--- description: Find out why Eric Sedeño is one of the 100 most influential digital voices of 2026. title: Eric Sedeño: TIME100 Creators 2026 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeb1f0425cf3e0a4/6a562d510b10e0b6b0e47cfd/stime-100-creators-2026-Eric-Sedeno.JPG?branch=production --- Jul 14, 2026 # Eric Sedeño @ricotaquito by [Leslie Horn Peterson](/author/leslie-horn-peterson/) ## Leslie Horn Peterson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Brendan Wixted “Just found out my ex isn’t doing too well,” Eric Sedeño says wistfully to the camera before “Built This Way,” the 2004 song made famous by _Mean Girls,_ comes in like the ending of a movie where the protagonist suddenly realizes she’s going to be OK. The 29-year-old Sedeño, who has 1.3 million followers on [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@ricotaquito?lang=en "undefined"), originally rose to internet fame by donning various wigs for skits like one where he imagines Sadness from Pixar’s _Inside Out_ dancing to a Sexyy Red song to become “Badness,” or _Harry Potter_’s Severus Snape “if he slayed,” among other takes on familiar characters. He also shares his experience as a gay, Latino Zillennial on his LGBTQ+-focused pop-culture podcast, _Wild Wild Web_. _Powered by Whalar Group_ Eric Sedeño Is on the 2026 TIME100 Creators List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/eric-sedeno/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/eric-sedeno/"},"headline":"Eric Sedeño","datePublished":"2026-07-14T11:30:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-14T12:36:36.387Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/eric-sedeno/","keywords":["TIME100 Creators","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeb1f0425cf3e0a4/6a562d510b10e0b6b0e47cfd/stime-100-creators-2026-Eric-Sedeno.JPG?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Leslie Horn Peterson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/leslie-horn-peterson/"}],"creator":"Leslie Horn Peterson","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeb1f0425cf3e0a4/6a562d510b10e0b6b0e47cfd/stime-100-creators-2026-Eric-Sedeno.JPG?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-creators/","name":"TIME100 Creators"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/eric-sedeno/","name":"Eric Sedeño"}}]}] ```