Everything We Know About Ethan Klein’s Net Worth
Even as a comedian and a social media personality, you can make good income and create your wealth, provided you have the determination required to find success in the field. Ethan Klein is an example of what you can achieve as a comedian and a social media personality. His net worth of $20 million is a testimony of his commitment to achieving much from his career.
This post digs deeper to understand more about who Ethan Klein is and how he managed to create his wealth to attain his admirable net worth. Let’s begin!
Overview of the h3h3Productions YouTube Channel
Klein and his wife Hila opened a YouTube channel in 2011 and named it h3h3Productions. The channel grew in popularity and, so far, has over six million subscribers an its cumulative views exceed a billion.
The channel mainly focuses on reaction videos where Ethan Klein shares his cultural commentary and critiques of other videos. Notably, Klein intermixes his videos with comedy sketches and this creates an absurd style that blends well with his audience and helps with gaining the billions of views he enjoys.
Over time, the channel has gained a reputation for its satirical skewering of online personalities, internet trends, etc.
Overview of the H3 Podcast
Apart from working on their YouTube channel, Klein and his wife also host a triweekly podcast, the H3 podcast where they feature conversational interviews. They also have two weekly sub-series named the “H3 After Dark,” which is basically an unscripted podcast that focuses on current affairs, and the “Content Court” that is more of a narrative podcast.
Notably, their podcast was among the most ranked podcast in 2020 in the United States. Such success earns them reputation and financial returns. Klein also joined the “Frenemies” podcast in September 2020 to co-host with Trisha Paytas. They worked on it for 39 episodes but disagreements made Trisha to leave.
Klein has also worked on another podcast, “Leftovers” with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. The podcast focused on discussing progressive ideas while also mocking prominent conservative figures.
Klein Battles Fair Use Lawsuit
Copyright is criminal and can bring losses. Klein faced alleged copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Matt Hosseinzadeh in April 2016. The YouTuber claimed that he had reached out to the Kleins to take down his content from their video but they declined.
According to Matt’s Attorney, he argued that the Kleins had used more than 70% of Matt’s video in their content, violating copyright. The lawsuit attracted attention of many people and YouTuber Philip DeFranco launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to hep the Kleins with legal fees to battle it out on YouTube’s fair use on video content.
The Kleins ended up winning the lawsuit on grounds of fair use due to the commentary added to the video.
Ethan Klein’s Net Worth
Ethan is a successful social media personality and comedian. He has found financial success through YouTube and the several podcasts that he has worked on. Through his work, he has managed to accumulate a net worth of $20 million.