Influencer Community Mourns Notable Losses of 2025
The digital world is paying tribute to the lives of numerous social media personalities who passed away in 2025.
On April 1, a nursing influencer, Hailey Okula, died at the age of 33 following the birth of her first child.
The subsequent month, the Chandler, Arizona, Police Department confirmed to Us Weekly that content creator Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son, Trigg Kiser, died after he was discovered unresponsive in the family’s backyard pool.
Filipino TikTok star Emman Atienza also died in October at age 19. The following month, the death of travel influencer Anunay Sood was announced by his “family and friends.”
The online community also grieved the loss of Austrian beauty influencer Stefanie Pieper and Karen Sofia Quiroz Ramirez, both of whom died in November. The month after that, Riziki Ilenre died at age 27, YouTube star Adam the Woo died at age 51 and TikToker Epic Gamer Grandma died at age 78.
Nigerian influencer Anda “LazyWrita” Damisa and Spanish influencer Jorge García-Dihinx both died in late December.
Continue scrolling to remember the influencers we lost this year:
