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@cava has 331,001 Instagram followers, read September 13, 2026.

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Followers
331K
As of 13 Sept
Rank by followers
#112
of 418 Food and Beverage brands, by followers
Engagement
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Mentions
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Mentions

Public posts and articles we found naming Cava, by platform

Last collected 13 Sept. Monitor Cava to see new mentions every day (weekly on the free plan).

What we search for Cava

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Public posts tagged #cava

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Who posts about Cava

12 accounts we have caught mentioning Cava, 2 of them more than once. Most posts first

Competitors

#3 of 5 by followers.

BrandMentions found30 daysFollowersEngagement
Chipotle221.9MNot yet
Naya1924.5KNot yet
SweetgreenNot yet468KNot yet
CavaNot yet331KNot yet
SouvlaNot yet30.7KNot yet
What competitors did · last 7 days

The biggest post about each competitor this week

Most likes and comments among public posts naming the brand

  1. Chipotle🌯 Chipotle’s CEO says customers shouldn’t be afraid to ask for more food! 👀🔥 Chipotle is making it clear that customers can ask for extra portions of certain ingredients when ordering their favorite bowls and burritos. In a video, Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright reinforces the company’s commitment to generous portions, encouraging customers to speak up if they feel they’re not getting enough food. His message? Just ask, and employees should be happy to help, no questions asked. However, there’s an important distinction: while customers can generally request more rice, beans, salsa, and other included toppings at no additional charge, premium ingredients like extra meat, guacamole, and queso may still cost extra. The message comes as Chipotle continues addressing customer concerns over inconsistent portion sizes across its restaurants. 🌯 Do you think Chipotle gives you enough food, or do you always ask for extra? 👇 #Chipotle #FastFood #FoodNews #MouthAttack
  2. VideoNayaHALLOWEEN is tomorrow so here are a bunch of freebies & cheap eats to help you celebrate!! You can find food deals at Shake Shack, Whataburger, 7 Brew, Qdoba, NAYA, Pluckers, Dos Toros, Wendy’s, 7-Eleven, Round Table Pizza, Marco’s Pizza, UNO Pizzeria, KFC, Tijuana Flats, Baskin Robbins and Cici’s Pizza. #fooddeals #freebies #cheapeats #halloween
Positioning and audience

Where we have written a positioning, it is a judgement and says so. Where we have not, the line is built from the measurements and claims nothing more.

CavaFood and Beverage · this brand

Food and Beverage brand, a smaller account at 331K followers.from the numbers

SweetgreenFood and Beverage

Food and Beverage brand, a smaller account at 468K followers.from the numbers

Why they compete: seeded

ChipotleFood and Beverage

Food and Beverage brand, a mid-sized account at 1.9M followers.from the numbers

Why they compete: seeded

SouvlaFood and Beverage

Food and Beverage brand, an emerging account at 30.7K followers.from the numbers

Why they compete: seeded

NayaFood and Beverage

Food and Beverage brand, an emerging account at 24.5K followers.from the numbers

Why they compete: seeded

Where they differ
Scale

Chipotle is the largest of the set at 1.9M followers — 5.8× Cava's 331K.

Output

Sweetgreen has published the most, 4.6K posts to Cava's 12.

Want changes to Cava's competitors or keywords? Email us at [email protected]

Head to head and campaign charts for Cava are on Growth. See Growth

About Cava on Instagram

How many Instagram followers does Cava have?

Brand · Food and Beverage · @cava

Cava is the Mediterranean fast-casual chain that took the Chipotle model to hummus and harissa, and is now publicly traded.

On Instagram, @cava reaches 331,001 followers. By followers, that makes it #112 of the 418 food and beverage brands we track, and #450 of 1015 overall. The account has published 12 posts, roughly 27.6K followers for every post in the grid.

Profile details

Updated 2026-09-13

Engagement rate—
Following340
Total posts12
Avg likes—
Avg comments—
Followers per post27.6K

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Frequently asked questions

Who mentions Cava on Instagram?

The accounts we have caught posting about Cava most often are @cincy_foodie513 (5 posts), @authenticteecee (2 posts) and @tvishabharti (1 post). 2 of the 12 accounts listed on this page have mentioned Cava more than once. The brand's own posts are not counted.

Can I see Cava's follower growth over time?

Yes. We have 4 follower readings for @cava, charted on this page for signed-in readers. We do not estimate history we never saw.

What is Cava's official Instagram handle?

Cava's official Instagram account is @cava (instagram.com/cava).

Who are Cava's biggest competitors?

Sweetgreen, Chipotle, Souvla and Naya. We benchmark Cava against these 4 brands because they compete for the same buyers in Food and Beverage, not because they happen to be a similar size.

Is Cava bigger than its competitors on Instagram?

Cava has 331K followers, behind Sweetgreen (468K) and Chipotle (1.9M).

How is this competitor list chosen?

By hand. Automatic lists group brands by follower count, which pairs a luxury house with a discount retailer whenever their audiences happen to match in size. These sets are curated from the 425 Food and Beverage brands we track, and every page says so.

How we measure

Every figure on this page is read from Instagram via our data provider and stored with the date it was taken. Where a reading does not exist yet we say when the next one is due rather than show an estimate. Engagement rate is (average likes + comments) ÷ followers. Growth compares the latest follower reading with the first one inside the last 30 days, once the two are at least five days apart.

Mentions are the public posts by other accounts that our searches found carrying one of the terms this brand is watched for: its hashtag, the posts it is tagged in and, for the busiest brands, its name. Each search returns a limited number of recent posts, so a count is a sample of what was posted, not every post on Instagram. Read it against other weeks and other brands, measured the same way. How we count. Cava is collected when people read this page; a visit refreshes anything over a day old. Without an account the feed shows the last 7 days; an account opens the month.

Tone and subjects come from labelling each post once, on what its caption says about Cava: one tone (positive, neutral or critical) and one subject from a fixed list, so the same thing is counted the same way every run. Every figure in that strip is a count of labelled posts. The read beside it is written by a model from the same posts, carries no figures and is marked as such. In Competitors, each brand's mentions are found by the same searches on the same schedule, and its share is its part of the posts we found for the whole set; followers and engagement are each brand's latest profile reading.

AI recommendations are the answers ChatGPT and Gemini give to the questions shoppers ask about each category Cava sits in, asked once a month and recorded in order. Answers vary from one run and one person to the next, so each square is one answer on the date shown, not a score.

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