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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 1 Characteristics of 6 VIs

From: Fake human but real influencer: the interplay of authenticity and humanlikeness in Virtual Influencer communication?

Operator

Brand-operated

Non-brand-operated

Name

Lu of Magalu (@magazineluiza)

CB of Casas Bahia (@casasbahia)

GEICO Gecko (@thegeicogecko)

Miquela Sousa (@lilmiquela)

Noonoouri (@noonoouri)

Guggimon (@guggimon)

# Of followers

6 M

3 M

30 K

2.9 M

404 K

1.5 M

Operator type

Brand (Magazine Luiza)

Brand (Casas Bahía)

Brand (Geico)

Media agency (Brud)

Media agency (Opium Effect)

Entertainment agency (Superplastic)

Country of Origin

Brazil

Brazil

USA

USA

Germany

USA

Year the account created

2014

2012

2013

2016

2017

2018

Likes total

112,390,347

164,182,794

3,649,927

261,686,083

24,640,304

7,517,063

Comments total

1,280,520

1,286,627

10,318

1,088,673

200,676

44,157

Follower engagement

18.95

55.16

122.01

90.61

61.49

5.04