10 Most Famous American Influencers 

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10 Most Famous American  Influencers  

Influencers, market, and endorse products on their social media pages. When you partner your brand with the right influencer, you create huge success for your business. 

Social media influencers establish themselves as knowledgeable key opinion leaders. They have active social media accounts with a lot of followers. 

That is not all, they may also have persuasive strengths such as attractiveness, likeability, niche expertise, and perceived good taste. Marketing may take many different forms. 

The influencer creates unique, creative content that engages their followers who in this case are a brand’s target customers. 

Marketers use influencer marketing to establish credibility in a market, create social conversations about brands, and focus on driving online or in-store sales.   

Here are the 10 most famous American Influencers. 

1. Kim Kardashian  

Kim is an American socialite, model, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton and also from a leaked sex tape. She married and later divorced Kanye West and they have four children. 

Kim has developed a significant online presence across numerous social media platforms with millions of followers. Over the years she has endorsed beauty products like waist trainers, and teeth whiteners as well as other brands and charities. 

She owns a billion-dollar shapewear empire, a beauty, and fragrance business, and other ventures. endorsing beauty products like waist trainers, and teeth whiteners as well as Coca-Cola and well-known charities.  

The reality TV star turned business-woman and soon-to-be-lawyer is among the most sought-after mega influencers in America. 

2. Logan Paul  

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Logan is an American YouTuber, social media personality, and professional wrestler. He is one of the biggest social media influencers in the world today.  

Having achieved significant success as a YouTube personality and actor, Logan has captured the hearts of millions of dedicated followers. His YouTube channel has over 23 million subscribers and close to 6 billion views. 

He dropped out of university in 2014 to pursue a career as a full-time social media entertainer. Paul has been involved in several controversies over the years.  

In 2017, he visited the Aokigahara “suicide forest” in Japan, he filmed a suicide victim and uploaded the footage to his YouTube channel. 

3. Dwayne Johnson  

Dwayne Douglas Johnson is also known by his ring name ‘The Rock’. He is a former professional wrestler, regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He is also an actor and businessman. 

He is one of the most influential and most-followed people in the world. The Rock has close to 300 million followers on Instagram and TikTok. His field of influence is fitness. 

The Rock has partnered with Under Armour Inc., an American sports equipment company that manufactures footwear, sports, and casual apparel. 

As an actor, he has starred in several blockbuster films, including The Fast & Furious franchise.   

4. MrBeast  

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MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is an American YouTube personality that was credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts. His success has largely been a result of attracting audiences with extravagant and obscure challenges.   

His main YouTube channel has 97.6 million subscribers. He was the first creator to surpass 10 million views on every single video for a year straight. His videos often involve him donating large amounts of money to individuals, with many of these videos being sponsored by various companies.  

He also sometimes hosts competitions in video games for large prizes,  pulling off elaborate challenges and large-scale sponsored giveaways. 

5. Emma Chamberlain  

Emma Chamberlain is a young YouTube superstar who has already racked up immense levels of success. From fashion videos to travel vlogs, Emma’s diverse content appeals to a wide range of audiences who are quick to imitate her style and opinions.  

Being a universally-relatable influencer, Emma is a great individual to collaborate with. She has worked with many brands like Vogue and Louis Vuitton during Paris Fashion Week.   

6. James Charles  

James Charles Dickinson is an American beauty YouTuber and makeup artist. His YouTube channel offers an array of makeup tutorials and challenges. In the past, he has collaborated with other huge influencers and celebrities such as Kylie Jenner. 

As one of the biggest beauty influencers in the world today, James Charles is the creator of some of the most demanded beauty content. More recently, the star has expanded his reach by diversifying into the music industry, creating his content as well as collaborations. He has 24 million followers. 

7. Markiplier  

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Markiplier is an American YouTuber and online sensation with an enormous social following. His channel has over 33 million subscribers and well over 18.4 billion total video views.  

The star began his successful gaming career on YouTube where he continues to create engaging and comic gaming content.  

From his influential position, Markiplier regularly uses his platform for charitable purposes, presenting himself as a great brand ambassador of any partnering companies.  

8. Dolan Twins

Being amongst the group of leading YouTube influencers globally, Ethan and Grayson Dolan have no doubt established benchmarks within the world of influencers and social media.  

Initially starting on the video-sharing platform Vine, the twins quickly gained recognition for their entertaining content that soon spread onto various other social media platforms.  

Their YouTube channel has over 9 million subscribers and over 1 billion views. The duo keeps their fans active and involved when delivering their content to ensure their reputation as the two of the biggest entertainment influencers is not affected.   

9. Ariana Grande  

Ariana is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is one of the world’s most influential celebrities with a large following on social media.  

She became the most followed woman on Instagram in 2019 and has over 300 million followers as of 2022. Ariana has also ventured into the cosmetics and fashion industries. Lately, she has been promoting her beauty brand and her perfume line. 

10. Kylie Jenner  

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Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American media personality, socialite, model, and businesswoman. She is a member of the Kardashian family and is the founder and owner of the cosmetic company Kylie Cosmetics. 

With over 350 million Instagram followers, Kylie is one of the most influential members of the Kardashian clan. She maximizes reach through partner collections with her mum Kris, and her sisters, Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney. 

The power of the Kylie Cosmetics brand is that her social media followers are real fans. They want to know all the ins and outs of her daily life. She has a built-in network of influencers and has endorsed several brands.