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Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing

★ 6.4 4K votes 2025–2025 1 season · 3 episodes Ended Netflix
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 10/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Kief Davidson
Written by
Kief Davidson
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About

"When family content becomes a business built on kids"

This three-part documentary digs into the world of child social-media stars, following a group of young influencers managed by one ambitious parent whose control over her clique's content empire allegedly crossed into exploitation and abuse. Told through interviews with former child stars, parents, and insiders, it's an unsettling, methodically paced watch that builds from awkward home-video nostalgia into genuinely disturbing testimony. It doesn't sensationalize so much as let the accounts speak, making for uncomfortable but compelling viewing about fame, parenting, and the internet's appetite for children.

Watch it for

the raw, first-person accounts from former child influencers describing what happened behind the camera.

Maybe skip if

you find true-crime-adjacent exploitation stories too upsetting or exhausting to sit through.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2025
6.839332h 29m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1#momager6.7
13945 min
▶2#crush6.8
12752 min
▶3#unfollow7.0
12752 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Patience Rocksmith Self - Tiffany's Sister, Self - Claire & Reese's Stepmom
Ashley RockSmith Self - Claire & Reese's Mother, Self - Patience's Wife
Claire RockSmith Self - Former Squad Member
Taylor Lorenz Self - Author, Extremely Online
Sophie Fergi Self - Former Squad Member
Brandon Stewart Self - Content Strategist & CEO, Brandon Studios, Self - Content Strategist
Sawyer Sharbino Self - Former Squad Member
Angela Sharbino Self - Sawyer's Mother
Heather Nichole Self - Sophie's Mother
Steevy Areeco Self - Corinne's Mother, Self - Corrine's Mother

Crew

Kief Davidson

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