19 Under 19: Teen Activists

These teens may not be old enough to legally buy alcohol, but they’ve all nonetheless proven that changing the world doesn’t come with an age minimum. Using our proprietary software, we tracked down the 19 most-engaged teenage activists on Instagram.

#teenactivist #marchforourlives #neveragain #genz

  • Emma Gonzàlez, age 18
  • Parkland, FL
  • 71,412 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 49.11%

📈 Engagement Rate: 44.96%

  • Alfonso Calderon, age 16
  • Parkland, FL
  • 6,002 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 43.19%

so glad I got to create a legacy with some of the people I love 💙 @frc2468

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📈 Engagement Rate: 37.64%

Señor

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📈 Engagement Rate: 31.74%

📈 Engagement Rate: 24.29%

  • Edna Lizbeth Chavez, age 17
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • 3,428 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 23.24%

Got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me. #backbone #ftt #HAIL

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  • Paul Kim, age 18
  • Ridgefield, CT
  • 2,882ad followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 22.03%

  • Delaney Tarr, age 17
  • Parkland, FL
  • 28,533 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 21.93%

Be the change you wish to see in the world 👊🏼🧡

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📈 Engagement Rate: 20.96%

Thank you for joining us on National Gun Violence Awareness Day to not only raise awareness on this merciless epidemic, but to stand with victims and survivors, demanding a world free of violence. Biggest thank you to @sarah.fishkind for being the truest personification of the sun no matter the circumstance. Thank you for the love and work we’ve put into this. Our solidarity must be worn. Spoken. Mere sighs and condemning frowns do not suffice. Thoughts and prayers without accordant action do not suffice. We are students and we are human and we are compassionate and we are the leaders of TODAY, not tomorrow. We urge you to never forget to keep this fight intersectional. Black and brown narratives have to be heard too. Our collective voice will shatter glass ceilings and take over podiums to speak truth. Step by step we will rid the world of the nightly newscasts that read like obituaries. We will not be another statistic. #NationalGunViolenceAwarenessDay #neveragain #enoughisenough 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

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  • Victoria Adler, age 16
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 1,646 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 20.38%

We’re always reppin @marchforourlives

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📈 Engagement Rate: 18.98%

This looks like I’m singing #NeverAgain #MarchForOurLives

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📈 Engagement Rate: 18.03%

  • Chella Man, age 19
  • New York, NY
  • 108,090 followers
📈 Engagement Rate:  17.58%

📈 Engagement Rate: 17.41%

Asante sana, Kenya 🇰🇪

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  • Jaclyn Corin, age 17
  • Parkland, FL
  • 33,377 followers
📈 Engagement Rate: 16.32%

Up Next for @nytimes by @dedecim and @bykatedwyer 👐👼

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📈 Engagement Rate: 15.91%

strawberries, cherries, and an angels kiss in spring❤️❤️

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📈 Engagement Rate: 15.9%

📈 Engagement Rate: 15.51%

THE GET

The Wear Orange Commemorative Tee is part of a collection from Everytown for Gun Safety, which is dedicated to honoring the lives of Americans affected by gun violence and elevating the voices of every American who demand an end to gun violence.