Khaby Lame, arguably the most prominent star on ByteDance-owned short-form video hosting service TikTok, has posted his first long video on Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL YouTube.
What Happened: Lame’s first video on the platform, titled “Khaby Lame is officially on YouTube!” has already received more than 21K views.
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This Italian TikToker is getting positive responses from YouTube users as they are excited to see what kind of content he has planned to cater to the platform.
Watch the first video posted on Lame’s YouTube channel:
According to Lame’s YouTube channel, he joined the platform in 2016 and has more than 31K subscribers. He already has 14 shorts on the platform.
Why It’s Important: Senegal-born Lame used to work in a factory in Italy before the pandemic but was laid off during the COVID-19 surge. He moved back into his family apartment and started establishing a following on TikTok.
He quickly found success by mocking “life hack” videos with reaction videos, showing how to accomplish the tasks in easier and frankly obvious ways and then using his signature gesture.
Lame currently has 154.9M followers on TikTok. He is the most followed account on the platform, ahead of Addison Rae and Charli D’Amelio.
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