The Viral Streamer: tahalivestreams!

Two years ago he was posting his first videos on TikTok. Now tahalivestreams counts more than half a million followers across four platforms.

Behind the account is Mehmet Taha K., an entertainer based in Germany who makes short comedy clips and hosts livestreams. His TikTok account had 426,200 followers and 32.3 million likes, according to his public profile.

Much of that reach comes from aura farming, the trend Taha started, in which people film themselves looking effortlessly confident. By his count, videos connected with it have been watched close to a billion times.

He also has 60,300 followers on Instagram, 15,000 subscribers on YouTube and a channel on Twitch, where he streams live.

Away from his clips, Taha runs Taha SMP, a Minecraft server for his followers.