BENOFTHEWEEK Ethnicity

BENOFTHEWEEK is a Canadian Titkoker and social media influencer. He is quite popular on Tiktok and YouTube for sharing comedy content.

He was born on 8 September 1999 in Alberta, Canada. The 24-year-old has around 20 million followers (combined) across different social media platforms.

Quick Info

Real NameBenjamin De Almeida
Age24 [as of August 2024]
BirthplaceAlberta, Canada
EducationN/A
Height6 feet [approx.]
WeightN/A

Ethnicity

BENOFTHEWEEK is 25% Indian, 25% Portuguese, 25% French, and 25% German, as revealed in his Q&A video.

Personal Life

Though born in Canada, his family relocated to Massachusetts, USA, when he was two.

His first relationship was in sixth grade.

Career

BENOFTHEWEEK first created a channel on YouTube in 2010 but deleted it three years later. His present channel was launched in 2013 and shared his first video in May. Most of his early videos are comedy skits and parodies.

Over the years, he shared a variety of content such as challenges, vlogs, mukbangs, and reaction videos. However, his videos only began to go viral during the pandemic in 2020. His Omegle interactions and Zoom class pranks helped him become popular.

In fact, his first video to cross the one million view mark was titled, “h**king preschool ZOOM classes”. The video received over 2 million in one month after uploading. His channel went from a few thousand subscribers to a million by February 2021.

Around the same time, he started uploading short-form content on his Tiktok account. He earned overnight success on the app after a few of his videos earned millions of views quickly.

Since the launch of Instagram Reels, he also uploaded short videos on the platform. Though he became popular for short-form content, he still shares long-form content on his YouTube channel.

Looking at the numbers, he has the most followers on Tiktok with the number at 12 million, followed by his 7.5 million subscribers on YouTube, and comparatively lesser 750k followers on Instagram.

Unknown Facts

  • He appeared in MrBeast’s “50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000” YouTube video.
  • He hosts a podcast named Drama Mama.

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Photo credit: @benoftheweek – Instagram.