4 Indian youth influencers who revolutionized YouTube

YouTube was born in 2005, however it took about 9 more years for it to make its presence felt in the online world. In 2014, the entire YouTube community was taken by storm when Psy’s 2012 video ‘Gangnam style’ surpassed two billion views, securing YouTube a prestigious position on the global map. YouTube hasn’t looked back since then, with the family expanding beyond geographical and cultural boundaries, with influencers and vloggers uploading a wide range of content every second. Currently, YouTube is the second-most accessed website, with its daily viewership crossing a billion hours. This platform not only allows people to exchange their opinions across the world, but also creates earning opportunities for millions of youngsters aspiring to make a career through video-making. Here’s a list of 5 Indian young influencers who revolutionized YouTube for the past few years. 

Carry Minati 
Born as Ajey Nagar, and popularly known as Carry Minati, is one of the most influential young YouTuber in India. At a very young age of 22, he has made a name for himself in the YouTube community as primarily a comedian, alongside being a rapper and a gamer. His content includes satirical parodies and live gaming. He has conveniently divided his content into two channels, CarryisLive (9.3 million subscribers) for live gaming streams and CarryMinati (30.8 million subscribers) that features funny videos on day-to-day situations. In 2020, he was featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 most influential people in Asia. His net worth is USD 4 million. 

Amit Bhadana 
This popular YouTuber was born in Delhi and has a net worth of USD 6.3 million. He is primarily a comedian and has also taken up on music recently. He has 22 million subscribers on YouTube and is also famous across other social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter for his fearless voice of protest. Most people don’t know, but Bhadana has a law degree and had even started practising law until one day his Dubsmash video with one of his college friends went viral. The rest is history. He is now the face and brainchild behind his channel Amit Bhadana, that has the most influential and progressive content on Indian YouTube scene.  

Bhuvan Bam 
Bhuvan Bam started his channel ‘BB Ki Vines’ in 2014 as a 27-year-old boy from Delhi who loved to entertain other people. Fast forward to 2021, he is now one of most popular YouTubers in India having a net worth of USD 3 million. He was in fact the first content creator on Indian YouTube forum to have crossed 10 million subscribers. His fame is not only restricted to YouTube but also spreads across other social media platforms like Instagram. This comedian YouTuber now has 20 million subscribers on YouTube and 10 million followers on Instagram.  

Gaurav Chaudhary 
He is perhaps one of the richest YouTubers in India currently with a whooping net worth of USD 45 million. His channel Technical Guruji has a subscriber base of 21.6 million and features tech reviews and videos. Although of Indian origin, currently, this 30-year-old YouTube influencer lives in UAE. Like Minati, he has also featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 list. He also has a more personal channel with his own name as its handle which has almost 5 million subscribers. He had started his YouTube journey back in 2015 while working as a security systems engineer with the Dubai Police. He still supplies security equipment to the police and other private firms worldwide.