Derrek Harris's Net Worth

Derrek Harris is an American professional photographer, TikTok star, and social media personality who went viral on TikTok after his Portraits of Strangers series blew up. In the series, Derrek photographs random strangers he would come across in his daily life. His @derrek.harris TikTok account is currently one of the most popular photography-based accounts on the viral video-sharing app. Derrek Harris has an estimated net worth that ranges anywhere between $1 - $5 million.

Derrek has become a professional photographer who works with brands and independent artists after the subsequent explosion of fame and virality that he experienced in 2018 and 2019 on TikTok. As of October 2022, the @derrek.harris account has over 5.2 million followers and over 83.5 million likes.

Derrek grew up in a Caucasian Christian family that was well-settled in San Francisco, California. Owing to their strong foundation, Derrek’s parents supported his passion for photography, a passion he started actively showing interest in when he was just a child. He was born on July 15, 1996, apart from which not a lot of information is available as Derrek prefers to live a private life and is reserved about his personal affairs.

In a bid to share his passion with the world, he took to TikTok and started uploading tutorials as early as October 2018. Derrek diversified his content to include portraits of random people he met in his day-to-day life, documenting the whole process that involved explaining in-depth how his raw image eventually turns out to look nothing short of something out of a magazine.

Derrek initially lived with his parents in San Francisco, California, when he first took to TikTok and other social media platforms. Following his unexpected rise to fame on TikTok, Derrek eventually chose to relocate to Los Angeles, California in a bid to pursue more opportunities as a professional photographer and to build his social media presence by collaborating with other creators.

Thanks to his famous portraits of strangers and the subsequent meteoric rise that came with it, Derrek became an influential figure on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, where he has over 5.2 million followers, over 106K followers, and just 3.23K subscribers respectively.