--- description: Find out why Charli D’Amelio is one of the 100 most influential digital voices of 2025. title: Charli D’Amelio: TIME100 Creators 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c026f304ea4516/6998c8119fbc7cd5b8d9a3d5/TIME100-Creators-2025-Charli-DAmelio-007.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 09, 2025 # Charli D’Amelio @charlidamelio by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/) ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer  Todd Owyoung—NBC/Getty Images A pioneer of TikTok fame, Charli D’Amelio’s ascent to [social media superstardom](https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2021/5937737/charli-damelio/ "undefined") began in 2019 when she was just 15 years old. By the end of 2020, her viral dancing and lip-syncing videos had made her the first creator to surpass both 50 million and 100 million [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio?lang=en "undefined") followers. Today, with more than 156 million followers, the 21-year-old is the second-most popular person on the platform.  OK McCausland for TIME The intervening years have seen D’Amelio leverage her significant online success into a multi-faceted and highly lucrative career. Her ever-expanding resume now includes three seasons of her family’s Hulu reality series _The D’Amelio Show_, partnerships with brands like Dunkin’ and Morphe, and most recently, a role in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical _& Juliet_. “I was so young when I started doing this, and there were so many paths I could’ve taken,” she tells TIME. “I’m really happy with how it’s turned out. Who would’ve thought posting on TikTok could help get me on Broadway?”  OK McCausland for TIME _Data and insights powered by #paid_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299104/charli-damelio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299104/charli-damelio/"},"headline":"Charli D’Amelio","datePublished":"2025-07-09T11:17:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:29:52.427Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299104/charli-damelio/","keywords":["Social Media","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c026f304ea4516/6998c8119fbc7cd5b8d9a3d5/TIME100-Creators-2025-Charli-DAmelio-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"creator":"Megan McCluskey","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c026f304ea4516/6998c8119fbc7cd5b8d9a3d5/TIME100-Creators-2025-Charli-DAmelio-007.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":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299104/charli-damelio/","name":"Charli D’Amelio"}}]}] ```