He is an American social media star, YouTuber, and Vine star. Zach King is best known for his videos on TikTok, where he has millions of fans who just wait for his new ones. He became popular after making “magic vines,” which are 6-second videos that are digitally edited to look like he is doing magic.
Now Zach King has become a big deal on the internet, especially since he is well-known among young people. Most of his videos went viral, which helped him get millions of followers. People from all over the world watch Zach’s videos because they are so unique.
Who is Zach King?
Zach’s life with his family in Portland, Oregon, where he grew up with three younger sisters, was pretty normal before he became known as the “Final Cut King.” At the age of seven, he made his first movie with a home video recorder, which sparked his interest in making movies.
By the time he was 14, he had everything he needed to start making and editing videos, including a Mac computer, cameras, tripods, and editing software. So it wasn’t surprising that he chose to study Cinema and Media Arts at Biola University and graduate in December 2012.
Early Years of Zach King
Zachary Michael King was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 4, 1990. On his mother’s side, he comes from Nicaragua and Austria, and on his father’s side, he comes from China. Zack and his three sisters, one of whom was adopted, all went to school at home with their mother. He graduated from Biola University in December 2012 with a major in Cinema and Media Arts.
Zach got interested in things and started making videos when he was 7 years old. Zach took his interest in making videos more seriously when he was 14 years old. He bought a camera, a tripod, a Mac, and a computer so he could make videos.
Career of Zach King
In 2008, Zach started his career by making a website called FinalCutKing.com. King gave online training and tips on how to use software called “Final Cut Pro” for editing. At the time, his website was one of the few on the Internet that showed how to use editing software. Then King signed up for YouTube and started posting how-to videos about making movies.
Soon after, he got a lot of people to visit his website, so he sold seminars and used the money to pay for college. When King became well-known, he took part in an episode of the popular Syfy show Viral Video Showdown. On January 16, 2009, he started a YouTube channel called “FinalCutKing,” and he and his college friends uploaded their first video, “Jedi Kittens,” soon after.
That video went viral because it showed two cats fighting with lightsabers. More than 32 million people watched it. Later, he posted the video’s sequel, which also got more than 30 million views.
YouTube said in 2013 that Zach King was one of the 25 most promising young filmmakers in the United States. In the same year, he started posting Vines, and in just 30 days, he had a huge number of fans.
In February 2016, King and his wife Rachel were on the 28th season of the reality game show “The Amazing Race,” but they were kicked off the show after a while.
King started posting videos on TikTok in 2016, and now he has more than 66 million followers, making him the fifth most-followed person on that platform.
Besides that, he won a Hewlett-Packard commercial contest in 2010 and went to the London Film Festival. Despite this, in 2014, he appeared on the TV show Zinor Layla and sang in the movie Zootopia for the first time. Zach King recently took part in the Mrbeast Creator Games 3, where he came in second place and won $1 million.
How Did He Become So Famous?
After having trouble finding good online tutorials for Apple’s “Final Cut Pro” editing software, Zach decided to take matters into his own hands by starting his own website in 2008. This gave him a place to teach people how to use the software and give them tips. He also started a YouTube channel around the same time where he taught people how to edit videos.
His tutorials helped him get a steady following, which allowed him to sell training seminars and pay for college with the money he made. Zach King became a teacher for other creators very early on in his career. He built his expertise by finding a gap in online resources and teaching others the skills he already had. He built a fan base so that he could make money from his own creative work in the future.
Zach King didn’t have to wait long before he started making movies and making money from them. This is when his net worth slowly started to grow. But he didn’t expect to become famous because of one video that went viral.
In January 2011, Zach put a video on his YouTube channel called “Jedi Kittens.” It showed two kittens fighting with lightsabers, and over a million people watched it in just three days. So, he decided to post two more sequels. Each video got more than 27 million views, which made him one of the 25 most promising young filmmakers in America, according to YouTube.
Jedi Kittens
In the same year, Zach won YouTube’s NextUp Creators contest and got $35,000 to make videos and get help from experts. This also gave him the chance to go to a four-day YouTube Creator Camp in New York City, where he could show off his skills at making magic in movies.
In 2013, Zach King’s crazy videos finally found a new home on Vine. With more than 3.4 million followers, the short-form video platform was a great place for Zach to show how good he was at editing in just six seconds.
As soon as he made a Vine every day for 30 days, his fame grew a lot. Zach King’s net worth also started to rise when he started putting products in his videos and getting brands to sponsor him. Even now, his best Vine videos are still watched by millions of people on YouTube when they are put together in a playlist.
Zach made a Musical.ly account after Vine went out of business in 2016. (later renamed to TikTok). In his first video, he threw himself against the bars of a prison cell to get out.
Even though he was still successful on TikTok, it wasn’t until three years later that he became one of the most popular online creators. He was the one who posted the video that got the most views on the platform. The video went on to get about 2 billion views online, which added more money to his net worth.
What Is Zach King’s Net Worth?
Zach King will be worth $5 million in 2022. The vast majority of his money comes from his work on YouTube. Brand deals and sponsorships are his main ways to make money.
Even though he gets money from TikTok, the creator revenue algorithm on this platform is notoriously bad, and creators get very little money per 1,000 views.
In his most recent YouTube video, King talked about how he makes money. He said that he doesn’t make as much money as most YouTubers because his audience is spread out all over the world, which hurts his revenue from ads.