The 30 most influential people on the Internet
If we've learned anything written by the dress, the Internet, be the first to Tumblr through a 21-year-old singer from Scotland Broke, then, that anyone can start a global conversation with a web connection. Yes it helps in real life to be famous. But the rise of social media has leveled the playing field so unknown to offer the audience that one. Of real leaders, even if to command an accident Who rises above the rest? To determine the ranking list, we analyzed social media followers, site traffic, total ability to drive news and much more.
If we've learned anything written by the dress, the Internet, be the first to Tumblr through a 21-year-old singer from Scotland Broke, then, that anyone can start a global conversation with a web connection. Yes it helps in real life to be famous. But the rise of social media has leveled the playing field so unknown to offer the audience that one. Of real leaders, even if to command an accident Who rises above the rest? To determine the ranking list, we analyzed social media followers, site traffic, total ability to drive news and much more.
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Taylor Swift
How many pop stars, the 25-year-old "space" singer has millions of followers in social media. But Swift is characterized as and how much it snaps into place really-with them. Last year alone, she commented on a fan Instagram, to comfort them of bullying, made a separation playlist for a broken fan on Tumblr, and hosted a series from 1989 listening parties, especially for people who find them online. Of course, all of this wit and warmth makes news, what Swift an invaluable amount of free publicity.-Daniel D'Addario
The Jester
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The Jester |
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A hero to some and a criminal to others is the Jester one of a growing army of anonymous cyber warriors or "hacktivists" who push the limits of the law on behalf of their causes. In his case, it means that targeted terrorists and hate groups. Since he assumed his person five years ago, the Jester he was more than 180 sites, including some taken associated with ISIS and played pranks on virtual groups like the Westboro Baptist Church, known for anti-gay rhetoric. (Even if all this is technically illegal, the Jester has never been traced.) Of course, it is impossible to verify these claims with certainty. But if that's true, they make him one of the most powerful stand-alone hackers world.-Haley Sweet Edwards
A hero to some and a criminal to others is the Jester one of a growing army of anonymous cyber warriors or "hacktivists" who push the limits of the law on behalf of their causes. In his case, it means that targeted terrorists and hate groups. Since he assumed his person five years ago, the Jester he was more than 180 sites, including some taken associated with ISIS and played pranks on virtual groups like the Westboro Baptist Church, known for anti-gay rhetoric. (Even if all this is technically illegal, the Jester has never been traced.) Of course, it is impossible to verify these claims with certainty. But if that's true, they make him one of the most powerful stand-alone hackers world.-Haley Sweet Edwards
Nash Grier
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Nash Grier
If you are a teenager, or on Vine, the social media platform that is six seconds video loops, you have almost certainly heard of Nash Grier. But for the uninitiated: The 17-year-old commands more than 11 million followers on Vine (more than any other user), where his comedic clips were logged about 2 billion views. All this has a Grier Generations celebrity, replete with a film contract, appearances on Good Morning America, endorsement deals with Sonic and Virgin Mobile, and the occasional controversy (such as when using a gay slur in a now deleted video). In October Grier was named one of Time's most influential young 2014 Sarah Begley
If you are a teenager, or on Vine, the social media platform that is six seconds video loops, you have almost certainly heard of Nash Grier. But for the uninitiated: The 17-year-old commands more than 11 million followers on Vine (more than any other user), where his comedic clips were logged about 2 billion views. All this has a Grier Generations celebrity, replete with a film contract, appearances on Good Morning America, endorsement deals with Sonic and Virgin Mobile, and the occasional controversy (such as when using a gay slur in a now deleted video). In October Grier was named one of Time's most influential young 2014 Sarah Begley
Barack Obama
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Barack Obama
It is easy to cite facts about virtual influence of the president: He is liked most world leaders on Facebook; the most followed world leader on twitter; and he has the most frequented "Ask Me Anything". to Reddit history But more impressively, Obama is capable of self-meme to push an agenda. Last month, for example BuzzFeed cameras with Selfie he fall stick-among other props to Millennials remember for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to register; within days, the video was viewed more than 50 million times.-Olivia B. Waxman
It is easy to cite facts about virtual influence of the president: He is liked most world leaders on Facebook; the most followed world leader on twitter; and he has the most frequented "Ask Me Anything". to Reddit history But more impressively, Obama is capable of self-meme to push an agenda. Last month, for example BuzzFeed cameras with Selfie he fall stick-among other props to Millennials remember for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to register; within days, the video was viewed more than 50 million times.-Olivia B. Waxman
Kim Kardashian
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Kim Kardashian
You can millions of fans in reality tout, but Kardashian, 34, truly stands on Instagram. It has perfected the art of Selfie: some with famous friends, some in luxurious bathrooms and all to the delight of its 27 million followers. Long a performer produced in a and edited by other reality show, Kardashian also skillfully uses Twitter to define and defend their own narrative ("Her eyes were closed and I felt my eyes! Can I live?!?" After sniped criticized for cropping her daughter from a Selfie), and of course, they promote various business ventures.-Daniel D'Addario
You can millions of fans in reality tout, but Kardashian, 34, truly stands on Instagram. It has perfected the art of Selfie: some with famous friends, some in luxurious bathrooms and all to the delight of its 27 million followers. Long a performer produced in a and edited by other reality show, Kardashian also skillfully uses Twitter to define and defend their own narrative ("Her eyes were closed and I felt my eyes! Can I live?!?" After sniped criticized for cropping her daughter from a Selfie), and of course, they promote various business ventures.-Daniel D'Addario
Joy Cho
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Joy Cho |
The 35-year-old blogger has their design skills in a "Oh Baby!" Lifestyle empire parlayed, spanning Pinterest (where it advertises a record 13 million followers), YouTube (where every post of DIY design tutorials), Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and yes, even old-fashioned books. More recently, the LA has begun resident, products with brands such as Land of Nod and target, where many members of her party decor line produce to sell. In May, she will release a series of patterned Band-Aids for Johnson & Johnson.-SB
Janet Mock
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Janet Mock |
Writer Janet Mock visited Marie Claire's Second Annual New Guard Lunch at the Hearst Tower on October 30, 2014 in New York City.
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In addition to the new Orange Black Laverne Cox, writer and activist Janet Mock is one of the most visible transgender women in America, and it uses its social media platform to educate others about trans issues. Most famously, she took to Twitter to Piers Morgan after his talk show to her as "early man" and "a boy under the age of 18." (Mock says it has always been criticized describe female identified "sensationalized]" of her life.) But the author of Redefining Realness: My Path to femininity, identity, love & so much more routinely examines other issues of their community, such as the needs of CeCe McDonald and Monica Jones and the disproportionate use of force transgender women face. Nolan Feeney
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In addition to the new Orange Black Laverne Cox, writer and activist Janet Mock is one of the most visible transgender women in America, and it uses its social media platform to educate others about trans issues. Most famously, she took to Twitter to Piers Morgan after his talk show to her as "early man" and "a boy under the age of 18." (Mock says it has always been criticized describe female identified "sensationalized]" of her life.) But the author of Redefining Realness: My Path to femininity, identity, love & so much more routinely examines other issues of their community, such as the needs of CeCe McDonald and Monica Jones and the disproportionate use of force transgender women face. Nolan Feeney
Justin Bieber
First major social media success story of the music industry has not released an album in three years. But he regularly makes headlines, especially thanks to its 23 million Instagram followers (shot by ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez was rumored the app server has crashed); 78 million Facebook fans (an apology for his recent misconduct went viral); and 61 million Twitter followers (after he showed his Calvin Klein campaign, it caused a meme, a Saturday Night Live parody and a back-and-forth debate over whether he had been, ahem, digitally enhanced). Next up: his own social network? In 2013, Bieber performed a seed investment $ 1.1 million in the shots, a selfies only Instagram alternative.-NF
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Ta-Nehisi Coates |
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The writer (and former TIME contribution) is the Internet's leading intellectual, when it comes to it about the intersection of race, politics and culture. His 2014 june cover story for The Atlantic, "The Case for Reparations", the magazine broke single-day record online traffic and stirred debate in conservative and liberal publications alike. In the meantime, his regular readers, called Horde, have helped to produce what has been called "best comment area on the Internet." - NF
The writer (and former TIME contribution) is the Internet's leading intellectual, when it comes to it about the intersection of race, politics and culture. His 2014 june cover story for The Atlantic, "The Case for Reparations", the magazine broke single-day record online traffic and stirred debate in conservative and liberal publications alike. In the meantime, his regular readers, called Horde, have helped to produce what has been called "best comment area on the Internet." - NF
grace Helbig
Beginning of the 29-year-old YouTube personality, healing videos in 2007 to spell boredom while housesitting, but it is there shown that building a media empire does not require traditional media background. More than 2 million people subscribe to their YouTube show it'sGrace, the improvised considerations has everything to near gastrointestinal disasters. From pop culture, The faithful followers paved the way for a book (Grace Guide: The Art of pretending to be an adult, was a New York Times bestseller), corporate sponsorship (including Windows Phone and Ford Fiesta) and acting roles (she executive produced and in the digital movie Camp Takota) was seen. Now Helbig is ready to become a mainstream star: your upcoming E! Talk-show premiere in April.-N, F.
Vani Hari (also known as food Babe)
Vani Hari
The former management consultant, 35, commands an army of amateur nutritionist who watch her blog, Eating babe, to see "unsafe" ingredients that they should protest next. They bills itself as investigators, posting synopses under headings such as "General Mills or generally toxic?" This tactic may sound crass, but they are remarkably effective. Last year, for example, requires that Hari Subway stop, azodicarbonamide, a dough conditioner they branded the "Yoga Mat" ingredient. Within a day, her petition had 50,000 signatures; shortly thereafter, jettisoned the sandwich chain connection. She has also successfully targeted force and Anheuser-Busch, among others. Hari critics say that they qualified and in their attempt to build their brand irresponsible scaremongering. (The yoga mat compound was ruled safe by the FDA.) But her audience not to disturb: life babe logged a record 54 million visitors last year, and Hari's first book, The Food Babe Way, is in stores now. -Mandy Oakland
Singer Beyonce Knowles attends the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at the Forum on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California.
When Beyoncé lowered 2013 self-titled album online without warning, the 33-year-old pop star a new model for the release of records (it sold almost a million copies within a week) and inspired the likes of Drake and Azealia Banks to do the same. But their influence extends far beyond the music business: she has a kind of visual PR on her Instagram account in which the notoriously private star delighted family photos when mastered rumors of marital strife vortex ways, Gossip, publish without a word to dismiss. It is the combination of rare, highly charged intimacy and a notorious perfectionist work ethic, which they called "7/11" video that Beyoncé dancing to sleep in a sweatshirt and pants has continued, to 160 million views on YouTube reach. Her fans, known as Beyhive, are also one of the most active and loyal communities on the Internet: its vigilant commitment helped inspire Saturday Night Live sketch "The Beygency" about what happens when you say something bad about Queen Bey. -NF
Gwyneth Paltrow
In 2008, the 42-year-old actress was trying to be a lifestyle guru with Goop, a website and newsletter will Paltrow favorite fashion, recipes, hotels and more cover rebranding. This risk has paid off: Goop advertises a few reported one million subscribers, which Paltrow power distribution drive with a single recommendation and the platform to control their own promotion. In 2014, for example, GOOP they used their "deliberate disengagement" from husband Chris Martin to announce and the term immediately began trending on Facebook and Twitter. No wonder that other celebrities such as Blake Lively and Jessica Alba have tried to follow Paltrow footsteps.-DD
Tyler Oakley
The self-consciously wacky YouTube star has converted nearly 6.5 million subscribers not only followers on Tumblr or podcast subscribers in the real world success (although plenty of both), but. This year alone he interviewed Michelle Obama and his reporting on the Grammys red carpet appeared on CBS.com. He's also become one of the leading LGBT activist, money for the Trevor Project and speaking on behalf of gay youth.-DD
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
The embattled President of Argentina, 62, Twitter like to be open and controversial politicians worldwide. Last month, for example, she made global headlines for jokes about Chinese accents with her 3.6 million Twitter followers, and in one of its joint tweets, she explained that the mother of the dragon was her favorite character in the HBO series game of Thrones. Sometimes it is, what it does not say that Stokes debate. Like thousands of people gathered in Buenos Aires at the beginning of this year to mourn the mysterious death of a senior prosecutor, her Twitter feed was not striking the theme: "In the Chinese horoscope, I'm a snake." - Noah Rayman
Matt Drudge
Good of the Internet's most famous citizen journalist, Drudge rose to prominence in 1998 by breaking the news that Newsweek was sitting on a story about Bill Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The appearance of this side is not much changed since then, but the audience has. Drudge Report shelves now almost one billion page views each month a number that is bound to increase as the elections in 2016 loom larger and sometimes it is the top driver of traffic to news sites, surpassing both Twitter and Facebook, according to Pew Research Center.-OBW
Yao Chen
On Chinese microblogging -Site Weibo, the 35-year-old actress who advertises record 77 million followers by. The command of a population that exceeds the size of most countries And Yao, who has become for the High Commissioner for Refugees in 2013, a goodwill ambassador, it often causes knocking preceded them champions. When she shared a video dedicated for an organization to combat pneumoconiosis in 2011, for example, the group has $ 32,000 in two weeks, about 80 times its average inflow. Yao has the willingness more than a social commentary-risk approach in cross-China smog pollution shown by criticism and defense of a newspaper against the State censors. NO
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The popular fashion and beauty blogger who has 8.3 million YouTube subscribers and has more than 800 million times, is also a bona fide business woman in advertising revenue pulls in more than $ 500,000 each year. The 19-year-old has published original music, interviewed President Obama, and even monitor their own fashion line to Aéropostale, making it most googled designers in the world, followed by icons such as Kate Spade and Oscar de la Renta.-SG
The Russian blogger, 38, has a loyal following by exposing corruption in Putin's regime-or, as he calls it, "Shaping the crooks with a sharp stick." One of his contributions, for example, claimed a $ 4000000000 corruption scheme in the state oil company Transneft; It logs a million views in one day. Of course, this is not good with the Kremlin, which has tried twice Navalny sat and sentenced him to house arrest, and recently accused him of embezzlement. But as long as he connected to the Internet, it will be a big thorn in Putin's side and remain a force in Russian politics. NO
Some 8,600,000 follow Furlan escapades in the vine, making them the largest female celebrity site. "It has changed my life," says the 28-year-old Philadelphia native who plans anywhere from minutes to days she spends upload the clips (many of which are over-the-top characters like "Dora the Explorer Ghetto"). Now she has her sights as well as the development of a sketch show with Seth Green.-SG is set to other projects, as
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You may not be marketed as personal on social media, as some of their contemporaries engaged, but there is no denying Shakira social capital. The two-time Grammy winner advertises 107 million Facebook fans, more than any other person on the premises, including President Obama and Taylor Swift to give her a unique platform to promote their work and their causes. A 2013 post asking people to donate money for UNICEF as "World Baby Shower", counted 1,300,000 people, nearly 90,000 shares and helped make enough money to 80,000 polio vaccines and four tons of food to children worldwide provide. SG
Denny January Ali
The 52-year-old Indonesian political scientist and pollster is an unlikely candidate to compete with the likes of Ellen DeGeneres on twitter. But in a country where politics and social media have become intertwined his June tweet secure the then presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was retweeted more than 1 million copies and was then the second most common letter in the history of the place (infamous after DeGeneres Oscars Selfie). Jokowi won the election and January Ali continued his political insight, its 2,000,000 shares followers. NO
Anita Sarkeesian
Anita Sarkeesian
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Amidst the controversy #Gamergate this Canadian-American feminist was perhaps the public criticism of sexism in the gaming community (via her blog, YouTube and Twitter account), which earned her thousands of fans, and almost as many enemies. (She says she received death threats.) Recently, her blog, Feminist Frequency, funding from Intel was initiative to promote diversity in Tech.-SB
Josh Ostrovsky (also known as The Fat Jew)
Josh Ostrovsky
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The raunchy comedian is the Internet jester, posting funny photo memes (many of which he raises from sites like Reddit and Tumblr) and absurd presented photos of herself, all the joy and sometimes anger-his 3.2 million followers Instagram. Brands now have begun to pay for exposure to this target group. Last year, Stella Artois Ostrovsky flew to the Cannes Film Festival, where he celebrated with Sharon Stone and poured pink all over itself (for Instagram photo). Ostrovsky is also eyeing traditional media, working on a book and shows for Amazon and comedy Central.-SG
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October 12, 2014 in New York City.Michael Stewart Entertainment / Getty Images
The 30-year-old photographer behind people of New York, the massively popular photo blog, has more than 15 million fans on social media. But his greatest moment happened this year when he. Posted a photo of Vidal Chastanet, a 13-year-old student from Brownsville, a neighborhood with one of the highest crime rates in New York In the title, Chastanet the person who inspired him the most was: the principal, Ms. Lopez, because "if we get into trouble, they did not suspend us calls us into her office and explained how the society. built around us. And it tells us that every time someone is not home from school, a new jail cell is built. And once she made up each student, one after the other, and she told all of us that we are nothing . "The Post finally solved a fundraiser (defined by Stanton) sixth year Chastanet Harvard School Visit poster. The original goal was set at $ 100,000. In less than three weeks, she raised almost $ 1.5 million. Ashley Ross
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling attends the Lumos fundraising event hosted by JK Rowling at The Warner Bros. Harry Potter Tour on November 9, 2013, London, England.
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The author, 49, has Harry Potter online new life, answer fan questions, tease future projects and revealing about viral plot Extras, her 4.2 million followers on Twitter. Among those buzziest: A cryptic puzzles Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, the Potter Spinoff screenplay writing, and the fact that there are Jewish wizard at Hogwarts. It is, above all, that has on their fan page, Pottermore, which fell last July after Rowling a new story of Harry Potter as a 30-something.-AR
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
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The Indian Prime Minister has about 38 million total followers on Twitter and Facebook, more than any other leader in the world with the exception of President Obama. And unlike many of his contemporaries, recognizes modes that social media can be invaluable when trying to reach India's 200 million-plus online population directly. Last year, for example, he has President Obama's upcoming visit to India on Twitter, bypassing the traditional media outlets. NO
made a virtual power plant. Fallon advertises itself 22 million followers on Twitter, more than quadruple the number of competing host Jimmy Kimmel. And
his show has 6 million subscribers on YouTube, in the shadow figures
from Comedy Central and The Late Show with David Letterman (170,000). "Time Slot I do not care," Fallon said. "If people want to see you, they will find you." Namely: NBC estimates that happen 70% of the views Tonight Show online.-DD
Is this dress white and gold or black and blue? It's a question the whole world was asked last week, and the person who was asked it McNeill, a 21-year-old Scottish singer and guitarist who uploaded the photo from a wedding dress in Colonsay. Within a few days she had aggregated Tumblr Post by BuzzFeed and virtually every other media companies, and hundreds of millions of people had weighed in the debate, including Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian. Finally, novel, the brand in the UK that sells the dress, let the discussion: Although the optics on the photo are undeniably shaky, the dress is definitely black and blue.-BOW
The former management consultant, 35, commands an army of amateur nutritionist who watch her blog, Eating babe, to see "unsafe" ingredients that they should protest next. They bills itself as investigators, posting synopses under headings such as "General Mills or generally toxic?" This tactic may sound crass, but they are remarkably effective. Last year, for example, requires that Hari Subway stop, azodicarbonamide, a dough conditioner they branded the "Yoga Mat" ingredient. Within a day, her petition had 50,000 signatures; shortly thereafter, jettisoned the sandwich chain connection. She has also successfully targeted force and Anheuser-Busch, among others. Hari critics say that they qualified and in their attempt to build their brand irresponsible scaremongering. (The yoga mat compound was ruled safe by the FDA.) But her audience not to disturb: life babe logged a record 54 million visitors last year, and Hari's first book, The Food Babe Way, is in stores now. -Mandy Oakland
Beyoncé
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Beyoncé |
When Beyoncé lowered 2013 self-titled album online without warning, the 33-year-old pop star a new model for the release of records (it sold almost a million copies within a week) and inspired the likes of Drake and Azealia Banks to do the same. But their influence extends far beyond the music business: she has a kind of visual PR on her Instagram account in which the notoriously private star delighted family photos when mastered rumors of marital strife vortex ways, Gossip, publish without a word to dismiss. It is the combination of rare, highly charged intimacy and a notorious perfectionist work ethic, which they called "7/11" video that Beyoncé dancing to sleep in a sweatshirt and pants has continued, to 160 million views on YouTube reach. Her fans, known as Beyhive, are also one of the most active and loyal communities on the Internet: its vigilant commitment helped inspire Saturday Night Live sketch "The Beygency" about what happens when you say something bad about Queen Bey. -NF
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Gwyneth Paltrow |
In 2008, the 42-year-old actress was trying to be a lifestyle guru with Goop, a website and newsletter will Paltrow favorite fashion, recipes, hotels and more cover rebranding. This risk has paid off: Goop advertises a few reported one million subscribers, which Paltrow power distribution drive with a single recommendation and the platform to control their own promotion. In 2014, for example, GOOP they used their "deliberate disengagement" from husband Chris Martin to announce and the term immediately began trending on Facebook and Twitter. No wonder that other celebrities such as Blake Lively and Jessica Alba have tried to follow Paltrow footsteps.-DD
Tyler Oakley
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Tyler Oakley |
The self-consciously wacky YouTube star has converted nearly 6.5 million subscribers not only followers on Tumblr or podcast subscribers in the real world success (although plenty of both), but. This year alone he interviewed Michelle Obama and his reporting on the Grammys red carpet appeared on CBS.com. He's also become one of the leading LGBT activist, money for the Trevor Project and speaking on behalf of gay youth.-DD
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
The embattled President of Argentina, 62, Twitter like to be open and controversial politicians worldwide. Last month, for example, she made global headlines for jokes about Chinese accents with her 3.6 million Twitter followers, and in one of its joint tweets, she explained that the mother of the dragon was her favorite character in the HBO series game of Thrones. Sometimes it is, what it does not say that Stokes debate. Like thousands of people gathered in Buenos Aires at the beginning of this year to mourn the mysterious death of a senior prosecutor, her Twitter feed was not striking the theme: "In the Chinese horoscope, I'm a snake." - Noah Rayman
Matt Drudge
Good of the Internet's most famous citizen journalist, Drudge rose to prominence in 1998 by breaking the news that Newsweek was sitting on a story about Bill Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The appearance of this side is not much changed since then, but the audience has. Drudge Report shelves now almost one billion page views each month a number that is bound to increase as the elections in 2016 loom larger and sometimes it is the top driver of traffic to news sites, surpassing both Twitter and Facebook, according to Pew Research Center.-OBW
Yao Chen
On Chinese microblogging -Site Weibo, the 35-year-old actress who advertises record 77 million followers by. The command of a population that exceeds the size of most countries And Yao, who has become for the High Commissioner for Refugees in 2013, a goodwill ambassador, it often causes knocking preceded them champions. When she shared a video dedicated for an organization to combat pneumoconiosis in 2011, for example, the group has $ 32,000 in two weeks, about 80 times its average inflow. Yao has the willingness more than a social commentary-risk approach in cross-China smog pollution shown by criticism and defense of a newspaper against the State censors. NO
Bethany Mota
Bethany Mota
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The popular fashion and beauty blogger who has 8.3 million YouTube subscribers and has more than 800 million times, is also a bona fide business woman in advertising revenue pulls in more than $ 500,000 each year. The 19-year-old has published original music, interviewed President Obama, and even monitor their own fashion line to Aéropostale, making it most googled designers in the world, followed by icons such as Kate Spade and Oscar de la Renta.-SG
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Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
The Russian blogger, 38, has a loyal following by exposing corruption in Putin's regime-or, as he calls it, "Shaping the crooks with a sharp stick." One of his contributions, for example, claimed a $ 4000000000 corruption scheme in the state oil company Transneft; It logs a million views in one day. Of course, this is not good with the Kremlin, which has tried twice Navalny sat and sentenced him to house arrest, and recently accused him of embezzlement. But as long as he connected to the Internet, it will be a big thorn in Putin's side and remain a force in Russian politics. NO
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| Brittany Furlan |
Brittany Furlan
Brittany Furlan
Some 8,600,000 follow Furlan escapades in the vine, making them the largest female celebrity site. "It has changed my life," says the 28-year-old Philadelphia native who plans anywhere from minutes to days she spends upload the clips (many of which are over-the-top characters like "Dora the Explorer Ghetto"). Now she has her sights as well as the development of a sketch show with Seth Green.-SG is set to other projects, as
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| Shakira |
Shakira
Shakira
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You may not be marketed as personal on social media, as some of their contemporaries engaged, but there is no denying Shakira social capital. The two-time Grammy winner advertises 107 million Facebook fans, more than any other person on the premises, including President Obama and Taylor Swift to give her a unique platform to promote their work and their causes. A 2013 post asking people to donate money for UNICEF as "World Baby Shower", counted 1,300,000 people, nearly 90,000 shares and helped make enough money to 80,000 polio vaccines and four tons of food to children worldwide provide. SG
Denny January Ali
The 52-year-old Indonesian political scientist and pollster is an unlikely candidate to compete with the likes of Ellen DeGeneres on twitter. But in a country where politics and social media have become intertwined his June tweet secure the then presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was retweeted more than 1 million copies and was then the second most common letter in the history of the place (infamous after DeGeneres Oscars Selfie). Jokowi won the election and January Ali continued his political insight, its 2,000,000 shares followers. NO
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| Anita Sarkeesian |
Anita Sarkeesian
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Amidst the controversy #Gamergate this Canadian-American feminist was perhaps the public criticism of sexism in the gaming community (via her blog, YouTube and Twitter account), which earned her thousands of fans, and almost as many enemies. (She says she received death threats.) Recently, her blog, Feminist Frequency, funding from Intel was initiative to promote diversity in Tech.-SB
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| Josh Ostrovsky |
Josh Ostrovsky
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The raunchy comedian is the Internet jester, posting funny photo memes (many of which he raises from sites like Reddit and Tumblr) and absurd presented photos of herself, all the joy and sometimes anger-his 3.2 million followers Instagram. Brands now have begun to pay for exposure to this target group. Last year, Stella Artois Ostrovsky flew to the Cannes Film Festival, where he celebrated with Sharon Stone and poured pink all over itself (for Instagram photo). Ostrovsky is also eyeing traditional media, working on a book and shows for Amazon and comedy Central.-SG
The 30-year-old photographer behind people of New York, the massively popular photo blog, has more than 15 million fans on social media. But his greatest moment happened this year when he. Posted a photo of Vidal Chastanet, a 13-year-old student from Brownsville, a neighborhood with one of the highest crime rates in New York In the title, Chastanet the person who inspired him the most was: the principal, Ms. Lopez, because "if we get into trouble, they did not suspend us calls us into her office and explained how the society. built around us. And it tells us that every time someone is not home from school, a new jail cell is built. And once she made up each student, one after the other, and she told all of us that we are nothing . "The Post finally solved a fundraiser (defined by Stanton) sixth year Chastanet Harvard School Visit poster. The original goal was set at $ 100,000. In less than three weeks, she raised almost $ 1.5 million. Ashley Ross
J. K. Rowling attends the Lumos fundraising event hosted by JK Rowling at The Warner Bros. Harry Potter Tour on November 9, 2013, London, England.
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The author, 49, has Harry Potter online new life, answer fan questions, tease future projects and revealing about viral plot Extras, her 4.2 million followers on Twitter. Among those buzziest: A cryptic puzzles Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, the Potter Spinoff screenplay writing, and the fact that there are Jewish wizard at Hogwarts. It is, above all, that has on their fan page, Pottermore, which fell last July after Rowling a new story of Harry Potter as a 30-something.-AR
Narendra Modi
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The Indian Prime Minister has about 38 million total followers on Twitter and Facebook, more than any other leader in the world with the exception of President Obama. And unlike many of his contemporaries, recognizes modes that social media can be invaluable when trying to reach India's 200 million-plus online population directly. Last year, for example, he has President Obama's upcoming visit to India on Twitter, bypassing the traditional media outlets. NO
Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonGetty ImagesWhile his predecessor Tonight Show, Jay Leno, traded in bits that are fun, but ultimately disposable, 40-year-old Fallon-who of age with the -Internet creates not miss moments were developed, came to go viral. Among them: the reunion of the cast of nearly 22 years after the final Saved by the Bell and persuasion actress Emma Stone in lip-sync set to "All I Do Is Win." The Elan The Tonight Show
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