Liza Koshy turned shaky-cam Vine skits into one of YouTube’s biggest comedy channels, then did what few creators manage: she crossed into studio films and network TV. According to Celebrity Net Worth’s current estimate, Liza Koshy’s net worth is $6 million.
A second, independent data point comes from Forbes, which reported in November 2018 that Koshy earned an estimated seven figures in 2017, largely from her online output. Forbes did not publish a full net-worth figure, so its reporting is an earnings reference rather than a competing estimate.
Who is Liza Koshy?
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy was born on March 31, 1996, in Houston, Texas. Her mother is a yoga instructor and her father a petroleum executive; she is half Indian and half Caucasian and speaks fluent Spanish thanks to a dual-language immersion program in grade school. After graduating from Lamar High School in 2014, she enrolled at the University of Houston to study business marketing, then left in 2015 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue entertainment full-time.
How Liza Koshy built her career
Koshy started posting short comedic videos on Vine in 2013 under the name Lizzza. When Vine shut down in 2017, she had around 7 million followers there. She launched her YouTube channel in 2015, and it became one of the fastest-growing on the platform: as of Celebrity Net Worth’s writing, it has roughly 18 million subscribers and more than 2.4 billion views. In 2016, she interviewed President Barack Obama on her channel to encourage young voter registration.
Her hosting and acting work arrived quickly after. She hosted the Golden Globes live preshow in 2017 (a record 2.7 million live viewers on Twitter), hosted MTV’s Total Request Live from 2017 to 2019, and fronted Nickelodeon’s Double Dare reboot. Her YouTube Premium series “Liza on Demand,” which she stars in and co-produces, premiered in June 2018. Forbes put her on its 30 Under 30 list, and Time named her one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2019.
Acting became the second engine of her career: Hulu’s “Freakish” (2016-2017), Tyler Perry’s “Boo! A Madea Halloween,” Netflix’s dance comedy “Work It” (2020), voice roles in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” and “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (both 2023), and Netflix’s “A Family Affair” and “Players” (both 2024). In 2025 alone she appeared in three films: Hulu’s “Summer of 69,” a voice role in Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters,” and “The Naked Gun.” Her next film, “Family Movie” with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, premiered at SXSW on March 13, 2026.
Liza Koshy net worth timeline
- 2013 – Starts posting comedy skits on Vine as Lizzza.
- 2015 – Leaves the University of Houston, moves to Los Angeles, and launches her YouTube channel.
- 2016 – Interviews President Barack Obama on her channel; stars in Hulu’s “Freakish” and “Boo! A Madea Halloween.”
- 2017 – Vine shuts down with about 7 million followers on her account; hosts the Golden Globes preshow to a record 2.7 million live viewers; total social reach hits roughly 45 million; begins hosting MTV’s TRL.
- 2017 earnings – Forbes later reports she earned an estimated seven figures in 2017, largely from online output.
- 2018 – “Liza on Demand” premieres on YouTube Premium; hosts Nickelodeon’s Double Dare reboot; lands on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.
- 2019 – Named to Time’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet.
- 2020 – Stars in Netflix’s “Work It.”
- 2023 – Voice roles in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” and “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.”
- 2024 – Appears in Netflix’s “A Family Affair” and “Players.”
- 2025 – Three film releases: “Summer of 69,” “KPop Demon Hunters” (voice), and “The Naked Gun.”
- 2026 – “Family Movie” premieres at SXSW on March 13.
How the $6 million estimate breaks down
Celebrity Net Worth’s $6 million figure is an estimate built from her public career earnings across YouTube advertising, brand deals (she has fronted campaigns for Beats by Dre and Beyond Meat), producing and acting fees. It is not an audited disclosure, and Koshy has not published her finances. Forbes’ seven-figure 2017 earnings report supports the scale of her creator-era income but covers only that year. The two outlets measured different things at different times, so treat the $6 million as a directional estimate, not a verified total.
Liza Koshy’s most-watched interview
In an August 2025 conversation on Marie Claire’s “Nice Talk” podcast, Koshy talked about leaving YouTube, imposter syndrome, and owning the title of actor:
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Net worth figures on Frotheen are attributed estimates, not verified financial statements. Sources: Celebrity Net Worth (current estimate) and Forbes (November 2018, on 2017 earnings), with career details from the same sources plus Marie Claire (August 2025) and SXSW reporting on “Family Movie.”
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