Luccas Neto Ferreira (born: February 8, 1992) is a Brazilian actor and comedian currently based in Rio de Janeiro. He is the fourth most popular Brazilian YouTuber, only behind his brother, Felipe Neto.
He has currently established over 39 million subscribers on his self-titled YouTube channel, which aims towards a family demographic. Since November 2017, he occupies the position of the most watched YouTuber in Brazil, reaching the mark of 356 million views per month. Per year, it grows on average 196%, while per day, it reaches the mark of 14.1 million views.
Career[]
Luccas began his career in a network agency and later created his own YouTube channel in 2014, but started to actively invest in the platform in 2016.
In 2017, Luccas invested in children's content, testing various video formats, which made it prominent in Brazilian social media.
In parallel, Luccas and Felipe Neto started together with a channel called "Irmãos Neto".
Along with João Pedro Paes Leme, journalist and former Executive Director of TV Globo, his brother Felipe Neto and Cassiano Scarambone, he is a member of Take4 Content, a company specialized in digital content curation.
The toy manufacturer Grow has partnered with Luccas Neto to promote the sale of its products.
In 2018, he professionalized his channel by hiring a team of professionals from different areas, such as psychologists, pedagogues, and psycho-pedagogues, who supervise and approve the contents.
He was also the most watched in a single month in Brazil in 2018, gaining 310 million views, surpassing his brother Felipe, holder of the previous record of 256 million. In terms of new subscribers, in May 2018 was the vlogger who won the most fans in 30 days, registering 1.35 million followers.
In June 2018, Luccas led the world ranking with 400 million views, ahead of PewDiePie and brothers Logan and Jake Paul.
On June 15th, he published his first book, "As Aventuras Na Netoland Com Luccas Neto", which translates to: "The Adventures In Netoland With Luccas Neto". The book's launching is the first book for the Brazilian market to break the historical pre-sale records since the Harry Potter saga. He sold 54,000 books, compared with 46,000 books sold by JK Rowling
In March 2018, Luccas Neto launched his line of toys, whose first article was a doll. That same year more than 240,000 articles were sold.
2018 was a good year for Luccas. This was the year he hosted the "Netoland" tour, where Luccas Neto was assisted by over 200,000 people across the country. There were 93 sessions in total, 75 of which were exhausted. Only in Jeunesse Arena, a venue located in Rio de Janeiro, the audience reached 12 thousand viewers.
In 2019, the videos of the channel LUCCAS NETO - MONDAY have gained indicative rating, self-classified as "suitable for all audiences".
In April 22, 2019, Luccas published his second book under the title "Brincando Com Luccas Neto", which translates to: "Playing With Luccas Neto".
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber Milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: December 12, 2016
- 2 million subscribers: January 29, 2017
- 3 million subscribers: March 28, 2017
- 4 million subscribers: May 19, 2017
- 5 million subscribers: June 24, 2017
- 6 million subscribers: August 6, 2017
- 7 million subscribers: September 8, 2017
- 8 million subscribers: October 13, 2017
- 9 million subscribers: November 12, 2017
- 10 million subscribers: December 8, 2017
- 11 million subscribers: January 5, 2018
- 12 million subscribers: January 27, 2018
- 13 million subscribers: February 25, 2018
- 14 million subscribers: April 2, 2018
- 15 million subscribers: May 11, 2018
- 16 million subscribers: June 15, 2018
- 17 million subscribers: July 16, 2018
- 18 million subscribers: August 17, 2018
- 19 million subscribers: September 19, 2018
- 20 million subscribers: October 23, 2018
- 21 million subscribers: November 29, 2018
- 22 million subscribers: January 6, 2019
- 23 million subscribers: February 27, 2019
- 24 million subscribers: April 23, 2019
- 25 million subscribers: June 22, 2019
- 26 million subscribers: August 19, 2019
- 27 million subscribers: October 25, 2019
- 28 million subscribers: December 29, 2019
- 29 million subscribers: March 1, 2020
- 30 million subscribers: April 20, 2020
- 31 million subscribers: June 20, 2020
- 32 million subscribers: September 3, 2020
- 33 million subscribers: December 3, 2020
- 34 million subscribers: February 26, 2020
- 35 million subscribers: June 2, 2021
- 36 million subscribers: October 18, 2021
- 37 million subscribers: March 8, 2022
- 38 million subscribers: September 8, 2022
- 39 million subscribers: March 13, 2023
Video View Milestones[]
- 1 billion views: November 2, 2017
- 2 billion views: April 14, 2018
- 3 billion views: July 11, 2018
- 4 billion views: October 8, 2018
- 5 billion views: December 28, 2018
- 6 billion views: April 25, 2019
- 7 billion views: September 4, 2019
- 8 billion views: November 22, 2019
- 9 billion views: January 30, 2020
- 10 billion views: March 22, 2020
- 11 billion views: May 14, 2020
- 12 billion views: July 17, 2020
- 13 billion views: September 22, 2020
- 14 billion views: December 10, 2020
- 15 billion views: February 23, 2021
- 16 billion views: May 18, 2021
- 17 billion views: August 29, 2021
- 18 billion views: December 23, 2021
- 19 billion views: April 9, 2022
- 20 billion views: June 1, 2022
- 21 billion views: November 4, 2022
- 22 billion views: May 21, 2023
Trivia[]
- He calls his fans his "foquinhas".
- He had a Christmas film special in 2018 called "Perdidos na Noite de Natal", translated to: "Lost on Christmas Eve".