Uzbekistan’s leading influencers are guiding a new generation in a language and style it understands. True thought leaders do more than attract an audience: they raise important issues, offer solutions and lead by example.

The creators on this list are, in our editorial team’s view, the leaders in their respective fields.

According to the editorial team of Uzbekistan’s Club magazine, the following people made the list of Uzbekistan’s Top 7 influencers:

• Jamshidkhon Ziyokhonov
Our editors chose Jamshidkhon as the top influencer in the social category. Active on both Instagram and YouTube, he has nearly half a million followers. In our magazine, he appears as Léon (Jean Reno), the title character of Luc Besson’s 1994 drama thriller “Léon”.

• Khusnora Shadieva
With nearly 780,000 followers on Instagram, @khusnorik was named the best in the travel category. The heroine of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” suits her not only in looks but in character as well.

• Shahzod Bahodirov
Named the best in the business category, Shahzod is the founder of the Thompson brand and has 153,000 followers on Instagram. As a fitting persona for him, we chose Harry Potter, the most famous student at Hogwarts.

• Nadira Abdurakhmanova
Nadira Abdurakhmanova was named the best influencer in fashion. She is known on social media as @nadi_uz. Among all film characters, there could hardly be a better match for her than Miranda Priestly, so Nadira appears on the pages of our magazine as the lead character of “The Devil Wears Prada”.

• Sadulla Abdullayev
The top influencer in technology, Sadulla Abdullayev, is known on social media as @texnoplov. On Instagram, Texnoplov shares tech news and his knowledge of technology with more than 262,000 followers. In our magazine, he is portrayed as the title character of the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”.

• Azam Kakhramoni
The top influencer in education is Azam Kakhramoni, an unconventional teacher known on social media as @teacherazam. Teacher Azam shares his knowledge of English and education with more than 501,000 followers on Instagram. In our magazine, he is portrayed as Sherlock Holmes from the 2011 film “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”, the role played by Robert Downey Jr.

• Mutabar Khushvaktova
The top influencer in ecology, eco-activist Mutabar Khushvaktova, is known on social media as @urikguli. Urik Guli shares her knowledge of nature conservation and ecology with more than 86,000 followers on Instagram. In our magazine, she is portrayed as the heroine of “Mulan” (2020), a film based on a Chinese folk legend.