Riyaz Aly, Faisal Shaikh, Aashika Bhatia; a look at artists who achieved fandom through TikTok

Though the video-sharing app TikTok initially received mixed reactions from many and was also looked down upon, has now emerged to be one of the sources of high visibility, showcasing talent and monetary growth. Many ordinary people like Faisal Shaikh, Awez Darbar, Sameeksha Sud and many other artists have become so huge that artists from the Hindi film industry collaborate with them to promote their projects. Let's take a look at such TikTok stars: (Photo: Instagram)

Riyaz Ali is one of the youngest influencer on TikTok with 32.2 million followers on the video-sharing app. Riyaz has already featured in music videos with Neha Kakkar, Siddharth Nigam, Anushka Sen and Avneet Kaur. From Shilpa Shetty, Avneet Kaur to Deepika Padukone, he has collaborated with some of the best names. (Photo: Instagram)

Faisal Shaikh, popularly known as Mr. Faisu is next in line after Riyaz with 23.4 million followers, on this app. Faisal's video account had got suspended but was restored just a few days ago. However, that did not let any decrease in his fan following and he kept making videos with his other friends. He is a true example of rags to riches story. From Alia Bhatt, Sana Khan, Elli AvrRam and many other artists, they've made videos with him. (Photo: Instagram)

Arishfa Khan started out from the television show Veer Ki Ardaas Veera. The young girl has 23.2 million followers on TikTok and has made videos with music sensation Guru Randhawa. (Photo: Instagram)

Although Awez Darbar has 23.1 million followers, he is a big hit among the celebrities. From Urvashi Rautela, Nora Fatehi, Neha Kakkar and making many videos with Deepika Padukone and Sana Khan, the young turk is quite popular. To add to it, Awez has also done music videos. (Photo: Instagram)

Jannat Zubair also started off as a child artist in television show Phulwa. The actress has now become a huge influencer on TikTok and is making many music videos. She has also featured in many digital advertisements too. (Photo: Instagram)

Once you open TikTok, the person who is all over the place spreading happiness with her cuteness is Sameeksha Sud. She has a massive fan following of 20.1 million people. (Photo: Instagram)

Aashika Bhatia did a few television shows and also played the role of Salman Khan's step sister in the film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. She has a fan following of 14.8 million on TikTok. She mostly makes videos with her boyfriend Roshan Gupta and recently made a video with Asim Riaz for his new song. (Photo: Instagram)

Nagma Mirajkar is Awez Darbar's girlfriend and has 13.0 million followers on TikTok. Most of her videos are with Awez. (Photo: Instagram)

Hasnain Khan is from Faisal Shaikh's group and is quite popular too with 12.5 million followers. (Photo: Instagram)

Bhavin Bhanushali (11.6 million followers) became so huge on TikTok that he was called for the youth-based show Splitsvilla 12. Bhavin has collaborated with many big names and his trio with Sameeksha and Vishal Pandey as 'Teentigada' is super hit. They've also done a few music videos together and the songs are a blockbuster on TikTok. (Photo: Instagram)

Vishal Pandey has the perfect looks of a chocolate boy. HIs jodi with Sameeksha Sud is the most-loved and his solo heartbreak videos go instantly viral on the app. Each video crosses more than 30 mn views. The artist has equal followers as his friend, Bhavin - 11.6. Bhavin, Vishal and Sameeksha's friendship is very admirable. (Photo: Instagram)

Shadab Khan has 10.9 million followers on TikTok. He makes videos on all the trending topics but focuses more on producing original content with Muskan. His videos are then re-created by many other users. Shadab and Muskan''s jodi is also one of the most adored ones. (Photo: Instagram)