Take a look!

Aparna Mulberry

Aparna is a Chilean-American English teacher based out of Kerala. Her Instagram profile ‘Inverted Coconut’ is quite popular for her English lessons and entertaining content relating to Malayalam comedy. When she was three, her parents moved to spiritual leader Amritanandamayi’s ashram in Kollam. She did her primary and higher secondary schooling at Amrita Vidyalayam. She is well-versed in English, Malayalam, Spanish, and Latin. Moreover, she came into the limelight in March 2022 after participating as a contestant in the Indian reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 4.

Nick Booker

Britisher Nick Booker has been living in India since 2007. He is well-versed in Indian history and culture. He is pretty popular on Instagram for his short videos on India’s history and heritage, and he has 321K followers. However, He became Insta-famous in merely four months from the time he started making videos from trivia. From lemons from northeast India to the bricks used to make Delhi’s Safdarjung Tomb. Nick believes his content works because of the novelty factor of a foreigner sharing details not always known to locals. Nick recently visited the Himalayas and posted a video about it. Furthermore, he can be seen talking in depth about the place and his knowledge of India.

Karl Rock

Karl Edward Rice, better known as Karl Rock, is a New Zealand blogger and YouTuber based in India. 2013 Karl visited India and started making videos for foreign tourists in 2018. However, he decided to settle in India in 2019. Karl is best recognized for his vlogs centered around his travels in the Indian subcontinent. He has 260K followers on Instagram and over 3M subscribers on YouTube. He says his videos are not for Indian audiences, but today, he has a roughly 50-50 split between Indian and foreign audiences. Further making him one of the most followed bloggers and YouTubers.

Jessica Kumar

American Jessica Kumar is quite famous for her Hindi lessons on Instagram. As per her Instagram bio, she has been living in India for 18 years now. However, she helps kids and adults learn fluent Hindi through podcasts and online classes. She often shares her experiences of living in India. In one of the videos, Jessica shared her story about what inspired her to marry a man from Bihar. Furthermore, she shared what it was like to become a bahu in an Indian family and now be happily married with two kids.