Celebrity Kylie Jenner, rapper Kanye West, actress Busy Philipps and news hound Matt Drudge have landed on Time magazine’s annual round up of the 25 most influential people on the Internet.
So did someone with 53 million Twitter followers – President Donald J. Trump.
The magazine released the annual list on Thursday after sizing up contenders by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to drive news.
Breaking records: Kylie Jenner, 20, made Time’s list of the 25 most influential people on the Internet thanks in part to this first snap of baby Stormi, the most liked image ever on Instagram
New mom: Kylie cradled her newborn in her arms in this adorable snap
According to Time, Kylie, 20, proved her social media worth in February when she shared the first photo of her newborn baby Stormi on Instagram, ousting Beyoncé’s 2017 pregnancy photo to become the most-liked image ever posted on the platform.
Meanwhile, rapper Kanye, 41, returned to Twitter in April after a year-long absence and seemed to have changed many of his former opinions calling President Trump his ‘brother.’
However it didn’t affect his standing with his 28 million followers, Time commented, who made sure his new album Ye, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard top 200 chart.
Actress Busy Philipps, 39, may have just 1 million followers but she has successfully parlayed her Instagram Stories adventures into a book deal, lucrative partnerships with brands including Michaels and Campbell Soup and recently, her own late-night talk show on E!.
Social media force: Kanye, West, 41, returned to Twitter in April after year-long absence and his 28 million followers made sure his Ye album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s top 200 list
News commentator and aggregator Matt Drudge’s online The Drudge Report became a force to be reckoned with after breaking the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky Affair in 1998.
The 51-year-old’s site now has over a billion monthly page views and counts President Trump as a fan. This year he called Drudge a ‘great gentleman’ who ‘really has the ability to capture stories that people want to see.’
When it comes to President Trump, Time says his ‘unorthodox stream of consciousness’ generates headlines and galvanizes his base.
Chatting it up: Actress Busy Philipps, 39, may have just 1 million followers but she has parlayed her Instagram Stories adventures into a book deal and her own late-night talk show on E!
Heavy lifter: Matt Drudge’s online The Drudge Report now has over a billion monthly page views and counts President Trump as a fan
The magazine credits the 72-year-old President with turning his Twitter account into ‘the ultimate presidential bully pulpit.’
Others who made the 25-entry list include Korean pop act BTS, which counts at least 50 million followers across English-language social media platforms,
Brothers and influencers Logan, 23, and 21-year-old Jake Paul have more than 33 million subscribers on YouTube, 27 million on Instagram and 21 million on Facebook.
Social activists Shaun King, Eman al-Nafjan and the students of Parkland, Florida, pushing for gun reform also made the cut.
The ultimate influencer: Time credits President Donald Trump, 72, seen in Fargo, N.D. on Wednesday with turning his Twitter account into ‘the ultimate presidential bully pulpit’