Deestroying is quickly seeing his long overdue rise to fame within the youtube community.
After having a trick shot video of his go viral in 2014, and getting national coverage
on Good Morning America and Fox to name a few because of a controversy with the NCAA,
it seems finally Deestroying is getting the recognition he deserves.
And all it took was him proving he’s the fastest entertainer on the internet, beating
out his competition which included the likes of Jake Paul and King Bach.
Aside from the $100,000 he won from Logan, which he donated, Deestroying has also partnered
with the likes of the NFL, EA, Reebok, Burger King, Seatgeek, Footlocker, and AT & T to
name a few.
He also recently got signed by the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts, and one of his latest video’s
have even been trending to number 1.
Safe to say the man’s been killing it, and shows no signs of slowing down.
All of this success mean’s he’s cashing in, and we’re here to tell you all about
his fortune on The Rich Life.
What’s going on guys, it’s your boy Jarred Bronstein back again and before we kick this
one off.
Let me once again correct myself.
His high school number was 11, his college number was 19.
In the Before They Were Famous video we did, the trivia question was what was his high
school number.
I mixed the two up, that’s my bad.
But regardless be sure to check out the before they were famous we did on Deestroying, he
left us a comment and showed some love, and we’re hoping to get into contact with him
soon so we can work on something together.
Now as always you guys gotta drop us a comment with who to cover next, and today’s trivia
question which I promise I won’t mess up.
Why is Deestroying’s name spelt the way it is ? Let me know in the comments below,
and I’ll have that answer for you at the end of this one.
Deestroying was born Donald De La Haye on December 2nd 1996, in Limon, Costa Rica.
Someone called me out last video for saying Costa Rica.
Is it Co-sta Rica?
What do you guys say?
Anyway, he’s the son of Donald and Sheron De La Haye, and the family would move from
Costa Rica to Florida when Donald was just 7 years old.
Growing up a young Donald would play a ton of soccer, joining leagues after moving to
Florida.
Although originally his family would move to Mirmar, they would soon move to Port St.
Lucie, where Donald would start playing football.
Although he would originally try out for the team as a wide receiver, when the team’s
coach asked if anyone could kick, Donald, who grew up playing soccer, was quickly outted
by some old classmates.
He would go on to train rigorously to improve his skill as a kicker, working on things like
accuracy and kicking technique, in hopes of one day making the NFL.
He would even film himself doing certain tricks shots, like this one that got him featured
on a Sports Center Top 10.
While attending the University of Central Florida, not South, Central, he would document
what it was like to play for the team and continue pursuing his online career, while
also pursuing his dream of playing in the NFL.
His youtube channel would be officially created June 5th, 2015, but he wouldn’t upload his
first video until May 11th of 2016.
While attending UCF and playing for the Knights, he would continue to document his life playing
the game he’s grown to love, as well as other football related content such as skits
and impressions of other players.
While attending school, Donald would be given more or less an ultimatum.
Stop talking about anything football related and demonetize his channel, or be kicked off
the football team.
Ultimately he decided to keep running his channel, but that would lead to him not only
being kicked off of the football team, but also for him to lose his scholarship.
The reasoning behind this, is the NCAA has a strict rule that players can’t receive
money for playing a sport.
They are however given other perks, such as scholarships.
However this would lead to a ton of exposure, and exposure is always a good thing as long
as they spell your name right.
At the time, Deestroying didn’t have nearly the following he has now, so he would have
been making maybe a few thousand bucks.
Regardless, he decided to continue pursuing his channel, which seemed to be the right
move.
His channel blew up, he just won the challenger games winning 100 thousand from Logan Paul,
and he’s currently on the Toronto Argo’s.
Kinda.
If you want to hear more about Deestroying’s rise to success and being the fastest entertainer
on the internet, be sure to check out the Before They Were Famous we most recently did
on him.
He also commented on the video and said let’s link so if you’re watching this Deestroying,
get back to us man, I hit your DM’s.
Then again i’m used to the no reply DM’s so it’s fine.
Alright we gotta talk about what this man’s making and all of his streams of revenue.
Believe it or not, he’s on a professional football team and that’s what’s actually
paying him the least.
So let’s start with what’s most likely paying him the most, allowing him to have
an estimated net worth of about 1 million dollars.
To no surprise, it’d be his youtube channel.
According to Socialblade he’s gotten over 15.6 million views on his channel in the past
30 days alone.
That’s good for about 45 thousand dollars alone, assuming he gets $3,000 per million
views.
It’s hard to say what he makes on average per month, because his channel is starting
to really blow up.
But in previous months, according to youtubers.me he’s been averaging over $10,000 per months
in ad revenue alone.
Just to clarify, this is an estimation.
It really depends if he’s on the google preferred ad program, his average watch time,
all that.
But the youtube ad revenue is just a part of it.
Before we jump over to his partnerships, he also recently just rebranded his second channel
to vlog a channel with his girlfriend, Kiana.
They posted a vlog the other day, and the channel has gained 14 thousand subscribers
in less than a day, resulting in them currently having a subscriber count of 117 thousand.
So go check out that channel and subscribe as well.
In a previous video, Deestroying has mentioned that being on YouTube has allowed him to buy
a car and a house, which we’ll talk about a bit later in this video.
At the time of this recording, Deestroying is sitting on over 1.7 million subscribers
on his main channel, 557 thousand on instagram and over 40 thousand on twitter.
All of this online love of course leads to brand deals and sponsorships for the guy.
After signing with Whistle, a media and entertainment company, Deestroying has been able to work
with the likes of Dollar Shave Club, MVMT Watches, Reebok, Burger King, Seatgeek, Footlocker,
AT&T, the CFL, NFL, and EA Sports.
Now I can’t say for sure what the man got paid per promotion, but I can tell you he
definitely got the hook ups.
AT & T sent him and his friend out to the SEC Championship game, where got all access
to the stadium and locker room for a vlog.
EA of course invited him to the Madden Bowl where he chilled with the likes of Juju Smith
Shuster and Odell Beckham Junior, and Nike Football sent him to the super bowl.
He also gives a shoutout to Bang Energy drink, so you know they’re paying him.
Deestroying also has merch for sale, where he sells hoodies, hats, tank tops and more
ranging from about 30 to 40 bucks.
Majority of them with his coined term, ten toes down, which according to the man himself
“means to always be true to yourself and be committed to what you believe in.”
On top of his merch, Deestroying also plays for the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL.
However as a professional footballer player in the CFL, you really don’t make a ton
of money.
And Deestroying isn’t technically on the roster, he’s on the practice squad, so he
makes even less.
More specifically, it’s about 575 dollars Canadian per week.
Given the amount of time he’s working, Deestroying calculated it to be about 10 bucks an hour.
However it is important to mention, the Argo’s GM told Deestroying he can pursue whatever
he needs to pursue while playing on the team, meaning his youtube career.
It’s unclear if he’s going to make the team eventually, but his goals are making
the NFL anyway, where he’d be making a lot more.
The highest paid kicker is currently making 5 million a year, where as the lowest makes
just under half a million.
The league average is just under 2 million currently.
So here’s to wishing him the very best in pursuing that, we’re all rooting for you
bro.
And Deestroying really showed the world how fast he is, when he won all of the events
he took part in at the Challenger Games.
This would lead to him not only growing his brand exponentially but also winning Logan’s
$100,000 prize, which was donated to a charity of Deestroying’s choosing.
Now that we’ve covered how the man makes his money, and how much he’s making, or
at least projected to be making, let’s talk about some of his purchases.
In one of his videos, Deestroying mentioned how working on youtube has allowed him to
have a car and house in his possession.
It’s believed he drives a 2018 Lexus ES 350, which starts around $40,000.
Although he’s never done a house tour, It’s believed he has a permanent home in Florida,
where he’s from, and is most likely renting while in Toronto playing for the Argos.
And renting in Toronto isn’t cheap, with the average 1 bedroom apartment costing around
$2,000 per month.
He also recently dropped a vlog on his other channel, that showed off his and hers gucci
bags, the beige one is the GC Supreme Backpack which retails for about $1,450 and the black
one is the Soft GC Supreme black bag which retails for $1,890
Although he isn’t the flashiest of guys, you know Deestroying is making some coin,
and honestly, I’m happy for the guy.
He seems like a genuine dude.
Now to answer that trivia question, the reason why Deestroying has the extra E in his name,
is because his nickname is Dee.
He explained it in a video documenting how he won the Challenger Games, which at one
point was trending number 1 so congrats on that too bro.
Guys cashing in on all that youtube money.
And that’s all for this one guys.
I’ve been your host Jarred Bronstein, catch me on social media @bronst7, and be sure to
check out the Before They Were Famous we recently did on Deestroying, where I messed up the
trivia question.
So pay no mind to that.
Anyways guys be sure to let us know in the comment below who to cover next and we’ll
see you in the next video.