How much is Marques Brownlee worth?
| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional YouTuber |
| Date of Birth: | December 3, 1993 (age 29) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.9 m) |
About Marques Brownlee
Marques Brownlee is an American tech blogger, podcaster, YouTube personality, and professional ultimate frisbee player. He’s also known as professional as MKBHD or just MKB (which are his initials). He has been active on the internet since 2008 when he was just 15 years old. As of now, he has 1,290 videos, more than 12 million subscribers, and all of his videos have accumulated over 2 billion views in total. Brownlee has earned income equal to an estimated salary of $1.5 million dollars per year, since 2019.
Marques became famous after he began posting on his YouTube channel consistently. He was born on December 3, 1993, in Maplewood, New Jersey. During his teen years, he became developed an interest in technology and the internet.
He created his YouTube channel on March 21, 2008, but didn’t upload consistently until January 2009. He first uploaded videos in March and May that year, in which he’s seen playing golf. Most of his other early videos included tutorials and reviews of new products and products that he owned.
While still in high school, Marques continued to upload videos online in the early 2010s and eventually got his first 100,000 subscribers in early 2012. His first videos were recorded through screencasting.
By mid-2012, just before he turned 20, his channel began receiving a lot of attention from both media and tech companies. Shortly after he graduated from the Howe School in his home town, he enrolled at the Stevens Institute of Technology, from which he earned a major in business and information technology. Concurrently with that, he continued to create videos online.
Marques’ first promotion and sponsorship from a company was in January 2012, from the technology network Engadget. One year later, in November 2013, he uploaded on his most viral videos, which is based on the Android phablet LG G Flex, which as of now has more than 8 million views.
In 2014, Marques’ channel accumulated 1 million subscribers. Just a few months later, by the end of the year, specifically in November, his channel amassed 4 million subscribers. That year, he started his own series named Smartphone Awards.
In the annual series, he picks the best smartphones and ranks them in certain categories such as “Best Big Smartphone”, “Best Compact Smartphone”, “Best Camera”, and “Best Budget Smartphone”. In 2015, after receiving his major from SIT, he decided to become a full-time YouTuber.
In addition to the success that he has found on social media, in mid-2014 Marques became a professional ultimate frisbee player.
He is currently part of the New York Empire team, which rose to prominence after winning the 2019 AUDL Championship Previously, at the beginning of his frisbee career, Brownlee was part of several teams such as the New Jersey Hammerheads, Garden State Ultimate, and Philadelphia Phoenix.
Apart from YouTube and frisbee, Marques has also appeared on multiple television series such as NBC News Hot Ones, Physics Girl, Retro Tech, and Good Mythical Morning. Since 2018, he has also produced his own YouTube series, Auto Focus, in which he reviews supercars.
For the past decade or so, he has also gained national popularity for his interviews on his podcast titled Waveform Podcast. Simultaneously with that, he continues to do side interviews with multiple celebrities such as Kobe Bryant, Craig Federighi, Bill Gates, Elon Musk Will Smith, and most recently Mark Zuckerberg.
Brownlee’s YouTube channel has over 12.8 million subscribers and his videos have accumulated 2.2+ billion views, making it one of the most-watched.
Brownlee’s Total Net Worth
Marques Brownlee has earned from his career on YouTube with an estimated total career income of $8 million dollars. As Brownlee lives in New Jersey he will have paid some 43% in state and federal taxes. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $4.56 million, having paid $3.44 million dollars in taxes.
Marques Brownlee is not married and has no children. He has likely earned $800,000 from his investments while also spent $750,000 of his career earnings in his personal life. He will have also had to pay around $400,000 in business costs. Therefore, it is estimated that Brownlee has a net worth of around $4 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Marques Brownlee is considered to be one of the best technology reviewers and speakers today. He’s also one of the best tech bloggers in the world who has uploaded more than 1,000 videos online and has been endorsed by millions around the world. In addition to that, Brownlee’s fantastic reviews have been praised even by companies such as Google, Samsung, and Apple among many other companies.
