SIMJI

SIMJI (born October 22, 1996, in South Korea; raised in Los Angeles) is a content creator and rug artist who turned tufting into appointment viewing (Famous Birthdays). Fast cuts, tufting-gun close-ups, meme-and-game subjects — motto: "Making people smile, one rug at a time."

Live iFANN data: 12,300,000 YouTube subscribers, 9,932,058,123 views (fetched 2026-10-18). TikTok (@simjiofficial) is reported at 8M-plus followers; Instagram ~1M. Press: Maxim, Yahoo Finance, VoyageLA, Business Insider.[edit]

Born October 22, 1996, in South Korea; Los Angeles upbringing. Chapman University 2015–2019 (major not public); college-era content experiments across formats.

Early 2021, mid-pandemic: travel plans collapsed (stranded abroad), and she pivoted to rug content. First TikTok: a yarn-spinning clip — process-as-hook from day one.[edit]

2021–2022: the Among Us rug passes 1M views and the lane opens (AllFamous). Summer 2022: Call of Duty rug doubles down. December 2021: pet-portrait rugs, spotlighted by Business Insider as visual-artists-going-viral.

Then the trade series: rugs-for-goods with companies and creators — MrBeast logo rug (Sportskeeda), a Raising Cane's mascot-rug-for-free-food bid (September 2024, founder-acknowledged), Crumbl talks. 2023–2024: past 1B cross-platform views; hobby-to-business complete (Yahoo Finance). Coachella: Katseye rug gift. 2026: brand partnerships and narrative videos.[edit]

Bright, fast, joyful: high-contrast rugs, surprise reveals, upbeat humor. Press frame: self-made niche-to-business star (Maxim, Yahoo). VoyageLA's label sticks: content artist first, crafter second.[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 12,300,000 subscribers, 9,932,058,123 views (fetched 2026-10-18). Last.fm: not tracked for this entry. Popularity rank: #41,769 overall, #31,498 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). Older "10M/11M subscriber" figures are stale — the live count is higher. TikTok/Instagram counts sit outside the feed (reported above). No fandom name; the community runs on theme requests and ASMR-satisfaction comments. She holds no placement in iFANN's Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list.[edit]

First post: yarn-spinning, not a rug. Breakout: Among Us (1M+). CoD summer 2022. Dog's 11th birthday: Feb 2023. Cane's founder acknowledged the trade pitch. Shop: simjishop.com; links: linktr.ee/Simji.[edit]

South Korea–born, LA-raised. Parents and siblings: undisclosed. Dog: celebrated its 11th birthday February 2023. Children: none on record. Engaged to Kai (June 2025).[edit]

MrBeast (custom logo rug) (Sportskeeda). Katseye (Coachella rug gift, via YouTube's TikTok). Raising Cane's (mascot-rug trade bid, founder-acknowledged). Crumbl Cookies (trade talks). Among Us / Call of Duty (breakout subjects).[edit]

One confirmed relationship: fiance Kai, engagement announced June 2025. No earlier relationships documented. Status: engaged.[edit]

No credible figure is published; the old "$10 Million" estimate was unsourced and is dropped. Lines: YouTube AdSense (9.9B views), TikTok creator payouts, brand partnerships, custom commissions (MrBeast et al.), merch (simjishop.com).[edit]