New in Tiger Finder: find TikTok's fastest-growing creators with Rising Stars

You can now spot fast-growing TikTok creators before they appear on every brand’s shortlist.

Tiger Finder's new Rising stars filter narrows any search down to creators on the way up, so you can reach them while their audience is still growing.

💡 Rising stars are creators growing fastest compared to others with a similar follower count. Switch on “Rising stars only” in any search, and your results shrink to the fast-growing creators who match what you asked for.

Why does creator growth matter when you pick a TikTok influencer?

Creator growth is important for three reasons:

• You can get better value before rates increase. Creator pricing often lags behind their reach. A creator whose views have tripled in a month may still quote based on past performance, and TikTok influencer rates usually catch up months later. This gives you a short window to gain more reach before their rates go up.
• Their audience may be more engaged. Growing creators often have lively comment sections and followers who pay close attention to new content. Their audience may also be less used to frequent TikTok brand partnerships.
• Your outreach is more likely to be noticed. Growing creators typically receive fewer brand pitches than established names, so your email is more likely to be read and answered.

What counts as a Rising Star?

Rising stars are creators growing fastest compared to others with a similar follower count. 

Tiger Finder reads a range of growth signals across a creator's audience and their content performance, then flags the accounts pulling ahead of their peer group.

Two things follow from that peer comparison. 👇

1. Account size never gates the badge. A creator with 8K followers is measured against other creators of roughly the same size, so small accounts have the same shot at the badge as large ones. You can run a search with no follower filter at all and still get a mix of sizes back.

2. The badge moves. Status reflects recent growth and refreshes as new data arrives, so a creator who qualifies this week may not carry the badge next month, and new creators earn it as their accounts pick up speed.

How do you switch on Rising Stars in Tiger Finder?

1. Open the Tiger Finder search.
2. Describe the creators you are looking for in the search bar, and add any other filters you need.
3. Switch on Rising stars only in the filters row.
4. Click Search with AI.

Everything works together. Your prompt and your filters define the kind of creator you want, and Rising stars only narrows that set to the fastest-growing ones.

Search for "fitness creators who train outdoors in the US" with the filter on, and you get fast-growing US fitness creators.

💡 Pro tip: Pair “Rising stars only” with “Has email”. You get fast-growing creators who have published a contact address, so you can move straight from discovery to a first email.

How do you read your Rising Star results?

Every match carries a Rising Star badge on the card.

The list arrives sorted by Rising Star score, highest first, so the fastest-growing matches are the first thing you see. Save a creator to a list and the badge stays with them, which makes your fast-growing picks easy to spot when you come back to that shortlist later.

Expect a shorter list than usual. Two conditions are doing work at once, because a creator has to match your criteria and currently qualify as a Rising star. If your results look thin, loosen one of your other filters or simplify the prompt.

When is Rising Stars the right filter to use?

Switch it on when timing is part of your plan:

👉 You want a long-term partner and prefer to start the relationship before rates climb.

👉 Your budget is small and you need reach that beats the follower count you are paying for.

👉 You are building a bench of creators for a category you plan to work in all year.

👉 You are lining up creators for UGC on TikTok and want new faces your audience has not seen in ten other ads.

Leave it off when you need volume from a single campaign. A one-off push across many creators is easier to fill from the full result set, where you have more names to choose from.

💡  If an agency handles creator sourcing for you, share your Rising stars shortlist and let them run the outreach. Our roundups of influencer marketing agencies in the US and influencer marketing agencies in Europe list teams that work with early-stage creators.

Try Rising Stars for free

Rising Stars is live now. Open Tiger Finder search, switch on Rising stars only, and see who in your category is climbing this week. Try it for free 👇🏻