Bus Aunty is the breakout star of 2025.
From standing in front of buses in London to appearing in a Burberry commercial and on a Spotify UK promotional video, Bus Aunty has had an impressive 2025.
Bus Aunty, whose real name is Bemi Orojuogun, has inspired a diverse coterie of content creators in London, her home country of Nigeria, and viewers from across the globe.
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The Nigerian social media sensation became a viral TikTok sensation for her joyful, simple videos smiling beside passing red double-decker buses, celebrating London’s transport and everyday life, leading to collaborations with brands like Burberry, Ikea, and TfL, and even influencing UK policy.
Her authentic enthusiasm for the city’s buses made her an unexpected cultural figure, winning awards and a significant online following.
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Bemi Orojuogun, a 56-year-old mental health nurse, began gaining traction on TikTok in 2024. She has since gathered over a quarter of a million followers on the social media page, promoting the driving skillset of drivers of double-decker buses in the UK, and promoting the values and daily lives of the residents of London, the capital city of England.
In an interview with The Guardian UK, the Bus Aunty spoke about what inspired her to commence the recording of her daily activities in London as well as documenting moving double decker buses.
“My love for London red buses started a long time ago, when I first came to this country in the early 90s,” said Orojuogun, who is from Nigeria. “There are four parts of London that I really, really love: red buses, red telephone booths, all the London bridges and Big Ben. But buses are main my love.”
She showcased this enthusiasm last March, posting a video of a 241 bus driving past her in Plaistow, east London. For Orojuogun, there was nothing unusual about the video but it quickly racked up millions of views when it was shared worldwide.
“I received a call from my daughter saying: ‘Mummy, you’re going viral’,” Orojuogun said. “I loved the way young people really liked the video, their comments and the way they were reposting it, and then I did more of it. Some of them love to guess where I’ll be going next and suggest where I should visit next, and that’s how it all started.”
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Orojuogun’s most popular video has amassed 48.1m views. The one-minute clip shows her standing in front of a bus stop in Greenwich as a series of buses drive past her to the soundtrack of Back for Good by Take That.
“It’s still all a dream and a shock to me,” she said of the popularity of her videos. “A lot of celebrities have been in my DMs, congratulating me, telling me they’re proud of me. But not only that, I’m so glad the way social media has accepted me, the way they have come behind me and supported me.”
Orojuogun rarely speaks in her videos, instead beaming into the camera with her distinctive glasses, colourful headscarves and dangly earrings. She often appears perilously close to the kerb, leading some viewers to fear she may be standing in the road. But she insists it is all in the camera angles and she is always on the pavement.
Her popularity has landed her advertising deals with Transport for London, Ikea and Burberry, which described her in a campaign last month as “our fare lady”. But her motivation for posting videos remains her love of the capital and its buses which she said allowed her to get to work during the pandemic.
“I love those buses,” she said. “Since Covid, the buses have been my main means of travelling, from home to work, shopping, everywhere. London is a beautiful place to see from the top of the bus. That’s my belief. I love it. And those red buses, take it from me, they represent London. I just wish we loved them a bit more. I wish people could love them the way I do.”
Conclusion
“Don’t allow your age to stop you. Don’t allow your family to say don’t do that, it’s embarrassing. If you love it, do it.” Those were the words Bemi Orojuogun, widely known as London Bus Aunty, shared as she accepted Video of the Year at the TikTok UK Awards that took place in November 2025. It was a message about confidence and doing what feels true to you, even when the people around you do not understand it.
