Compared to theWorld Wide Web, YouTube hasn’t been around for a very long time.
The sitelaunchedin 2005, but, much like the internet itself, the video-sharing platform has staying power.
YouTube has only gotten more popular since its launch.
As of 2018, an astounding 1.8 billion users were visiting the site each month (viaBusiness Insider).
In 2018,Forbesreleased the names of the highest-paid YouTube stars.
Not a single person over the age of 40 made the cut.
One YouTube personality was just7years old when he pulled in $22 million.
Here are some stars whose ages may surprise you.
Baking extraordinaire Rosanna Pansino
YouTuberRosanna Pansinostarted her baking channel back in 2011.
Perhaps 24 or 25?
Believe it or not, Pansino will celebrate her34thbirthday onJune 8, 2019.
Maybe her secret to everlasting youth is all of those delicious baked desserts?
BornFelix Kjellberg, the star created his first YouTube channel, PewDie, just a year after YouTube launched.
Within just a few years, PewDiePie had become a household name.
What’s his secret?
It must be all those video games keeping him young.
Like PewDiePie, Phan created her YouTube account and channel in 2006.
In doing so, she earned the title of the “first YouTuber,” according toBiography.com.
But unlike PewDiePie, Phan’s videos haven’t been about gaming.
The internet personality instead became the “Beyonce of the beauty-vlogging world.”
By 2016, though, Phan’s YouTube channel went totally silent.
Phan came back to the platform in 2017 to share a video explainingsome of her reasons for quitting YouTube.
Phan’s fans can still keep up with her on Instagram, though.
In the years since she gave up vlogging, the YouTuberstill looks as youthful as ever.
You might not believe us, butPhan turned 32 in April 2019.
At the time, Ballinger was studying vocal performance at Azusa Pacific University in California.
In reality though, Ballinger was born in November 1986, which means she’ll turn 33 in 2019.
The star’s first foray into vlogging came only after people asked her to create makeup tutorials.
However, makeup isn’t Wengie’s main focus anymore.
“YouTube trends come and go all the time.
“For me, I switched because I had been doing makeup for a long time.
Additionally, Ayche has not confined herself to the video-sharing platform.
And who better to be a Powerpuff Girl than Wengie?
Despite turning 33 inJanuary 2019, the star is forever young.
Toy fanatic and clean gamer Chad Alan
In 2012, Chad Alanstartedhis eponymous YouTube channel.
As a toy collector, Alan started uploading unboxing and toy haul videos.
In 2013, Alan opened another channel dedicated to video games, aptly calledGamer Chad.
Although his secondary channel has surpassed his first in popularity, the YouTube star remains active on both channels.
Alan also createdhis own animated video seriescalled “Baby Alan.”
In a live stream video, Alan revealed that his toy-collecting predated his YouTube channel.
Both of Alan’s channels are very family-friendly.
He revealed that he won’t play any games that feature curse words on his gaming channel.
Tech YouTuber iJustine
Justine Ezarik uploadedher first YouTube videoin 2006.
I’m like, ‘That’s what I’m going to focus on.'”
On the first day of spring 2019,Ezarik turned 35 years old.
As her biography states, the British YouTube personality originally possessed a sort of “girl-next-door appeal.”
However, that image likely became more difficult to maintain as Sugg’s fame and fortune grew.
Nevertheless,Sugg’s girl-next-door appearancehas really not changed all that dramatically over the years.
On March 28, 2019, Zoella will celebrate her 29th birthday.
Oh, how time flies.
Prior to that, Padilla had been part of the comedy team known as Smosh.
Being bought out by a major corporation wasn’t all wonderful, though.
Johnson ended up becoming one of the first and she is rightfully proud of that accomplishment.
Yes, that’s right, Johnson was somehow old enough to be aparentin 2008.
She may look like she’s in her 20s, butthe star celebrated the big 4-0back inJuly 2018.
The woman behind FunToys
In 2011, a YouTube channel called DC Toys Collector launched.
As the name reveals,this YouTube channelis all about toys.
Specifically, FunToys reviews toys for preschool-aged children and younger.
The identity of this YouTuber remained a mystery for years.
But theDaily Mailclaims it has.
According to the site, the anonymous YouTuber is actually Daiane DeJesus.
Apparently, DC Toys Collector and FunToys weren’t her only aliases.
The publication revealed that DeJesus was actually once an adult film star who went by the name Sandy Summers.
If the report is accurate, the content DeJesus produces has done a complete 180.
Since her days oftricking us into thinking she’s good-looking her words, not ours!
And, as of March 2019, the starstillchurns out content for her fans on the reg.
Now that’s dedication.
Since then, the YouTubebeautyguru has taught her followers pretty much everything she’s learned about cosmetics.
Born in 1990, Jaclyn Hill turned 28 onJuly 20, 2018.
Charlotte Tilbury joined the video-sharing community inMay 2012.
By then, Tilbury had already been working as a professional makeup artist.
Tilburytrainedat the prestigious Glauca Rossi School of Makeup in London, England before jumping into the beauty industry.
“As a determined young makeup artist, I was persistent,” she wrote.
And Tilbury’s networking didn’t begin on the internet.
Wait, the ’90s?
This makeup artist and beauty YouTuber celebrated her 46th birthday inFebruary 2019.
