Logan Paul, everything to know about from his journey as youtube star to conroversies

Journey of Logan Paul as Youtube star

Logan Paul started making videos in his backyard and now a 24-year-old millionaire.

Logan Paul is one of the most controversial personalities on YouTube, where he has  entertained nearly 25 million subscribers.

Logan Paul  has never been out of controversy: He filmed a video of a dead body in Japan's "suicide forest".

Logan Paul star statrted his career from uploading videos in Vine(now Defaunt) . Later, he created  two simultaneous YouTube channels. His  good looks, slapstick humor, and carefully  planned and executed viral videos have earned him millions of dollars and many loyal fans.

But Paul lateley has ivolved in multiple controversies in the last two years, which resulted in losing the deal for a advertisement on YouTube and a movie deal with YouTube Red.


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Here's how Paul went from a 10-year-old making homemade videos in his backyard in Ohio to one of the most famous Youtube Star.

            Paul got his start at age 10, posting videos to the internet using an app called Zoosh

           While in  high school, Paul transitioned to now-defunct video-sharing app Vine. He started sharing Vine videos that usually included him doing stunts, telling jokes, and playing pranks.

         Paul gather huge fan followeings on the platform. By the time Vine shut down, he had 9.4 million followers.
Thanks to his success on Vine, Paul was able to transition to other social media apps like Facebook and Instagram. Advertisers came calling, and Paul began earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue for sponsored posts.

        Paul dropped out of Ohio University and moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue a career in entertainment.
He began taking acting classes and snagged a few small roles in TV shows like "Law & Order" and "Stitchers.
In an interview Paul said, "I want to be the biggest entertainer in the world," Paul said at the time. "That's my deal. I'll do whatever it takes to get that. As many hours as is needed."

          Paul began posting videos to YouTube, and now runs two channels — an official channel and a "Logan Paul Vlogs" channel. Vlog channel have about 5.3 million and official channel have 19.7 million subscribers, respectively.
Paul's YouTube channels bring in a lot of money for the star. In 2017, Paul made $12.5 million.
Paul has also started doing his own ad campaigns. He was the face of Dunkin' Donuts' first social media star campaign, appeared in a Hanes ad, and partnered with Pepsi

            In June of 2017, Paul appeared at VidCon, a popular convention for teens to see their favorite online creators. Paul hid $3,000 in a secret location and was mobbed by screaming fans, and was filmed being tackled to the ground by security guards.

          Then, in September, old tweets were unearthed in which Paul perpetuated racist stereotypes about black and Asian men.

      Soon after, another scandal hit: In December 2017, Paul posted a video of him and his friends discovering a body in Japan's so-called "suicide forest. In the video, Paul and his friends were planning to camp in the forest overnight but stumbled upon a corpse hanging from a tree. Paul blurred the face of the body, but he and his friends stood around the corpse and filmed it before leaving the forest.

         Outrage over the video was swift, and nearly 200,000 people signed a petition to have Paul kicked off from YouTube. He was removed from Google's Preferred Ads program, and a planned YouTube Red movie deal was suspended.

          Soon after, Paul issued an apology for posting the video. "I've never made a mistake like this before," Paul wrote on Twitter. He announced he was stepping away from posting on YouTube and "taking time to reflect."

            By the end of January, Paul was back on YouTube with a documentary about suicide survivors. "From this point on, I want to make an effort to contribute and immerse myself in the conversation. So I'm pledging to donate $1 million to various suicide prevention organizations," Paul said.

          But only a few weeks later, Paul made another misstep when he posted footage of himself Tasering two dead rats. YouTube temporarily suspended ads on videos made by Paul, citing his "recent pattern of behavior," but they were reinstated by February.

          Many big YouTubers took to social media to criticize Paul, with some calling for YouTube to kick him off. However, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said that Paul hadn't violated policies enough times to get terminated, and that suspending his ad revenue was "actually a pretty strong statement."

           In light of the incident, Paul saw his views and new subscriber numbers tank. Between December 2017 and March 2018, SocialBlade statistics showed a 47% drop-off in views, and an 88% slowdown in subscribers. The controversy also cost Paul an estimated $5 million worth of business deals.

           Just a month later, a model who appeared in a Paul's music video for "No Handlebars" spoke out about her experience filming with the YouTuber. The model, Eliza Johnson, said that she "felt kind of abused," and felt she was treated differently as the only plus-size model at the video shoot.

            During the first half of 2018, Paul drummed up interest for a fight against fellow YouTuber KSI. The fight between the YouTube stars ended in a draw, but brought in an estimated $11 million in revenue between in-person tickets and a pay-per-view livestream.

           News emerged in July that Paul was dating actress Chloe Bennet, who stars in the TV show "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." However the two reportedly split up in October 2018.

            Almost a year after Paul posted the Japan suicide forest video, YouTube released an original movie called "The Thinning: New World Order" starring the controversial star. YouTube defended the movie as a collaborative effort that was released "in fairness" to fans and other cast members.

          Near the end of 2018, Paul launched his podcast, "Impaulsive," where he interviews and chats with friends and fellow YouTubers. The show recently celebrated its 100th episode.

           But it took no time at all for his comments on the podcast to turn controversial. In an early episode, Paul said that he was planning to "go gay" for a month for "male-only March," which was criticized for forwarding the view that sexuality is a choice or phase. He later apologized for his "poor choice of words.

          Paul was filmed in May practicing and training for a slapping competition taking place in Russia. In a video posted on Twitter, Paul is shown slapping a man so hard that he falls down, seemingly unconscious. Paul later said he pulled out of the competition to "preserve the health and wellness of everyone competing."

         Paul re-entered the spotlight in July when he gave a bizarre interview on Fox Business. Paul claimed on TV that he had "graduated" to become an "ex-controversial" YouTuber, and shared that his expenses surpassed his income recently.

         Paul held a track-and-field tournament in July for YouTubers and video creators called the Challenger Games, where he bet $100,000 that he was the fastest YouTuber on the planet. However, during the race Paul pulled his hamstring and had to be helped off the track.

The latest estimate of Paul's wealth puts his income at $14.5 million between June 2017 and June 2018.