Plenty of people of all ages have started their own YouTube channels over the years,
achieving fame and fortune along the way.
And although YouTube is very much populated by young, up-and-coming stars, quite a few
of the platform's biggest personalities are probably older than you think.
YouTuber Rosanna Pansino started her baking channel back in 2011.
According to her site, her videos have since been viewed billions of times and she has
become, quote, "one of the most-watched and followed personalities on the internet."
As of March 2019, Pansino has over 11 million subscribers.
The YouTuber's channel is cloyingly sweet.
It's not just because of the treats she so beautifully bakes.
The star's channel is squeaky clean and the epitome of family-friendly, which is great
for both young and older viewers alike.
Pansino revealed to Business Insider that she was just a young girl when her grandmother
taught her how to bake, so it's fitting that she's started to inspire other people to begin
baking at a young age.
By simply looking at the YouTube star and her channel, you might have a hard time telling
her age.
Perhaps 24 or 25?
Believe it or not, Pansino celebrated her 33rd birthday on June 8, 2018.
Maybe her secret to everlasting youth is all of those delicious sweets?
Hey, we can dream, right?
Even those who know very little about YouTube personalities have probably heard of PewDiePie.
Born Felix Kjellberg, the star created his first YouTube channel, PewDie, just a year
after YouTube launched.
He didn't stick with the platform at the time, but he ultimately ended up returning to YouTube
under a different, but similar, name in 2010: PewDiePie.
Two years later, Kjellberg's channel reached 1 million subscribers, and, by 2013, his channel
had the most subscribers on the platform.
And, if you wanna talk money, Forbes reported that he earned $15.5 million in 2018 alone.
If you subscribed to the YouTube personality's channel years ago, you likely noticed that
he doesn't seem to age.
What's his secret?
It must be all those video games keeping him young.
Despite being the boy who never grew up, the star's biography confirmed that he was born
on Oct. 24, 1989.
In other words, he celebrated his 29th birthday in 2018.
Colleen Ballinger uploaded her very first Miranda Sings video in 2008.
At the time, Ballinger was studying vocal performance at Azusa Pacific University in
California.
There, she encountered peers who, despite reportedly not being all that talented when
it came to singing, were also allegedly incredibly rude.
As an inside joke of sorts, Ballinger invented Miranda as a way to poke fun at her snarky
classmates.
"Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like,
really smart."
Miranda Sings has since attracted a cult following of "Mirfandas" and Ballinger's Miranda Sings
YouTube channel has over 10.5 million subscribers.
Whether she's wearing Miranda's signature exaggerated bold, red lipstick, or the much
more subdued look that is the real Colleen Ballinger, who has attracted her own 8.4 million
subscribers on her other, self-titled channel, the YouTube personality could still pass as
a college freshman.
In reality though, Ballinger was born in November 1986, which means she turned 32 in 2018.
As the Wengie YouTube channel's description reveals, you can find just about anything
to watch on the channel, from "simple life hacks" to "tricks and pranks."
Wengie, or Wendy Ayche, joined YouTube in 2010 and boasts over 13 million subscribers
to her channel.
The star's first foray into vlogging came only after people asked her to create makeup
tutorials.
However, makeup isn't Wengie's main focus anymore.
She told Complex:
Additionally, Wengie has not confined herself to the video-sharing platform.
In 2017, she became the voice behind Bliss, a fourth Powerpuff Girl on the Cartoon Network
series for Australia and New Zealand audiences.
And who better to be a Powerpuff Girl than Wengie?
Despite turning 33 in January 2019, the star is forever young.
In 2012, Chad Alan started his eponymous YouTube channel where he uploaded unboxing, review,
and toy haul videos.
In 2013, he opened yet another channel dedicated to video games, aptly called Gamer Chad.
Although his secondary channel has surpassed his first in popularity, the YouTube star
remains active on both channels.
Alan also created his own animated video series called "Baby Alan."
In a live stream video, Alan revealed that his toy-collecting predated his YouTube channel.
"I just started doing YouTube because I was just incorporating my already existing hobby
into YouTube."
Both of Alan's channels are very family-friendly.
He revealed that he won't play any games that feature curse words on his gaming channel.
"I'm heavily, you know, very, very, not into cursing on either one of my channels.
And so I don't necessarily wanna play a game that does have cursing.
Does that make sense?"
Given the type of content Alan produces combined with his youthful appearance and personality,
pinning an age on him would be difficult.
As it turns out, he celebrated his 34th birthday in August 2018, which might just mean the
secret to staying young is playing with lots and lots of toys.
Justine Ezarik uploaded her first YouTube video in 2006.
In the years since, Ezarik, aka iJustine, has amassed over 5.7 million subscribers.
According to her channel's description, her videos cover, quote, "tech, video games, failed
cooking attempts, clogs, and more."
However, Ezarik revealed in an interview with Forbes in 2017 that she did eventually decide
to start paring down her content.
She explained, saying:
Surprisingly, Ezarik said she didn't notice a loss of subscribers when she made changes
to her channel.
Since Ezarik has been in the YouTube game almost as long as YouTube itself, she obviously
must be older than she looks.
In 2018, Ezarik turned 34 years old.
In 2017, Anthony Padilla revealed his decision to launch a solo YouTube venture.
Prior to that, Padilla had been part of the comedy team known as Smosh.
According to Vulture, Padilla and his friend Ian Hecox first started their channel in 2005,
when YouTube was pretty much brand new.
Still, the duo kept at it, and, in 2011, Smosh was bought by Defy Media, which meant millions
of dollars for both Padilla and Hecox.
Being bought out by a major corporation wasn't all wonderful, though.
In a YouTube video, Padilla revealed:
"I've been holding onto these memories and hoping that someday Smosh would be like how
it was when we first started..."
He continued:
Although Hecox may look older than baby-faced Padilla, they were both teenagers when they
first started their channel.
Padilla turned 31 in September 2018, while Hecox turned 31 two months later.
Breaking onto the scene in 2009, Kandee Johnson transfixed the world with her makeup tutorials.
Although YouTube had been around for several years by the time Johnson created her channel,
"YouTubers" weren't exactly a thing.
Johnson ended up becoming one of the first, and she is rightfully proud of that accomplishment.
She told Forbes:
While the YouTube scene has changed over the years, Johnson revealed to the publication,
Before paving her way on YouTube, though, Johnson first tried her hand at blogging,
where she wrote about being a mom.
Yes, that's right, Johnson was somehow old enough to be a parent in 2008.
She may look like she's in her 20s, but the star celebrated the big 4-0 back in July 2018.
Jenna Mourey, aka Jenna Marbles, became internet famous just months after she started her YouTube
channel.
Talk about impressive.
Since her days of tricking us into thinking she's good-looking, her words, not ours, Mourey
has amassed a whopping 19.3 million subscribers as of the making of this video.
And, as of March 2019, the star still churns out content for her fans on the reg.
Now that's dedication.
"Ohhhhhhhh hell yeah."
While Mourey's subscribers have watched the YouTube star transform her hair and makeup
countless times, they've probably never seen her get any older.
On Sept. 15, 2018, Mourey celebrated her 32nd birthday, which only makes us more convinced
that she's discovered some kind of youthful voodoo.
In 2017, Mourey revealed to Entrepreneur:
Hmm, yeah, she'll probably be a YouTuber for all of eternity while remaining just as vibrant
as ever.
"Warning!
This video is only for 32 year old ladies."
Charlotte Tilbury joined the video-sharing community in May 2012.
By then, Tilbury had already been working as a professional makeup artist.
According to the beauty guru's site, Tilbury trained at the prestigious Glauca Rossi School
of Makeup in London, England before jumping into the beauty industry.
She wrote:
And Tilbury's networking didn't begin on the internet.
The star revealed,
Wait, the '90s?
That's right.
This makeup artist and beauty YouTuber celebrated her 46th birthday in February 2019.
While she may be older than some of her YouTube contemporaries, you'd never know she's nearing
50.
As of 2019, Michelle Phan's YouTube channel has more than 8.8 million subscribers.
Phan uploaded her first YouTube video in 2007, and, in doing so, she earned the title of
the "first YouTuber," according to Biography.com.
But unlike other huge personalities like PewDiePie, Phan's videos haven't been about gaming.
The internet personality instead became the, quote, "Beyoncé of the beauty-vlogging world."
In addition to sharing her excellent makeup tutorials on YouTube, Phan also ventured into
the business world as an entrepreneur, creating the popular subscription-based beauty product
service Ipsy, a business venture that Forbes valued at over $500 million in 2015.
By 2016, though, Phan's YouTube channel went totally silent.
Phan came back to the platform in 2017 to share an artsy video explaining some of her
reasons for quitting YouTube.
"The life I led online was picture perfect, but, in reality, I was carefully curating
the image of a life I wanted, not had."
In the caption of the video, she wrote:
Phan's fans can still keep up with her on Instagram, though.
In the years since she gave up vlogging, the YouTuber still looks as youthful as ever.
You might not believe us, but Phan turned 32 in April 2019.
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