Logan Paul

Logan Paul
Headshot of Logan Paul, a young, white, blond man with a beard, wearing a boxing shirt and .
Paul in 2019
Born
Logan Alexander Paul

(1995-04-01) April 1, 1995 (age 29)
Westlake, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
Children1
RelativesJake Paul (brother)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2007–present
Genres
Subscribers23.6 million
Total views6.0 billion
100,000 subscribers2016
1,000,000 subscribers2016
10,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: November 18, 2024
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Billed weight205 lb (93 kg)[1]
Billed fromWestlake, Ohio, U.S.[2]
Trained by
DebutApril 2, 2021[1]

Logan Alexander Paul (born April 1, 1995) is an American social media influencer, professional wrestler, YouTuber, entrepreneur, and actor. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021.[6][7][8] He is the co-founder of beverage company Prime and controversial snack brand Lunchly. Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over four million YouTube subscribers.[9] As a wrestler, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis and is a former WWE United States Champion.

Paul gained a following in 2013, posting sketches on the now-defunct video-sharing application Vine.[10] He registered his first YouTube channel, TheOfficialLoganPaul, on October 18, 2013, where he started posting regularly following the closure of the Vine app.[11] He later created the Logan Paul Vlogs channel on August 29, 2015, which has since become his most-subscribed YouTube channel.[12] As of August 2023, the channel has received 23.6 million subscribers and almost 6 billion views.[13][12]

As an actor, Paul's television and film work includes guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Bizaardvark, and roles in films The Thinning (2016) and The Thinning: New World Order (2018).[14][15] He has also explored other avenues; he released his debut single "2016" in 2016, and fought English media personality KSI in a white-collar boxing match in 2018. The fight ended in a majority draw. In the 2019 rematch, which was a professional bout, KSI won by split decision. After a couple of brief appearances in WWE in 2021, he made his professional wrestling debut as The Miz's tag team partner in a tag team match at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022, which they won and Paul received praise for his performance. He then signed a contract with WWE in June that year and later won the WWE United States Championship in November 2023.

Paul has been involved in several controversies, most notably in relation to a trip to Japan in December 2017, during which he visited the Aokigahara forest (a notorious suicide site), filmed himself finding the corpse of a suicide victim, and uploaded the footage to his YouTube channel.[16] Others include his promotion of scams and failed ventures, including CryptoZoo—in which he failed to compensate more than $1.5 million to investors despite promising to do so.[17][18]

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  6. ^ Brown, Abram (January 14, 2022). "The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars: MrBeast, Jake Paul And Markiplier Score Massive Paydays". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
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  8. ^ Robehmed, Natalie (December 3, 2018). "Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2018: Markiplier, Jake Paul, PewDiePie And More". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "IMPAULSIVE's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  10. ^ Brown, Jennings (February 2018). "It Took a Month For Logan Paul to Become the Real Victim". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "TheOfficialLoganPaul's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. SocialBlade. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Logan Paul's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. SocialBlade. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Top 250 YouTubers in the United States sorted by Subscribers". socialblade.com. SocialBlade. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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  17. ^ Peters, Rene (August 23, 2023). "Logan Paul Faces Wrath of Community Over Unsettled $1,500,000 CryptoZoo Compensation". CaptainAltcoin. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  18. ^ Pandey, Pranav (August 22, 2023). "What is CryptoZoo? Everything you need to know about the scandal and Logan Paul's involvement in it". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.