Charli D'Amelio accused of buying followers on TikTok, days after reaching 100 million mark

Just days after reaching the coveted 100 million follower mark, 16-year old TikTok sensation Charli D'Amelio is now being accused of buying followers.

Fresh off a nightmarish week which saw her lose a whopping one million followers in a day due to her family chef video controversy, Charli D'Amelio recently grabbed headlines once again, by becoming the first TikTok star to gain a 100 million followers.

However, recent allegations by TikTokers have now cast a shadow of doubt over her stellar achievement, as it is alleged that she is buying followers in order to sustain her phenomenal follower growth:

BREAKING NEWS THAT WILL MOST DEFINITELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Charli D’Amelio buying followers, according to several TikTokers. One TikToker found some of Charli’s followers have blank accounts that don’t show they’re following Charli. Another one found unusual spikes in her growth. pic.twitter.com/k06cm3EtzP

— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) November 24, 2020

While the TikToker above provided visual proof regarding the presence of questionable followers, another pointed out her follower graph which has been witnessing an unusual pattern of activity of late:

This TikToker found unusual spikes in Charli D’Amelio’s followers. Charli appeared to be consistently losing followers, however, every few second she gets one large bump in followers, then proceeds to incrementally lose followers. pic.twitter.com/Acro2DCgH9

— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) November 24, 2020

These recent allegations against Charli D'Amelio have now opened up a whole new Pandora's box online, regarding the practice of buying followers across various social media platforms.

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Did Charli D'Amelio buy followers to reach the 100 million mark?

Charli D'Amelio is one of the most popular TikTok stars on the planet, who along with her sister Dixie, has been dominating the TikTok charts.

Her growth on the video-sharing platform has been phenomenal, as in the span of a year and a half, she has amassed a whopping 100 million followers.

From appearing on The Jimmy Fallon Show to starring in an animated movie, StarDog and TurboCat, Charli D'Amelio is currently in the midst of a prolonged purple patch.

Apart from her TikTok videos, she also posts videos of baking and make-up tutorials. She often tries her hand at video games such as Fortnite as well.

However, recently, she was embroiled in a major controversy when she and her sister Dixie were accused of being rude and ungrateful to their family chef, which led to a significant amount of backlash online.

After addressing the controversy in a tearful video, she returned to making content, and soon hit the 100 million mark, amid much fanfare.

Now, a few days later, TikTokers are accusing her of allegedly buying followers, which has led to several reactions online.

Check out some of the reactions to Charli D'Amelio buying followers online:

I knew it

— Jayla Boswell (@JaylaBoswell) November 24, 2020

I’m mean what do you expect she got followers for no reason at all

— Rhynell Reese (@RhynellR) November 24, 2020

James Charles buys his followers too

— Veyoncé (@HURRiCANEANUNN) November 24, 2020

Makes sense I've literally never seen her on my FYP. Not once how is that even possible

— Jaymieee (@JimothyJams) November 24, 2020

Surprised? No. Shocked? Not at all. Was this expected? Highly

— ᴺ브리ˣ⁴ (@ReiRyukazaki) November 24, 2020

Some of the followers she has are not even following her It’s crazy how u buy followers y just love the people who actually follow u

— Natasha Briseno (@NatashaBriseno) November 23, 2020

Lmao charli damelio is buying followers to stay at 100 mil 😭🌽

— Vanish jainormis 🌽 (@jainormis) November 24, 2020

I’m sorry but I will not understand how someone like her who just dances has that many followers over the course of a year but YOU who is much more talented (sorry not sorry) has an extremely less amount. The tea is she has to be buying them or they’re all bots. Idk lol

— Lauren ✨ (@love_laurenxoxo) November 22, 2020

@charlidamelio what app are you using to buy these followers?🤔 pic.twitter.com/gxDiWew0Oi

— 🤎 (@boredthingzx) November 23, 2020

Why do tik tokers buy so many fake followers lol. @charlidamelio literally went from 99.5 million to 100.3 million in less then 12 hours, and there’s tons of proof she buys followers all the time why is this such an issue with that app and only that app

— Jordan Sowers (@IsThatJMS) November 22, 2020

The practice of influencers allegedly buying followers has been an ongoing debate for a while now. However, Twitter doesn't seem too pleased with the idea that TikTok's biggest star could very well have jumped on to the bandwagon, to sustain her phenomenal numbers on the platform.

As a result, her recent achievement seems to have invited scrutiny, as the internet continues to speculate over the possibility of Charli D'Amelio buying followers on TikTok.