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Somewhere in Monaco, a bottle of vintage Dom Pérignon just got sprayed across a pool deck for the camera.

Long before “influencer” was a job title, a Tumblr blog called Rich Kids of Instagram started reposting screenshots of teenagers and twentysomethings flaunting their parents’ money — private jets, mega-yachts, and enough Rolls-Royces to fill a dealership lot. By early 2016 that blog had spun off into standalone Instagram accounts, a TV documentary treatment, and a small army of self-styled “rich kids” who turned humblebragging into a full-time content strategy. The video breaks down ten of the most flamboyant names currently running the show.

• Ukrainian traveler Diana Yevdokimova has documented ultra-luxury resort stays across dozens of destinations worldwide.
• G Westerlund (@g.westerlund) is known for posing with a Saint Laurent skateboard and luxury sports cars around Melrose.
• The RKOI network — including Lana Scolaro, Andrew Warren, Bryan Yambao, and Melisse Martineau — collectively pulls hundreds of thousands of followers while drawing constant public criticism for excess.

From a Tumblr Blog to an Instagram Empire

Rich Kids of Instagram started as an aggregation account, quietly reposting screenshots other people had already put online. It didn’t take long for the format to outgrow its host platform — the blog inspired dedicated Instagram showcases and eventually TV documentary treatments built entirely around the same premise: watch young heirs and heiresses spend money their parents made. The appeal never really changed. It’s voyeurism dressed up as lifestyle content, and by 2016 it had become one of the internet’s most reliable sources of both envy and outrage.

The Faces Behind the Feed

Diana Yevdokimova has arguably logged more airport lounges in a couple of months than most people will see in a lifetime, chronicling ultra-luxury resort trips across dozens of countries. G Westerlund keeps the aesthetic closer to home, posting from Melrose with a Saint Laurent skateboard and a rotating cast of sports cars parked behind him. Rounding out the network are Lana Scolaro, Andrew Warren (@adwarren), Bryan Yambao (@bryanoffizial), and Melisse Martineau — each running their own version of the same playbook, built on designer labels and constant travel.

The Toys, the Jets, and the Champagne

The visual language of RKOI is consistent no matter whose account you land on: chartered private jets, fleets of Rolls-Royces and Porsches, diamond-encrusted watches, and closets stacked with Saint Laurent and Chanel. VIP pool clubs in Monaco, London, and Miami are a recurring backdrop, usually with a bottle of vintage Dom Pérignon getting sprayed for the camera rather than poured into a glass.

Hundreds of thousands of followers, dozens of destinations, and one very expensive bottle of Dom Pérignon getting sprayed across a Monaco pool deck for the feed.

Aspiration Meets Backlash

The same accounts that pull hundreds of thousands of followers also draw an equal amount of public eye-rolling. Critics have hammered the RKOI crowd for extreme humblebragging — showing off money nobody in the photo actually earned — while defenders treat the accounts as pure escapism, the digital equivalent of window-shopping a life you’ll never live. That tension is exactly why the format keeps working; readers who devour stories about life inside the Playboy Mansion or scroll past breakdowns of the most expensive royal wedding dresses are chasing the same rubberneck instinct RKOI was built on.

Whether it’s Diana Yevdokimova checking into another resort or G Westerlund posting from outside a Melrose dealership, the next flex is already loading in someone’s camera roll — that’s the entire business model, and as of March 2016 it isn’t slowing down one bit.