About
Karl Jacobs is an American Youtuber and Twitch Streamer who gained fame after being featured on the MrBeast channel which has over 100 million subscribers.
Jacobs is part of the MrBeast crew and he regularly features in his videos and adds humor to the video while participating in different games.
He was born on July 19, 1998, and he is currently 24 years old as of 2022.
Moreover, He is also popular on TikTok with over 11 million followers where he uploads funny videos.
Jacobs is also a member of Dream Team SMP since August 2020 and he enjoys playing Minecraft with his friends.
Net Worth
What is Karl Jacobs’s net worth? Karl Jacobs has a net worth of $1 million as of 2022. He makes the majority of his income through his job as a MrBeast crew member as well as through his Youtube channel.
Moreover, he is widely popular on TikTok and Instagram which helps to further boost his wealth through different paid promotions and merch sales.
Relationship
Who is Karl Jacobs dating? Karl Jacobs is currently single as there is no mention of his girlfriend in the public domain.
Jacobs is also a private person when It comes to his relationship so he has not ever shared any details about his love life.
Measurements
What is Karl Jacobs’s height & weight? The Popular American Youtuber stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches or 1.80 meters and he weighs around 54 kg or 119 lb.
Karl has grey-colored eyes and brown-colored hair. He is of white ethnicity.
Early Life
Where was Karl Jacobs born? Karl Jacobs was born in North Carolina, United States. Jacobs has siblings named Sean Jacobs and Corry Berland.
He went to Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston, South Carolina. During his high school days, he used to play Soccer and Tennis.
He was also the leader of a debate team in his high school.
After completing his high school education, he joined Portland Community in 2018 where he studied multimedia.
Now, let’s take a look at Karl Jacobs’s career:
Career
Jacobs was always interested in video games since his childhood.
So, he started his career following his passion and started working as a writer for GameTZ which is a community for trading video games and other media.
Then, he worked as a salesman at Starlite gaming where he got to learn different camera equipment.
Using the skills learned while working at Starlite gaming, he started filming videos.
At this time, he had started streaming Roblox and Minecraft gameplay videos on his Twitch account GamerBoyKarl.
His funny sense of humor and energetic personality had attracted good numbers of the fanbase.
This was just the beginning of his career in the entertainment industry.
In 2019, he was hired as a video editor by the Youtuber MrBro who is the brother of MrBeast. Afterward, he worked with MrBeast as a cameraman.
Initially, he worked as a cameraman and filmed videos for MrBeast and he would occasionally appear in the videos in the background.
However, viewers started enjoying Karl’s presence more so he would often get featured in MrBeast videos.
But after one of the members of MrBeast named Jack the Viking left in Mid 2020, Jacobs was offered to fill the spot.
Then he started appearing in MrBeast’s videos regularly and his unmatchable persona and funny laugh made the video more interesting to watch and he started having his own separate fanbase.
Currently, he has taken over all social media and he has millions of fans on each platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Youtube.
Check out Karl Jacobs & Gordon Ramsay recreating the iconic “Idiot Sandwich” moment below:
Podcast
Karl Jacobs started a podcast show called “Banter” with his fellow Minecraft Youtuber Sapnap in September 2021 which featured MrBeast in the first Episode.
The episode becomes the #1 podcast on Spotify charts overtaking the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Update August 6: George Davidson, better known as GeorgeNotFound, has joined the Banter show as a host alongside Karl Jacob and Sapnap.
The announcement was made on the latest Banter episode titled “A New Host Joins BANTER”.
George is popular for his GeorgeNotFound youtube channel where he uploads Minecraft gameplay videos and he has over 10 million subscribers on his channel.
Trivia
- Karl Jacobs dropped out of his college to join the MrBeast crew and the decision contributed a lot to his fame.
- Jacobs is colorblind to red and green.
FAQs
Here are a few frequently asked questions about Karl Jacobs:
Q: Is Karl Jacobs related to MrBeast?
A: No, they are not related. However, due to the fact that they do look alike, many fans had speculated they are related which is not true.
Q: Is Karl Jacobs in the Dream SMP?
A: Due to his growing popularity from featuring in the MrBeast videos, he was offered to Join Dream SMP and he has been a member of Dream SMP since August 2020.
Q: How rich is Karl Jacobs?
A: The humorous guy who regularly appears in MrBeast’s videos has a net worth of $1 million. He makes a huge sum of money through his job as a MrBeast crew.
Q: Did Karl Jacobs Quit MrBeast?
A: No, Karl Jacobs is still a part of MrBeast’s crew and he regularly gets featured on his videos except for a few occasional days.
Video
Image credit: @karljacobs Instagram
