Bhuvan Bam is a YouTuber, singer, composer, guitarist, and comedian from New Delhi who rose to national notoriety after he began uploading videos to his YouTube channel, ‘BB Ki Vines.’ Initially, he shared his music videos on Facebook, which he made and produced himself. However, he eventually started his own YouTube account, ‘BB Ki Vines,’ where he posted all of his future footage. Following his graduation from New Delhi’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, he began working as an entertainer and musician in a local watering hole known as ‘Bars.’ He used to perform into the early hours of the morning in order to earn a living and make ends meet. Simultaneously, he performed in live musical shows, soirees, college fests, and events, giving him an additional source of money in addition to his main source of revenue. He began his internet career as a low-profile journalist, with 15,000 views on his Facebook page for his first news video. A video he captured using his Nexus smartphone’s front camera inspired him to start his channel, ‘BB Ki Vines.’ His YouTube channel, BB Ki Vines, currently has over 25.5 million subscribers.
Ascend to Fame
Bhuvan Bam began his online career by sharing a satirical video of a news reporter asking a widow inappropriate questions about her son’s death in the Kashmir floods. On his Facebook page, the post attracted roughly 15,000 views. He released his debut YouTube video, titled ‘The Chakhna Issue,’ in the same year.
Bam’s first YouTube video, ‘The Chakhna Issue,’ received only 15-20 views, forcing him to take it down from the famous social media platform. His subscribers, on the other hand, later republished the video. ‘I’m feeling horny,’ a video accidentally taken with the front camera of a brand new Nexus phone, went viral in Pakistan.
In June 2015, he launched his own YouTube channel, dubbed ‘BB Ki Vines,’ in response to the song’s unparalleled popularity. Later, he teamed up with two YouTube channels established in Pakistan, ‘Bekaar Vines’ and ‘Karachi Vyns.’
Bhuvan records videos with the front camera of his iPhone 6 Plus and uploads them to ‘BB Ki Vines.’ With over 5 million subscribers on YouTube and over 720 million views on his vlogs, he is unquestionably one of India’s most popular YouTubers.
His videos range in length from 2 to 8 minutes and often depict the lives of teens growing up in modern metropolitan cities. The stories usually focus on Valentine’s Day, parents, teachers, and girlfriends, and are peppered with unmistakable ribald humor.
For the video named ‘TVF Bhootiyapa Bachelors vs. Ghost,’ he teamed up with ‘TVF’ (The Viral Fever), another well-known YouTube channel established in India. The creators of ‘All India Bakchod,’ one of India’s most popular YouTube channels, invited him to collaborate on a number of upcoming web-based initiatives.
One of India’s top rappers, ‘Raftaar,’ praised Bhuvan for his humorous videos and congratulated him for achieving significant YouTube notoriety in such a short time. On his personal YouTube channel, he has created and presented a number of singles, the most notable of which being ‘Teri Meri Kahani,’ for which he collaborated with TVF.
Bhuvan’s footages have a remarkable resemblance to that of another extremely popular YouTuber, Lilly Singh dubbed ‘Superwoman.’ Unlike Lilly’s uploads, however, Bhuvan Bam’s videos have a very Indian flavor to them and are shot with the interests of local kids in mind.
The popularity of Bhuvan Bam extends across the Indian subcontinent, including India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Teenagers and young adults from North India make up the majority of people who subscribe to his YouTube channel and watch his videos.
For sharing obscene content and using aggressive language in his videos, he has received a lot of backlashes. Many of his admirers, on the other hand, have backed him up, claiming that young people in Delhi use filthier language in everyday talks.
Bhuvan was the first Indian to reach the 2 million subscriber mark on YouTube. On his Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram pages, he has millions of followers.
The single “Ban-Chod,” which he composed and posted in March 2015, is his favorite. He penned the song as a protest against the existing government’s various unreasonable bans and embargoes.
In all of his videos, Bhuvan Bam is the main character who, along with a few imaginary characters, moves the plot along. Banchordas Chhatriwala, Sameer Fuddi, Babloo Ji, and Dr. Sehgal are some of the personalities who appear frequently in the footage.
Aside from being a talented musician and comedian, Bam also excels at writing original textual content and is an excellent public speaker. In 2016, he spoke at the TEDxII conference at IIT Delhi and the Jaypee University of Information Technology.
At the WebTV Asia Awards 2016 ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, he received the ‘Most Popular Channel Award.’
His recent youtube video:
Personal Experiences of Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Bam was born in Baroda, Gujarat, on January 22, 1995. He afterward moved to New Delhi with his family, where he spent his childhood. He completed his high school education at the reputed Green Fields School in South Delhi.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Delhi University’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. He found work as a vocalist and instrumentalist in a tavern in New Delhi called ‘The Bars’ after completing his education.
He performed as a comedian and was a supporting actor in several concerts, stage shows, and events, in addition to entertaining people at a local bar in Delhi. From his school years on, he had been refining his skills as an entertainer and stand-up comic.
During the early portion of his professional career, he made a living by performing in the tavern, singing in college fests and musical events, and acting as a comic.
His recent tweet:
Saw this while driving home. 🥰 pic.twitter.com/hSzvyqnpnk
— Bhuvan Bam (@Bhuvan_Bam) December 22, 2021
Estimated Net Worth
The total net worth of Bhuvan Bam is estimated to be $3.5 million.