With 10.5 million followers on Instagram and over 13 million subscribers on Youtube, 21-year-old Jake Paul is the new social media millionaire. How did this all start you may ask? Did Jake Paul just wake up one day and said hey I think I want to make a Youtube channel and then magically millions of people started following him? Well, not exactly.
Jake Paul, started posting videos on Vine during his teen years back home in Ohio. Having gained a platform, he then moved to Los Angeles and started taking acting classes. He starred on Youtube Red's Dance Camp, as "Lance" during 2016. While all this was happening, Jake also created his Youtube channel, wrote a book called You Gotta Want it, and created an app called Squadmoji. Consequently, Jake Paul landed a gig on Disney's Bizaardvark as Dirk and also created what he calls "Team 10", a group of young ambitious social media influencers.
Now, Jake Paul's main focuses are creating crazy outrages Youtube videos with titles such as I went 190mph & this is what happened...(Emergency), and designing and selling clothes which he calls his "merch".
However, he also posts music videos, such as his famous It's Everyday Bro song featuring Team 10 which has over 174 million views on Youtube. In January 2018, he also launched an online course, named Edfluence with its objective to help people become social media famous.
By selling his merchandise, posting videos on Youtube every day, and his now new income from Edfluence, Jake Paul has accumulated much wealth. Jake bought a 10.3 million dollar mansion in Calabas, California as well as a Lamborghini, and often travels in private jets for weekend getaways with Team 10. With this in mind, I think its safe to say that Jake Paul is the new the social media millionaire.
As for the future, I wonder whats next forJake Paul, a reality tv show, an expansion of his merchandise, or? For some, like Jake Paul, social media has become a career and a profitable one at that.