Reviewing life in Africa, Vietnamese youtuber reached 1 million subscribers after 1 year, earning several hundred million / month, regularly doing charity work for the poor

Youtube is a potential monetization ground for content creators. However, attracting viewers is not simple. According to a recent report, up to 90% of videos on the platform do not have 1,000 views.

Besides, there are also many youtube channels that quickly hit the silver and gold buttons in a short time. Quang Linh Vlogs – Life in Africa is a typical case when this youtube channel has reached the golden button (1 million subscribers) after only 1 year of operation.

The owner of the youtube channel is Pham Quang Linh, born in 1997, from Nghe An. He moved to Angola to live and work 4 years ago. In the early period, boys mainly worked as construction workers.

YouTuber Pham Quang Linh

After a period of capital accumulation, the boy turned to shoe and clothing business and has just started practicing making content on Youtube since the end of 2018.

The difference of Quang Linh Vlogs is that the content and images are extremely realistic, reflecting the daily life of him and his friends in Angola, from working to playing. A special topic that attracts many viewers of the vlog is cooking and experiencing Vietnamese cuisine with local people. 9x boy is almost the only Vietnamese who “reviews” the authentic life in Africa instead of a luxury, developed country like America, Japan or Korea, … that many YouTube creators have done.

The videos are only shot in shabby houses, lack of facilities, even without editing or adding effects, but are loved by the audience because of the rustic and simple. In addition, Linh always has the companionship of local friends in every video.

Most of Quang Linh’s videos reach several hundred thousand to several million views. He is also very diligent in releasing new content, about 5 videos a week. Currently, Quang Linh Vlogs youtube channel owns 371 videos with a total of more than 275 million views, 1.24 million subscribers.

In addition, the guy born in 1997 also owns another youtube channel called African Cuisine, which also attracts nearly 270,000 followers.

Another YouTube channel of Linh also attracts hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

According to a website specializing in statistics of influencers (influencers), with an average of 630,350 views / video, Linh’s monthly income from this youtube channel is estimated to range from 5,700 to 91,000 USD (equivalent to 132 , 5 million to 2.1 billion).

Meanwhile, the African Cuisine channel also brought the guy 9x an income from 3,200 to 50,900 USD / month (equivalent to 74.4 million to 1.1 billion).

Quang Linh’s estimated income from Quang Linh Vlogs channel (according to Social Blade).

Estimated earnings from African Cuisine page (according to Social Blade).

In addition to the story of his daily life, Quanh Linh regularly shares charitable activities because he and a number of other Vietnamese also live in Angola to support indigenous people in difficult circumstances.

When the translation of Covid showed signs of spreading to the world, Linh still decided to stay in Angola, and at the same time gave many masks and necessities to people in Bailundo. This is also the hometown of many close friends who often appear in his videos.