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Youtuber Ajay Nagar aka ‘Carry Minati’ earnings are more than CEO’s of many companies
Indian Youtuber Ajey Nagar, who is popularly known as CarryMinati, is famous for his comedy skits and roast-centric videos. He was just 10 years old when he introduced himself on YouTube. CarryMinati is officially the most followed YouTuber in the country and he has been winning audiences with his roast-centric videos, diss tracks, and rap songs for over a decade now.
In the year 2020, CarryMinati found himself in the middle of controversies after making a roast video titled ‘YouTube vs TikTok- The End’ on TikToker Amir Siddiqui. With more than 70 million views, his video became the most famous and the most liked non-music video on YouTube. However, it was taken down for violating the terms of service. It was accused of cyber-bullying.
Net worth
Ajey Nagar, who is from Faridabad, managed to gain popularity at a very young age. According to Filmy Siyappa, his net worth is estimated to be $4.3 million which is around Rs. 32 crores INR. His monthly income is reportedly Rs 25 lakh. According to caknowledge.com, CarryMinati’s annual income is over Rs 3 crore.
YouTube career
Ajey Nagar, known for his distinctive way of talking while narrating, started making videos in 2008-2009. He has a live gaming channel too. He makes diss videos, song parodies, and satirical comedy videos. Earlier, the name of his channel was Addicted A1, where he shared videos of gaming. CarryMinati used to play counter-strike and backed it up with commentary. He mimicked Hrithik Roshan and Sunny Deol in his gaming videos.
Because of his mimicry, he changed the name of his channel to Carry Deol. Soon after he started roasting people on YouTube, Ajey changed the name of his channel to CarryMinati. In 2017, he created another channel with the name CarryIsLive where he streamed his gaming videos to keep both the content on separate channels.
According to YourStory, Carry said, “It was all very organic and let’s just say I was a curious kid. I remember in the start, I used to record myself doing all these crazy football tactics so that I could replay it a million times and learn from my slipups to ace the sport.”
Awards
Carry won the TIME’s 10 Next Generation Leaders #10 award in the year 2019. He has been awarded 2 gold play buttons, 2 silver, and 1 diamond play button for his channel CarryMinati on YouTube.
2020 Controversy
After roasting TikToker Amir Siddiqui on YouTube, ratings of TikTok on the Google Playstore app went down. The video was immediately deleted from YouTube because of the chaos that it created. Carry made another video titled ‘Stop Making Assumptions | YouTube Vs TikTok The End’ which helped him gain immense popularity.
Apart from CarryMinati, Bhuvan Bam has carved a name for himself in history. He is the first Indian YouTuber to cross 10 million subscribers. He can easily relate with his audiences through his amusing content. His YouTube channel- BB Ki Vines is one of the most-followed channels on YouTube.
According to caknowledge.com, Bhuvan Bam’s net worth is around Rs 22 Crore. Some reports claimed that his monthly income is Rs 95 lakh including sponsorships. He is also the digital Brand Ambassador of Myntra and he gets Rs 5 crore from this deal. As per a report of techtofacts.com, Bhuvan Bam is also the Brand Ambassador of Mivi and earns Rs 4 crore every year.
Entertainment
Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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