Zach King – Networth, Age, Videos & Magic Tricks

King shared a TikTok video on December 9, 2019, and by May 2021, it had over 2.2 billion views, making it the most-watched video on the site. In the video, he made it look like he was riding a bike, just like Harry Potter. Later, he admitted that he did it with a mirror. As of 2021, he had almost 60 million fans, making him the fourth most important TikTok user. King told Forbes that TikTok has made it easier for anyone to make content, saying, “TikTok has really leveled the playing field.” It’s open to everyone. It changes people from consuming to making. Trends and content are what everyone thinks they can do. It’s also easy to get to and fun.” This shows that the platform can allow users to contribute to making content, no matter what their background is or how much money they have. This makes the space welcoming and fun for creation.

Who is Zach King? 

King is famous for making short movies that look like they were made by magic tricks using computers. He calls this “digital sleight of hand.” A lot of people are sharing these interesting videos on a lot of different social media sites.

He started making videos in 2008 by posting them on YouTube. In 2013, he moved on to Vine, and in 2016, he finally made videos for TikTok. With over 58.2 million followers, King had reached a huge milestone by April 2021: he had broken the “Guinness Book of World Records” for having the most TikTok followers of any man. He is currently the fourth most popular user on the site, which shows how influential and well-known he is.

King is good at more than just digital media. When he won the “Hewlett-Packard” ad contest in 2010, he got to walk the famous red carpet at the London Film Festival. Aside from that, his creativity was honored when he won YouTube’s NextUp Creators contest in 2013.

King and his wife, Rachel Holm, tried their hand at reality TV in 2016 when they joined the 28th season of The Amazing Race. Even though they came in sixth place overall, their trip on the show showed how adventurous they are and added to the many things they have done.

Early Life and Education 

• Zach King was born on February 4, 1990, in Portland, Oregon, USA. His full name is Zachary Michael King. On his father’s side, he has Chinese ancestry, and on his mother’s side, he has Austrian and Nicaraguan ancestry. Zach and his three younger sisters were taught at home on their Oregon family farm when they were kids.
• When he was seven years old, he used a home video camera to make his first movie, which sparked his interest in making movies. Zach bought video gear like a Mac computer, cameras, and a tripod when he was 14 years old so he could start making and editing movies.
• In an interview with the Guardian in 2020, Zach talked about how he became interested in magic when he was in junior high. Zach first did standard white-glove magic, which was influenced by his grandfather, who taught him the rules of magic. But he wanted to make his magic movies stand out from others in the same genre by adding a story-like element that was all his own.
• Zach followed his academic interests and graduated from Biola University in December 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Media Arts. This gave him more information and skills in the areas of making movies and telling stories.

Career

• In 2008, Zach King saw that there weren’t enough online lessons for people who were new to using the editing tool Final Cut Pro. Seeing this need, he made a website called FinalCutKing to help people who use Final Cut Pro by giving them training and tips.
• At the same time, Zach started posting how-to videos on his YouTube page about how to use Final Cut Pro to make visual effects. As his website and YouTube channel became more popular, he added training workshops to what he was selling. These activities brought in money that helped pay for his college schooling.
• Zach was a contestant on an episode of “Syfy’s Viral Video Showdown” in 2012, where he showed off his skills in video editing and visual effects. His growing image as a skilled content creator and teacher in the field of video production was helped by this experience.

YouTube

• A college friend of Zach King’s and his made a movie called “Jedi Kittens” in 2011 that showed two cats fighting with lightsabers. After being posted on his YouTube channel, FinalCutKing, the video quickly went popular, getting over a million views in just three days and going on to get over 18 million views in total.
• Zach made two more books after “Jedi Kittens” because it was so popular: “Jedi Kittens Strike Back” in 2011 and “Jedi Kittens with Force” in 2014. Zach’s image as a popular content creator grew even stronger as both sequels got millions of views.
• YouTube named Zach one of the 25 most potential young filmmakers in the United States in May 2013. His win in YouTube’s “NextUp Creators” event gave him $35,000 and a trip to New York City for four days to attend YouTube Creator Camp.
• ‘Contest Entry Gone Wrong,’ Zach’s winning entry to the competition, showed how good he is at sharing stories and making visual effects. Watch the movie to see how well he avoids airstrikes and ground fire while trying to get into the “NextUp” program.
• Zach’s YouTube channel has more than 11 million subscribers and more than a billion views across more than 350 movies as of mid-March 2021. His creative material, which shows how good he is at making videos and telling digital stories, continues to captivate people all over the world.

Vines

• Zach King joined Vine on September 9, 2013, because his friends told him to. He planned to post one Vine movie every day for thirty days. His first Vines went viral quickly, which inspired him to keep making and posting new videos on the app.
• Some well-known websites, like Mashable and Complex magazine, liked Zach’s Vine videos and praised his style and creativity. Laura Vitto from Mashable said that Zach may not do traditional magic, but his six-second movies were so well made that they made her think of the famous magician David Blaine.
• Complex magazine’s J. Duaine Hahn said that while many Vine stars became famous through skits or comments, Zach stood out by using his short videos to show magic tricks, which showed how talented he was and how creative he was with smartphone filmmaking.
• Zach’s creative way of telling stories and using visual effects on Vine made him famous and solidified his place as a major digital content maker.

TikTok 

• On February 28, 2016, Zach King posted his first video on TikTok. In it, he showed off an amazing escape from jail. He has gained almost 60 million followers since then, making him the fourth most important user on the platform by 2021.
• King’s most famous TikTok post was on December 9, 2019, and it was a trick with a Harry Potter theme. Amazingly, this movie had been seen 2.2 billion times by May 2021. King looked like he was riding a broomstick in the clip, but it turned out that he was actually just using a mirror to make the effect.
• King talked to Forbes about TikTok’s ability to make things more fair for creators, saying that the site has “leveled the playing field.” He talked about how TikTok pushes users to stop passively consuming content and start actively creating it. This creates an environment where anyone can follow trends and make interesting content. According to King, TikTok is friendly and enjoyable, highlighting that it is open to producers from all walks of life and skill levels.

Personal Life

• Rachel King and Zach King met at Biola University in 2013 during a dance and lip sync competition. King’s younger sister set them up on a few dates to get to know each other. Things between them got better quickly, and by May of that year, they were dating.
• Their love story took a big turn when King asked Rachel to marry him on July 4, the next summer, in Oregon, right where they had their first kiss. Even though they had only been dating for a short time, Rachel was sure Zach was the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with, so she happily accepted his proposal.
• The couple said their vows in a beautiful backyard wedding on December 28, 2014. This was the start of their journey together as husband and wife.

Awards and Honors

• Zach King has won many awards over the years for his skill and creativity. In 2009, he won first place at the London Film Festival for an ad for HP and the Critics’ Choice Award at the Safety Scholars Teen Driver Video Contest put on by Bridgestone Tires.
• This was King’s sixth win in a row. He won the Bridgestone Safety Scholar award and first place in the London Film Festival’s Heartbrand Ad category in 2010.
• The “Vidcon Golden Poop Award” and a win in YouTube’s NextUp Creators Contest in 2013 were given to him for his work on online material.
• King’s skill as an artist on Vine won him the title of Best Vine Artist at the 8th Annual Shorty Awards in 2016. This added to his reputation as a digital leader. Most recently, YouTube gave him the prestigious Diamond Creator Award in 2021 to recognize his outstanding work in making online videos.

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