How Does CJ so Cool Make Money? Understanding The YouTuber’s Net Worth

CJ SO COOL is an American Youtuber known for his family vlog videos, skits, and pranks.

He has had 8.86 million subscribers on his Youtube channel since its inception and regularly racks up hundreds of thousands of views on average.

His videos also feature his family; he has recently focused on vlogging his daily life and excursions with his family.

However, CJ SO COOL became famous by reacting to popular viral videos and try not to laugh at challenges and prank videos.  At one point in time, he and his brother, Jinx, were the most popular YouTubers on the platform because of the ubiquity of their reaction videos.

But as the popularity for reaction-based videos waned and Jinx bore the brunt of the ire, CJ SO COOL has turned his attention to other types of content with much success.

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How Much IS CJ SO COOL’s Net Worth?

The American YouTuber CJ SO COOL has a net worth estimated to be $7 million as of 2022.

He has amassed his wealth through his YouTube channel, AdSense, Sponsorship deals, and music. With over 1000 videos on his channel, CJ SO COOL has been pumping out content ruthlessly since he started on the platform.

It is estimated that the Youtuber has an annual income of $600,000 and a monthly income of $50,000.

His subscriber count is growing by 2,000 new subscribers daily, and he has accumulated 2,441,210,797 total views so far. His channel gets an average of 600,000 views per day, which means he has an estimated incoming revenue of around $4,800 per day from just the advertisements that run on the videos.

Here’s a look at his net worth through the years:

How Does CJ SO COOL Make Money?

The American Youtuber CJ SO COOL has made the bulk of his money through his YouTube channel.

As per the standard, in US, UK, and Canada, YouTube videos make $2-$12 per 1000 monetized views. That too after YouTube takes its cut.

The amount paid veers towards the higher end of the spectrum the longer viewers watch the video and the longer the video is. CJ SO COOL has mastered that element of videos because they are right around 30 minutes to an hour.

On average, the Youtuber’s videos get about 300K-500K views, making the amount of money he makes through a video about $3000-$5000. By making multiple videos quickly, CJ SO COOL makes thousands during a month alone. For example, as of the writing of this video, the Youtuber has released 19 videos in the past four weeks.

Each of those videos has amassed 300K views on average. So, the Youtuber has made $68,400 in the past month strictly from the ads on his videos.

CJ SO COOL’s Career Earnings

Strictly looking at the view counts on his videos, CJ SO COOL has earned roughly $29,294,529.6 so far.

The amount is only a rough estimate of the man’s income via AdSense. If sponsorship deals are considered, his income could be twice as much. A sponsor he regularly works with is Seat Geek. Companies are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for product promotion.

By regularly doing giveaways, CJ SO COOL earns the admiration of his fans and sponsors. The Youtuber also has a Twitch channel where he regularly streams to his 117K followers. Twitch is another source of income as he receives fan donations and earns money via sub counts.

Is CJ SO COOL Married?

American Youtuber CJ SO COOL is not married but is in a relationship with social media influencer Charlene Young.

Charlene Young, better known by her online moniker “Royalty,” has her own Youtube channel with 1.36 million subscribers.

She has uploaded 157 videos on her channel and has amassed 59,278,512 total views as of the writing of this article.

She posts similar content like CJ SO COOL such as family vlogs and pranks. She has 2.3 million followers on her Instagram, where she regularly posts risque pictures alongside pictures of her children.

She also owns Royalty of Queens, which sells various beauty care products. Charlene Young is of mixed descent as her mother is African American and Cherokee while her father is Mexican and Hawaiian. She was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.

She started dating CJ SO COOL in 2013, and they briefly broke up in 2021. Their relationship has hit a tough spot again as they are currently separated.

Does CJ SO COOL Have Any Children?

American Youtuber CJ SO COOL has three children, one from a previous relationship and two with Charlene Young.

The name of his child from his previous relationship is named Camari. CJ SO COOL had Camari with his past lover Ni’Kee Lewis. Camari has a half-brother named Dante.

The YouTuber had twins with his present girlfriend, Charlene Young. The twins’ names are Cordayah and Cordero Jr, born in 2020. Besides his three biological children, CJ SO COOL also helped raise Charlene Young’s other three children from a previous relationship: Leonidas, Karnation, and J’aaliyah. 

The kids often appear on both CJ SO COOL’s and Royalty’s videos, and much of the content on both channels rely on the kids’ reactions, pranks, and vlogging. The kids are referred to as the So Cool Kids, using So Cool as their last name. Although they have their own YouTube channel, the So Cool Kids, it is not active.

The channel only has one video, but through the strength of that video, it has amassed 8.36K subscribers.

The children also have their collective Instagram page called “socoolfam1,” which has amassed 596K followers.

What Is CJ SO COOL’s Real Name?

American Youtuber CJ SO COOL’s real name is Cordero James Brady, born on March 29, 1989.

The Youtuber was born In Gary, Indiana, and raised in the same area. Not much is known about his early life and education.

However, CJ SO COOL has mentioned that he previously worked as a casino craps, blackjack, and poker dealer.

He is also a US Navy Veteran. Currently, he releases music alongside his Youtube career.

He has amassed 15,572 monthly listeners on Spotify. Two of his songs, Tired and Salty, have amassed over a million streams on the platform.

Though he hasn’t released any albums, mixtapes, or EPs, he has been steadily releasing singles from 2017 to now.

CJ SO COOL’s Youtube Career

American Youtuber CJ SO COOL joined Youtube on December 27, 2014, and uploaded his first video on the channel on June 16, 2015.

His brother Jinx turned him onto Youtube, which had already been uploading videos since 2013.

Around the time CJ entered Youtube, Jinx was one of the most popular channels on the platform due to his reactions to popular viral videos. He began following his brother’s lead and posting react videos alongside vlogs, challenges, and pranks with his girlfriend Royalty and their kids.

During these early days, CJ SO COOL did his best to diversify the content on his channel, trying to find what would stick.

This strategy would prove to be his saving grace, as within the year he joined the channel, his brother Jinx would become the greatest pariah on YouTube.

Many other YouTubers complained about reaction channels for what they deemed content theft. It made sense because many reaction channels, Jinx and CJ, would play someone else’s videos completely while adding nothing to the preexisting video.

The complaints started to be taken seriously when some big Youtubers started complaining. They are:

• PewDiePie
• iDubbbzTV
• I HATE EVERYTHING
• GradeAUnderA, and
• jacksfilms

Although the Youtubers listed above criticized CJ, they saved most of their ire for Jinx. The only exception was LeafyIsHere, who focused his criticism almost entirely on CJ.

Jinx was destroyed and never again reached the heights he did. He has since quit the channel. CJ, however, survived due to the content diversification mentioned above and started doing more vlogs and pranks on his channel.

Though the Youtuber hasn’t been controversy free since then, he is still standing and very successful.