Jenny Hoyos

Jenny Hoyos is an American YouTube creator and entrepreneur known for short-form videos about budgeting, lifehacks, and comedy. Born May 9, 2005, in Miami, Florida, she began daily vlogging at age eight and launched her current channel at sixteen (FIU News).

Hoyos first targeted working teens with money-making videos, then pivoted to general entertainment built around a cheapskate main character — a shift that carried her to 6 million-plus subscribers and about 2 billion views by December 2024 (FIU News). Her most viral video, building a free "secret room" by tearing down a wall, has over 168 million views (FIU News). A first-generation college student, she graduated from Florida International University in two years with a bachelor's in business administration and a finance concentration (FIU News).[edit]

Born May 9, 2005, in Miami, Florida. She played chess at a professional level as a child, skipped eighth grade, earned college credits through an AICE program, and launched her channel at sixteen before enrolling at FIU at seventeen as a fully online, first-generation student (FIU News). No verified parent or sibling detail is on record.[edit]

2013-2021: daily vlogs from age eight; current channel launched at sixteen (FIU News).

2023: named a Tubefilter "Creator on the Rise" (Tubefilter); channel passes 1.75 million subscribers and 1 billion views (UpFlip Podcast).

2024: graduates from FIU in two years with a business degree; FIU News profiles her at 6 million-plus subscribers and ~2 billion views (FIU News).

2025-2026: TEDNext talk released; featured at Web Summit and VidCon Anaheim; joins YouTube's FIFA World Cup 2026 lineup (YouTube Blog).[edit]

The overachiever next door: chess kid, grade-skipper, two-year business degree, and the internet's favorite cheapskate. Her stated priority is being "a good influence for the youth while still being entertaining" (FIU News).[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 12,400,000 subscribers, 9,516,111,938 views (fetched 2026-10-13). No Last.fm figures are on file. Popularity rank: #40,965 overall, #30,731 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). She holds no placement in the iFANN Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. Her audience runs elementary-to-high-school, with an earlier cohort of working teens who recognized her from McDonald's and Walmart shifts (FIU News).[edit]

Her favorite video: cooking a burger in her mom's back seat in a McDonald's drive-thru line, racing the pickup window (FIU News). Two previously listed quotes ("Trending," "Money is a tool") could not be sourced and are replaced with FIU-verified lines.[edit]

Miami native; first-generation college student. No parent, sibling, or household detail is published. A previously named partner ("Angelo Bahu") could not be verified and is removed; relationship status is undisclosed.[edit]

Florida International University, her alma mater (class of 2024) (FIU News). YouTube's FIFA World Cup 2026 creator program (YouTube Blog). VidCon Anaheim, where she has spoken as a featured creator.[edit]

No credible net worth figure has been published; an older $10 million estimate was unsourced and is dropped. Revenue lines on record: Shorts ad revenue ($5,000-$7,000/month disclosed in 2023 interviews), brand work, and business ventures.[edit]