Collins Key (born: May 9, 1996), is an American YouTuber & Magician who usually collaborates with his younger brother Devan Key. He has gained success and Popularity in doing magic tricks and creating Gummy Food vs Real Food challenges, Spicy Food challenges, Reviews, Slime, Oobleck, and DIYs. His most popular one is the making of a DIY Fidget Spinner, which gave him a huge following. His content is often catered to a very young audience.
Biography[]
Born to parents Steven and Anne Key, Collin appeared in a Shakespearean play when he was just 4 years old and knew he wanted to be an entertainer. He was a finalist on the eighth season of America's Got Talent who was accepted into the world-renowned Hollywood Magic Castle Junior Program. He was judged by Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, Heidi Klum and Mel B on America's Got Talent.
Career[]
At 16 years old, Key was discovered on YouTube by the producers of America's Got Talent, and invited to appear on their 8th season. Key quickly gained notoriety as the fan favorite and first magician to ever become a finalist. He is often referred to as "Magic’s First Pop Star" In 2013, he toured across the country with America’s Got Talent, visiting 36 cities in six weeks.
In 2014, Key joined Demi Lovato on her Neon Lights tour, opening up for the singer with other acts such as Fifth Harmony, Little Mix, and Cher Lloyd during the 30-city tour, performing for audiences of 10,000-15,000 fans. Each night, Key spent 55 minutes on stage performing magic as well as hosting the event. In addition, he was asked to present at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards alongside other presenters including Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner.
After his appearance on America's Got Talent, he focused on his YouTube channel, growing from 2 million to 18 million subscribers in just 2 years, with each episode averaging 25 million views over the last two years. He and his brother, Devan Key, primarily upload advertiser-friendly comedy videos. In addition to focusing on his YouTube channel, he has also created, produced and starred in The Disappearing Girl in partnership with AT&T. The social media driven show blurred the lines between scripted and reality, and engaged fans in a social media scavenger hunt that culminated in a live activation on the streets of Los Angeles. The show went on to win a Shorty Award, an Ad Week Arc Award, a Cannes Lions Award, and a Streamy Award.
In 2017, Key was the first digital creator given the opportunity to create and produce six weeks of interstitial content for The Disney Channel Television Network leading into the Fall Season Friday Night Lineup. In 2017, he gave a TEDx talk at the University of Santa Barbara about using magic to solve your problems and that the answer to every problem is hiding in plain sight. The video has amassed more than 1 million views on YouTube.
In 2018, Key headlined the YouTube FanFest concert in Mumbai, India, which was attended by over 10,000 fans. In 2018, he launched a new merchandise line on his website, which sold out in two hours. In 2019, Key and his brother Devan are returning to traditional media and are Executive Producers on a scripted television show currently in development at Nickelodeon. In 2018, Key was nominated for Choice Male Web Star and Choice Comedy Web Star for the 2018 Teen Choice Awards.
In 2020 he has surpassed over 22.5 million subscribers.
Content[]
The Key brothers primarily upload videos about do-it-yourself videos and gummy food videos. In detail, they are comedy and family-friendly videos where viewers will learn how to make DIY gummy food out of candy, pancake art challenge, pranks, life hacks, and more. The Key Bros often Collab with their friends to generate content & revenue. He hasn’t posted for the last 2 years for unknown reasons. Up to this day is unknown. They currently make shorts.
Quotes[]
- "Yeet"
- "Fleet"
- "DEVAN!!!"
- "DEET!" (Downwards yeet)
- "You guys challenged us to do ________" (Start of a challenge video)
- "It looks like I'm a DJ"
- "3...2..1...OOOOOOHH!"
- "They look like beans" - when Collins talks about Skittles dipped in hot sauce
- "Beans, beans, beans" - glitched Collins
- "I'm Gucci bro" - when Collins falls off a chair and Devan says "Are you ok?"
- "Wait, wait, wait, first, let's see if you can subscribe and turn on channel post notifications in 5 seconds, ready, here we go: 5..4..3..2..1... Done! If you've done that, comment Keyper Squad right now"
Trivia[]
- Collins is great at magic, whilst Devan is good at art.
- He created a YouTube channel when he was 15 to showcase his magic skills.
- Devan had his brother shoot an arrow at him when he was younger after claiming he was a ninja.
- Daniel T. Gaming made a video about Collins Key, claiming that he "screams for success" [1].
Subscriber Milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: June 11, 2016
- 2 million subscribers: November 21, 2016
- 3 million subscribers: March 6, 2017
- 4 million subscribers: May 16, 2017
- 5 million subscribers: June 5, 2017
- 6 million subscribers: July 13, 2017
- 7 million subscribers: September 14, 2017
- 8 million subscribers: October 22, 2017
- 9 million subscribers: December 16, 2017
- 10 million subscribers: January 27, 2018
- 11 million subscribers: March 28, 2018
- 12 million subscribers: June 10, 2018
- 13 million subscribers: July 25, 2018
- 14 million subscribers: September 23, 2018
- 15 million subscribers: November 15, 2018
- 16 million subscribers: December 28, 2018
- 17 million subscribers: February 18, 2019
- 18 million subscribers: May 11, 2019
- 19 million subscribers: July 24, 2019
- 20 million subscribers: December 1, 2019
- 21 million subscribers: March 28, 2020
- 22 million subscribers: September 8, 2020
Video View Milestones[]
- 1 billion views: November 27, 2017
- 2 billion views: July 28, 2018
- 3 billion views: February 15, 2019
- 4 billion views: October 11, 2019
- 5 billion views: August 3, 2020