Juan Carlos Gonzalez, widely recognized by his online alias ThatWasEpic, is a Mexican-American YouTuber with an estimated net worth of $2.27 million, as of 2024, according to Net Worth Spot.
ThatWasEpic became famous for his videos, in which he pranks people and then surprises them with gifts, money, and other giveaways. One of his most popular videos, titled “Cutting People's Headphones, Then Giving Them AirPods,” exemplifies the content he typically shares on his channel.
These particular videos have amassed millions of views. In addition to prank videos, he also shares social experiment videos on his primary YouTube channel. Gonzalez maintains a secondary YouTube channel called AlmostEpic, where he uploads vlogs and unedited footage of his pranks and social experiments.
On June 17, 2014, Juan started his YouTube channel and shared his first video, titled “Dropping $100 In Public!”, which was uploaded approximately two months later on August 30, 2014. Over time, he continued to upload numerous videos centered on pranks, giveaways, and social experiments. His impressive fan base reached well over 7 million subscribers thanks to these videos.
The city of Cancun, located in the southeast part of Mexico, was where Juan Gonzalez spent some of his childhood years, before moving to Kansas, where he's lived for most of his life. Juan's career began with a stint in drywall construction, a method for installing interior walls without mortar, using a dry application method. He decided to leave his construction job behind and devote more time to his YouTube career, focusing on creating videos, after his channel reached 10,000 subscribers.
Name | Juan Carlos Gonzalez |
Channel Name | ThatWasEpic |
Date Of Birth | July 13, 1993, age 30 |
Net Worth | $2.27 million |
Height | 6 feet 1 inch |
Nationality | Mexican-American |
Partner/Spouse | Unknown |
Platform | Subscribers/Followers |
ThatWasEpic - YouTube AlmostEpic - YouTube | 7.7 million 932k |
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Juan Gonzalez generates most of his income from YouTube, while also earning from Instagram, and from brand-collaboration sponsorships.
Over 7.5 million subscribers are currently subscribed to his channel, with an average of 5k new subscriptions per day and 1.2 billion total views so far. The channel averages around 500,000 views per day across all its videos. This should in turn generate an estimated revenue between $500- $4,000 per day from YouTube ads.
Thus as a result, Gonzalez could earn $1.9K - $29.6K per month or $22.2K - $355.6K per year from the channel, as per Social Blade.
Gonzalez could earn upwards of $10k per brand collaboration sponsored posts on Instagram.
Gonzalez also has a merch store, where he sells a variety of apparel, most of which consists of hoodies and caps. We currently do not know how much he could be making from this store with prices ranging between $25 to $60.
It is currently unknown how much Gonzalez could earn from brand deals, but because he has amassed a massive following on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Gonzalez could earn hefty amounts from most brand-centric deals.
Gonzalez has been comparatively discreet regarding his expenditures, but it is known that he consistently allocates substantial budgets, often reaching $10,000, for his social experiments and when giving away items like MacBooks or iPads. However, beyond these instances, there are no confirmed details regarding his expenditure as revealed by Gonzalez himself.