What is Jacob Sartorius' net worth? Here's why Internet is obsessed with the YouTuber and multi-millionaire
Jacob Sartorius is crazy famous among Gen Z as even before he started releasing his own songs, his lip-syncing videos in Tiktok and content on Vine garnered millions of views. Sartorius, at age 18 is a multi-millionaire, successful singer and content creator. Here’s how he rose to fame.
Jacob, one of the most searched musicians of 2016 started posting videos on the Internet from 2014 when he was just 11. His first video which spoke against bullying spreading awareness about the topic went viral. Later he started posting lip-sync videos along with short dances on Musical.ly where he gained 8 million followers within August 2016.
His huge followers also led him to YouTube and he soon found himself signing a deal with T3 Music Group in 2016. The singer’s debut single ‘Sweatshirt’ peaked at number 90 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, #10 on the Spotify Velocity chart and #81 in Canada, solidifying his career in music.
His debut extended play ‘The Last Text’ got substantial commercial success in the US, Canada and New Zealand reaching #32 in the US chart and #4 in New Zealand. The 'Hit or Miss' singer had also snagged the 'Kids Choice Awards' and the 'Teen Choice Awards' owing to the success of the single. 'Hit or Miss' also ranked at #8 on the Spotify Velocity chart as well as #72 in the US and #76 in Canada.
Currently, Sartorius has a net worth of a whopping $3 million, making him one of the richest teen musicians of his time. After a brief period where it felt like Sartorious’ popularity was slowly subsiding, he was back in the buzz when the Internet rumors found him to be dating Millie Bobby Brown, the ‘Stranger Things’ actress.
The couple shared cute details of their dating life on social media. A picture of Millie where Jacob is seen giving Millie a piggy back around town gained over 2.5 MILLION likes within 24 hours on Instagram. Later, the duo reportedly split stating things did not work out for them.
Sartorius’ last EP released in 2019 wasn’t as successful as the other ones but his popularity hasn’t decreased even a bit as his Tiktok account screams 23.8 million followers count.