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@father_of_daughters

Family Influencers

Just a guy with 4 daughters, trying to figure it all out

871.6KFollowers
608Following
1.8KPosts
0.7%Engagement Estimated

Creator summary

A father of four daughters sharing humorous, personal perspectives on marriage, parenting, and family life, often through video content and occasional travel or event posts.

Family lifestyle creator

Content formats

Video
79.2%
Carousel
20.8%

Based on 24 posts

Niche & topics

Family Influencers

Marriage HumorParentingFatherhoodFamily TravelSouth Africa
Marriage humorFamily and marriage humorParenting anxietySouth AfricaParenting

Known for

  • Marriage and family humor
  • Parenting anxiety
  • Life with four daughters
  • South Africa and Cape Town-related content

Profile details

Account typeBusiness
VisibilityPublic
CountryUnited Kingdom
JoinedMarch 2016

Content style

Video ledHumorousPersonal storytellingRelatableTravel and event focused

Contact & business

Public emailNot supplied
Contact methodNot supplied

Content Intent

Personal story
25%
Entertainment
20.8%
Event or travel
20.8%
Product showcase
12.5%
Demonstration
8.3%
Opinion
8.3%
Promotion
4.2%

Frequently Mentioned

South Africa Place 5 posts
Cape Town Place 2 posts
Hasekamp Family Bush Lodge Lodging business 2 posts
Newquay Place 1 posts
Bristol Place 1 posts
Cliftonville Hockey Club Organization 1 posts
England Hockey Organization 1 posts
The House of Hooper Social media account 1 posts

Community Reaction

These insights are based on a sample of publicly visible comments and may not represent the creator's complete audience.

Across 89 sampled comments from three recent posts, reactions were mostly positive, with amusement, support, and admiration the dominant emotions. Sampled comments commonly expressed praise, humour, personal reactions, discussion, and some criticism. Recurring topics included hockey, podcasts, anxiety, relationships, personal safety, location sharing, community, returning to sport, family, audiobooks, walking, wills, women’s sport, headphones, intrusive thoughts, appearance, and parenting. The creator liked 24 eligible top-level comments and interacted with 29; reply data was incomplete, so a reply rate cannot be determined. Because this was a non-representative recent sample, it may not reflect the wider community.

  • Positive reactions and support
  • Amusement and humour
  • Admiration and praise
  • Discussion and personal reactions
  • Some mixed or critical responses
Positive
Dominant Sentiment
89
Comments Analysed
3
Posts Sampled

Sentiment

Mixed
18.9%
Negative
7.8%
Neutral
10%
Positive
63.3%
Unclear
0%

Dominant Emotions

AmusementSupportAdmiration

Common Intents

DiscussionPersonal reactionPraiseHumourCriticism

Recurring Topics

HockeyPodcastsAnxietyRelationshipsPersonal safetyLocation sharingClub communityReturning to sport

Creator Interaction

Likely to interact32.2%
Like rate26.7%
Reply threads observed17

Engagement Metrics

0.72%
Median Engagement
3.3
Posts / Week
Video
Dominant Format

Engagement Detail

Average likes33.6K
Median likes5.6K
Average comments601.71
Median comments97
Sample size24 posts

Recent Posts (24)

father_of_daughters Instagram post about Returning to sport
Returning to sport
Video
Likes: 1.7K Comments: 190 Plays: 75.5K
Make time for yourself & the things that make you happy. Don't put it off - Just go try something. You never know who you'll meet, the frien
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Marriage humor
Marriage humor
Video
Likes: 8.4K Comments: 216 Plays: 507.7K
Have you lost your other half to a podcast addiction? Constantly having one sided conversations before realising they're 'plugged in' and ha
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Parental anxiety
Parental anxiety
Video
Likes: 1.4K Comments: 91 Plays: 94.7K
Clear skies, dark thoughts..... We all get them, especially as parents as we're always worrying about everyone, but they're hard to escape s
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Parenting tactics
Parenting tactics
Video
Likes: 7.4K Comments: 70 Plays: 310.8K
Just a quick reminder that deception is an effective, totally acceptable and highly underated parenting tool that we should all be using mor
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Home renovation
Home renovation
Video
Likes: 5.3K Comments: 63 Plays: 1.2M
Communication is the key to any strong relationship .... It's also worth just double checking what you thought you heard your wife say, bef
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Wedding anniversary
Wedding anniversary
Album
Likes: 17.9K Comments: 135
18 years of marriage - where did that go?! (Swipe to see us when we first met). She's got more stylish, aged in reverse and become fitter t
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Volvo XC60 promotion
Volvo XC60 promotion
Video
Likes: 750 Comments: 21 Plays: 72.7K
AD The morning school run - a place for arguments over forgotten sports kit, eating the last of the breakfast they didn't finish at home and
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Raising twins
Raising twins
Video
Likes: 13.1K Comments: 103 Plays: 531.4K
Their tiny voices at the end just kill me..... This seems like a lifetime ago now, and yet I still can't believe we got through the tiny twi
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Daughter starting university
Daughter starting university
Album
Likes: 31.6K Comments: 187
And just like that, we have a daughter at university. It might be just the next on the journey for her, but to us it's huge. We'd only left
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Children leaving home
Children leaving home
Video
Likes: 7.9K Comments: 123 Plays: 368.3K
Do fathers of daughters find this transition harder than mothers? This weekend, we move our eldest daughter into university and to be hones
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Selective school exams
Selective school exams
Album
Likes: 3.8K Comments: 430
What's your feeling on selective schools (I.e. grammar schools) and young kids doing exams? It's one of the reasons we moved to where we l
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Back to school mishap
Back to school mishap
Video
Likes: 1.7K Comments: 89 Plays: 255.5K
Calm down. Step back. Reassess. And then still throw your toys out the pram. My daughter took her shoes off at school on the first day back
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Marriage humor
Marriage humor
Video
Likes: 5.8K Comments: 1.4K Plays: 500.1K
Let's play - 'How did I annoy my wife this time?' The game where everyone wins apart from me. Watch til the end and put your answer in the c
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Children's screen time
Children's screen time
Video
Likes: 60.7K Comments: 4.0K Plays: 2.5M
Do this right now. and send it to all parents. I blocked YouTube in our home 6 months ago but now they're trying to put the same mind-numbi
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Cycling and personal journey
Cycling and personal journey
Video
Likes: 234 Comments: 5 Plays: 73.7K
His dad let go of the saddle at his sister’s christening. Simon was five, the stabilisers were off, and he has been chasing that feeling eve
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Family holiday departure
Family holiday departure
Video
Likes: 2.8K Comments: 35 Plays: 312.9K
I booked it, so therefore apparently it's my fault we have to go home and now everyone hates me. If anyone has found a way to actually make
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Family adventure travel
Family adventure travel
Video
Likes: 2.6K Comments: 37 Plays: 126.0K
I'm glad I've got kids that want to do the hard things. The more adventurous things. As I said to them at the top of table mountain "you mig
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Family holiday dynamics
Family holiday dynamics
Album
Likes: 8.4K Comments: 75
Do you spend all your time together as a family when on holiday? We don't because we know we'd end up hating each other and having passive a
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Solo travel downtime
Solo travel downtime
Video
Likes: 1.1K Comments: 31 Plays: 173.0K
It's an virtual part of immersing yourself in the local culture that takes both time and energy and is severely undervalued and misunderstoo
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Safari accommodation
Safari accommodation
Video
Likes: 3.9K Comments: 27 Plays: 241.8K
If he wants to take my sunbed, I'm not going to argue.  For the last couple days, We've stayed at the @hasekamp_family_bush_lodge mansion -
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Adventure holiday
Adventure holiday
Video
Likes: 2.5K Comments: 26 Plays: 158.0K
And this is why it's dangerous to leave me and my undiagnosed ADHD, dopamine seeking brain in charge of booking the holiday activities.....
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Family safari experience
Family safari experience
Album
Likes: 9.1K Comments: 136
I've come to realise that this is not a holiday, it's an experience that photos and videos can't ever really properly convey (but I'll try).
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Family and marriage humor
Family and marriage humor
Video
Likes: 184.8K Comments: 3.8K Plays: 6.5M
I'm not sure if this is a woman thing or not, but my wifes sense of smell is so highly tuned, she can smell smells before they're even smell
father_of_daughters Instagram post about Parenting anxiety
Parenting anxiety
Video
Likes: 422.3K Comments: 3.1K Plays: 8.9M
I now know how my mum felt in 1998 as she watched me and my friends board a coach from Bristol bus station to Newquay for my first ever 5 da

Analysis based on 24 available posts.
Last snapshot taken: October 5, 2026