Influencer

//ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who or a thing which influences.
  2. 2
    a person who has a large following on one or more social media platform that works to generate interest in contemporary social issues and/or advertise consumer products wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

    "By now you have probably heard of influencers, that group of internet-famous people who have more than a million social media followers and can make big money by plugging various brands. And you may have even heard of microinfluencers, who do the same thing for a still sizable but somewhat smaller social media audience — from the tens to low hundreds of thousands."

Etymology

From influence + -er.

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