As the web goes mainstream, a brand new group of celebrities is emerging. The 100 people you will find below are shaping the future of the Internet (most for the better, some for the worse…), and as a consequence they are right under the spot light.
We gathered around 200 potential names and queried them on Google to see how many results they would generate. Some minor adjustments were made, and the 100 names with the highest number of results were profiled (as you can see it is not our fault that Chris Crocker ended at the 6th position!)
Celebrities that became famous prior to the explosion of the Web were not included. Hence you will not find the likes of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, despite our acknowledge that they are also influencing the Internet.
