Meet the 30 top Vine stars in the world

Forget 15 minutes of fame. Ever since its launch three years ago, Vine's stars have used its six-second videos to make a name for themselves, and now some are experimenting with the social network's new 140-second video limit.

To help you get a sense of why people love Vine, we collected and ranked the most popular Vine stars in the world, based on their number of followers and total vine loops - the number of times a vine has been played by viewers. Most are comedians, while others are musicians or actors.

These Vine users have risen from relative obscurity and are now followed by millions of people. Some have even landed record deals or TV show and movie deals because of Vine.