June 23, 2022 12:04 pm
With 142.5 million followers, the 22-year-old from Chivasso (Turin) ousted the American dancer
An evolving talent – Fired in full pandemic from the factory where he worked as a worker, almost for fun and to pass the time in the long days in lockdown, Khaby Lame has started to publish videos on TikTok. In these, he made fun of some tutorials, present on the net, in which very complicated solutions were shown to perform banal and everyday gestures, such as cutting an apple.
The real success came in March 2021, at which time his followers began to rise very quickly: in the last six months of that year he had earned 47 million. Over time, Khaby continued to make videos like the ones that made him famous, however he was also able to evolve and expand its content with imitations and collaborations with important sports and entertainment figures, such as footballers Alessandro Del Piero , Paulo Dybala, tennis player Alexander Zverev and singer Ed Sheeran. Up to collateral activities with that of creator: he was Boss testimonial for the spring-summer 2022 campaign.
The ranking of the most followed on TikTok –
On the Chinese social network, Khaby Lame and Charli D’Amelio are almost unattainable. The direct followers are detached from tens of thousands of followers. Filipino-born singer Bella Poarch, who became famous for dancing using only facial movements, is a bronze medalist with 90.2 million supporters. Addison Rae, American dancer, singer and actress, 88 million. In fifth position is actor Will Smith with 72.3 million “followers”.
