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Which energy drink brands use influencers?

G Fuel uses them the most by far, with 517 paid partnership posts on our ads board. ZOA, Gorilla Mind and Jocko Fuel book small groups of creators and keep them. Celsius mostly pays sports teams and media accounts.

The five brands on our board

BrandPostsCreators or accountsWhat stands out
G Fuel51716236 creators posted 3 or more times and made 360 of the posts
Celsius581228 posts came from the Florida Panthers' account
ZOA4323One creator made 17 of the posts
Gorilla Mind3996 of the 9 creators posted 3 or more times
Jocko Fuel1544 creators in all

Source: Our own count, the paid partnership posts on our ads board

G Fuel books the same creators over and over

  1. @hootgaming made 85 G Fuel posts between February and June 2025.
  2. @josephblonski made 28 between November 2025 and July 2026.
  3. 129 of G Fuel's 517 captions carry a discount code.
  • The biggest one we hold is @foodiesnitch's reel from February 4, 2024, "Living the life of a multi with @gfuelenergy". It was played 4,898,799 times.
  • We break down which brands rebook most in our paid partnership study.

ZOA and Gorilla Mind keep a few creators close

  • @alittletaeste made 17 ZOA posts from June 2025 to May 2026.
  • 14 of the 17 ZOA posts with a caption carry "#18+".
  • ZOA's biggest one is a doorbell camera clip of a delivery worker on a porch, from June 23, 2026, with "#ad #18+" on screen. It was played 221,616 times.
  • Gorilla Mind puts a code in 22 of its 39 captions. @danoruiseco's say "CODE:DANO".
A man with tattoos drinking from a blue can in a gym
@danoruiseco in his Gorilla Mind reel from March 3, 2026. It was played 36,132 times.

Celsius pays teams more than creators

  • 28 of its 58 posts came from @flapanthers, the Florida Panthers, and 7 from @nbcsportssoccer.
  • Those posts went out on the team's own account, with the brand as its paid partner.

What we'd copy for a drink brand

  1. Find the creators whose fans already drink it, then book them again and again, the way G Fuel does.
  2. Put a code in the caption, so you can see which creator's followers buy.
  3. Keep the age rule in every caption if your drink has one, the way ZOA does.

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