Who is KingBach?
Andrew Byron Bachelor is a Canadian-American social media personality who goes under his artistic pseudonym KingBach. He grew to popularity on Vine’s now-defunct app, where he became the most followed Viner with over 11 million followers.
The internet personality translated his success into a career. It landed him roles on “House of Lies” and “The Mindy Project.”
Personal life of KingBach
Andrew Byron Bachelor was born on 26th June 1988 in Toronto, Canada. He was born to Jamaican parents, Ingrid Mourice and Byron Bachelor. Andrew has one sister Ingrid. Both of Andrew’s parents worked as accountants. His family was strictly Christian and raised the kids as such.
When he was two years old, the family moved to West Palm Beach in Florida.
Andrew grew up in Florida and attended Florida State University, where he joined the elite collegiate sketch group 30in60 and competed in the high jump. While at Florida State, Bachelor became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity
He graduated and enrolled at the New York Film Academy. However, he decided to drop out and chase his dream in the entertainment industry. He then studied improvisational theatre at The Groundlings, a famous sketch and improv club.
He dated fellow Vine star Liane Valenzuela from 2014 to 2015.
In the year 2016, there were some rumours that KingBach and Lele Pons were in relationships, but this rumour was not confirmed by either of them.
The career of KingBach
KingBach first tried to start his social media career back in 2012. He started posting on YouTube with his account BachelorsPadTV. However, his career didn’t really take off until 2013. He became one of the most followed personalities on the video-sharing platform Vine
His friend and fellow Vine star Brittany Furlan introduced him to Vine. By 2015, he was Vine’s most-followed account. KingBach holds the Guinness World Record for Most-Followed Account on Vine. At the time, he was getting requests for sponsorships but turned them all down.
After conquering Vine, KingBach decided to sign in with talent agency UTA and transitioned to more traditional mediums. He landed a recurring role in the “House of Lies” hit show and joined “Wild ‘n Out” on MTV. He later landed himself guest roles on popular TV shows and movies. He became a series regular on Adult Swim’s “Black Jesus” and had a guest role on “The Mindy Project.”
Andrew has also been seen in “Easy” TV shows in 2016 and “Dead House” in 2017, which he executive produced. He landed roles in the movies “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” in 2018, “Fifty Shades of Black” in 2016, “Meet the Blacks” in 2016 and “Where’s the Money” in 2017, among other roles.
Since KingBach’s massive success on Vine, he has starred in Time Magazine and Forbes. He was named the most successful social media star. His TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube accounts have grown to millions of followers. He has tens of millions of followers across all platforms combined.
In addition to his work in the entertainment industry, Andrew founded the RuJohn Foundation. The foundation aims to provide educational tools for rural and intercity schools in Jamaica and the USA. In addition, the foundation organises sports camps, financial literacy workshops and more.
In 2022, Kingbach announced his “LAUGH NOW LAUGH LATER 2022 TOUR” throughout the whole of 2022, making stand-up comedy shows all over the USA.
Social media of KingBach
On 17th January 2012, KingBach started his YouTube account “BachelorsPadTv”. As of 2022, KingBach gained over 2.5 million subscribers and more than 216.3 million views. On 5th March 2012, KingBach posted his first-ever YouTube video, “Watch Bachelor’s Pad”, which gained over 93,000 views and more than 2,000 likes. On 12th March 2017, KingBach posted his most successful YouTube video, “LOGAN TRAILER PARODY | King Bach, Logan Paul,” in collaboration with Logan Paul. This video gained over 26.5 million views and more than 409,000 likes. KingBach was inactive in 2021 but started posting again on his YouTube account at the beginning of 2022. He started posting various hilarious YouTube Shorts.
In August 2009, KingBach created his Twitter account. As of 2022, KingBach gained over 2.4 million followers. He often posts hilarious comedy sketches and interacts with his fans.
KingBach is highly popular on Instagram with over 21.9 million followers. He sometimes posts photos from his everyday life and hilarious Instagram Reels. KingBach gets anywhere between 100,000 and 800,000 likes on any of his posts.
KingBach also has his own Facebook page, “Bachelor’s Pad”. However, he didn’t post anything since 2013. It’s safe to assume this Facebook page is inactive and KingBach doesn’t have any plans for it.
On 25th August 2015, KingBach created his TikTok account. As of 2022, KingBach gained over 25.3 million followers and more than 332 million likes. He often posts hilarious comedy sketches and gains over a million views. Kingbach is currently the 73rd most-followed TikTok content creator, only 200,000 behind “JD Pantoja”.
How much does KingBach earn? Net worth!
As of 2022, KingBach has an estimated net worth of roughly $3 million. He generates his income through ad revenue and sponsorships. It is expected KingBach could earn as high as $38,000 per sponsored social media post.
KingBach is also co-owner of multiple companies such as “gloveworx”, a company for boxing training gear, “thezeusnetwork “, which is a subscription-based entertainment network and “six26wine”, a wine company.
In 2022, Kingbach announced his “LAUGH NOW LAUGH LATER 2022 TOUR” throughout the whole of 2022, making stand-up comedy shows all over the USA.
Interesting facts about KingBach
- KingBachs’s zodiac sign is Cancer.
- His height is 5’8” or 173 centimetres.
- He weighs 74 kilograms or 160 lbs.
- He was born and raised in Toronto and lived in Canada before moving to the United States for college.
- KingBach has always been interested in acting and even took classes long before he became well-known.
- At one point in time, he was even a graduate student at New York Film Academy. Still, he dropped out during his final semester.
- There’s a misconception that many people have turned to social media as a career option because they don’t have the skills or education to do anything else. He has a bachelor’s degree in business from Florida State University.
- He founded a non-profit organisation called The RuJohn Foundation. The organisation’s goal is to “provide the necessary tools for education to the rural and inner-city schools of the United States and Jamaica.”
- King Bach grew up playing sports and was a talented track athlete. After a successful high school career, he went on to be a member of the track team during his time at Florida State University. He competed in the high jump, the long jump, and the 4×100 relay.
- In March 2015, he became the most followed user on Vine. His videos got more than six billion total streams.
- During an interview, Bach said, “I think the only other social media influencer, who’s African American, who’s ahead of me is Kevin Hart. He gives me advice all the time. He’s business-oriented.” He added, “He’s always thinking about the next move. He’s always 10 steps ahead.”
- In 2018, he got the chance to be a part of the legendary Madden video game franchise when he played the role of Tito Flavors in Madden NFL 2019.
- On top of comedy and acting, he’s also dabbled in the music world and is somewhat of an aspiring rapper. To date, he hasn’t released any complete length projects. Still, he has released several singles and music videos on his YouTube channel.
- While a student at Florida State, King Bach became a Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc member. The fraternity was founded at Howard University in 1914 and is part of what is known as the Divine 9.
- The internet personality translated his success into a career. It landed him roles on “House of Lies” and “The Mindy Project.”
- He studied improvisational theatre at The Groundlings, a famous sketch and improv club.
- He dated fellow Vine star Liane Valenzuela from 2014 to 2015.
- In the year 2016, there were some rumours that Bach and Lele Pons were in relationships, but this rumour was not confirmed by either of them.
- KingBach first tried to start his social media career back in 2012. He started posting on YouTube with his account BachelorsPadTV.
- He holds the Guinness World Record for Most-Followed Account on Vine.
- At the time, he was getting requests for sponsorships but turned them all down.
- He landed a recurring role in the “House of Lies” hit show and joined “Wild ‘n Out” on MTV.
- He later landed himself guest roles on popular TV shows and movies.
- Since KingBach’s massive success on Vine, he has starred in Time Magazine and Forbes. He was named the most successful social media star. His TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube accounts have grown to millions of followers.
- In 2022, Kingbach announced his “LAUGH NOW LAUGH LATER 2022 TOUR” throughout the whole of 2022, making stand-up comedy shows all over the USA.
- On 12th March 2017, KingBach posted his most successful YouTube video, “LOGAN TRAILER PARODY | King Bach, Logan Paul,” in collaboration with Logan Paul. This video gained over 26.5 million views and more than 409,000 likes.
- KingBach was inactive on YouTube in 2021 but started posting again on his YouTube account at the beginning of 2022. He started posting various hilarious YouTube Shorts.
- KingBach also has his own Facebook page, “Bachelor’s Pad”. However, he didn’t post anything since 2013.
- Kingbach is currently the 73rd most-followed TikTok content creator, only 200,000 behind “JD Pantoja”.
- As of 2022, KingBach has an estimated net worth of roughly $3 million.
- KingBach is also co-owner of multiple companies such as “gloveworx”, a company for boxing training gear, “thezeusnetwork “, which is a subscription-based entertainment network and “six26wine”, a wine company.
