Audiencly vs Influence Hunter: What Happened to Audiencly
A retired brand up against an affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands. Audiencly was renamed Exprexion Creators after Flexion acquired it in 2022. Influence Hunter is an affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands working from Los Angeles, California, USA and it publishes 250M+ total impressions. Here is the split, plus a flat-price route.
Which one is right for you
Three buyers, three picks. Find the column that sounds like your team.
Look up Audiencly if
- You are auditing an old shortlist
- You need the history rather than a supplier
- You arrived on this name and meant Exprexion Creators
Read about Audiencly if
- You need to know it was renamed Exprexion Creators after Flexion acquired it in 2022
- You are researching what Audiencly did
- No founding year is stated
Choose Flinque if
- You need aimed explicitly at small and mid-sized businesses
- You want six named clients with founder testimonials attached
- You want gifting, paid posts and whitelisting as three clear service lines
Audiencly vs Influence Hunter vs Flinque
The factors below are set out for both. Only Influence Hunter is a live option. Audiencly is now called Exprexion Creators and sits inside Flexion. Flinque is the flat-price software option on the right.
| Factor | Audiencly | Influence Hunter | Best valueFlinque |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Research, not a live engagement | Affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands | Teams running discovery in-house |
| Agency type | gaming and esports influencer agency | affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands | Self-serve software, not an agency |
| Engagement model | gaming and esports influencer agency | affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands | Flat monthly subscription |
| Typical minimum | Not stated on the pages checked | Not stated on the pages checked | Free, then $49/mo |
| Published pricing | Not stated on the pages checked | No | $0 to $150/mo, public |
| Creator network | 14,000+ creators in the network | a search engine of over 100 million influencers | 10M+ verified, 200 data points each |
| Platforms covered | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch | Not stated on the pages checked | Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X |
| Services | influencer marketing for gaming and, talent management, creator campaigns on YouTube, Twitch | brand-ambassador conversion, analytics and reporting, sponsored / paid influencer posts | Discovery, vetting and audience data |
| Campaign management | Not available under this name | Managed campaigns | You run it, software assists |
| Content and usage rights | Not named as a separate service | Not named as a separate service | You negotiate directly with creators |
| Paid amplification | Not named as a separate service | Paid amplification is published | Run your own whitelisting |
| Measurement and reporting | Not named as a separate service | Reporting is a published service line | Audience and fake-follower data built in |
| Team and locations | Not stated on the pages checked | Los Angeles, California, USA | Software with support included |
| Time to launch | Not bookable | Scope through a contact form | Shortlist in minutes on the free plan |
How we compared: Engagement models and minimums come from each agency's own site plus public reporting and client reviews, cross-checked and dated June 2026. Where an agency hides its pricing we say undisclosed rather than guess a number. The verdicts are ours, not the agencies'.
What each agency actually does
What Audiencly was
Audiencly was acquired by the mobile games company Flexion in 2022. audiencly.com now redirects to flexion.games/exprexion/creators, a page headed 'The Next Chapter of Audiencly'. The brand trades as Exprexion Creators. Its published service lines include creator campaigns on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram and, influencer marketing for gaming and esports and talent management.
Exprexion Creators names four clients, among them Naraka, Gaijin and NordVPN. It publishes 10,000,000,000+ total views and 14,000+ creators in the network. Exprexion Creators publishes no rate card: no pricing figures appear on the page.
The name to search for now is Exprexion Creators. No head office city and no founding year are stated on the Exprexion page and the earlier Duesseldorf base could not be confirmed against it.
What Audiencly was known for
- 14,000+ creators in the network
- 40+ exclusive influencers
- 2,000+ campaigns completed
- Gaming and esports specialism inside Flexion
Why it is not a live option
- No founding year is stated
- No pricing figures are published
- The Audiencly name is retired
- No city is stated on the current page
What is Influence Hunter
Influence Hunter is an affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands. Influence Hunter is based in Los Angeles, California, USA. No founding year is published: we checked the homepage, /about-us/ and /case-studies/, and no figure appears there. Its published service lines cover campaign optimisation, brand-ambassador conversion and analytics and reporting.
Influence Hunter lists six clients, among them Honest Paws, Jimmy Bars and Quevos. It states 250M+ total impressions and 16k+ influencers worked with. It also describes itself as a search engine of over 100 million influencers. Influence Hunter publishes no rate card: we checked its own pages and none of them states one.
What Influence Hunter does well
- 10 to 500+ influencers posting per client per month
- Aimed explicitly at small and mid-sized businesses
- Six named clients with founder testimonials attached
Where it falls short
- It is a small operation and its claims should be read that way
- No rates, packages or minimums are published
- No founding year could be confirmed; its own FAQ link returns 404
Head to head
Only one of these is a firm you can brief today. Audiencly was renamed Exprexion Creators after Flexion acquired it in 2022, so the live comparison is really Influence Hunter against your alternatives.
Which should you actually pick
Audiencly was renamed Exprexion Creators after Flexion acquired it in 2022. No founding year is stated. Treat this page as a record of what Audiencly was, not a shortlist entry.
You came here looking for Audiencly
Influence Hunter is an affordable influencer marketing agency for small and mid-sized brands. Six named clients with founder testimonials attached. Influence Hunter quotes on a brief rather than a rate card.
→ Look past AudienclyYou are looking for aimed explicitly at small and mid-sized businesses
You want micro and nano volume through gifting and whitelisting on a CPM budget. Influence Hunter fits.
→ Pick Influence HunterYou want flat-price verified discovery
No retainer and no sales call. You want to search 10M+ verified creators across four platforms with a fake-follower check on each. Start free on Flinque and upgrade at $49 only if you keep using it.
→ Pick FlinqueYou are testing influencer marketing for the first time
Both run managed campaigns scoped to a brief. Flinque's free plan lets you find and vet creators with no card, then scales at a flat $49 a month.
→ Start with FlinqueFlinque: verified discovery at a flat price
If both feel like too much retainer and too little control, Flinque does one job and does it well. Find and vet real creators yourself, fast, then run the campaign in-house. No pitch deck, no monthly retainer, no discovery call to learn the price.
- 10M+ verified creators
- 4 platforms: IG, YouTube, TikTok, X
- 200 data points per creator
- 12 search filters
- Fake-follower check on every profile
- Free, $49, $150, published
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Written & reviewed by Flinque Research Team
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Our research team specialises in influencer marketing strategy, creator analytics and platform comparisons. Details on this page were verified against agency sites, public reporting and client review platforms in June 2026.
Disclaimer: Information here is collected from publicly available sources, third-party review sites and vendor pages. Pricing and features change, so confirm current details with each provider before buying. This content is for informational purposes only.
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