The Monster Library
The Monster Library is an animated universe of monster characters that posts short, emotionally warm clips to Instagram and TikTok under the line 'welcome, monster friends'. Its own site presents it as an AI animation studio and character IP developer working on original worlds (The Monster Friends, Monster Camp, The Monster Shoe Factory) and branded work. Co-founder Kevin Van Witt, its creator, sat on the judging panel of the OpenArt x Fanvue AI Personality of the Year Awards 2026. The Instagram account had about 809K followers on 7 Nov 2026 and TikTok about 49K; its YouTube channel, joined June 2023, has no uploads.
- Last updated
- 7 November 2026
- Nature
- AI persona
- Niche
- Art
- Style
- Cartoon
- Created by
- Kevin Van Witt
Summary
About The Monster Library
The Monster Library is an animated universe of monster characters that posts short, emotionally warm clips to Instagram and TikTok under the line 'welcome, monster friends'. Its own site presents it as an AI animation studio and character IP developer working on original worlds (The Monster Friends, Monster Camp, The Monster Shoe Factory) and branded work. Co-founder Kevin Van Witt, its creator, sat on the judging panel of the OpenArt x Fanvue AI Personality of the Year Awards 2026. The Instagram account had about 809K followers on 7 Nov 2026 and TikTok about 49K; its YouTube channel, joined June 2023, has no uploads.
Is The Monster Library AI?
Yes. The Monster Library is a cast of AI-animated monster characters made by an AI animation studio of the same name, run by co-founders Kevin Van Witt and Mark Monroe.
The studio describes itself plainly: its website is titled "AI Animation Studio & Character IP Development" and calls itself an AI animation studio in its footer. It lists a collaboration with the video generator Luma AI on its Monster Camp film. TikTok marks each of the account's ten newest videos "AI-generated". The monsters are characters, not a person: no page names an actor, a model or a voice performer behind any of them.
There are real people behind the studio. Its site introduces "the humans behind the characters": Mark (co-founder and head of production), Kevin (co-founder and head of creative) and Marisa (creative development and music producer). OpenArt names Mark Monroe and Kevin Van Witt as the co-founders and among its top users. The AI Personality of the Year Awards list Van Witt, "Creator of The Monster Library", on its judging panel. They make the characters, but no source says any of them appears on screen or voices a monster.
The Instagram and TikTok bios never mention AI; they only welcome "monster friends". No page says how the voices and music in the clips are made. Instagram's own AI labels on the reels could not be checked.
Evidence
The studio's own site calls The Monster Library an "AI Animation Studio & Character IP Development" business and an "AI animation studio", and lists a Monster Camp collaboration with Luma AI.
themonsterlibrary.comTikTok labels the account's newest videos "AI-generated".
tiktok.comThe AI Personality of the Year Awards 2026 list Kevin Van Witt, "Creator of The Monster Library", among its judges, alongside the creators of other AI personas such as Aitana and Shudu.
aipersonality.aiOpenArt names Mark Monroe and Kevin Van Witt as the co-founders of The Monster Library, among the top users and creators on its AI image platform.
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Last Updated 7 November 2026
Followers
Followers across platforms
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · only public profile counts
Total followers
858.21K2 platforms · each account counted once
Follower growth
Audience over time
Daily readings · all platforms combined
- 30-day change
- Needs more readings
- 90-day change
- Needs more readings
- Avg. daily gain
- −106all time
- Best day
- Needs readings a day apart
Social media metrics
How the posts perform
Engagement rate
0.32%of followers
Against Modash's range for Macro creators, with 100K–1M followers.
Median of 6 posts' likes + comments ÷ followers. Instagram keeps shares and saves private, so they are left out.
Avg. likes per post
2.5KAvg. comments per post
1701 comment per 14.4 likes
Avg. views per video
937.7KVideos, reels and shorts only
Posting frequency
3.3 / weekLast posted
3 days ago6 Nov 2026 · Reel
Ratios
Measured from the recent posts, not estimated.
- Likes-to-comments
- 14 : 1
- Average likes ÷ average comments
- Views-to-followers
- 115.9%
- Average video views ÷ Instagram followers
Best-performing recent posts Top 3 of the last 12, by interactions
Based on the last 12 posts (15 Oct – 6 Nov) · updated 7 Nov 2026. Fewer than 3 posts in 90 days shows “Not enough recent posts” instead of these numbers.
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