Khaby Lame Has Dethroned Charli D'Amelio As The Most Followed TikTok Star

Khaby Lame has pulled in front of Charli D'Amelio on TikTok to become the official king of the social media app.

The Senegalese-born prankster, who is based in Italy, has been slowly gaining on the American teen's follower count.

And now he's finally done it.

As of writing, Khaby has 142.2 million followers, compared to Charli's 142.1 million.

The 18-year-old D’Amelio began her career on the social media platform in 2019 and quickly became the most followed content creator on the platform, reaching 100 million followers in 2020.

When she hit 100 million followers, Charli shared a video with the caption: "A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME REACH 100 MILLION SUPPORTERS!!! AND ANOTHER HUGE THANK YOU TO @tiktok I LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!"

She explained in the video that the achievement felt like a 'dream' adding: "I can't believe there's 100 million supporters following me right now. That is insane, oh my goodness.

"Y'all can't grasp that this is real, I still feel like it's a dream, kind of waiting to wake up. Very insane. Oh my goodness, thank you!"

However, Khaby Lame, who produces dialogue-free parody clips, has now finally eclipsed her incredible follower count, which is a pretty impressive feat for someone that barely talks in his clips.

Khaby likes to emphasise the stupidity of other content creators’ life hacks by exaggerating their actions and giving them a wide-eyed stare. 

This dead-pan sense of humour has the 22-year-old's follower count rising at a rapid rate.

According to the analytics site Social Blade, Lame has gained 3 million followers in the past month, while D’Ameilo has gained 1 million.

While both content creators have different sections of audiences on the app, there has been a recent push from Lame’s followers to push him to the top spot.

Using the hashtag #KhabyToNumberOne, the TikTok users have started a movement that has seen the creator’s follower growth boost in recent months.

Speaking about why fans connect with his videos, Lame told The New York Times that his reactions and expressions are a ‘global language’.

He said: “It’s my face and my expressions which make people laugh.”

With 2.3 billion likes across his videos, there is no doubt that Lame is certainly on to a winning formula. 

Featured Image Credit: Khaby Lame/TikTok. Charli D'Amelio/TikTok

Topics: Celebrity, TikTok

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

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