How much is FaZe Rug worth?
| Net Worth: | $4.5 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional YouTuber |
| Date of Birth: | November 19, 1996 (age 26) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 4 ft 11 in (1.52 m) |
About FaZe Rug
FaZe Rug, stage name of Brian Rafat Awadis, is an Iraqi-American actor, singer, and YouTube personality. Brian first created his channel YouTube back in late 2008 alongside his brother and a few years later, started his own (singles) channel on the video-sharing platform which boosted his fame and wealth.
As of now, he has more than 18 million subscribers and his hundreds of uploads recently surpassed more than 4.1 billion views in total. Through his endeavors, FaZe Rug has earned income equal to an estimated salary of $850,000 per year, since 2019. Brian is a high school graduate, as seen in a tweet from June 2014, however, it’s unspecified which institution he attended.
FaZe Rug became famous after he joined YouTube and began posting on a regular basis. Brian was born on November 19, 1996, in San Diego, California. He’s the second son of Ron and Sana Awadis. He has an older brother named Brandon with whom he has created multiple videos on YouTube and worked on many other projects together. Both of his parents are from Iraq and they immigrated to America in the 1980s during the war.
During his childhood, Awadis became a keen fan of video games, especially Halo and Call Of Duty. He spent hours and hours practicing, trying many techniques and ways to improve his abilities and scores. After a while, alongside his brother, he joined the video-sharing platform YouTube.
Together with Brandon, they created a shared channel titled “fathersonchaldean” in October 2008. However, they uploaded less than ten videos at the end of 2009 and soon after the channel became inactive.
After his first (shared) channel (with his brother) became inactive, in July 2012, Brian created his own YouTube channel. He first began uploading gameplay videos where he’s seen playing Call of Duty. In January 2013, he was invited to join the FaZe Clan esports team that he now co-owns. By October 2015, his channel surpassed one million subscribers.
Starting in 2016, in addition to gaming videos, he began posting more different videos such as vlogs, comedy skits, pranks, and challenges. As of now, his channel has more than 21.6 million subscribers and his videos have gathered over 6 billion views.
His most-watched videos are COCAINE PRANK, WE CUSTOMIZED MY LAMBORGHINI, I FILLED MY SWIMMING POOL WITH GIANT SNAKES, and I WON A GAME OF FORTNITE UNDER WATER, with all of them gathering more than 20 million views.
FaZe Rug’s Total Net Worth
FaZe Rug has earned from his career on YouTube with an estimated total career income of $9.5 million dollars. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $4.94 million, having paid $4.56 million dollars (48%) in taxes. That is, considering he has lived and worked in California during his career.
FaZe Rug is not married and has no children and therefore has not gone through any costly divorce or had to pay to support a family. He has likely earned $550,000 from his investments while also spent $750,000 of his career earnings in his personal life. Not to mention paid $250,000-350,000 dollars in business costs. Therefore, it is estimated that FaZe Rug has a net worth of about $4.5 million dollars.
Most recently, following the footsteps of other popular internet stars, FaZe Rug released his very first song called “Going Live”. The official video premiered in January 2020 and now has more than 14 million views. A few months later, he released his second single named “Hate Comments”, which was met with mixed reviews online.
Apart from running not one but two YouTube channels, one for gaming called FaZe Rug Games and one for vlogs, challenged and his own web series Brandon Awadis Vlogs, he also took part in many other projects, including the special Entitled YouTubers and Jake Paul’s series The Mind of Jake Paul. In 2020, he made his television debut on the comedy show Ridiculousness. He appeared as a featured guest on the MTV show’s season 17, episode 7 that aired in June 2020. Shortly after, he made his film debut in the horror film Crimson where he plays the main protagonist.
Summing-Up
FaZe Rug is one of the fastest rising stars on YouTube. This Iraqi-American YouTube sensation first joined the video-sharing platform in October 2008 but officially began posting four years later. Since 2013, he has created more than 2,000 videos on both of his YouTube channels, which is why he is one of the richest and one of the most-watched personalities online. In recent years, besides YouTube, FaZe Rug switched his attention to the entertainment business as he began creating music and is interested in performing in films and television series.
