Anwar Jibawi is a well-known creator of comedy videos who became popular on the internet.
He became popular and made his fortune on a social platform called YouTube, but he started off on Vine, same as the many other famous influencers of today.
Vine was an extremely popular platform at that time, and on it, people were posting 6-seconds long clips in order to entertain the public with their comedy
Anwar started his career back in 2013 by uploading his comedy sketches to Vine.
He is still so popular because of his devotion to his platform. He posts very regularly on both his YouTube channel and Instagram account.
Anwar has more than five million followers, and will soon have 6 million. He also has a net worth of around 0,5 million dollars.
Early years
Anwar Jibawi was born on August 9th, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois (United States).
His family is Muslim, so he was raised as a Muslim from his birth.
Anwar spent his childhood in Chicago, where he enjoyed the company of his brother Malik Jibawi and his other siblings. Their family had five kids in total and they were all in good relationships with each other.
Anwar’s parents moved to the United States from Pakistan so they could provide a better life for themselves and their upcoming children.
His family is very important to him because it is in their culture. Pakistan families are always very connected to each other.
Career development
He started doing his comedy sketched on Vine when he was 22 years old. The first one he uploaded was called “When Sounds Interrupt Your Dreams” and it was released in 2013.
He thought that it would be smarter and better for him to start on Vine and gradually pull his Vine followers onto YouTube for him to create content there.
Vine opened Anwar a path to start his YouTube channel and to succeed. It was a great thing for him to start his career in comedy, since many people already got to a great point in their career this way.
Soon, his videos on YouTube became viral and he was finally recognized. His videos were shared on all social platforms, including Facebook.
After few of his videos became viral he started collaborating with other influencers such as Jeddy Purpdrank and King Bach.
He doesn’t post as often because he believes that quality is more important than quantity.
Anwar was starting to notice that some creators lost inspiration so he used it to put out a lot more interesting and of better quality than other YouTubers.
Some of Anwar’s most popular videos are “#DropThatNaeNae” and “ Sagging at its Finest”.
When Vine died out in 2017, Anwar was already having 3 million followers but mostly all already followed him on his YouTube channel.
When Anwar found out that Vine is going to shut down he told all his followers he will be creating content on YouTube.
In 2016 he started posting longer videos on his YouTube. He has gained one million followers, and already had 200 million views on his YouTube channel at that time.
His most successful video is “Killer Clown” and it had 30 million views just a few days after it was released.
Some of his other very known videos are: “Crazy Drug Lord” and “Worst Liar” and “The Broke Life”.
Anwar decided to repost some of his most popular vines on his Instagram account so all of his fans can see them although Vine is gone.
Anwar promotes a lot of brands on his social media platforms.
Dolce & Gabbana, a famous fashion brand invited Anwar to join them on their Milan Men’s Fashion Week show in 2018.
Anwar was involved in a lot of controversies after some of his tweets against the US President Donald Trump became known. It was not surprising to anyone because Anwar is from Pakistan and president Trump has a tendency to speak poorly of all immigrants and considers Middle Eastern people and Asian people as a problem.
A boxing legend Mike Tyson asks Anwar to create Mike’s YouTube channel in 2017.
This resulted in many collaborations with Mike. Anwar always respected Mike Tyson and admired him because of his hard work and devotion as a boxer.
Anwar is a very good friend with a famous singer Justin Bieber.
Jerry Purpdrank and Logan Paul were just one of the stars he collaborated with.
Anwar has a contract with Shot Studios and his promoter is called William Morris Endeavor.
Anwar was named one of the Top 100 Viners in 2015 and gained a huge amount of followers because of it.
He was in a comedy movie called “Airplane Mode” in 2017. Some other influential internet stars like Logan Paul, Chloe Bridges, and Jake Amanda Cerny were also in this movie.
In 2016, before being in this movie he had few minor roles in some short films, but nothing major or award winning.
Personal life
In 2012 he told his fans in one of his videos that his dad doesn’t live with his family anymore.
We currently don’t have any information regarding their parents and if they’re divorced. Anwar also stated that he will be visiting his father after not seeing him for eight years.
Anwar has a lot of hobbies and only some of them are singing and dancing.
Anwar tries his best to keep his physique and trains a lot but he doesn’t have a constant routine.
He is a really big fan of fast food, burgers, and pizza to be specific, but he tries to be moderate in eating such food.
Anwar stated that his favorite actress is Emma Watson.
His favorite movie is a 1997’s classic “Titanic” with famous actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. He has seen it several times.
Anwar adores reading mythology books and watches movies of the same genre.
His favorite places to visit on the holidays are most certainly Iceland, Dubai, and Spain. He also took his mother to see Dubai with him and shared the moment on his Instagram account.
He adores cars and his favorite brands are Audi and BMW. He likes them better than Italian cars.
Anwar was in lots of relationships and his most recent one is with YouTube star Hannah Stocking. She is known for her part in a movie called “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween”.
Hannah was a part of his famous video called “Having a Tall Girlfriend”. He was also in a lot of other videos of Anwar’s.
They often share their photos together.
Quick summary
Full name: Anwar Jibawi
Date of birth: August 9, 1991
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Age: 28
Profession: Youtuber, former Viner, actor, producer
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 64 kgs
Net Worth: $500,000