Latest Update: Ryan Higa Nigahiga ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Ryan Higa Nigahiga has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What Is Ryan Higa Nigahiga's Net Worth?

Ryan Higa is an American YouTube celebrity, actor, comedian, and producer who has a net worth of $10 million. Ryan Higa is best known for creating his popular and well-known YouTube channel, "Nigahiga." As an actor, he starred in the 2016 film "Tell Me How I Die." Higa has been nominated for three Streamy Awards and a Young Hollywood Award.

Early Life

Ryan Higa, also known by his YouTube name Nigahiga, was born on June 6, 1990, in Hilo, Hawaii. He attended Waiakea High School, where he was a wrestler. He graduated in 2008. Higa is an alumnus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he studied nuclear medicine. He competed in Judo and holds the rank of black belt. He later dropped out of university in order to start his career making online videos.

Career

Ryan is best known for creating his popular and well-known YouTube channel, "Nigahiga." He created the channel with his friends Sean Fujiyoshi, Tim Enos, and Tarynn Nago (known collectively as "The Yabo Crew"), but since moving to Las Vegas to attend UNLV, most videos of his videos have been solo efforts. Higa and Fujiyoshi started posting YouTube videos of themselves in mid-2006 while students at Waiakea High School. In these videos, the duo lip-synched to songs. Not long after, they expanded beyond songs, introducing a number of other comedic pieces. Occasional guest appearances were made by his friends. Two of the most popular videos, "How to Be Gangster" and "How to Be Emo," were removed due to copyright violations on Christmas Eve 2008, only to be put back on the channel in late August 2009, but then again removed just days later. In August 2009, they released a short film with a runtime of 26 minutes called "Ninja Melk." They released another short film called "Agents of Secret Stuff" in November 2010 and included guest appearances from Smosh, D-GTrix, Hiimrawn, and KassemG.  Ryan's YouTube comedy videos have been viewed over 3.8 billion times. As of August 2018, Higa's YouTube channel, "Nigahiga," has over 21 million subscribers. For 677 consecutive days from 2009 to 2011, his YouTube channel was the most subscribed.

In 2015, Ryan formed the Ryan Higa Production Company, based at a studio in Henderson, Nevada. Higa created a parody K-pop group along with David Choi, Philip Wang, Jun Sung Ahn, andJustin Choncalled Boys Generally Asian (BgA) in 2016. Their first song, "Dong Saya Dae," quickly garnered around 16 million YouTube views. Their second single, "Who's It Gunna Be," reached #1 on the K-pop charts. Ryan left the group in 2018 to move to California and pursue a degree in engineering.

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Ultimately, Ryan Higa Nigahiga's financial journey is a testament to their success.

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