{"id":234382,"date":"2026-03-31T23:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/the-influencers-with-millions-of-followers-who-dont-actually-exist"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:28:43","slug":"the-influencers-with-millions-of-followers-who-dont-actually-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/the-influencers-with-millions-of-followers-who-dont-actually-exist","title":{"rendered":"The influencers with millions of followers who don\u2019t actually exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-influencers-with-millions-of-followers-who-dont-actually-exist2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lil Miquela has 2.5 million Instagram followers, a high-fashion wardrobe, and a clear political voice. She has advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com.au\/culture\/news\/is-lil-miquela-real-17842\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQI+ community<\/a>, fronted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/input\/style\/lil-miquela-pac-sun-campaign-digital-influencer\" target=\"_blank\">major brand campaigns<\/a>, and built a devoted global fanbase. She also has no pulse.<\/p>\n<p>Lil Miquela is a virtual influencer, a computer-generated character designed to look, sound, and behave like a real person. And she is not alone.<\/p>\n<p>In China, <a href=\"https:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202209\/21\/WS632a74b6a310fd2b29e78e30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Liu Yexi<\/a> blends traditional aesthetics with cyberpunk visuals to amass a huge following. Ling, created by Chinese AI startup Xmov, has <a href=\"https:\/\/kr-asia.com\/chinas-virtual-idols-are-reshaping-the-ways-brands-reach-gen-z-consumers\" target=\"_blank\">promoted Tesla, Vogue, and luxury tea brand Nayuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Miquela has 2.5 million Instagram followers, a high-fashion wardrobe, and a clear political voice. She has advocated for Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQI+ community, fronted major brand campaigns, and built a devoted global fanbase. She also has no pulse. Lil Miquela is a virtual influencer, a computer-generated character designed to look, sound, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}