People

Brainiest Asian Influencers Online
By Kelli Luu | 08 Sep, 2025

Here are 5 of the smartest influencers that are using their brains to help inspire and educate viewers online.

These Asian influencers have brains and serious followings and they are using their influence to school the world with their knowledge. 

Number 5: Nemo Zhou 

She holds Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Master chess titles and she also began live streaming full time on Twitch in 2017. Zhou has over 1.6 million followers across all social media platforms as she shares her chess mastery alongside lifestyle, fashion, and gamer content. 

Number 4: Miki Rai

She’s a pediatric ICU nurse who began creating videos about her job back in 2010. Since then she has documented her life as a nurse and also shares her own personal travel experiences. By putting out such diverse content, Miki Rai has accumulated over 2.5 million followers on TikTok and over 800 thousand followers on Instagram. 

Number 3: Humphrey Yang

With over 4 million followers across his platforms, Yang is the finance guy to go to if you want to make money talk easy. He’s known for his valuable advice and clear analogies that explain investing and saving. Yang’s 260-day posting streak earned him a loyal fan base and he is now developing his YouTube presence with an impressive 1.5 million subscribers. 

Number 2: Dr. Anthony Youn

He’s known as ‘America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon’ and he is excellent at keeping his 8.4 million TikTok followers entertained with anti-aging hacks and wellness tips. Youn is a board certified holistic plastic surgeon who shares his expertise through social media, his best selling book Younger for Life and his podcast, The Dr. Youn Show. 

Number 1: Ankur Warikoo

With 2.6 million followers on LinkedIn alone, Ankur Warikoo is a serial entrepreneur, author, and mentor. He has built a fan base of over 16 million followers across platforms and has been recognized for his advice on personal finance that he shares in order to help inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and content creators. 

Whether it's through finance tips or chess strategy, these Asian creators are proving that brains and influence go hand in hand and they definitely have the following to back it up.