- TikTok is one of the most popular social platforms, particularly among Gen Z, where users can watch short-form video clips and create something that could go viral.
- Some of the most popular creators have millions of followers, who watch them lip-sync, dance, and produce comedy skits as they grow into high-profile influencers.
- These are the 38 most popular TikTok stars, who found fame on the platform and have since each racked up more than 10 million followers.
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To teens, the most popular figures on social media platforms like TikTok are well beyond mega-celebrity status in their eyes.
These TikTok stars claim millions of followers — many who are of Gen Z age themselves — and found fame by creating short video clips lip-syncing to soundbites, showing off viral dances, and crafting comedy skits that get shared thousands of times. But even if you've never heard of the app, it's worth getting to know it. TikTok has over 1.5 billion all-time downloads, and its popularity and influence has only continued to spread.
The hottest accounts on the two-year-old TikTok don't have nearly as many followers as the top channels on the more-established YouTube (where T-Series has blown past 100 million subscribers). However, TikTok can be credited as the launchpad for many of the memes and songs criss-crossing the internet, including Lil Nas X's chart-smashing hit "Old Town Road."
At one point, a pair of German twins named Lisa and Lena had the most popular account on TikTok, but they deleted their account at the end of this March to "break new ground." There are also a few Indian stars, such as Hasnain Khan and Mr Faisu — part of a squad dubbed Team 07 — who were once among the top accounts on TikTok, but they were suspended this year for violating TikTok community guidelines.
Note that this list consists of independent creators who blew up online thanks to TikTok or its predecessor, Musical.ly. The rankings exclude accounts run by companies, and those from users who got famous first through other means — like former Vine stars Cameron Dallas and Zach King, and JoJo Siwa and Mackenzie and Maddie Ziegler of "Dance Moms" fame.
These are the 38 biggest stars on TikTok:
38. Maverick Baker — 11.9 million
Maverick Baker is a 19-year-old TikTok star living in Oklahoma who produces popular lipsync and dance videos. He releases music with his brother Cash, a fellow TikTok star, under the name "Cash and Maverick," whose joint TikTok account has 6.3 million followers itself.
The Baker family is a team of social media famous siblings: Maverick, Cash, and their sister Lani collectively have more than 31 million followers on their individual TikTok accounts.
37. Suraj Pal Singh — 12 million
Suraj Pal Singh is a TikTok star from India whose videos often comprise of comedic sketches and star his girlfriend, Yashi Tank, who has a respectable 7.6 million followers on her own account.
36. Zoe LaVerne — 12.1 million
Zoe Laverne is an 18-year-old from Indiana who became famous her freshman year of high school for her videos on Musical.ly, TikTok's predecessor in the US before the two platforms merged in 2018. LaVerne also runs a popular YouTube channel with her boyfriend, fellow TikTok star Cody Orlove.
(Tied) 34. Oye Indori (aka Robin Jindal) — 12.4 million
Oye Indori, whose real name is Robin Jindal, is one of the most famous Indian comedians on TikTok. While his TikTok feed comprise funny skits with his prominent TikTok friends, his YouTube channel is filled with pranks and song parodies.
(Tied) 34. Josh Richards — 12.4 million
Josh Richards, 19, is one of the six TikTok stars living in Sway House, a rented house in Los Angeles designed for its creators to easily engage in content collaboration and video production.
33. Nagma Mirajkar — 12.5 million
Nagma Mirajkar was the first "regular" Indian woman to be crowned a verified creator on TikTok — that is, her fame came sheerly from the platform. Mirajkar, 28, creates videos raging from comedy skits to fashion and style tutorials.
32. Sky & Tami — 12.7 million
Sky Odin and Tami Tomo are a couple from Spain who jointly run a TikTok account. They post videos dancing with their friends, playing pranks on each other, and showing behind-the-scenes views of how they create their more complex clips.
31. Manjul Khattar — 13 million
Manjul Khattar, a 21-year-old social media star living in India, has found most of his popularity on TikTok, but it's not where he started. Khattar has popular channels on Instagram and YouTube, but he blew up on TikTok where his comedy sketches have gotten attention.
(Tied) 29. Addison Rae (aka Addison Easterling) — 14 million
Addison Rae — as 19-year-old Addison Easterling is known online — quickly rose to fame after joining TikTok in the summer of 2019. She's now a member of the collab group Hype House, alongside TikTok sensation Charli D'Amelio, and regularly draws hundreds of thousands of views on videos where she dances and lip-syncs to popular songs on the app.
(Tied) 29. Aashika Bhatia — 14 million
Aashika Bhatia's claim to fame is a handful of popular roles as a child actress, but she's moved that following at age 20 over to TikTok, where she shares videos of herself dancing and lip-syncing.
28. Czn Burak (aka Burak Özdemir) — 14.2 million
CZN Burak — whose real name is Burak Özdemir — is the most famous chef on TikTok. He's known for cooking elaborate Turkish meals while his face features a seemingly permanent, unmoving smile.
27. Cash Baker — 14.5 million
Cash Baker is the younger brother of fellow TikTok star Maverick, with who he releases music. The 16-year-old rose to fame with the song "The Way You Move," a collaboration with his brother, which went viral on TikTok. The Oklahoma-born Baker brothers also have a TikTok famous sister, Lani.
26. The Stokes Twins — 14.6 million
Alex and Alan Stokes are 23-year-old twins who have channeled the internet's obsession with twin pairings to go viral and garner a following on YouTube and Instagram.
"It's the same reason why couples channels do well," Alan Stokes told The Atlantic this year. "Twins are the closest you can get to someone without it being a couple thing."
25. Jason Coffee & Family — 14.9 million
Jason Coffee has shared the antics of his family online to gain a massive following for him and his children: Peyton, Isaac, and Caleb. Coffee's online pseudonym comes from his time as a Starbucks barista before he started making videos on Vine, and later TikTok.
24. Annie LeBlanc — 15.1 million
Annie LeBlanc's brand was first tied to her family, since she got her start as one of children in her family's YouTube channel Bratayley, which has over 7 million subscribers. The 15-year-old was propelled to Gen Z fame, however, after starting her Musical.ly channel and landing a role as one of the lead cast members on the popular YouTube series "Chicken Girls," produced by teen-beloved media company Brat.
23. Lucky Dancer (aka Arhan Khan) — 15.2 million
Lucky Dancer — whose real name is Arhan Khan — has been posting TikTok videos showing off his dance moves since he was 14. Khan, now 18, also runs dance workshops in India in his spare time.
22. Danielle Cohn — 16 million
Danielle Cohn became one of the most popular creators at the age of 13 on Musical.ly. Cohn, now 15, was the subject of much anger and concern earlier this month after she produced a video saying she was married to her 16-year-old boyfriend, fellow influencer Mikey Tua, and pregnant with his child. Cohn later revealed that the video was just a joke for attention, but it has helped to bring more followers to her YouTube channel and Instagram account.
21. Holly H — 16.3 million
Holly H had a moderate following on Vine before it shut down, but has built most of her fanbase through TikTok. The 23-year-old is Britain's biggest TikTok star, and The Times referred to her in a recent profile as the "virtual best friend/big sister/confidante/girl crush" to millions.
20. Savannah LaBrant & Family — 17 million
Savannah Labrant is the matriarch of a family with a wildly popular social media presence. Her husband, Cole, is a former Vine star known as part of a dancing trio dubbed "Dem White Boyz." The couple's YouTube channel about their family has more than 10 million subscribers, and their two children — age 6 and 7 months — each have Instagram followings over 1 million.
19. Garima Chaurasia — 17.9 million
Garima Chaurasia (aka Gima Ashi) is a 22-year-old Indian TikTok star and model. She went viral in February for a TikTok video dancing and lip-syncing to an India song titled "Boht Hard."
(Tied) 17. Sameeksha Sud — 18.1 million
Sameeksha Sud is known for her comedic sketches alongside two other India TikTok stars, and the three of them altogether run a successful YouTube channel called TeenTigada. The 26-year-old Sud is also an actress, but has gained in popularity thanks to TikTok.
(Tied) 17. Lauren Godwin — 18.1 million
Lauren Godwin frequently produces comedic content based on life as a "normal gal going to school in Houston," the 19-year-old told Business Insider in July. She is dating fellow TikTok star Sebastian Bails, and the two often produce prank and challenge videos together.
16. Avneet Kaur — 18.6 million
Avneet Kaur first emerged on the scene as a contestant on an Indian reality dance competition in 2010 at nine years old, but has since went on to be a popular actress and choreographer. The 18-year-old Kaur frequently features on her TikTok behind-the-scenes footage from her time on set, and lipsync videos with family and friends.
15. Spencer X (aka Spencer Knight) — 18.7 million
Spencer X is the stage name for Spencer Knight, a beatboxer who shows off his skills to millions on TikTok. The 27-year-old artist has been able to turn professional thanks to a sponsorship from energy drink brand Moster Energy.
14. The Dobre Twins — 19.6 million
Lucas and Marcus Dobre are a pair of 20-year-old twins whose TikTok videos comprise comedic skits, pranks, gymnastics, and vlogs. The twin brothers also create content for YouTube with their older brothers Cyrus and Darius, and the four are embarking on a cross-country tour this summer to meet fans.
13. Jayden Croes — 19.8 million
Jay Croes, 21, is the younger half of popular social media sibling duo Croes Bros. The two brothers grew up in Aruba, where life was "pure and simple," then started to grow their fanbase on Musical.ly in 2015.
12. Jannat Zubair Rahmani — 20.4 million
Jannat Zubair Rahmani is an 18-year-old actress whose career started at eight years old. She has since found success on TikTok as one of India's most popular accounts, where she shares music she produces and shares lip-syncing videos.
11. JiffPom — 20.7 million
JiffPom is a tiny Pomeranian dog who holds two Guinness world records for his speed on only two of his four tiny legs. He's often spotted in trendy outfits in his multiple celebrity appearances, including in the music video for Katy Perry's song "Dark Horse."
10. Arishfa Khan — 21.5 million
Arishfa Khan is a 16-year-old girl from India who got her start as a child actress at age 9. However, she gained a major following for her lip-syncing videos on her TikTok account, and has since created a beauty and makeup-centric YouTube channel. Her videos often feature fellow TikTok star Lucky Dancer.
9. Nisha Guragain — 21.6 million
Nisha Guragain is a 22-year-old from India who capitalizes on viral trends by recording lip-sync videos to songs growing in popularity on TikTok.
(Tied) 7. Awez Darbar — 22 million
Awez Darbar is a 26-year-old dancer from India known for posting videos showing his original choreography to viral hits.
(Tied) 7. Jacob Sartorius — 22 million
Jacob Sartorius was one of the most popular stars on Musical.ly, which has helped the 16-year-old launch a mildly successful career in music. Sartorius also graced headlines in 2018 as part of a much-publicized relationship with "Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown.
6. Gilmher Croes — 23.1 million
Gil Croes is the other half of the wildly popular Croes Brothers, and is one of the older stars on TikTok at age 26. Croes told Business Insider last month that since starting to make videos in 2015, the brothers have been forced to change and adapt in order to maintain popularity on the platform.
"We never get comfortable, can never do the same thing that we were doing before," Croes said. "You can't please everyone, but we try to adapt in a way where people enjoy our content."
5. Charli D'Amelio — 23.2 million
Charli D'Amelio is arguably TikTok's most famous star. After launching her channel in June 2019, the 15-year-old from Connecticut rocketed to the top of TikTok in just a matter of months through choreographed dances to viral songs. Her breakout success has led her to a spot in the collab group Hype House, an invite to dance onstage with the Jonas Brothers, and a cameo appearance in a Super Bowl commercial.
4. Kristen Hancher — 23.4 million
Kristen Hancher has gained an incredibly large fanbase who have watched the 20-year-old through years of lip-syncing videos and dozens of hair color changes. Now, Hancher is a member of Jake Paul's Team 10 squad, and lives in the infamous Los Angeles mansion full of social media stars.
3. Riyaz Afreen — 27.9 million
Riyaz Afreen is only 16, but has established himself as an actor and star through going viral on TikTok. He often features other popular Indian TikTok stars on his accounts, including Mr. Faisu and Aashika Bhatia.
2. Baby Ariel — 30.2 million
Baby Ariel, aka Ariel Martin, was the first individual to surpass the 20-million-followers mark on Musical.ly, and her fame has only grown from there. The 19-year-old's illustrious TikTok fame has led to multiple gigs on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon TV shows.
1. Loren Gray — 38.6 million
At age 17, Loren Gray is the most-followed person on TikTok. At one point, she hosted her own Snapchat show called "Glow Up," and has garnered nominations for her social media presence at the Teen Choice Awards and People's Choice Awards. She has also been producing music since 2017, and most recently released the single "Can't Do It" in May.
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