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'The Dress' owner one of TIME's most influential people on the Internet

Alixandra Caole Vila - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - From politicians, celebrities, singers to ordinary people; social media plays a great role in making people famous worldwide.  But really, who is the most popular above all?

TIME has rounded out the most buzzworthy personalities on the Internet by analyzing social-media followings, site traffic, and overall ability to drive news, and more.

And believe it or not, the person who prompted The Dress, which got everyone insane made it to the cut.

Caitlin McNeill posted the photo of the dress on her Tumblr account and it brought her Internet popularity.

RELATED: What is the color of this dress?!

"Guys please help me - is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freakinG out!" she captioned.

Various media outlets have written their own argument whether the dress was really blue and black or white and gold. Science has explained that the color people see varies because it mainly depends on the lighting. 

RELATED: #TheDress that launched a thousand MEMES

But whatever, the dressmaker outlet selling the dress already said it's BLUE AND BLACK and even posted a photo of it online.

 

Here's the full list of the most influential people on the Internet as ranked by TIME:

  1. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. The Jester
  4. Nash Grier
  5. Barack Obama
  6. Kim Kardashian
  7. Joy Cho - blogger
  8. Janet Mock
  9. Justin Bieber
  10. Ta-Nehisi Coates
  11. Grace Helbig
  12. Vani Hari
  13. Beyoncé
  14. Gwyneth Paltrow
  15. Tyler Oakley
  16. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  17. Matt Drudge
  18. Yao Chen
  19. Bethany Mota
  20. Alexei Navalny
  21. Brittany Furlan
  22. Shakira
  23. Denny Januar Ali 
  24. Anita Sarkeesian
  25. Josh Ostrovsky
  26. Brandon Stanton
  27. JK Rowling
  28. Narendra Modi
  29. Jimmy Fallon
  30. Caitlin McNeill

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