Entertainers

Amelia Dimoldenberg has perfected the art of deadpan flirting and made it a career. The 31-year-old British journalist and comedian is best known for Chicken Shop Date, her viral interview series where she awkwardly chats with celebrities over fried chicken in London fast food joints. The show, which has accumulated more than 600 million views on YouTube, began as a cult project in 2014 but exploded globally in recent years, thanks to Dimoldenberg's hilariously dry delivery and unmatched ability to disarm her guests. Whether she’s teasing Andrew Garfield or sparring with Central Cee, she turns cringe into charisma, making her one of the most distinct comedic voices of the moment. Her red carpet interviews — marked by the same signature awkward charm — have also become viral staples, as have her brand collabs with major fashion houses and tech companies like Bumble. She’s since parlayed her success into TV hosting and acting roles, all while staying true to her ironic internet roots. Where others aim for effortless charm, Dimoldenberg leans into the cringe and makes it look cool.

If you're not watching The Bodashians on TikTok, "there's something to be said" for that. With a total of 3 million followers on social media under the Britney Spears-inspired handle @bomanizer, Boman Martinez-Reid is one of the new power players in entertainment, blurring digital and traditional media, and going viral more times than reality TV includes unnecessary pauses. From 2020's "cough heard round the world" video and his Kardashian-inspired TikTok series made with his best friend Eden Graham, Martinez-Reid has taken his love and knowledge of reality TV and truly run with it. "Finally, the entertainment industry is meeting people where they are at and respecting what people are watching," Martinez-Reid told Mashable in May 2025. The 27-year-old actor and content creator successfully jumped from YouTube to Instagram to TikTok, then signed a deal to make his own Crave TV show, Made For TV, released a pop song, and guest-starred in A24's Overcompensating. It's only the beginning, people.

Making a career from eating chicken may sound like a near-impossible task, but it’s worked wonders for two of the creators on this list. Sean Evans, host of YouTube channel First We Feast’s interview show "Hot Ones", has been a viral internet staple since the show’s launch in 2015. "Hot Ones" involves Evans and a celebrity guest eating a series of increasingly spicy wings, and while the uniqueness of the format plays a big part in its success – many of the top episodes have tens of millions of views – Evans’ well-researched questions and friendly interviewing style are just as key an ingredient. With BuzzFeed selling First We Feast to a group of investors that included Evans in 2024, the host is now part-owner of the show — and he’s indicated in recent interviews that he has no plans to stop any time soon.

Keke Palmer is one of the funniest humans gracing our screens today.

Whether she's belting out Cynthia Erivo's final vocal from Wicked or apologizing for not knowing "who this man is," Palmer never fails to bring us side-splittingly memeable moments just by being herself.

The actor and singer found breakthrough success starring in Akeelah and the Bee in 2006 before going on to act in Hustlers, Nope, and One of Them Days (2025).

In 2022, Palmer launched her popular podcast "Baby, This is Keke Palmer," featuring interviews with the likes of Usher, Tina Knowles, Ciara, Tyler Perry, and many more. She's amassed a following of 14.5 million on Instagram and another 8.4 million on TikTok, and continues to brighten our feeds with a sparkling wit and energy that won't quit.

Since joining Saturday Night Live in 2018, the Baltimore-born Egobunma "Ego" Nwodim has emerged as one of TV's most versatile and beloved comedians. After a successful seven-year run, she departed the SNL cast in 2025, having cemented her place in sketch comedy history. At 37, she's coming off back-to-back NAACP Image Award nominations (2024 and 2025) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

Nwodim's razor-sharp impersonations and popular skits — from Dionne Warwick to her viral “Lisa from Temecula” on SNL (8.5 million views on YouTube alone) — have made her a standout in comedy circles. She's amassed a following on her own socials as well; her Instagram @eggyboom has 394,000 followers.

And Nwodim isn't just a performer. She’s the creator and host of her new podcast Thanks Dad, where she invites celebrity guests — Bill Burr, Wayne Brady, Bobby Moynihan — to be her “Dad for the Day,” pairing laughter with life lessons.

Earlier this year, Nwodim went viral again with a hilarious call-and-response bit in which the SNL crowd yelled "s***." Also, in 2025, Nwodim played co-host during this year's Met Gala event, which celebrated the fashion culture of Black Dandyism. Simultaneously, she's given back to her community by leading improv workshops for Baltimore youth.

One of the greatest modern comedy duos, drag queens Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova have had audiences cackling with their audacious attitudes since Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race (2015). Their oddball chemistry of Dolly Parton Barbie meets chaos-demon clicked with LGBTQ+ audiences, leading to the hot-topic web series UNHhhh. That in turn led to the television spinoff, Viceland's Trixie & Katya Show (2017), their podcast, The Bald and the Beautiful (655k subscribers on YouTube), and I Like to Watch, a cheeky web series where they deliver outrageous commentary on Netflix shows, like Black Mirror, Squid Game, and Temptation Island. 

Clips from all of the above have made this wild duo true icons of the internet. Katya has over 700K followers on TikTok and 2.8 million followers on Instagram (@katya_zamo), while Trixie has 2.5 million followers on TikTok and 4.3 million on Instagram (@trixiemattel). Their content ranges from fabulous make-up tutorials to funny sketches and unapologetic opinions, but it always delivers an edge that keeps fans gagging for more.

British TikTok star and internet personality Nicholas Flannery, 29, found fame through his iconic "Rich White Lady" comedy skits. Flannery would don a blonde wig, long cardigan, and grab a large glass of white wine to perform these sketches, which helped him amass 5.5M TikTok followers and nearly 500M likes. Flannery has since branched out into movie and TV show-inspired skits, parodying popular character tropes. Recurring series include "every movie where the CEO has an affair with a younger man," "every movie where the husband crosses the line with the bestie," and "every movie where the husband cheats and the wife hatches a plan." In December 2024, Flannery was awarded TikTok’s Entertainment Creator of the Year.

From TikTok dances to Broadway choruses, Charli D’Amelio has done it all. The 21-year-old Norwalk, Connecticut, native now resides in Los Angeles, and with 156.6 million TikTok followers, she’s the platform’s second-most-followed creator. D’Amelio began posting dance videos in 2019 and became the first creator to surpass 100 million TikTok followers in November 2020.

She’s since parlayed that fame into numerous opportunities, lending her voice to the animated film StarDog and TurboCat in 2020 and co-starring with her sister on Hulu’s reality series The D’Amelio Show.

In October last year, D’Amelio made her Broadway debut in the ensemble of & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, where she’s been so well-received that her run keeps getting extended.

With 42.1 million Instagram followers and a YouTube channel that boasts over 9 million subscribers, who knows what D’Amelio will do next?

If you’re looking for K-drama–inspired videos that pack blockbuster energy into a single swipe, Alan Chikin Chow is your man. The 28-year-old Dallas native has become YouTube’s top Shorts creator, with his Alan’s Universe channel boasting almost 95 million subscribers and 54.5 billion views since launching in February 2020. Chow’s colorful, comedic sketches, often inspired by popular media, have also landed him 18 million TikTok followers and 2.2 million Instagram followers. Late last year, Chow opened a 10,000-square-foot production studio in Los Angeles so he can scale up production of his high school drama series, which sees videos such as “Evil Teachers vs Good Students” and “Our School is Haunted” reaching tens of millions of viewers. In April, Chow announced that he is starting a label in partnership with entertainment and media company HYBE America. The joint venture’s first project is a global talent search to create a new mixed-gender pop group that will star alongside Chow in an original streaming series.

Marco Summers, also known as Funny Marco, has built a comedic brand blending pranks, sketches, and celebrity sit-downs. The 32-year-old, who now calls Atlanta home, originally comes from Kansas City, Missouri. The city was also the basis for his first viral video in 2018, Kansas City first 48, a spoof of the homicide detective show The First 48. Since then, Summers’ audience has ballooned, with 2.7 million TikTok followers, 5.3 million Instagram followers, and 1.4 million YouTube subscribers. One of his most beloved franchises, Open Thoughts, finds Summers conducting straight-faced comedic celebrity interviews with the likes of Kevin Hart and Nikki Minaj to hilarious effect. In 2024, Summers partnered with Bleacher Report to launch a satirical sports show called Marco Is Off the Ball, where he spoofs NBA postgame pressers. Episodes have featured everyone from Jared McCain to Shaquille O’Neal, with Summers skewering the tropes of postgame interviews with sharp wit, proving that even a mock presser can become a viral event.

Drag’s unapologetic queen of transformation, Plastique Tiara, has rewritten the rules of drag by mixing high-fashion glamour with experimental social-media spectacles.

Duc Tran Nguyen, 28, first electrified audiences as a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 in 2019 and returned for All Stars Season 9 in 2024, where she represented The Asian American Foundation in the $200,000 charity challenge. The Vietnamese-American performer was born in Ho Chi Minh City and now calls Los Angeles home.

Since joining TikTok in August 2019, Plastique has become one of the platform’s most-followed drag queens, with 11.9 million followers. Her Instagram audience has also swelled past 4.4 million. Last year, Rolling Stone recognized Plastique as one of its 25 Most Influential Creators of 2024. Between globe-trotting DragCon appearances, touring the U.S. and Canada, and viral transformation videos, Plastique continues to push drag into bold new territories.

With a razor-sharp blend of stand-up, sketch, and musical comedy (auto-tuned guitar and vocals included), Morgan Jay has turned social media into his stage, tallying some 7.5 million TikTok followers and 4.7 million on Instagram as of 2025. A Tisch School of the Arts alum, Jay broke out in 2023 by turning crowd‑work into viral, interactive performances, famously leading audiences to respond in song via auto‑tune (“Just Friends?” has more than 129 million views on TikTok).

His reach has extended into TV with appearances on MTV’s Wild ’N Out, Girls5eva, Night Court, and Bring the Funny, plus a widely shared 2023 special, Live at The Village, that he self‑released on YouTube after streaming platforms passed. Billboard named him one of the Top 15 Musical Comedians in mid‑2025 — a fitting acknowledgment for the musical comedian who champions improvisation and shared performance energy with his "goofy gang."

When heartbreak struck, Eric Sedeño responded with a bold haircut and a brand-new TikTok account. The Plano, Texas–born creator, known online as @ricotaquito, joined the platform in 2020 and quickly found his stride with comedic sketches and trend-driven riffs. He cemented his place as a creator to watch after just seven months when his second viral video reached half a million people.

Today, he has more than 1.2 million followers on TikTok and over 550,000 Instagram followers. His posts blend situational humor with the kind of bright energy that feels like FaceTiming your funniest friend. Beyond TikTok, Sedeño’s creativity stretches far wider. He’s a graphic designer, creating the branding, packaging, and website for the candle business he runs with his brother. A proud queer Mexican American now based in New York City, Sedeño continues to approach social media with both intentionality and joy.

From competitive dancer to TikTok royalty, Addison Rae Easterling kicked off her career as a content creator in 2019 with viral dance videos. Within months, her follower count skyrocketed, helped along by her stint in the Hype House creator collective. She has now amassed over 88 million TikTok followers — making her one of the platform’s top stars — and over 34 million followers on Instagram. Addison Rae made the leap from short-form videos to a broader stage in 2021, starring in Netflix’s teen rom-com He's All That and dropping her debut single "Obsessed." She's kept the momentum going with the 2023 horror-thriller Thanksgiving and a record deal with Columbia, which produced the glossy single "Diet Pepsi" in 2024. Then came her biggest moment yet: her debut studio album, Addison, released in June 2025, opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Now, she's taking that success on the road with The Addison Tour, spanning Europe, North America, and Australia.