Jarvis Johnson (YouTuber)

Jarvis Johnson
Johnson in a YouTube video in 2022
Born
Jarvis Allen Johnson

(1992-05-05) May 5, 1992
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Education
Years active2006–present
Twitch information
Channel
Followers141 thousand (main channel)
161.8 thousand (combined)[a]
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers2.12 million (main channel)
4.06 million (combined)[b]
Views259.22 million (main channel)
571.91 million (combined)[c]
Last updated: June 2, 2025

Jarvis Allen Johnson (born May 5, 1992) is a YouTuber, podcaster and a former software engineer. Johnson has been operating his YouTube channel since October 12, 2006. As of June 2025, his eight YouTube channels have collectively earned over 4.06 million subscribers and 571.91 million views.

Early life

Jarvis Allen Johnson[1] was born via caesarean section[2]: 8:20  on May 5, 1992,[1] in Gainesville, Florida.[3] His mother died when he was a child.[4] He has a younger brother.[5] He was bullied at school.[2]: 8:12 

He was educated at the local Eastside High School between 2006 and 2010, where he graduated with an International Baccalaureate diploma. He applied for Carnegie Mellon University as his first choice, but got rejected, and instead attended his second choice,[6] the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he graduated from on August 2, 2014, with a Bachelor of Science high honors degree in computer science.[1][7][8]

He worked at various places before starting his YouTube channel. These included the Georgia Institute of Technology, Radiant Systems, Google, Yelp, and Patreon.[8][9]

Career

Johnson's YouTube channel was created on October 12, 2006,[10][11] but he had other jobs before he regularly uploaded to the channel. He has worked as a student assistant then a teaching assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a software developer intern at Radiant Systems, an engineering practicum intern at Google, a software engineer intern and a software engineer at Yelp, and a senior software engineer and an engineering manager at Patreon.[8] In 2017, while working at Patreon, Johnson met fellow YouTuber Jordan Adika.[12][13]

Jarvis Johnson has a podcast named Sadboyz with his good friend and Jan. 6 fanboy[14] Jordan Adika.[15] Where they consistently post videos together every week. Sadboyz was created with toxic masculinity in mind, they wanted to normalize guys talking about their feelings.[16]

Initially, Johnson's channel focused on software engineering, however he would go on to making commentary videos after watching an upload from Drew Gooden and trying his hand at Gooden's format.[17][18] He quit his job at Patreon to post regularly on his channel.[17] In August 2018, traffic to Johnson's channel increased after fellow YouTuber Cody Ko uploaded a video about 5-Minute Crafts, a topic that Johnson had already spoken about in March.[19] As Johnson's video wasn't getting much traffic, Johnson saw Ko's video and decided to update his video's title to include "5-Minute Crafts" to attract more viewers. Johnson credited this video as his "breakout video."[17][18]

Johnson's channel consists of various commentaries about software engineering and running jokes such as "Zeffo Overlord of 1-2-3 Go",[20] and how "comically large" his computer science degree is.[7] His channel also notably serves as a platform of active, though light-hearted, critique on content farms and their ability to game YouTube algorithms, giving attention towards their unvetted baiting media content, that can be seen to encourage manipulative behavior, whether regarding animated story channels based on untrue accounts[21] or unproductive, or even dangerous, life hacks as popularized by the 5-Minute Crafts and Bright Side YouTube channels managed by TheSoul Publishing.[22][23][24][25] In early 2021, Johnson was listed as one of Forbes' "30 under 30" list of influential people for that year.[9]

In May 2021, Johnson posted a video on Twitter captioned "what a normal and ultimate spaghetti hack!"[26] The video consisted of a woman pouring Prego sauce onto a kitchen counter. The tweet gained international recognition, and Prego ended up on the trending page on Twitter.[27] The video in the tweet was then taken down by the creator of the video, Rick Lax,[28] two days later.

In July 2021, Rhett and Link announced that their production company, Mythical Entertainment, had acquired an ownership stake in the umbrella company Johnson founded for his various revenue streams.[29]

Boxing record

1 fight 0 wins 1 loss
By decision 0 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
1 Loss 0–1 Arin Hanson TKO 2 (5) April 15, 2023 Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2020 11th Shorty Awards YouTube Comedian Nominated [30]
10th Streamy Awards Commentary Nominated [31]
2021 11th Streamy Awards Commentary Nominated [32]
Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Media Included [33]
2022 12th Streamy Awards Commentary Nominated [34]

Notes

  1. ^ Followers, broken down by channel:
    141 thousand (jarvisjohnson)
    20.8 thousand (SadBoyzPod)
  2. ^ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    2.12 million (Jarvis Johnson)
    1.2 million (Jarvis Johnson! GOLD)
    177 thousand (Jarvis Johnson! LIVE)
    45.9 thousand (Jarvis Johnson! Pro)
    4.26 thousand (Jarvis Johnson! Short)
    185 thousand (Sad Boyz Highlights)
    262 thousand (Sad Boyz)
    69.5 thousand (THEY ACTUALLY ANIMATED MY STORY)
  3. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    236.01 million (Jarvis Johnson)
    141.02 million (Jarvis Johnson! GOLD)
    39.64 million (Jarvis Johnson! LIVE)
    1.56 million (Jarvis Johnson! Pro)
    270.53 thousand (Jarvis Johnson! Short)
    81.02 million (Sad Boyz Highlights)
    47.17 million (Sad Boyz)
    2.01 million (THEY ACTUALLY ANIMATED MY STORY)

References

  1. ^ a b c Johnson, Jarvis (August 14, 2018). My Whole Computer Science Degree in 12 Minutes (Video). Jarvis Johnson. Event occurs at 0:50. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Jarvis Allen (January 8, 2022). Jarvis Johnson Plays Dhar Mann Bingo 4 (Video). Jarvis Johnson! LIVE. Retrieved November 13, 2025 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Hale, James (September 26, 2019). "YouTube Millionaires: Jarvis Johnson On The Pros And Cons Of Being A YouTube Perfectionist". Tubefilter. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen (March 15, 2022). Evil Dad Abandons Family | Dhar Mann Bingo 17 (Video). Jarvis Johnson! LIVE. Event occurs at 20:25. Retrieved November 9, 2025 – via YouTube. That's what everybody told me when my mom passed away, was- because I was, like, 12.
  5. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen (September 21, 2022). Has The Internet Turned On Harry Styles? | Sad Boyz Podcast (Video). Event occurs at 37:02. Retrieved June 23, 2023 – via YouTube. I didn't have a huge background with wrestling, but my little brother, growing up, watched it a lot.
  6. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen (May 14, 2022). Girl Spreads Gossip For Clout | Dhar Mann Bingo 24 (Video). Jarvis Johnson! LIVE. Event occurs at 10:52. Retrieved November 10, 2025 – via YouTube. I got rejected from Carnegie Mellon, though. That one- that one stung. [...] I got into my second choice, but it ended up being, like, the best choice for me.
  7. ^ a b Johnson, Jarvis (March 14, 2020). Love Is Blind: The Dumbest Dating Show Of All Time. Jarvis Johnson. Event occurs at 16:09 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ a b c Johnson, Jarvis. "Profile | LinkedIn". LinkedIn.
  9. ^ a b Alonzo, Isaiah (October 7, 2020). "Jarvis Johnson and Net Worth Update: Tech Comedic YouTuber Earns Spot in Forbes 30 Under 30 2021". Tech Times. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  10. ^ Hale, James (September 26, 2019). "YouTube Millionaires: Jarvis Johnson On The Pros And Cons Of Being A YouTube Perfectionist". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  11. ^ Johnson, Jarvis. "Jarvis Johnson – YouTube". Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Cope, Jordan Adika [@JordanAdika] (January 25, 2021). "worked together @ patreon, bonded over mutual love of lonely island" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Padilla, Daniel Anthony (May 31, 2024). I spent a day with JARVIS JOHNSON (Video). Event occurs at 2:07 – via YouTube. [...] that show started when me and Jordan, my co-host, met at Patreon in 2017 [...]
  14. ^ Sad Boyz (July 11, 2025). The Hidden Side of "Princess Treatment" (w/ Ify Nwadiwe) | Sad Boyz. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Sad Boyz". YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  16. ^ Sad Boyz (June 25, 2018). Toxic Masculinity (w/ Briggon Snow) - Episode 27. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ a b c Tolentino, Daysia (June 27, 2022). "VidCon: YouTuber Jarvis Johnson discusses taking risks, mentoring creators, and figuring it out". The Daily Dot. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  18. ^ a b Winkie, Luke (March 2, 2021). "One Viral Moment: 9 Drama Commentary YouTubers on Their Breakout Videos". Vulture. New York. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  19. ^ Jennings, Rebecca (November 12, 2018). "YouTube is full of cringey, clickbait DIY channels. They're even weirder than you think". Vox. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  20. ^ Masterson, Casey (September 14, 2020). "Jarvis Johnson takes on influencers in new YouTube video". The Mont Clarion. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  21. ^ White, Tiffany (April 10, 2020). "The fake, creepy world of YouTube's animated story channels". The Daily Dot. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  22. ^ Jurado, Joe (February 16, 2021). "28 Days of Joy: Shoutout to the Black YouTubers Who Stay Bringing the Joy". The Root. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  23. ^ "What lies behind 'clickbait'". Radio 4 in Four. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  24. ^ Watts, Emma (March 19, 2021). "The 5-Minute Crafts Channel Is Being Exposed By Other YouTubers". Study Breaks. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  25. ^ Decaille, Nia (March 21, 2019). "These 'how to' videos on YouTube won't teach you how to be a better adult. But they're not supposed to". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  26. ^ @jarvis (May 10, 2021). "what a normal and ultimate spaghetti hack!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ Choiniere, Alyssa (May 12, 2021). "Ultimate Spaghetti Trick: Why Prego Is Trending on Twitter [Video]". Heavy. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  28. ^ Broderick, Ryan. "Your Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy". Eater. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  29. ^ Brown, Abram. "Rhett And Link Are YouTube Legends. Now They Want To Be Investors, Too". Forbes. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  30. ^ "Jarvis Johnson". The 11th Annual Shorty Awards.
  31. ^ Streamy Awards [@streamys] (October 21, 2020). "Commentary:🔻 @ContraPoints 🔻 @dangelno 🔻 @dannygonzalez 🔻 @jarvis 🔻 @tiffanytheprez #streamys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  33. ^ "Forbes 30 Under 30 2021: Games". Forbes. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  34. ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
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