What is Crazy Russian Hacker’s net worth? Who is Taras Kulakov’s wife?
Introduction
Crazy Russian Hacker is an insanely popular product reviewer and entertainer who hails from Ukraine and makes his home in the US.
With a staggering 12 million YouTube subscribers, Crazy Russian Hacker is known for posting hilarious, and sometimes dangerous, review videos, and isn’t afraid to look a little crazy.
Here’s what we know about the super-cool mad scientist of product reviewing, with the catchphrase:
“Welcome to my laboratory, where safety is number one priority!”
The Origin Story
Crazy Russian Hacker was born Taras Kulakov in what is now Ukraine.
He was born on March 11th, 1987, to a Ukrainian dad and Russian mom. He has two brothers, three sisters, and also states that he has a half-brother and half-sister.
As a kid, Taras lived in Donetsk, a Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine.
Despite being Ukrainian-born and having a Ukrainian father, Kulakov identifies as Russian because that is the language he speaks.
He was an excellent swimmer as a kid, and even joined the Ukrainian Olympic swim team.
In 2009, his family relocated to Asheville, North Carolina.
Kulakov, who was 22 at the time, went with them, and got a job at the local Walmart.
Wife
Crazy Russian Hacker met, and eventually married, his wife Katherine, in October of 2018. The happy couple has three children. Their daughter Alice, was born on Christmas Day of 2019.
The family lives on a small lifestyle property with their two Siberian Huskies—Luke and Hugo—an Alaskan Malamute—Gus—a Dalmatian named George, two Nigerian dwarf goats—Jeff and Joe, a cockatoo, an iguana, some bees, and some cows.
Kulakov’s physical stats are as impressive as his social media stats—he’s 6’7” tall.
That’s as tall as Magic Johnson, Kawhi Leonard, and Vitali Klitschko!
Is He Really Russian?
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Yes.
There are some online conspiracy theorists who think Kulakov is actually an American guy putting on a fake Russian accent.
Commenting in one of his Q&A videos Kulakov said, “Tell me why people think I’m fake Russian? Why would I be faking?”
The American Dream
Kulakov embraced the American lifestyle with gusto, and found a way to combine his unique hobbies with his fun-loving, energetic, entertaining personality.
In his own words:
“I got camera, a basic cord, I start talking. Like ‘What’s up everybody (…) today we’re going to walk on eggs. And so I walked on eggs and they didn’t break and that’s how I started making videos.”
In 2009, while he was still working at Walmart in North Carolina, Kulakov launched his first YouTube channel—Origami768. He shared video tutorials of him creating origami pieces, like this origami raptor.
He eventually changed the name of the channel to Taras Kul, and it had gained 3.7 million followers by the end of 2020.
In 2012, having been bitten by the YouTube influencer bug, Kulakov started a new channel.
The Birth Of His YouTube Channel
That channel was called Crazy Russian Hacker and it became a major viral sensation.
The Huffington Post featured one of his crazy videos—where he tried to show the world how to make potato chips in the microwave.
He was also attracting mainstream attention from Business Insider and Popular Mechanics, and within 2 years he had over a million subscribers.
Eventually, he was making enough money through YouTube Partner Program to easily replace his income, so he quit his job to focus on social media full-time.
The move paid off: by 2020, Kulakov’s Crazy Russian Hacker account had 11.5 million subscribers, and almost 3 billion video views.
Audiences love Kulakov for his comedic timing, his unique accent, and his fascinating approach to DIY. Some of his most popular videos are the What If kind—What happens if you drop 30 lb of dry ice into a pool?, and What happens if you put a coke can in liquid nitrogen?
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Zombie Survival Tips
Part of Kulakov’s charm is how he embraces his weirdness—and the weirdness of his audience. His Zombie Survival Tips series spawned his most viewed video of all time: Zombie Survival Tip #20.
The video, which educated his audience on how to open a can without a can opener, has 53 million views.
When asked how he comes up with ideas, he explained that he just asks himself a lot of questions and wants to know how things are done.
“A lot of things I know before. And a lot of things I have to search them on the internet and make my own ideas. I only choose the awesome ones.”
Kulakov and his Crazy Russian Hacker channel have become so successful that he now has fan Twitter accounts, and fans who make fan art for him. Even his Husky, Luke, is famous on Twitter.
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Crazy Russian Hacker – Net Worth 2024 – Taras Kulakov
So, how much is Crazy Russian Hacker worth? Kulakov earned most of his wealth from ads on his YouTube channel and sponsors. Therefore, Crazy Russian Hacker has an estimated net worth of $6 million.
On YouTube, Taras has more than 3.5 billion views, meaning about $10.5 million in revenue before taxes. Kulakov is also on Instagram (749k followers).
Want to know where to start on your Crazy Russian Hacker discovery journey? Check out his hilarious fails collection.
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Don lowery
Monday 2nd of August 2021
Hey crazy Russian young man. Your great. I try to watch everything you do. I would love to meet you someday, but I am and old man and can,t travel far. Keep up the good work. I admire you.