TikTok star Kyle Thomas is one of the most followed British creators on the social media app. The teenager, who only turned 18 last month, shares multiple videos every day.
At the time of writing, the teenager has amassed 33.7 million followers and has more than 1.5 billion views across his videos. His content ranges from comedy clips, lip sync and dancing videos and short snippets of his home life.
Kyle is originally from Kent but now lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He shares his home with more than 25 animals including a meerkat called Mylo.
Thanks to his buzzing social media career, Kyle has been able to visit places such as America, Dubai and Europe for his work. He has been seen on red carpet events like the Pride of Britain awards and at the premiere of the new Stranger Things season.
In July of this year, Kyle released his first graphic novel called Guardian of the Realm. In it, Kyle and his sidekick, meerkat Mylo, find themselves in a magical and mysterious alternate universe filled with wonderful and wild creatures.
The synopsis says: "A dark creature has found its way through an open portal and is wreaking havoc in the real world. People are frightened for their lives and now it is down to Kyle and Mylo to save the world."
In an appearance on This Morning, Kyle was dubbed the UK's highest-earning TikTok teenager and admitted that he earns enough to live comfortably. When questioned by hosts Andi Peters and Rochelle Humes, Kyle confessed that he could easily buy a new toaster, a new car or even a new house.
"I left school so I could go and do this as a job," he admitted. "I was in school and I was thinking I'm making so much money."
He admits that the secret to being successful on the app is being constantly active and the proof is in the pudding. At the time of writing, Kyle has posted more than 60 videos to his profile in just a week and has admitted in the past that he's posted up to 25 clips in a single day.
Many of his videos feature his menagerie of pets, which Kyle hopes will one day star alongside him on TV. As well as his BBF Mylo, Kyle and his family share their home with another meerkat named Dorothy, two marmoset monkeys called Trisha and Freddie and their newest family member a capybara called Elizabeth.
There are also spiders, scorpions, giant land snails, tree frogs, parrots, dogs and even owls.
His love for animals is international, as he recently shared on his TikTok clips of him releasing baby sea turtles into the ocean during a trip to Bali. Kyle also shared an incredible video of him setting birds free after he saw they were being kept in a bag for sale at a market for just £10.
In the future, Kyle hopes he can turn his social media success and love for wildlife into a television career. Maybe we're looking at the next host of a The Really Wild Show reboot?
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