Jarvis Johnson (YouTuber)

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Jarvis Johnson
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Personal information
Born (1992-05-05) May 5, 1992 (age 29)
EducationEastside High School (2006–2010), Georgia Institute of Technology (2010–2014)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2006–present
Subscribers1.64 million (Jarvis Johnson)
353,000 (Jarvis Johnson! GOLD)
38,600 (Jarvis Johnson! Pro)
Total views169 million (Jarvis Johnson)
8.72 million (Jarvis Johnson! GOLD)
581,000 (Jarvis Johnson! Pro)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers
Updated: 1 August 2021

Jarvis Johnson (born May 5, 1992) is an American YouTuber and former software engineer who has been operating his YouTube channel since October 12, 2006.[1][2]

Early life[]

Johnson was born on May 5, 1992. He was educated at Eastside High School in Gainesville, Florida between 2006 and 2010, then the Georgia Institute of Technology between 2010 and 2014, where he received a degree in computer science.[3] He has worked for Yelp and Patreon.[4]

Career[]

Before creating his YouTube channel on October 12, 2006,[5] Johnson worked in other places. He has worked as a software engineer at Yelp, a senior software engineer at Yelp, and an engineering manager at Patreon.

Johnson's channel consists of various commentaries about software engineering, running jokes such as "Zeffo Overlord of 1-2-3 Go", [6] how "comically large" his computer science degree is, [7] and criticism of life hacks.[8][9] He is also known for his criticism of animated story channels on YouTube, and has become a significant critic of both that genre and YouTube's decision to popularise them.[10] Johnson has also been an active critic of the YouTube channel 5-Minute Crafts.[11]

In August 2018, traffic to Johnson’s channel increased after fellow YouTuber Cody Ko uploaded a video about 5-Minute Crafts, a topic that Johnson had already spoken about. Cody indirectly helped Johnson gain more recognition.[12] In early 2021, Johnson was listed as one of Forbes' "30 under 30" list of influential people for that year.[4]

In May of 2021, Johnson posted a video on Twitter captioned "what a normal and ultimate spaghetti hack!"[13] The video consisted of a woman pouring Prego sauce onto a kitchen counter. The tweet gained international recognition and Prego ended up on the trending page on Twitter.[14] The video in the tweet was then taken down by the creator of the video[15] a mere 2 days later.

In July 2021, Rhett and Link announced that their production company, Mythical Entertainment, had acquired an ownership stake in the umbrella company Johnson founded for his various revenue streams.[16]

Awards and accolades[]

Johnson was nominated for the 11th Annual Shorty Awards.[17] He was also nominated for the 2020 tenth annual Streamy Awards for the Commentary category.[18]

Reference[]

  1. ^ Hale, James (September 26, 2019). "YouTube Millionaires: Jarvis Johnson On The Pros And Cons Of Being A YouTube Perfectionist". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jarvis Johnson - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Johnson, Jarvis (March 14, 2020). "Love Is Blind: The Dumbest Dating Show Of All Time - YouTube". YouTube. Jarvis Johnson.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Alonzo, Isaiah (December 7, 2020). "Jarvis Johnson and Net Worth Update: Tech Comedic YouTuber Earns Spot in Forbes 30 Under 30 2021". Tech Times. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Jarvis Johnson - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  6. ^ Masterson, Casey (September 14, 2020). "Jarvis Johnson takes on influencers in new YouTube video". The Mont Clarion. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Johnson, Jarvis (March 14, 2020). "Love Is Blind: The Dumbest Dating Show Of All Time - YouTube". YouTube. Jarvis Johnson.
  8. ^ Jurado, Joe (February 16, 2021). "28 Days of Joy: Shoutout to the Black YouTubers Who Stay Bringing the Joy". The Root. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Decaille, Nia (March 21, 2019). "These 'how to' videos on YouTube won't teach you how to be a better adult. But they're not supposed to". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. ^ White, Tiffany (April 10, 2020). "The fake, creepy world of YouTube's animated story channels". The Daily Dot. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  11. ^ Watts, Emma (March 19, 2021). "The 5-Minute Crafts Channel Is Being Exposed By Other YouTubers". Study Breaks. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  12. ^ Jennings, Rebecca (November 12, 2018). "YouTube is full of cringey, clickbait DIY channels. They're even weirder than you think". Vox. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  13. ^ @jarvis (May 10, 2021). "what a normal and ultimate spaghetti hack!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Choiniere, Alyssa (May 12, 2021). "Ultimate Spaghetti Trick: Why Prego Is Trending on Twitter [Video]". Heavy. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  15. ^ Broderick, Ryan. "Your Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy". Eater. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  16. ^ Brown, Abram. "Rhett And Link Are YouTube Legends. Now They Want To Be Investors, Too". Forbes. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Jarvis Johnson". The 11th Annual Shorty Awards.
  18. ^ Streamy Awards [@streamys] (October 21, 2020). "Commentary: