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| Born | June 6, 1990[1] Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present (inactive since Apr 2020) | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 20.9 million (nigahiga) 4.58 million (HigaTV) | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 4.4 billion (nigahiga) 916 million (HigaTV) | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2020–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Gaming | ||||||||||||
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| Followers | 817 thousand | ||||||||||||
Last updated: September 3, 2024 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Higa (born June 6, 1990), also known as nigahiga (/ˈniːɡəhiːɡə/ NEE-ɡə-HEE-ɡə), is an American internet personality. Best known for his comedy videos on YouTube, Higa began making YouTube videos in 2006 and was one of the most popular creators on the platform in its early years. His main YouTube channel, nigahiga, was the most subscribed channel on YouTube over two periods, a very brief 9 day period in September and October 2008, and a 675 consecutive day period from 2009 to 2011, a period of time as the most-subscribed channel that has only been surpassed by PewDiePie and T-Series since.[2][3] Higa was the first person to reach the milestones of 2 million[4] and 3 million[5] subscribers on YouTube. Higa launched a podcast in 2018 called Off the Pill, which has featured YouTubers and celebrities such as KevJumba, Andrew Yang, and Jeremy Lin.[6] In 2020, Higa started streaming on Twitch, where he reacts to his past videos and broadcasts video game content, most notably in Valorant.[7]
Higa has won a Shorty Award, has been named Forbes Top 30 Under 30,[8] and has been nominated for three more Shorty Awards, six Streamy Awards, and five Teen Choice Awards.
Outside of his content on YouTube and Twitch, he has also published a memoir Ryan Higa's How to Write Good and appeared in feature films Tell Me How I Die (2016) and Finding 'Ohana (2021).
- ^ a b "HigaTV.COM About". HigaTV Productions. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "Ryan Higa - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ VanDeGraph (October 21, 2016). "The Top Youtubers Throughout History". VanDeGraph. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ Digital, Premier (2019-05-10). "Culture – YouTube 101". Premier Digital. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Ozawa, Ryan (2010-12-22). "Ryan Higa Hits 3 Million YouTube Subscribers". Hawaii Social Media. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Leskin, Paige. "The 10 most popular YouTubers at the beginning of the decade — and where they are now". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Twitch apologizes to Ryan Higa after wrongful ban for "hateful conduct"". Dexerto. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Cuccinello, Hayley C. "30 Under 30 Spotlight: Meet YouTube Star Ryan Higa". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-04-30.