Khabane Lame Of Senegal Has Surpassed Charli D'Amelio Of The United States As The World's Most Followed TikTok Star

Khabane Lame Of Senegal Has Surpassed Charli D'Amelio Of The United States As The World's Most Followed TikTok Star

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The Senegalese comedian is now officially the TikTok star with the most followers worldwide.

American Charli D'Amelio, who held the top rank until on Thursday, June 23, was surpassed by 22-year-old Khabane Lame, who post under the handle @khaby.lame.

The 18-year-old dancer has 142.2 million followers, whilst Italian-born Khaby increased his following over night to 142.5 million after months of intense competition.

During the pandemic in March 2020, Khaby joined the platform, and his following swiftly rose as a result of his amusing films.

With her popular dancing moves, Charli quickly rose to the top of the site after joining in 2019, and by 2020, she had gained over 100 million fans.

She declared on stage at the moment that the accomplishment was "like a dream."

I can't believe there are 100 million supporters following me right now, she said in a video. Oh my goodness, that is insane.

'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!'

The social networking site praised her for the news and expressed how proud it was of her accomplishments.

TikTok said in a statement: 'In less than 18 months, Charli has grown into one of the most recognized and beloved TikTok creators in the world.'

'While we're extremely proud of Charli and all that she has accomplished since she shared her first TikTok video in May 2019.'

Meanwhile, TikTok disclosed that it would give $100,000 to American Dance Movement, a group working to improve access to dance education in the US, in Charli's honor.

Khabane lost his work in March 2020, during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and returned to live with his parents. He took advantage of the lockout to create a TikTok account, swiftly rose to the top of the platform, and profited from the situation.

'The pandemic had just started, and I was bored with a lot of time on my hands, so I started making videos on TikTok,' the star told Forbes.