Ray William Johnson is one of the most popular and richest YouTube Star who was born on August 14, 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. His viral video commentary series “Equals Three”, which is a huge hit on YouTube, made him famous. He is also well-known for his web series “Riley Rewind” and for creating a YouTube channel called Your Favorite Martian.
His YouTube channel has hosted many well-known guests, including comedian He has had numerous well-known guests on his YouTube channel, including comedienne Sarah Silverman..
Johnson was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Norman North High School in 1999. From there, he went on to Columbia University, where he studied history. His goal was to later earn a law degree after completing his undergraduate studies. He began posting videos on YouTube during college. These videos were standard video blogs that Johnson published on a now-deleted channel. These early videos garnered a following of around 30 people.
Johnson began posting videos to his “Ray William Johnson” channel in April 2009. In 2011, the channel became YouTube’s first to reach 5 million subscribers. The channel had also attained nearly 2 billion total views. Originally, Johnson produced videos out of his New York City apartment, but, in 2011, he signed a deal with Maker Studios to produce videos on set in Culver City, California. While at Maker Studios, Johnson produced a Spanish-language version of the series, Igual a Tres, and also produced a series of comedic animated music videos on a side channel called “Your Favorite Martian.”
He was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is the brother of a sister. In 2016, he began to date Kelly Farrell.
