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Ryan Higa
Higa at VidCon in June 2012
Personal information
Born
(1990-06-06) June 6, 1990 (age 33)[1]
Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.[1]
Occupations
YouTuber
actor
Website
www.higatv.com
YouTube information
Channels
nigahiga
HigaTV
Created by
Ryan Higa
Sean Fujiyoshi
Tim Enos
Tarynn Nago
Years active
2006–present (Inactive since Apr 2020)
Genre
Comedy
Subscribers
20.9 million (nigahiga) 4.61 million (HigaTV)
Total views
4.39 billion (nigahiga) 913 million (HigaTV)
Associated acts
Wong Fu Productions
Smosh
Jeremy Lin
Jenna Marbles
D-trix
David Choi
Andrew Garcia
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
2007 (nigahiga) 2011 (HigaTV)
1,000,000 subscribers
2009 (nigahiga) 2013 (HigaTV)
10,000,000 subscribers
2013 (nigahiga)
Twitch information
Channel
itsRyanHiga
Years active
2020–present
Genre
Gaming
Games
Valorant
Minecraft
Among Us
League of Legends
Followers
802 thousand
Last updated: March 23, 2024
Ryan Higa (born June 6, 1990), also known as nigahiga (/ˈniːɡəhiːɡə/NEE-ɡə-HEE-ɡə), is an American internet personality. Best known for his comedy videos on YouTube, Higa began making YouTube videos in 2006 and was one of the most popular creators on the platform in its early years. His main YouTube channel, nigahiga, was the most subscribed channel on YouTube for 677 consecutive days from 2009 to 2011, an achievement that has only been surpassed by PewDiePie and T-Series.[2][3] Higa was the first person to reach the milestones of 2 million[4] and 3 million[5] subscribers on YouTube. Higa launched a podcast in 2018 called Off the Pill, which has featured YouTubers and celebrities such as KevJumba, Andrew Yang, and Jeremy Lin.[6] In 2020, Higa started streaming on Twitch, where he reacts to his past videos and broadcasts video game content, most notably in Valorant.[7]
Higa has won a Shorty Award, has been named Forbes Top 30 Under 30,[8] and has been nominated for three more Shorty Awards, six Streamy Awards, and five Teen Choice Awards.
Outside of his content on YouTube and Twitch, he has also published a memoir Ryan Higa's How to Write Good and appeared in feature films Tell Me How I Die (2016) and Finding 'Ohana (2021).
^ ab"HigaTV.COM About". HigaTV Productions. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
^"Ryan Higa - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^VanDeGraph (October 21, 2016). "The Top Youtubers Throughout History". VanDeGraph. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^Digital, Premier (2019-05-10). "Culture – YouTube 101". Premier Digital. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
^Ozawa, Ryan (2010-12-22). "Ryan Higa Hits 3 Million YouTube Subscribers". Hawaii Social Media. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
^Leskin, Paige. "The 10 most popular YouTubers at the beginning of the decade — and where they are now". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
^"Twitch apologizes to Ryan Higa after wrongful ban for "hateful conduct"". Dexerto. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
^Cuccinello, Hayley C. "30 Under 30 Spotlight: Meet YouTube Star Ryan Higa". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
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