Exclusive data reveals the top 5 rising stars on TikTok, the short-form video app loved by Generation Z

Avani Gregg is a 17-year-old TikTok star known for her comedy, dance, and challenge videos.

Gregg also has a successful YouTube channel with 180,000 subscribers where she uploads comedy videos like, "I prank my best friend."

Gregg sells merchandise like T-shirts and iPhone cases through the website FanJoy.

TikTok followers: 6.4 million

Instagram followers: 1.3 million

Madison Vanderveen is a model and TikTok star known for her dancing and lip syncing videos.

Vanderveen, 17, also runs the YouTube channel Madison Taylor wih 42,000 subscribers where she vlogs about her everyday life.

TikTok followers: 2 million

Instagram followers: 150,000

Alex French is a 16-year-old TikTok star who started her account in late 2019. She's known for her lip syncing and comedy videos.

In a day, French went from 300,000 followers to 1 million, according to BuzzFeed.

TikTok followers: 2.2 million

Instagram followers: 227,000

Charli D'Amelio gained popularity on TikTok for her lip syncing, dance, original choreography, and montages. D'Amelio is 15 years old and started her TikTok account in June 2019.

D'Amelio gained over 5 million followers in less than three months, according to BuzzFeed.

She told NBC News in November that she wasn't entirely sure why her account exploded in popularity and that her guess was that TikTok's algorithm was working in her favor.

TikTok followers: 12.2 million

Instagram followers: 2.2 million