Who is Pongámoslo a Prueba?
Pongámoslo a Prueba is a channel that mostly posts homemade experiments, stress testing different products, challenges and “myth-busting” tests. This channel is led by 3 friends, but the main protagonist is Jimmy Álvarez.
He is the face of the channel and performs various experiments and unboxing videos.
Personal life of Pongámoslo a Prueba
This channel consists of three people who take care of this experimenting channel. Jimmy Álvarez was born on 20th June 1989 in Veracruz, Mexico and stares in most of the channel’s videos.
Ana Alexandra Núñez was born on 18th December 1996 in Veracruz, Mexico. Most of the time, Ana doesn’t show her face in most of the channel’s videos but is part of most of them.
There is also a third-person Bob (Roberto), who is the official channel cameraman.
There is a lot of mystery around Jimmy and Anna. Most of the sites claim they are husband and wife, some present them as boyfriend and girlfriend and few even claim they are siblings. In one of the interviews, Jimmy and Anna shared that the truth is much simpler, and they are friends.
The career of Pongámoslo a Prueba
Before Jimmy decided to start his Pongámoslo a Prueba project, he was part of the “Urban Messengers” project, with which, using social experiments, they raised awareness to create a better world. Messengers Urbanos was a project that emerged with the intention of changing the mentality and perspective of Mexicans. They appeared in programs such as Sale el Sol de Imagen, Milenio, among others.
It was in June 2018 when Jimmy had the idea of opening the “Let’s put it to the test” channel where, as its name indicates, they would be testing the products that generally promise wonders in their infomercials. Jimmy and Anna tested various products that claimed to be the “best” in their own industry. It often showed up that it’s actually quite the opposite.
Although Anita came out very little in the videos, she was part of the project from the first chapter of these two great YouTubers together with her great friend Bob (Roberto), who is the official cameraman.
The translation of Pongámoslo a Prueba is literally “Let’s put it to the test”. This channel grew enormously in a short amount of time. They even started a second channel where they post just YouTube Shorts that ended up being even bigger than the first channel. Pongámoslo a Prueba is even very active on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram. Other than that, both Jimmy and Anna have their own channels.
Anita and Jimmy are considered two of the most famous YouTubers in the entire country.
In October 2020, they fulfilled one of their big dreams when they were nominated for the Eliot Awards in the category of “Revelation of the Year”.
Social media of Pongámoslo a Prueba
On 29th May 2018, Jimmy and Anna created a YouTube channel, “Pongámoslo a Prueba”, which means “Let’s put it to the test”. As of 2022, their channel gained over 3.7 million subscribers and more than 365.4 million views. On 16th June 2018, Jimmy and Anna posted their first video to test out if they could enclose an ant with a drawn circle. This video gained over 2.2 million views and more than 49,000 likes. On 3rd April 2019, Jimmy and Anna posted their most successful video about a commercial paintbrush. This video gained over 10.7 million views and more than 209,000 likes. Jimmy and Anna post various videos with home experiments, challenges and unboxing videos.
On 24th May 2021, Jimmy created “PONGAMOSLO A PRUEBA CORTOS”, which translates as “Let’s put it to the test Shorts”. This channel is even bigger than his main channel and gained over 5.3 million subscribers and more than 2.8 billion views in just under a year. On 12th December 2021, Jimmy posted his most famous YouTube Short, “4 Lifehacks 1 min #Shorts”, which gained an incredible 83.9 million views and over 5.1 million likes.
Jimmy and Anna also started their own Instagram, “pongamoslo_a_prueba”, where they post their experiments in the form of Instagram Reels. They gained over 1.2 million followers and gained anywhere between 50,000 and 200,000 likes.
Jimmy and Anna also created their Facebook account, where they have over 15.5 million followers. This platform serves mostly for YouTube and TikTok re-posts.
On 15th July 2020, Pongámoslo a Prueba transitioned into TikTok and started posting various life hacks, experiments and myth-busting videos. As of 2022, their channel gained over 28.7 million followers and more than 808 million likes. This channel gained a large number of followers in a very short amount of time and became the 66th most popular channel on TikTok, 400,000 behind Larray.
Both halves of the Pongámoslo a Prueba channel also have their own channels where they perform different content.
Social media of Anita Núñez
On 15th October 2020, Anita created her own self-titled YouTube channel. As of 2022, Anita gained over 40,000 subscribers and more than 660,000 views. Anita posts videos from the latest popular games such as “Among Us” and food vlogs.
Anita also started her own Instagram channel, “soy_anitanunez”, which gained over 250,000 followers. She posts high-quality modelling pictures photos from her life and gains anywhere between 10,000 to 50,000 likes on any of her posts.
Anita also became a Twitch affiliate and had over 23,000 followers on her “soy_anitanunez”. Most of the time, Anita streams “Just Chatting”, where she interacts with her chat. Still, she plays the latest popular games, such as Valorant and Fortnite.
Anita Núñez is also popular on TikTok, where she has over 590,000 followers and more than 5 million likes. Anita claims she is a food vlogger and often posts food-related content.
Social media of Jimmy Álvarez
Jimmy has his own TikTok channel, “jimmy_alvarez_oficial”, that gained over 585,000 followers and more than 2.3 million likes. He posts similar content as his main channel, but not that often.
Jimmy has his own Instagram, “jimmy_alvarez_oficial” with over 200,000 followers. He posts different life hacks in the form of Instagram Reels.
How much does Pongámoslo a Prueba earn? Net worth!
As of 2022, it is expected that Pongámoslo a Prueba has an estimated net worth of roughly $1.5 million. It’s not that simple how much Pongámoslo a Prueba earns, but it could earn as high as $47,000 per sponsored social media post. They generate their money through ad revenue and sponsorships.
Both halves of Pongámoslo a Prueba channel, have their own channels where they post their own content. That adds up to their earnings. They are very secretive about their earnings, and the exact number is unknown.
They always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know, I don’t know” or “It depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about fortune.
Still, both Jimmy and Anita are some of the most famous Mexican social media stars.
Interesting facts about Pongámoslo a Prueba
- Jimmy’s zodiac sign is Gemini.
- His height is 5’9” or 176 centimetres.
- He weighs 152 lbs or 62 kilograms.
- Anita’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
- Her height is 5’6” or 167 centimetres.
- She weighs 55 kilograms or 122lbs.
- Jimmy could not finish his university career. It was cut short.
- Some pages claim that Anita and Jimmi are siblings, another that boyfriends and even husbands, but really they are just friends although previously they were a couple.
- He never thought to be a YouTuber before being one.
- Some of the products you have tested you use at home.
- She is very happy with her hair prosthesis, although she accepts that it requires a lot of care.
- Jimmy recorded videos of products that he did not like because they were very bad, and he did not publish them.
- On their channel, Anita hit him with a hammer by mistake.
- Jimmy considers himself handsome.
- He never liked Badabun.
- Jimmy has been disappointed in several products that have been tested.
- Jimmy was offered products to speak well of them but rejected.
- He has two dogs.
- He always had the strong conviction to succeed on youtube once he started.
- Anita started exercising because of one of the products she tested.
- He has no phobia of anything.
- He almost always wears jeans. Pongámoslo a Prueba is a channel that mostly posts homemade experiments, stress testing different products, challenges and “myth-busting” tests.
- This channel is led by 3 friends, but the main protagonist is Jimmy Álvarez.
- Most of the time, Ana doesn’t show her face in most of the channel’s videos but is part of most of them.
- There is also a third-person Bob (Roberto), who is the official channel cameraman.
- Before Jimmy decided to start his Pongámoslo a Prueba project, he was part of the “Urban Messengers” project, with which, using social experiments, they raised awareness to create a better world.
- The translation of Pongámoslo a Prueba is literally “Let’s put it to the test”. This channel grew enormously in a short amount of time.
- The translation of Pongámoslo a Prueba is literally “Let’s put it to the test”. This channel grew enormously in a short amount of time. They even started a second channel where they post just YouTube Shorts that ended up being even bigger than the first channel.
- Pongámoslo a Prueba is even very active on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram. Other than that, both Jimmy and Anna have their own channels.
- On 3rd April 2019, Jimmy and Anna posted their most successful video about a commercial paintbrush. This video gained over 10.7 million views and more than 209,000 likes.
- On 12th December 2021, Jimmy posted his most famous YouTube Short, “4 Lifehacks 1 min #Shorts”, which gained an incredible 83.9 million views and over 5.1 million likes.
- Anita has also become a Twitch affiliate and has over 23,000 followers on her “soy_anitanunez”.
