Chrissy Teigen, Donald Trump top list of TIME 25 most influential people on the internet

Time magazine has released it's third-annual list
of the 25 most influential people on the internet.
Chrissy Teigen, model and wife of John Legend
was unsurprisingly on the list, US President
Donald Trump made the list, Chance The Rapper,
J.K. Rowling and the maker of Pepe the Frog, one
of the most widely used memes online also made
it.
The editors of Time said they 'sized up
contenders by looking at their global impact on
social media and their overall ability to drive
news'.
In other words, when these people tweet, they're
not just weighing in on the news - they're making
it. See the full list below:
Katy Perry, recently passed 100 million followers
on Twitter.
Chrissy Teigen , nearly 20 million followers
between Twitter and Instagram.
Rihanna , one of the most followed celebs on
Facebook with 76 million. Kim Kardashian West,
over 100 million followers on Instagram alone!
Chance The Rapper , almost 10 million followers
across all platforms, the first artist to win a
Grammy for a streaming-only album.
J.K. Rowling, almost 11 million Twitter followers.
J.K. Rowling is famous around the world for her
intensely popular Harry Potter series. But
following the Brexit vote in England and the
election of Trump in the U.S., she has been using
her platform to critique nationalist movements.
Donald Trump, commands 32 million Twitter
followers.
Gigi Gorgeous - Is a transgender activist who
spent a decade chronicling her transition from
male to female. She now has over 5 million
followers across her social media platforms —
and her own documentary.
Matt Drudge - Is the founder of The Druge
Report . His site gets well over a billion monthly
page views.
Carter Wilkinson - The nugget-loving teen just
wanted to know how many re-tweets he needed
for Wendy's to give him a year's supply of free
chicken nuggets. What came with his order,
however, was instant internet fame and more
retweets than Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie. Don't
worry — he got the nugs, too.
BTS - This beloved Korean boy band has a
massive cult social media army.
Matt Furie - The 37-year-old artist created what
became the internet's most controversial meme,
Pepe the Frog. After the character he created for a
2005 web comic ended up being hijacked by
right-winged extremists as a hate mascot, Furie
had no choice but to kill off his creation.
Steven Pruitt (a.k.a. Ser Amantio di Nicolao) -
The 33-year-old U.S. Customs contractor works
by night as a prolific editor for Wikipedia. Since
2006, he's made about 2 million site edits and
has personally written articles on 212 influential
women.
Jonathan Sun - The artist has earned a big
Twitter following for being a pioneer in the
"wholesome memes" movement.
Bana Alabed - The 7-year-old Syrian refugee rose
to internet fame after tweeting about her fears of
dying in a bomb strike. She's since been
evacuated to Turkey and recently signed a book
deal.
Founders of The Indivisible Guide - Ezra Levin ,
Leah Greenberg , Angel Padilla , Sarah Dohl and
Matt Traldi used their time as congressional
staffers to create a how-to guide on effecting
political change — which has been downloaded
almost 4 million times.
Ariel Martin (a.k.a. Baby Ariel) - Musical.ly star,
30 million followers on the lip-syncing site.
Cassey Ho - Fitness Vlogger, founder of multi-
million dollar fitness empire, Blogilates.
Huda Katta - Beauty Blogger with 20 million
followers.
Mark Fischbach (a.k.a. Markiplier) - Video gamer
with over 17 million subscribers.
Branden Miller (a.k.a. Joanne the Scammer) -
His hilarious "scammer" character has racked up
3 million viewers across platforms.
Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin - Founders of
The Skimm , with over 5 million subscribers.
Yao Chen - The vocal actress is the most popular
person on Weibo , with 79 million followers.
Brian Reed - NPR host whose podcast S-Town
has reached tens of millions of listeners.
Alexei Navalny - The Russian opposition activist
garnered millions of followers after using
YouTube to break through the Kremlin's
information blockade.