What is the net worth of LaurDIY?
LaurDIY is a Canadian YouTube channel that is run by Lauren Riihimaki having a net worth of $3 million. Along with her main channel, she also has two secondary channels on YouTube.
She is a self-taught or DIY (Do It Yourself) expert in areas such as clothing, life hacks, food, and costumes. Aside from that, she occasionally uploads vlogs.
Quick Facts About LaurDIY
| LaurDIY Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Real Name | Lauren Riihimaki |
| Full Name | Lauren Kobayashi Riihimaki |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1993 |
| Age | 28 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Profession | YouTuber, Model |
| Relationship Status | Dating |
| Boyfriend | Jeremy Lewis |
LaurDIY Earnings, Career, Wiki, and More
As of 2021, she is expected to have a net worth of around $3 million which she primarily acquires through her earnings from YouTube having 3 different channels at a time. Moreover, she also hosts her podcast named Wild Til 9. In addition to her YouTube career, she is also known for her designing which certainly adds substantial income to her overall wealth.
She supplements her revenue by obtaining direct sponsors for her social media posts and some of her videos which have to pay a greater fee. She has promoted brands such as Fanta, Target, and others. Her website also has a store where she offers merchandised items.
Her YouTube channel has an average of 30 million views every month, which contributes significantly to her high YouTube profits. As it is known that YouTubers can earn anywhere from $3 to $7 per thousand views on their videos since monetized YouTube channels make money by providing adverts. Based on these statistics from Social Blade, her YouTube channel is predicted to produce $10K in ad revenue per month and roughly $110K per year.
In her first year of university in Toronto, she started posting DIY tutorial videos on her site. She first signed up for YouTube on December 1, 2011, intending to upload sewing videos. Her web series Served By LaurDIY debuted on Facebook Watch in 2017.
In 2017, she starred as The Engineer in Joey Graceffa's YouTube Premium series, Escape the Night, season 2. In 2019, she was revealed as the host and executive producer of Craftopia, a new HBO Max competition series.
Talking about her YouTube channel, as of November 2021, her channel on YouTube has around 8.61 million subscribers along with more than 401 million views on her overall videos that she has uploaded till now. More than 230 videos have been uploaded to her YouTube channel and she produces 4-5 new videos per month on average.
She also has a secondary YouTube channel named LaurDIY Vlogs where she frequently uploads behind the scene footage and vlogs of her daily life. Her other YouTube channel has got around 333k subscribers with more than 30 million views on her overall videos having created the account on 28 February 2020.
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LaurDIY Relationship and Personal Life
Sebastian "Baz" Morris was her boyfriend from 2010 to 2015, and the two remained friends following their breakup. Morris passed away in late May of 2020.
In 2015, she began dating fellow YouTuber Alexander "Alex" Burriss, also known as Alex Wassabi. In September of 2018, they called it quits. They had officially broken up after he posted a video announcing their breakup. Throughout the relationship, she has stated that they had difficulty with commitment.
In 2019, she began dating Jeremy Lewis, a singer, and entrepreneur. They met for the first time in 2015 while she was filming the viral "Roast Yourself Rap". He collaborated with her on her video. In her podcast, she describes how she and her assistant initially mistook him for a gay man.
LaurDIY Early Life, Family, and Education
She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She has not provided detailed information regarding her parents and her upbringing. Her mother's name is Gail Riihimaki while Grey Rihiimaki is her father. Her father, from whom she acquired her Finnish surname, is of Finnish and Ukrainian ancestry, and her mother is of Japanese ancestry.
When it comes to her educational background, she attended a local high school near her hometown, and then she earned a graphic communications management degree from Ryerson University in 2015.
Interesting Facts About LaurDIY
- As of December 2021, she has around 4.4 million followers on her Instagram account.
- At the tenth annual presentation, she received a Shorty Award in the "House & Home" category.
- In 2017, she was awarded a Streamy Award in the "Lifestyle" category at the Awards' first presentation.
- She has a Miniature Bull Terrier named Moose, whom she adopted in 2017.