These 10 Social Media Influencers Have Raised More Than $8M for Charity

BARCELONA, Spain, July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The past three years have seen the rise of influencer marketing. Today more established influencers are settling into the power that comes with having such a large audience and are using it to raise awareness for the issues that concern everyone in their communities. In a new report, Fanrush compiled a list of 10 social media influencers who have raised over $8M for charities all over the world.

Ninja - $3.281.328

In total, he has raised over $3.2 Million for several causes, including The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Suicide Prevention. In one of those fundraisings campaigns that he started, he asked for donations for St. Jude's Hospital in exchange of him getting his first tattoo - which was the word "ninja" in Japanese. With this campaign alone, Ninja raised over $300,000.

Pew de Pie - $2,570,828

In 2013, to celebrate 10 million subscribers he decided to run a campaign on behalf of Charity: Water. This campaign raised almost $450,000 but PewDie wasn't done he later lead other fundraisings including $239,000 for CRY INDIA; $342,828 for Save The Children and $1.3M for Red.

Tyler Oakley - $1,086,928

His campaign to support The Trevor Project helped raise $525,679 in 2014. Fans were encouraged to donate to help and win a dinner out with Tyler. The following year, Tyler repeated the fundraising and raised another groundbreaking amount: $532,224.

Judy Travis - $713,000

Roughly six years ago, family vloggers Benji and Judy Travis launched their Dancember initiative, a holiday fundraising effort that also comprises a dance-filled, 24-hour live stream. Dancember benefits Convoy Of Hope. In 2015, the Travises raised roughly $221,000, in 2016 over $500,000 and the numbers kept on growing the following years.

Connor Franta - $190,000

Connor has shown the power of his influence on raising awareness and more than $190,000 for The Thirst Project, a non-profit organization whose aim is to bring safe drinking water to communities around the world. To support his fundraising Franta used a prizeo campaign for his birthday, rewarding the supporters with a coffee with him.

Jack and the Finn Harries - $177,496

One of their most successful projects was the "The Rickshaw Run", a series of shoots during a trip to India, the Harries twins have raised $177,496 for a teenage cancer trust with the help of a Prizeo campaign.

Mike Sherbakov - $52,800

In 2015 Sherbakov founded The Greatness Foundation, with a mission to positively impact one billion lives. Committed to learning, He had raised more than $50,000 in several crowdfunding campaigns aimed to build houses for families in need.

Adam Rippon - $40,000

He announced in 2018 that he had launched a fundraising campaign to support GLAAD's culture-changing LGBTQ youth programs. To this day, his crowdfunding has raised more than $40,000 for the organization - and anyone can still donate here.

Zoe Sugg - $17,700 in one day

As Mind's ambassador, Zoe started a fundraising campaign on her 28th birthday, asking her fans to donate for Mind and they did not only achieved the goal of $10,000 but surpassed by $7,700 more, all raised in one day. Sugg continues to advocate for the Mind project to this day.

About Fanrush

Fanrush is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2018, developing tools to empower content creators and influencers grow their audience, be the best in their fields of expertise and build deeper connections with their fans. Through their tireless commitment to their mission Fanrush is poised to build a space for content creators to be able to show their personality, beliefs & causes they believe in, and to be discovered by fans and brands that align with their values.

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