Taryn Delanie Smith shares the story behind her viral rise

Did you know that Taryn Delanie Smith voices Tammy – one of the characters in her comedy sketches – with her real voice and not using a filter?

It’s one of many details we discovered about the content creator during a video interview celebrating her place on Mashable 101’s list of impactful influencers. The comedian sat down with us to discuss the unlikely journey that took her from a West Seattle-raised American diplomat to Miss New York and one of the internet’s most beloved voices.

With more than 1.1 million followers on Instagram And 1.6 million followers on TikTok — not to mention the podcast she co-hosts with her best friend Tiffany Singleton, We are your daughters – she builds a world defined by humor and empathy.

She tells us about the moment her second TikTok video blew up overnight, the parts of the internet worth remembering forever, and what she hopes the digital world will look like in ten years.