Kevin Samuels

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UPDATED: nine:45a.m. ET, May thirteen, 2022

Asouthward more information comes out surrounding the death of controversial YouTuber Kevin Samuels, more questions seem to follow. Multiple reports have claimed that 32-year-erstwhile Ortensia Alcantara was with the polarizing relationship guru at his Atlanta flat during his final moments. TMZ obtained the 911 call from Th'due south tragic incident, where the young woman could be heard struggling to administrate CPR on Samuels after he turned blue in the face up post-obit chest pains.

"I just demand to requite him CPR," said Alcantara, who identified herself as a nurse. "Yes! [I need an ambulance] It's Kevin-f*cking-Samuels."

Further along in the spooky recording, Alcantara pled with Samuels to stay conscious as she frantically urged the dispatcher to send medical help and a defibrillator.

"Come on Kevin, y'all got this, simply try to exhale," she cried. "Come on, retrieve about your mom. Think about your daughter."

Sadly, EMS officials arrived to notice Samuels passed out on the floor of his apartment. The 57-year-old social media personality was rushed to Piedmont Hospital where he was later pronounced expressionless. Alcantara reportedly spent the night at Samuels's house before his expiry but it's unclear what her relationship was with the star.

Was Kevin Samuels actually a high-value man?

Naturally, social media lit upwards with commentary post-obit the news. Some gloated about the critical dating communication coach's untimely demise, while others expressed sympathy and heartache. Some people wondered if Samuels really lived the "loftier value" lifestyle he preached every bit the publication Dirt revealed that the life coach allegedly lived in a relatively affordable luxury rental apartment in Buckhead. Was he really raking in the bacon of a loftier-value man?

Social media personalities have been known to pull in millions on YouTube and Instagram from their subscribers and Samuels had tons of fans who would tune in to sentinel his misogynistic and toxic streams daily, many of them aimed at tearing downwards the self-conviction of Black women. Samuels garnered over 1.ii million followers on Instagram and 1.45 million subscribers on YouTube. Over the final year, his YouTube page has exploded because of his cringe interviews with Black women, criticizing their clothes size and publically embarrassing them while discussing topics like "Modern Women Are Average at All-time" and "Women Should Let Men Use Them."

Despite all of his internet fame, youtube pundits and bloggers withal question his cyberspace worth.

Houston attorney, Dennis Spurling, took to youtube to defend his late friend, calling the rumors that Samuels was broke a apartment-out lie and that he actually died, 'rich AF.'

"They're trying to create a negative stereotype that he was bankrupt, said Spurling. "The truth is that Kevin Samuels had amassed more worth than some of these media publications that are making these foolish allegations."

Spurling also mentioned that Samuels had big-money offers on the table before he died.

"Kevin Samuels turned down a $x million podcast deal because he already had that and he knew he could make that ten times over."

So, how much money did Samuels actually make from bad-mouthing Blackness women? The numbers aren't completely sure, just we tin can take a few guesses based on the available stats of YouTubers and their potential income revenue. (This only takes into account youtube earnings. Knowing how much coin Samuels fabricated from other ventures is impossible to know)

How much does a YouTuber with 1 1000000 subscribers make?

According to Kamper Power, on boilerplate, a YouTuber with 1 million subscribers tin can make roughly $lx,000 a year from ad revenue if they are consistently posting content. That would mean that Samuels could take been making around $5,000 a month. Not too bad for shaming women online.

2 metrics are used to calculate acquirement earnings on the social media platform according to Concern Insider —  "the CPM rate, or how much coin advertisers pay YouTube per 1,000 ad views, and RPM rate, which is how much revenue a creator earns per every i,000 video views later YouTube'south cut." YouTubers reportedly make 55 percent of every dollar paid by advertisers. In addition to advertizing revenue, pop video vloggers often pull in wads of greenbacks from other sources associated with the platform including merch, channel member fees, and Super Stickers, a feature that allows viewers to pay their favorite YouTuber to have their comments pinned at the height of the live chat.

Just to put things into perspective, 9-twelvemonth-onetime Ryan Kaji, who is reportedly the highest-paid YouTuber, allegedly earned 29.5 million in 2021 from his popular channel Ryan'due south World, where he reviews children's toys. Back and so he had around 24 meg subscribers. At present, the immature vlogger has a whopping 32.5 million subscribers.

Similarly, finance YouTube Star Andrei Jikh has earned $1.6 million from ad revenue in less than three brusque years. Currently, he has i.99 million subscribers. So, that would imply that Samuels might take made shut to a one thousand thousand bucks from his controversial videos over time.

How much exercise influencers make on Instagram?

Pop influencers with a million followers can earn effectually $670 per post, according to the personal finance Nerd Wallet website. Greenbacks flows pretty easily to those who are sponsored past big brands, merely social media stars like Samuels often raked in dough from offering his subscribers badges where they could essentially donate tips for his crazy content. Large-time Instagrammers besides monetize their videos through ads and selling merch.  The formula seems pretty unproblematic. The more you post and the more than followers you tin can attract equals more coin.

How Much Money Practice YouTubers Really Make? Kevin Samuels' Expiry Prompts Questions  was originally published on newsone.com

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