Leilagharani is a creator with a presence on YouTube (3,080,000 followers), Instagram (129,282 followers), based in AUT.
Total Followers +0.3%
3.2M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
3.1M followers · 96% of audience
Engagement
3.1%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Macro
Est. $2.6K–$6.5K / IG post
The Global Excel Summit 2026, billed as the world's largest gathering of Excel users, was held at Soho Place Theatre in London and run in official collaboration with Gharani — a continued partnership that positions her as a central figure in the Excel conference world.
Her Microsoft MVP profile now lists over 3 million YouTube subscribers — up from the ~2M cited in earlier coverage — making her one of the most-followed Excel and Power BI educators globally.
Her official XelPlus site now cites 500,000+ professionals trained — a notable jump from the 400,000 figure referenced in mid-2024 podcast coverage — reflecting continued growth of her paid course business alongside her free YouTube content.
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -39 -0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -39 |
| Last 30 days | +10K +0.3% | -103 -0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +9K |
| Last 90 days | +30K +1.0% | -336 -0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +30K |
| Last 365 days | +30K +1.0% | -336 -0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +30K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Leilagharani is a creator with a presence on YouTube (3,080,000 followers), Instagram (129,282 followers), based in AUT. Their content sits in the tech & education space. Their YouTube bio reads: "Why does everything get taught more complicated than it needs to be? Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Python in Excel, Finance, I cover it all here and go deeper in my courses. I'm excited about AI and the impact it's having on how we work. I". The full audience and engagement breakdown is below.
Leilagharani's content sits squarely in the Microsoft productivity and workplace-technology space — Excel tutorials, Power BI walkthroughs, Power Query guides, and applied AI-at-work content — making the channel a natural fit for enterprise software vendors, SaaS productivity platforms, online learning marketplaces, and business-grade hardware brands targeting desk workers and data professionals. The audience skews heavily male and working-age, concentrated in the 18–44 band, with the United States as the dominant market followed by Germany, India, and the United Kingdom — a mix that supports both broad English-language B2B campaigns and targeted DACH-region software activations. Near-daily upload cadence on YouTube and an engagement rate roughly double the category median indicate an actively consuming, task-motivated audience rather than a passive one, which matters significantly for conversion-oriented sponsors. Microsoft MVP status, alongside media placements with BBC and CNBC, carries institutional credibility that strengthens mid-funnel messaging. Plausible deal categories include productivity SaaS tools (Notion, Monday.com, or direct Microsoft co-promotions), AI workflow platforms, business-focused e-learning marketplaces, and ergonomic or professional tech hardware.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Leilagharani's tier (Macro, 3.2M combined followers, AUT). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Yes, Leila Gharani holds the title of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a recognition Microsoft awards to independent experts who actively share deep technical knowledge with the community. It's one of the more distinctive credentials in the Excel and Microsoft 365 education space, and she references it prominently across her professional profiles.
Yes, Leila Gharani has been featured on both BBC and CNBC, which she highlights in her Instagram bio. These appearances reflect her standing as a recognized authority on Microsoft productivity tools well beyond the YouTube creator world.
Leila Gharani sells courses centered on Excel, Power BI, Power Query, and broader Microsoft productivity skills, all framed around helping professionals succeed at work. She has stated she has trained over 500,000 people through her paid content, making her one of the most widely-reached instructors in this space.
Yes, Python in Excel is one of the topics Leila Gharani explicitly covers, listed alongside Excel, Power BI, Power Query, and Finance in her YouTube channel description. She's positioned her channel ahead of the curve on this as Microsoft continues to deepen Python's integration directly into Excel's environment.
Leila Gharani argues that most professionals send raw, unformatted pivot tables to their managers that look cluttered and unprofessional — the premise behind her video "Stop Sending Ugly Pivot Tables to Your Boss." Her content in this area focuses on making Excel outputs visually clean and presentation-ready before they reach anyone's inbox.
Leila Gharani has published content on her go-to Microsoft Copilot Chat prompts for recurring work tasks, including a video titled "10 Copilot Chat Prompts I Use Every Week." Her Copilot content is deliberately practical and workflow-driven, aimed at professionals who want to integrate AI into everyday Microsoft 365 use without a steep learning curve.
One of Leila Gharani's recurring content themes is challenging default habits that people assume are fine — her post "Stop Using Bullet Points (Do This Instead)" is part of a broader series pushing back on lazy formatting and copy-paste shortcuts. She positions herself as someone who teaches not just how to use tools, but how to communicate outputs more effectively.
Leila Gharani has trained over 500,000 people through her paid courses, a figure she surfaces in her Instagram bio. Combined with her free YouTube content reaching millions of subscribers, she ranks among the most widely-reached Microsoft productivity educators anywhere online.
Yes, Power BI and Power Query are core pillars of Leila Gharani's channel alongside Excel — she lists them explicitly in her YouTube channel description. Her approach is to simplify these tools for working professionals who find official Microsoft documentation overly technical or jargon-heavy.
Leila Gharani is based in Austria, though her content is produced entirely in English and her audience is globally distributed, with the largest share coming from the United States, followed by Germany, India, and the United Kingdom. Her ability to build a multi-million subscriber channel from a non-English-speaking country is frequently noted as a standout aspect of her growth story.
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