Finding Influencers for Research Purposes?

In my free time, I religiously use social media sites to find recent trends

Great Q! I did ask the same questions about a week ago. We at Gossip (short form async social audio) use our google and private communities (slack, telegram) - nothing outperforms it yet. We don't have a budget for an agency, also we don't believe they are a good fit for us at this time - we target passionate creators who genuinely love Gossip.

Hi, I am very glad to join this discussion. I am working as a professional blogger and content writer, I use an awesome plagiarism detector this https://fixgerald.com/ to check my content quality before publishing my blog. Basically, I used some social platforms like Linkedin to find an influencer to grow my online business. Also, I know there are few amazing tools that help to find the most active influencers But I didn't try it yet.

If you don't know where to start or simply do not have the time, I'd always suggest looking into hiring an Influencer Marketing Agency. Let me know if you'd be interested in some free agency selection services.