CarryMinati is a YouTuber, gamer, live streamer, rapper, and comedian from India. CarryMinati, his principal YouTube channel, has over 35.9 million members and 1.1 billion views. He also has a separate streaming channel called ‘CarryIsLive,’ which has 11.1 million subscribers. While he has dabbled in a variety of topics, he is best known for his roast videos. Even though he interviewed Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill to help promote their 2018 film Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ in India, he develops content in Hindi and has no plans to switch to English. In January 2019, he released the diss tune “Bye PewDiePie” in response to the notorious Swedish YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, and in May 2019, he was named one of TIME magazine’s “10 Next Generation Leaders.” He’s also released three original singles so far: ‘TRIGGER’ in April 2019 with Vibgyor, and ‘Zindagi’ and ‘Warrior’ in January and April 2020, respectively, with Wily Frenzy. His video ‘YOUTUBE VS TIK TOK: THE END’ recently become the most popular Indian video on YouTube.
Ascend to the Top
CarryMinati started interested in YouTube when he was 8 years old after viewing football videos on the platform. He launched his first YouTube account, ‘STeaLThFeArzZ,’ at the age of ten, on which he produced roughly two dozen videos, largely regarding football skills and tutorials. He eventually launched another channel, ‘AddictedA1,’ on October 30, 2014, in response to low user response, and began posting gameplay videos with entertaining remarks imitating the voices of Bollywood celebs such as Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol. In 2015, he changed the name of his channel to ‘CarryDeol,’ and was able to gain more viewers, thanks to the ‘Counter Strike’ community sharing his content. After six months, he became bored and decided to evolve his channel, which he did after discovering YouTuber Leafyishere,’ whose notion of gaming roast videos he then used in his own videos.
After becoming increasingly popular, he rebranded the channel to ‘CarryMinati.’ ‘Making Money with BB Ki Vines,’ broadcast on June 21, 2016, was one of his first viral videos, in which he mocked people who uploaded films of themselves reacting to the the the prominent YouTuber Bhuvan Bam. In 2017, he won YouTube’s gold play button for attaining 1 million subscribers, and the following year, he started a second channel, ‘CarryIsLive,’ to live-stream gaming videos, especially PUBG. After recording the diss tune ‘Bye PewDiePie’ in reaction to Felix Kjellberg a.k.a. PewDiePie ridiculing an Indian’s terrible English, he gained one million likes for the first time in early 2019.
India’s Roast King
While Ajey Nagar has dabbled with a variety of genres over the years, including gameplay videos, diss tracks, parodies, and comic sketches, it is his roasting videos that set him apart. In such films, he criticizes a number of people, which has sparked controversy. He was struck twice on his YouTube channel, once by local Haryanvi artist Bheem Narula, who sought a hefty fee to end the strike, and the other time by the proprietor of the YouTube channel ‘MovieTalkies.’ While he now has a distinct ‘Copyright Disclaimer’ on his channel, his primary content type has remained roasting people, shows, trends, and other things that he thinks deserving of criticism.
He recently produced a video titled ‘YOUTUBE VS TIK TOK: THE END’ ridiculing popular TikTok user Amir Siddiqui in the midst of the ongoing conflict between the two video-sharing platforms, YouTube and TikTok, which erupted in after some YouTubers began reacting to cringeworthy TikTok films. He slammed Siddiqui for his now-deleted IGTV video, in which he attempted to sound self-righteous while labeling YouTubers as unoriginal and money-hungry. In under 24 hours, the video became the most loved and commented-on Indian video on the platform, bringing him over 1.3 million new subscribers and praise from the community.
His recent roast:
Personal & Family Life
CarryMinati’s real name is Ajey Nagar, and he was born in Faridabad, Haryana, a large satellite city of India’s capital New Delhi, on June 12, 1999. He has a brother and was born into a Gurjar household. He went to Delhi Public School, but with his parent’s consent, he dropped a year in the 12th grade because he was nervous about his economics test during the Class XII Board exams. He went on to complete his senior secondary studies via distance learning later. He played football until eighth grade but stopped when he got a PS3, after which he grew interested in video games and considered game creation as a career option. He was overweight as a teen and had to shed weight through tight exercise and diet restrictions after experiencing health problems. In a side wing of his Faridabad home, he has set up his studio.
His recent tweet:
Without cake pic.twitter.com/quxG8K6ZpC
— Ajey Nagar (@CarryMinati) June 14, 2022
Estimated Net Worth
CarryMinati has a net worth of $4 million.