[Lifestyle] Biggest Australian stars on TikTok right now

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2020 was the year we learnt a lot of things, from what social distancing meant to what a sourdough starter was.

But home baking aside, one thing we all got acquainted with quickly was social media app TikTok, which people embraced faster than you could binge watch all the episodes of Tiger King.

TikTok’s addictive array of short clips proved the perfect antidote to the long weeks in lockdown where there became such a thing as too much Netflix.

But Aussies haven’t just spent the year watching TikTok, they’ve also been making them, with several users turning into bona fide celebrities – here are some of the biggest stars that emerged on the app this year. 

With a mammoth 16.3 million fans on TikTok, Sarah Magusara wears the crown for being the most followed Australian on the app.

The 19-year-old mum’s videos have gotten more than 900 million likes, with her dancing videos the most po[CENSORED]r.

The Gold Coast woman also posts videos of her working out and with her one-year-old daughter Zamira.

“I didn’t tell anyone I was pregnant until I was 21 weeks because I thought people would look down on me,” Sarah told Stellar magazine in August.

“Instead, it was the complete opposite. Having a baby increased my audience. Young mums started following me and the feedback I received was really positive. I really love how they like my lifestyle.” 

With 1.1 million followers Anna Paul has built a huge mostly local fan base on TikTok thanks to her sunny daily vlogs, which usually get anywhere between 500,000 to upwards of a million views.

As well as being famous for her daily recaps, Anna also posts openly about her cosmetic work, earning the money for her lavish lifestyle through her OnlyFans account.

Anna told news.com.au back in July she started her TikTok back in 2018 when few had heard of the app.

“I had TikTok when people would make fun of you for having TikTok,” she said with a laugh. 

“People were like, ‘Ew, why do you have TikTok, what is it?’”

But the 21-year-old realised early on the app would one day blow up.

“It was my first or second or third TikTok walking in my room, and I have a laundry chute in my bedroom in my closet,” Anna said.

The video “blew up”, getting a million views with “so many people” reacting to the simple clip.

“It was weird, but that’s when I was like, ‘Oh wow, this could be something’,” Anna said.

“Even though it was only one little viral video I thought, wow this is a new way to get noticed.”  

If there was a first family of TikTok in Australia front and centre would be Mikayla Testa and Anna, who as well as being friends have a family connection.

Mikayla is dating Anna’s brother Atis Paul and last year made headlines for complaining about Instagram losing its like count.

But more recently she has started doing daily vlogs like Anna and has more 360,000 followers on TikTok. 

Sasha shares hilarious skits and videos with her seriously glam mum Therese, with the mother-daughter duo first going viral earlier this year.

Back in March, Sasha posted a video she had secretly filmed of her bikini-clad mum giving her photo posing tips.

The clip has since gone on to get more than 1.6 million views, with people commenting that Therese was the “winner of the best mum award”.

“I loved how easy to use the platform was and how creative I could get with it while being true to my personality, so got totally addicted very quickly,” Sasha told 9Honey back in May.