Kent's biggest social media celebrities revealed

From Chatham lifestyle gurus to TikTok comedians from Dover, who are Kent's internet stars?   Bartholomew Hall reports.

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00:00Alessio Russo, 863,000. Orlando Bloom, 7.1 million. These are just two of Kent's celebrities

00:09who haven't found it hard to gain a following online thanks to their stardom. Cristiano

00:14Ronaldo has long been hailed as one of the most successful footballers, but now can be

00:18labelled as one of the most successful influencers too, after he reached a billion followers

00:24across all his social media pages. That's more than 500 times the population of Kent.

00:30Even after scoring 900 goals and taking home 33 trophies, Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly

00:36still ready to make some career records, even in the online space. It's hard to imagine

00:41what a billion followers really looks like, but perhaps not so surprising, as with the

00:45continued rise of platforms like TikTok and even new ones like Threads, the role of the

00:50social media influencer is becoming ever more common, and there's even a fair few that

00:55have been popping up here in Kent. You might not have heard of Dover's Aaron Kraskal, but

01:06he's been making people laugh online for more than a decade, with a combined follower tally

01:11of 3 million. Whilst Aaron calls himself an idiot with a camera, other online celebrities

01:17like Tasha Newcombe from Chatham take the lifestyle approach, showing off their lavish

01:21routines and promoting brand products for a profit to her almost 60,000 Instagram fans.

01:28So it's clear to see why the influencer life might be appealing, and the data proves it,

01:33with 17% of young people choosing it as their dream career.

02:03And it's not just individuals becoming more popular online, social media itself has this

02:17week overtaken television for the first time, as the number one place to keep up to date

02:23with news here in the UK. So next time you're online, why not give us a follow for all the

02:28latest. Bartholomew Hall for KMTV.