Ten of the Most Outlandish Influencers on Social Media

As any social media user knows, influencers are everywhere. Usually, they pester us with adverts and monetized content. But some take a stranger approach. These bizarre influencers refuse to fit the usual mold. Instead, they have built a following from their unexpected, genuinely original ideas.

They are the true originals of the social media world: the diaper wearers, the pubic hair lovers, the AI beauty queens, the outspoken nans, and many more. This list salutes the influencers tearing up the rule book and dancing to the beat of their own drum.

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10 Lyle Forever, the Therapy Gecko

Many young social media users are obsessed with wellness. Living a calm, centered, mindful life is key. And who better to take life advice from than a man dressed as a giant gecko?

Yes, Lyle Drescher, known to his followers as Lyle Forever, is the online sage who listens to people’s problems in a reptile costume. He may not be a trained therapist, but the 27-year-old is on hand to lend his fans a warm ear as they struggle through their life issues.

Drescher started the project during lockdown to connect with people and combat isolation. From there, it went viral. Therapy Gecko racked up hundreds of thousands of followers on sites like Twitch and YouTube. When the world opened back up, he hit the road. Drescher now tours as Therapy Gecko, listening to audience members’ troubles and offering counsel while dressed in a gecko costume.^[1]

9 Sujindah Shows Love for Pubic Hair

Full bush in a bikini. 2025 might be the year TikTok disappears from the U.S., but in its dying days, those five words are emblazoned across the platform. Young women on the app have fallen in love with their body hair and are refusing to wax their bushes for summer bikini season.

The phrase took off thanks to a playful video from artist Sunijah. She claims she was “radicalised” by an Etsy review for a swimsuit in which the model boasted a lush thicket of pubic hair. “Like yeah, that’s how it should be,” she explains to millions of viewers. “That’s how it should be.” Sunijah’s clip has become a strange sort of battle cry as more and more women decide to ditch the trim and embrace the warmth of fully coated nether regions.^[2]

8 Sister Lisa and the Rise of #NunTok

Sister Lisa H might be the internet’s most beloved nun. With over 150,000 followers, the devout Catholic is something of a TikTok star. Lisa started using the app while working for a Christian college before becoming a nun. After entering a convent in California at the start of lockdown, a local brother encouraged her to use the platform to preach the word of God.

The tech-savvy sister is now based in Arizona and still uploads nun-focused content. Her videos include reflections on her journey in faith, help reading the Bible, and Q&A sessions on convent life. Her clips are so popular that Lisa has started getting recognized in public, and brands are reaching out for promotion—not the typical pious life of a nun.

And she’s not alone. There are now so many nuns on TikTok that #NunTok has taken off. Nun videos rack up tens of millions of views. Many see it as a new form of ministry, like The Daughters of St. Paul, whose digital evangelism includes sketches, dances, lip-synching, and reaction videos. A real-life Sister Act for the social media age.^[3]

7 Laura Jenkinson’s Chin Makeup Art

Laura Jenkinson is a beauty influencer with a difference. While most makeup artists might create gorgeous eyes or stunning rouge cheeks, she focuses on the chin. Based in London, she whips up all kinds of fabulous art on the bottom part of people’s faces. The Kardashians, Jay-Z, Lisa Simpson, Spongebob—Jenkinson has recreated them all in chin form.

She often uses her own chin and lips as her canvas, creating characters around her mouth and bringing her teeth and tongue into the artwork. Most of her drawings are cartoon characters of pop culture icons, but there’s a dash of political commentary, too. After drawing Donald Trump, she told her followers, “I know it’s not Halloween, but I wanted to do something terrifying.”^[4]

6 Kenza Layli, Pageant-Winning AI Beauty Queen

Artificial intelligence is changing the world as we know it, and beauty influencers are no exception. Automated social media stars are on the rise. Summer 2024 saw Fanvue host the first-ever AI beauty pageant. Digital beauty queens from around the globe, none in the slightest bit real, entered, hoping to become Miss AI.

The top prize went to Kenza Layli, a young, glamorous Moroccan made by programmer Myriam Bessa. Everything about Layli, including images, social media posts, and videos, is created by AI. Her “photos” are produced on image generators like DALL-E 3, while Bessa uses programs like ChatGPT for her speeches.

That’s right, even Layli’s acceptance speech was AI-generated. “Winning Miss AI motivates me even more to continue my work in advancing AI technology,” Layli told her thousands of fans. “AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a transformative force that can disrupt industries, challenge norms, and create opportunities where none existed before.”^[5]

5 Influencers Pushing Ozempic on TikTok

Another odd TikTok trend is the rising number of influencers earning thousands by advertising weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Medical brands are willing to pay big money for content creators to endorse their products. One user told reporters she was offered $15,000 for a 15-second clip on her Instagram story.

Ozempic, a brand name for the drug semaglutide, has boomed in popularity over the last few years. While Ozempic can be a struggle to get hold of, there are plenty of similar choices. Telehealth companies now sell GLP-1 starter kits. Online weight loss services like Zappy Health push semaglutide through TikTok and Instagram.

Some medical experts are concerned about influencers failing to tell their followers about the risk of side effects. The U.S. Congress is trying to pass laws against drug misinformation on social media. But the ads for semaglutide come thick and fast, often vanishing after 24 hours. The FDA only has a tiny crew to sift through them. For now, the flow of Ozempic ads continues.^[6]

4 Grandma Droniak and the New Wave of Granfluencers

Social media is not just for young people. Grandma Droniak has over 14 million followers on her TikTok account—not too shabby for a woman of 94. Droniak comes across in clips as an authentic, no-nonsense voice of experience. Her followers say she makes an endearing change to the average content creator. She posts sketches, tests out filters, and tells stories, including one where she rates her ex-boyfriends. She is also delightfully funny, often in a morbid way. “I got ghosted last week,” she explains, “But it was because he turned into a ghost. Slay in peace, Andrew!”

The trend of “granfluencers” is on the rise. Older influencers are proving that life does not stop at 60. Beyond Droniak, there is eye-catching fashionista Baddie Winkle, the fantastically svelte Ting Ma, and even male alternatives like The Old Gays.^[7]

3 Financial Influencers Taking Inspiration from the Stars

Social media is shaking up the stock market. Wannabe investors are turning to strange new sources for financial advice. More and more young people are pushing the broker away and instead asking the stars for guidance. TikTok is awash with influencers pushing the trend, encouraging users to buy crypto based on astrology and tarot readings.

One of the most popular is 25-year-old New Yorker Stefaniya Nova, known on TikTok as @blonderichwitch. She claims to earn around $5,000 a month by putting her trust in tarot cards and investing based more on vibes than traditional advice. “It’s a new way of making money,” Nova told reporters. “New possibilities for people: that you don’t have to, in this day and age, work as hard. Work smarter, not harder.”^[8]

2 Bumble Pree, the Adult Diaper Influencer

YouTube star Bumble Pree proudly touts herself as the world’s first adult diaper influencer. The bubbly 27-year-old suffers from multiple sclerosis, which causes issues with bladder control. But now she is on a quest to prove there is no shame in wearing adult diapers.

Fans can watch Pree modeling adult diaper brands and offering her opinion on new styles. She also films herself in diary-style videos for her thousands of followers, showing people the day-to-day reality of living with a disability.

The adult diaper industry is eager to use figures like Pree to prove that their products can be trendy and are nothing to be ashamed of. One brand, NorthShore, likes making Instagram posts full of young people in diapers letting their hair down. Another, Depend, even created a diaper tailored for goths that can withstand the chaos of a mosh pit.^[9]

1 Mariya and the Growing Trend of Tooth Karma

TikTok influencers like spiritual healer Mariya are pushing the bizarre new trend of teeth karma. They believe their dental health is deeply tied to their past lives and ancestry. Some say crooked teeth are a sign of karmic knots in your family tree. Others reckon that memories from past lives are contained in your gnashers.

This trend for toothy mysticism has bred all kinds of conspiracy theories around wisdom teeth and their extraction. Some social media users are convinced that dentists keep hold of patients’ wisdom teeth so they can clone them. Others say that wisdom teeth hold a deep connection with your inner self. As one content creator put it: “The last two letters of wisdom are ‘om’ and ‘om’ is a universal sound that connects you to your higher self.” Looks like we should all keep brushing and flossing, just in case we become untethered from our dental chakras.^[10]