MANILA, Philippines - From politicians, celebrities, singers to ordinary people; social media plays a great role in making people famous worldwide. But really, who is the most popular above all?
TIME has rounded out the most buzzworthy personalities on the Internet by analyzing social-media followings, site traffic, and overall ability to drive news, and more.
And believe it or not, the person who prompted The Dress, which got everyone insane made it to the cut.
Caitlin McNeill posted the photo of the dress on her Tumblr account and it brought her Internet popularity.
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"Guys please help me - is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freakinG out!" she captioned.
Various media outlets have written their own argument whether the dress was really blue and black or white and gold. Science has explained that the color people see varies because it mainly depends on the lighting.
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But whatever, the dressmaker outlet selling the dress already said it's BLUE AND BLACK and even posted a photo of it online.
We can confirm #TheDress is blue and black! We should know! http://t.co/qAeIIHzJxk pic.twitter.com/kkxjUbmgI3
— Roman Originals (@romanoriginals) February 27, 2015 Here's the full list of the most influential people on the Internet as ranked by TIME:
- Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg
- Taylor Swift
- The Jester
- Nash Grier
- Barack Obama
- Kim Kardashian
- Joy Cho - blogger
- Janet Mock
- Justin Bieber
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Grace Helbig
- Vani Hari
- Beyoncé
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Tyler Oakley
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Matt Drudge
- Yao Chen
- Bethany Mota
- Alexei Navalny
- Brittany Furlan
- Shakira
- Denny Januar Ali
- Anita Sarkeesian
- Josh Ostrovsky
- Brandon Stanton
- JK Rowling
- Narendra Modi
- Jimmy Fallon
- Caitlin McNeill