It’s no surprise that teenagers are always on their phones, whether they are gaming, snapping away pictures with obscure filters that make them look like cats and dogs or watching videos of infamous Youtube stars. With the growing usage of social media on mobile phones and evolving technology, YouTubers have found more creative ways to engage with their young demographic audience by uploading videos that create viral trends on unorthodox matters.
So you might be asking how do they afford to drive a nice car and why YouTube? Well, it’s not as simple as you think it might be. However, for most YouTubers this is easy as learning your 1,2,3s and a, b, c’s and heres why.
Some of the most famous YouTubers like David Dobrik, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and many other YouTubers are able to create content that are able to reach over 10million viewers. Although their beginnings were humble, they are now able to spend their millions on luxurious goods, or even giving back towards the community.
So what type of videos do they even make you ask? Well, for most parents, these videos are the lists of things you tell your kids not to do. From YouTube titles like “SUPRISING EX-GIRLFRIEND WITH A FLAMETHROWER” to “GETTING DRUNK IN PUBLIC” , most videos are about young adults doing irresponsible or reckless skits that are able to influence and attract young teenagers to watch their videos. However, it is not merely their content that drives views, it is also their youtube personality of being an ‘Attention Seeker’ or ‘Celebrity’ Endorser. This personality trait is most common amongst these YouTubers as purchase is relatively low (subjective) compared to their creation which is significantly high.
WHERES THE BIT ABOUT CARS!? So here it is, the bit where I discuss where their millions and millions of dollars are spent on. It is no surprise that they spend their money on expensive cars. And no, by expensive I don’t mean your uncle’s top of the range Toyota Camry, or your cousin’s Golf GTI :), I don’t mean your average Range Rover or your Dad’s entry level BMW either. By all means these are nice driving cars by the way. However, we are talking about their hard to miss bold and striking coloured Ferraris and Lamborghinis that are custom made for their needs. To be honest, are they even a successful YouTuber if they don’t drive a luxurious sports car?
Some of the most famous YouTubers that drive the most over the top ‘pimped’ cars are ranked below (10 being the least obnoxious)
10. David Dobrik’s Red Ferrari 458
9. Heath Husslar’s Baby Blue Lamborghini Hurácan
8. CaptainSparklez’ Baby Blue Ford GT
7. KSI’s Chrome purple Lamborghini Aventador
6. Kylie Jenner’s Orange Mercedes G Wagon
5. FouseyTube’s Camouflage inspired BMW M4
4. Jake Paul’s Rainbow Ford Focus RS
3. PewDiePie’s Chrome Gold Lamborghini Aventador
2. Trisha Paytas’ Pink Mercedes G Wagon
1. Jefferey Star’s Pink BMW i8
What are your thoughts on these YouTubers? are their content appropriate for their young audience?
Would you drive a car thats Hot Pink? I know I definitely wont be 🙂
If you know any other YouTuber that drives an obnoxious car let me know in the comments section down below!
Or feel free to contact me.
Keeping up to Speed. 
Hey Dorian, another good post.
It is interesting how clickbait titles and obnoxious purchases or actions are drawing in huge audiences on YouTube. I think nowadays as the younger generation consumes more digital media in comparison to traditional media, big YouTubers success and the money they rake in will only continue to grow. Now for a question for you –
Do you think that to amass a large YouTube following nowadays you have to be an attention seeker? Can genuine content creators who are not attention seekers compete with these big names?
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That is a very interesting stance. Content creators personality can be very different. However, I believe for certain demographics or industry their videos are based on, their personality will play a huge part on being successful.
For example, if i was trying to find the pros and cons of 2 different vehicles, I probably wouldn’t believe the YouTuber if he isn’t in a serious nature.
However, if I watching something for entertainment purposes, I can say that having that attention seeking personality will be very beneficial. Hence it may be hard for those who aren’t attention seekers to compete with those big names. But hey, everyone’s got to start somewhere!
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I would say that some of these YouTubers definitely are not a great influence on their younger audience – especially ones that pull really stupid pranks, do “social experiments” that just involve them being a nuisance to others, or say socially ignorant or unacceptable things. And then, flaunting their riches through extravagant, over-the-top purchases much like some of these cars, I think it’s a bit too much and sets a bad example for young teenagers who get absorbed into the lives of these YouTube celebrities, and are easily influenced to act in a similar way. As for the cars themselves, I think for me something a bit more lowkey is better – I would be scared that an expensive-looking car would attract potential thieves or damages by jealous people!
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I definitely agree with your stance. I would also agree that an expensive-looking car would most definitely attract potential thieves, just need to make sure you have a nice locked up garage to house your car. 😀
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Super interesting post!! I think these YouTubers are certainly onto something with the way they have created a digital career through social mediums. Though the ‘clickbait’ captions can sometimes be annoying for viewers with high expectations, these YouTubers need something to catch people’s attention and lure them to watch their videos. After all, mass amounts of people aren’t going to be interested by normal day-to-day activities, just take a look at every front page of a newspaper! Whilst their cars are certainly obnoxious, it is good PR for the brands who make them as these online influencers are spreading awareness of the brand by driving them, posting instagram pics or even vlogging in their cars. It starts to influence the younger audience with desire of owning cars similar to these online stars they idolise.
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