
Trisha Paytas
Person · 10 cases · 2019–2025 · American YouTuber
How Trisha Paytas spread
Paytas built a YouTube audience through advice, trolling and mukbang videos, then reached new viewers through television and podcast collaborations.
- Most often
- Carried it 7 of 10
- Topics
- Entertainment 4 · Food & beverage 2, Beauty & personal care 1
2007
StartYouTube
Paytas registered a YouTube channel initially dedicated to director Quentin Tarantino, then began posting other videos. web.archive.org
2012
First pressPress
Huffington Post covered Paytas's video explaining her support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. huffingtonpost.com
2014
New audienceYouTube
Paytas began posting widely viewed mukbang sessions and eating challenges. telegraph.co.uk
2015
First big pushPress
Cosmopolitan and other outlets featured the video for her song 'Fat Chicks'. cosmopolitan.com
2017
New audienceTV
Paytas joined the cast of Celebrity Big Brother, bringing her to a television audience. bbc.co.uk
2020
First big pushSep · YouTube
Paytas began co-hosting Frenemies with h3h3Productions creator Ethan Klein, reaching his audience through the podcast. businessinsider.com
Baby Reindeer
Carried it · May '24

Peaked at #1
Apple dance
Pushed back · Jul '24

56M views
Wicked (2024 film)
Carried it · Dec '24

25B impressions
Anthropologie Rock
Carried it · Sep '25

550M impressions
Bumble celibacy billboards
Carried it · May '24

Peaked 42 days in
Twilight (novel)
Carried it · Jan '21

5.7M sold
A Star Is Born (2018)
Kept it going · Feb '19

$436.4M on a $35M–$36M budget
Nutter Butter, You Good?
Carried it · Oct '24

26.3M earned views
Gay Burger
Carried it · Feb '21

12.5K Twitter mentioners
e.l.f.ino & schmarnes
Kept it going · Aug '25

33.8M views
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