Who is Charli D'Amelio?16-Year-Old Becomes First to Get 100 Million Followers on TikTok!

Urian B., Tech Times 22 November 2020, 10:11 am

A superstar influencer as well as teen sensation, 16-year-old Charli D'Amelio became the very first person to gain 100 million followers on the social media video app TikTok just this Sunday. The 100 million followers happened just over about a year and a half since she joined this particular platform.

Who is Charli D'Amelio TikTok?

The 16-year-old hit the particular milestone figures even ahead of most of the world's biggest celebrities, instagrammers, YouTubers, Vine stars, Musical.ly stars, and more! Charli is said to be primarily popular amongst Generation Z users which comprise about 60% of the US users being in their teens and twenties. Despite the recent heat that TikTok has been getting due to the app coming from China, it has still remained its power in the US as one of the most popular apps today.

Outside of TikTok, D'Amelio has now been able to make her very first feature film debut, launch her own nail polish, makeup, as well as fashion collaborations along with certain major brands, and more! She has also appeared in the Super Bowl commercial, she even has a Dunkin' Donuts drink that was named after her, and she appeared1 in a music video with her hero, J-Lo.

Charlie D'Amelio net worth

She has also written her first book known as Essentially Charli: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping It Real which is expected to come up next month. A previous article that was published by Forbes back in August has estimated that the teenager was able to amass $4 million in earnings scattered from her various deals. The net worth of Charlie D'Amelio is still unknown as of the moment but the $4 million in earnings gives fans a clue.

An article by CNet details what this TikToker is like. According to the article, she has a very "girl-next-door" vibe which has probably attributed to the fascination around her. Although quite regular, most of her TikTok videos became trending because of how "authentic" she is as she seems like a regular girl from around the block.

Charlie D'Amelio TikTok incident

Some time earlier this year, D'Amelio was said to be falsely credited as the founder of the now popular "Renegade" dance, which was actually the creation of a different Black teenager known as Jalaiah Harmon coming from Atlanta, Georgia. Although this was not something that she claimed, this was something assumed since she became widely viral with her version of the dance.

According to Glatt, it was stated that the particular story tells people something about the whole culture of TikTok, wherein white creators commonly appropriate different aspects of black culture. This episode later on led to other influencers including D'Amelio adding the credits to their own TikTok captions to make sure that the creator of the particular dance move gets the deserved recognition.