In a world where everything from studies to business going digital, social media is the place where everyone is. That’s why businessmen, brand owners are using social media platforms to grow themselves and their brands. The brand is using strong influencers to market its product. This is nothing new. As the pandemic started, the number of social media users went to their peak. And the influencers started to grow. Many social media influencers are doing many new things to inspire and impress us. So in this article let us see some top social media influencers in India who are killing it on their social media channels.
- Kusha Kapila
- Dolly SIngh
- Prajakta Kholi
- Ranveer Allahbadia
- Mithila Palkar
- Rohan Joshi
- Kenny Sebestian
- Kanan Gill
- Bhuvan Bam
- Srishti Dixit
- Abish Mathew
Kusha Kapila
Kusha Kapila no no Billi Maasi is what she is. This 31-year-old Instagram sensation was a content writer at first. She works as a fashion editor for iDiva. She is now ruling Instagram with her hilarious yet so powerful videos. She has created her fictional character “Billi Maasi” and the character soon became viral showing her in the limelight.
Initially, Kapila wanted to become a journalist. She joined Indira Prashta college for women to pursue English literature and then she joined NIFT to complete her Bachelors in Designing. She first wanted to become a journalist, she then joined theatre and did street plays. On Instagram, she also portrayed many other characters like Nayana, but her Billi Maasi is the one which gave her fame and recognition.
Dolly Singh
A fashion blogger, social media content creator, and social media influencer Dolly Singh is absolutely an Instagram sensation. She is famous for her fictional character “Raju ki Mummy” on her YouTube channel. This 27-year-old Instagram influencer is killing it on social media.
She got her fame because of her funny, quirky videos that never failed to make us crack a laugh. She is a famous content developer in iDiva. Her videos on fashion trends are always top-notch. She also started her own fashion blog “Spill the Sass” back in her college days.
Prajakta Kholi
More than Prajakta Koli, we used to know her as Mostlysane. This 27-year-old social media influencer is famous for her funny videos on youtube. She started her career at the age of 15 as a theatre artist.
Her videos are mostly relatable and observational comedy based on daily life. She started her journey as an anchor and theatre artist then she went on to a radio station. But her journey to the radio station ended with a sad note because it didn’t work out well and the radio station went off-air. But then when she opened her youtube channel after convincing her parents, it became a big hit and she is now doing amazing works as an influencer and also as a YouTuber.
Ranveer Allahbadia
The beer biceps who is a social media influencer as well as an entrepreneur is all about fitness, motivation, yoga. Hailing from a doctor family, he chose Engineer as his career. But during his final year, he was determined that he couldn’t do anything in Engineering, so he joined various internships to get to know his interest.
Ranveer was a chubby kid and he underwent 3 surgeries. He joined a gym to make him fit. And that’s when he got an idea to start a gym with his coach. One investor told him to do some social media marketing so that they will get big opportunities.
That’s when Ranveer started a youtube channel named Beer Biceps to answer fitness-related questions. And then the rest is history. Now he is hosting a podcast with various personalities of the society named “TheRanveerShow ”. He is definitely an inspiration. Choosing Engineering was quite a bold decision for him, being a person who belongs to a family of doctors.
Mithila Palkar
Mithila Palkar, a chirpy young girl who is known for her character Kaavya in little things is an actor, influencer, and much more. Although her journey was not that difficult, she still faced some obstacles on her journey which is so common for every Indian girl hailing from a small town.
The nerd Mithila took active participation in her scroll activities. She joined theatres at the age of 12 and she said that “Theatre is her first love”. If I say a simple song can change one’s fate overnight, would you believe me? But in Mithila Palkar’s life, her song “Hi Chal Turu Turu” changed her whole life overnight. That’s where Mithila Palkar came into the limelight. That’s when this curly girl’s life started to hit the peak of stardom and she started doing acting and influencing.
Rohan Joshi
Rohan Joshi is honored with amazing skills and talents. In a nutshell, Joshi is a multi-talented young man. Social media influencer, stand-up comedian, actor, television performer, writer, and performer. Before entering into social media Rohan was a journalist. She worked at two reputed news forums of India, that is CNBC and Times Now.
He currently has 400K+ Instagram followers. He also wrote many Filmfare awards and worked as a comedian in All India Bakchod.
Kenny Sebastian
Kenny Sebastian is someone who is born for comedy. He is a standup comedian and musician, adding to that he is also a filmmaker. This social media influencer’s video is all you need to relax on a stressful night. Sebastian initially made songs from tweets and that gave him the initial popularity.
Now he is very popular. But in his early days, people warned him that Comedy is a bubble. Despite everyone’s warning, he took comedy as his profession, and now he is killing it on every platform. He initially posted some of his clips of standup comedy but then later he dropped one-hour solos on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
If you want to laugh out loud and also if you want to drown in the music, Kenny is all you need. You can just visit his videos to release your stress.
Kanan Gill
This standup comedian is not only a comedian but also an actor. He has this special power that never fails to crack you up. He has a YouTube channel in the name of “Pretentious Movie Reviews” where he and another fellow stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath review movies. Behind the Youtube Comedy hunt, he is also one of the members along with many other personalities. He also co-hosted the 2017 Youtube FanFest.
Initially, he started out as a software engineer. Meanwhile, he participated and won in Bangalore Punch Line and Comedy Store in Mumbai. He then after 3 years of working as a software engineer he quit his job to make his comedy a career.
Gill also worked in the comedy show The Living Room on Comedy Central. He also launched his special show keep it real on Amazon Prime.
Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar bam is an Indian stand-up comedian, singer, writer, songwriter, and also YouTuber. Initially, Bham didn’t use any high-quality costly camera to shoot his video. He just used his mobile phone’s front camera to shoot his video and uploaded it on Facebook then he moved to youtube.
He started his social media career by uploading a video where he criticized a news reporter who asked ridiculous questions to a mom who lost her son due to the Kashmir floods. Then the video took a toll on his life and changed his entire life. The viral video is the starting point of his social media career.
Srishti Dixit
Shrishti Dixit, one of the most popular social media influencers who are a YouTuber and also a content writer. Initially, after completing her graduation Srishti worked as a journalist for Bollywood Life. Then she started to work as a Bollywood content writer at Buzzfeed. Eventually, she started featuring in the videos of Buzzfeed.
Later she was featured in many videos including “If people acted like Geet from Jab We Met”, “If you were Crime Master Gogo”, “If real life was like Big Boss”. Srishti gained popularity for her act in the video titled “If you acted like Poo in real life”.
Abish Mathew
Abish Mathew is an Indian standup comedian and also YouTuber. Initially Abish started his career as a Radio Jockey in Red FM and later he took up comedy as a career. He hosted a comedy talk show titled “Son of Abish” which featured many personalities.
Apart from “Son of Abish”, Mathew also hosted a comedy analysis series called “Journey of a Joke”. He also released his specials in the Amazon Prime video named “Whoop”.
Final Words
Many people underestimate the power of social media. There are many people who made social media influencing as a career and they made it their life. Social media is literally a playground and brands are playing with that with the help of social media influencers. Brands understand that customers are now smarter than ever and they are buying products only from the one whom they trust. And that’s why brands are smartly using social media to influence people with the help of social media influencers. Hope the article helps you.
