107 sources · last updated 09 OCT 2026

Sources

Every number on this site traces back to a public Instagram profile captured on 09 OCT 2026. Press articles are used for context only and are labelled as such.

Method

Instagram web app - profile pages fetched in the user's logged-in Chrome; metrics read from the page's own GraphQL responses (PolarisProfilePageContentQuery: followers/following/posts/bio/link; PolarisProfilePostsQuery: per-post date, likes, comments, caption, tags, co-authors, pinned flag) ↗
All follower, post, like, comment, date, bio and tag data. Reel view counts are not exposed to non-owners (UNKNOWN).
Instagram search (topsearch) + Instagram 'suggested accounts' on each profile + tags/mentions in captions ↗
Finding handles for seeds and similar characters

Press & secondary (context only)

Dexerto - Who is Jean Phil? AI character behind multimillion-dollar meme coin ↗
Context only: $JEANPHIL, $ARCHIBROWN, $DRMR tickers; earlier follower counts
Dexerto - Who is Benjamin Stachio? ↗
Context only: X repost 1.5M views; no crypto at 09-30
Sprites.ai - Weird AI Characters: Jean Phil, Benjamin Stachio and More ↗
Context only: wave chronology, Jade Orlhabit, Nigel Batt, Brigitte Macaron 16M views claim
KuCoin News / HodlFM - AI characters are taking over Instagram and memecoins ↗
Context only: Higgsfield + memecoin playbook
LADbible - bloke from weird bar dance video isn't actually real ↗
Recognizability rating (press coverage) - not opened
EarlyGame - This Influencer Doesn't Exist (Jean Phil) ↗
Recognizability rating (press coverage) - not opened
Gens d'Internet - Jean Philanthrope, Archibald Brown… qui sont ces créateurs IA ↗
Recognizability rating (press coverage) - not opened

Instagram profiles (98)

Excluded

Reviewed and left out on purpose: copycats, inactive accounts, real people, compilations and empty search results.

Jean Philanthrope 'Evil Twin' ↗
@jeanphilanthrope.co · 251K followers
Copycat/promo of Jean Phil ('Create Videos Just Like Me'); 250K followers but ~336 likes/post
Brigitte Macaron (copycat) ↗
@brigitte_macaron_ · 268 followers
Copycat of brigittemacaron_ ($MACARON in bio; 9 reposted clips on one day)
Phil Jean ↗
@phil_john_jean · 11.2K followers
Jean Phil copycat
Noonoouri ↗
@noonoouri · 455K followers
Inactive: last post 2026-05-15
Rozy ↗
@rozy.gram · 160K followers
Inactive: last post 2026-04-01
Blawko ↗
@blawko22 · 109K followers
Inactive since 2020-09-18
Bermuda ↗
@bermudaisbae · 197K followers
Inactive since 2020-09-21
La Fève ↗
@lafeve7 · 235K followers
Real human artist (rapper) - tagged by Jean Phil
The Grand Show ↗
@the_grandshow · 49.6K followers
AI 'acts' compilation page - no recurring character
(AI animal stories) ↗
@bunnychaosai · 5.2K followers
Anthology of AI animals - no single recurring character
Ivan Savin ↗
@general.shavin · 22.5K followers
Gaming role-play, not an AI character
PhantomPaws.co ↗
@phantompaws.co · 20.2K followers
E-commerce shop
Marcel Philan ↗
@marcel_philan · 8.9K followers
One post only
(Knox Frost search result) ↗
@knox_frost · 32 followers
Official handle not found - result is a 32-follower empty account
(Emily Pellegrini search result) ↗
@emily.pellegrini · 20 followers
Official handle not found - result is a 20-follower empty account

Dataset: AI_Celebrity_Index_Instagram_Research_2026-10-09.xlsx. OBSERVED = seen on Instagram; INFERRED = analyst interpretation; UNKNOWN = not verifiable on Instagram. Portrait photos are stills from the supplied promo video; illustrations are drawn from each character’s described look and labelled on the profile.