Who is Stevin John?
Blippi – was born on 27 May 1988 under the zodiac sign of Gemini, in Ellensburg, Washington State USA. He is a 32-year-old entertainer and educator, probably best recognized for creating the Blippi educational videos for children on YouTube, Amazon Video, and Hulu.
According to his LinkedIn account, Stevin John started his career when he joined the US Air Force, serving as a loadmaster for the C-17 Globemaster airplane in the 4th Airlift Squadron.
Stevin John’s team then started to produce videos in other languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. They created the Blippi website, and a line of merchandise which includes Blippi dolls, apparel, DVDs, CDs, and digital downloads of the videos.
Stevin John has short light brown hair and hazel eyes. He stands at a height of 5ft 10ins (1.78m), while his weight is around 158lbs (72kgs). Information about his vital statistics, biceps and shoe size isn’t available.
He has garnered more than 12.3 million subscribers onto his main channel, while his videos have attracted over nine billion views in total. Some of the most popular videos on his main channel are “ Blippi Learns about Jungle Animals for Kids | Educational Videos for Toddlers ”, “ Videos for Toddlers with Blippi | Learn Colors and Numbers for Children ”, and “ Detective Blippi Video for Children | Police Videos for Kids ”, to name a few.
He holds American nationality and belongs to White Caucasian ethnic group. After completing his high school education, Stevin John attended UCLA Extension, where he studied Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
Being one of the highest-paid YouTube personalities, Stevin John’s net worth is estimated at over $16 million as of early 2021. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Stevin W John (@stevinwjohn) He earned his fortune through his successful involvement on the social media scene, various advertisements, sponsorships, and video monetization.
Where did the idea for Blippi come from?
In interviews, John has said that the idea for Blippi came from a love of entertaining his nephew, then discovering there was a void of live-action kids content on YouTube. This is where John — who lists “SEO Specialist” among his former jobs on LinkedIn — had an advantage. While the programming that many millennials grew up on — Reading Rainbow or Sesame Street — was distributed by highly regulated networks, Blippi succeeds because it’s rewarded by the algorithm.
Clearly, he knows how to build a following. The videos end with Blippi’s theme song: “So much to learn about / It’ll make you want to shout: Blippi!” The result is a uniquely millennial hybrid of Mister Rogers and Jake Paul.
Beneath the surface, Blippi and Steezy Grossman share two traits: a willingness to debase themselves — be it clownish antics or taking a literal dump — for entertainment, and a methodical, calculated effort to use social media and its algorithms to reach as many eyeballs as possible.
In addition to the main Blippi channel, which has almost 3.6 million subscribers, there is a Blippi Toys channel (mostly videos of Blippi with toy trucks or at a play gym, also over 3 million subscribers) and Spanish-dubbed Blippi (with almost 4.3 million subscribers).
Then there’s the dizzying array of Blippi official merchandise: dolls, books, action figures, bikes, T-shirts, a replica of his hat and glasses. There are Blippi birthday party plates and decorations. There’s a licensing deal with K-Swiss to sell Blippi-branded powder blue and orange kids sneakers. (Not to mention a vast cottage industry of unauthorized “Blippi-inspired” merchandise — blue and orange cake pops, and knit caps, and tutus — that he doesn’t profit from.) It’s quite an empire to have developed in just five short years.
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Parents have a variety of feelings about Blippi. Some parents find him cloying and others are thankful he keeps their children rapt and teaches them a thing or two.
