These are the top South African TikTokers of 2020!
Updated | By East Coast Radio
Throughout 2020, TikTok has provided us with entertainment, lifehacks, information, laughter, and a batch of brand new famous faces. So who has come out on top as Mzansi's favourites?
When it comes to the end of the year, lots of apps choose to give you a roundup of the year and tell you more about your use of the app.
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Spotify shows you which music was the true soundtrack to your year with #SpotifyWrapped. Facebook gives you a "best moments of" compilation, and Google gave us a list of the most frequent searches.
It only makes sense that TikTok should join in with their 'Year-end rewind' which tells us all about the top creators, effects, challenges, and songs.
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And this is a list of everything TikTok South Africa because local is lekker.
Throughout this socially-distant year, the platform allowed its community to stay connected by celebrating trends and spreading positivity. It has been amazing to see vibrant, diverse and creative content coming out of 2020 and we look forward to more of this in 2021- Boniswa Sidwaba (TikTok Content Operations Manager Africa)
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South Africa also showed the world that our TikTok stars can compete with the rest of them and the top 10 creators for this year were (in no particular order):
- @witney8
- @mpho_pink
- @siebritz twins
- @wianmagic
- @matthew_j_power
- @semoneskosan
- @_karabo.fxkiid
- @dineo.moumakoe
- @hallebberry
- @doctor.siya
And if there are any doubts as to why these are the people we chose to follow have a look at some of their best work below:
@wianmagic How is this possible? 😂 ##magic ##fyp ##foryou ##tiktoksouthafrica @nikuslourens
♬ original sound - Wian
@doctor.siya Pregnancy Myths 🤥 ##pregnancy ##pregnant ##pregnancymyths ##tiktokdoc
♬ original sound - Chris
@witney8 Life before anything else, stay at home 😂😂😂😂😂🇿🇦 ##lockdownsa
♬ QUARANTINE SHUFFLE - Larry Mo
@hallebberry Reposting ##hallesvids @tiktok.southafrica
♬ original sound - robinsonhalle48
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And of course, our local celebs also took to the app to show off their TikTok dance moves:
@casspernyovest Have you done the ##nokthulagalaxychallenge yet ?
♬ Nokuthula - Cassper Nyovest
While Sho Madjozi finally gave us a deeper insight into her lyrics:
@shomadjozi if you’ve ever wondered 😁
♬ January - Sho Madjozi
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The rest of the top 10 celebrity creator list include: Nasty C, Lasizwe, DJ Maphorisa, Nadia Jaftha, Gert-Johan Coetzee, Max Hurrell and Amanda du-Pont.
@lasizwe This ##DontRushChallenge isnt for everyone
♬ original sound - lasizwe
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Lastly, you can't mention TikTok without talking about challenges and music.
Some of the top challenges included the #johnvuligatechallenge, the #madibajivechallenge, and of course, the #Jerusalemachallenge.
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While the top hits on the app include 'Spirits Up' by Sho Madjozi, 'There They Go' by Nasty C, 'Jerusalema' by Master KG, and 'John Vuli Gate' by Mapara A Jazz (obviously).
And last, but not in the slightest the least, the now infamous remix of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma talking about the ban of cigarettes - 'Zol' by Max Hurrell.
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So there you have your one-stop-shop for all things TikTok SA for the year 2020.
We can't wait to see which celebs decide to take the plunge, which content creators go viral, and which songs will be the soundtrack to our lives in 2021.
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Main image courtesy of Mpho Pink Official Twitter
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