What is the net worth of Rhett and Link?
Rhett & Link are an American social media personality duo and self-proclaimed “intertainers” and have a combined net worth of $25 million.
Rhett and Link are best known for hosting their many YouTube channels, including the largely successful series; Good Mythical Morning.
They are the founders of the media company Mythical Entertainment.
Some of their other celebrated accomplishments include performing comedic songs and sketches that garnered millions of online recognition and publishing two books that made the New York Times Best Sellers list.
In addition, they were the hosts of their long-lasting podcast titled Ear Biscuits.
The Origin Story
Link
Charles Lincoln “Link” Neal III was born June 1, 1978, in Boone Trail, North Carolina.
He is known to be awkwardly funny, a master of organization, the President of the Republic of Cheesistan, and prone to gagging and retching when introduced to unfamiliar or strange food.
In 1980, his parents divorced, and he relocated permanently with his mom to Buies Cree, North Carolina.
Link has no full siblings; nevertheless, he has a variety of half-siblings and step-siblings, most of whom he does not discuss at length on camera.
He went to pre-school at Lillington First Baptist Church. Also, he was also babysat by a woman named Loretta at some point in his childhood.
He was totally blond as a child. However, his hair eventually naturally darkened.
Rhett
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Rhett Mclaughlin was born October 11, 1977, in Macon, Georgia.
His family relocated to Thousand Oaks, California, for two years until they settled in Buies Creek, North Carolina, where his father was a law professor.
He has one brother and three older sisters.
He graduated from pre-school in 1982 in Thousand Oaks. After he finished high school, his family moved to Buies Creek, North Carolina.
When Did Rhett & Link First Meet?
Rhett McLaughlin, Stevie Levine, and Link Neal attend the Zodiac Ball hosted by COSF at The Houdini Estate – @Getty
Rhett & Link are lifelong friends with a friendship that can be traced back to childhood.
They officially met in first grade at Harnett County at Buies Creek Elementary School on September 4, 1984.
Their friendship kindled immediately, and they even found themselves in detention together.
Their first memory of getting into trouble together was a few years after meeting; they were in detention for writing swear words on their desks.
They also made a blood oath to “do something big” in high school.
Rhett & Link’s duo careers started early on while they were still students.
At age 14, they wrote a screenplay titled “Gutless Wonders” and confidently began shooting their first film based on the script.
Due to their lack of resources and experience, they stopped filming after a few scenes.
In high school, they shot a short satire film on the true story of Oedipus Rex. In addition, they were members of the Christian punk rock band “The Wax Paper Dogz.”
The pair enrolled at North Carolina State University in 1996 and were roommates.
Rhett graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering. One year later, in 2021, Link graduated with a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering.
Career
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Rhett & Link began their careers as professional engineers in their respective fields.
Alongside their full-time jobs, they created videos and performed comedy sketches for Cru, a religious organization.
It was their membership with Cru that truly kickstarted their career in comedy and media entertainment.
Apart from making sketches for Cru, they were encouraged to make comedy sketches of their own.
They enjoyed it so much that they resigned from their professional engineering careers to pursue careers in comedic entertainment.
Good Morning Chia Lincoln
Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal attend the world premiere of Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” at Regency Village Theatre – @Getty
On January 3, 2011, shortly after resigning from their jobs, the duo successfully launched their first talk show titled “Good Morning Chia Lincoln” in their private studio.
The episodes would typically include the pair giving opinions on trendy news topics or other personal life experiences and encounters. Nevertheless, the show did not last long, ultimately ending on February 28, 2011.
Good Mythical Morning
Shortly after, they relocated to Los Angeles, and on January 9, 2012, the duo launched “Good Mythical Morning (GMM).”
The widely successful channel is an opinion-style talk show that airs on weekdays at 6 am, drawing in millions of viewers worldwide.
The creativity of the channel is what attracts mounds of viewers. It includes a segment titled “Wheel of Mythicality,” which allows the viewers to decide how the pair will end the show, generally played out in an improvised format, adding an irregularity factor to each episode.
The show had grown so large that the duo divided it into unique segments, including the “Taste Test” series and the “Will It” series, which was ultimately featured on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In January 2013, GMM won the award for Best Variety Series at the International Academy of Web Television Awards. By this point, the pair decided to take a break from GMM and create an additional channel.
The Mythical Show
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They created “The Mythical Show,” and the first episode was aired on April 25, 2013.
This channel would include guest actors and YouTube personalities, which attracted a large audience in a short amount of time.
It was structured as a 30-minute series and was aired Thursdays at 5 pm (EST). The first season ended on July 11, 2013, and the duo discontinued it to focus on growing the GMM show.
Despite only being aired for less than three months, it won the 2014 People’s Choice Webby Award for individual comedy short.
They decided that since GMM had been experiencing tremendous success, they created an addition to the “Good Mythical MORE’ series, a show that airs directly after GMM but on a separate channel.
The nature of this show is to create organic, improvised content, adding excitement and ambiguity to each opening episode.
Season 6 of GMM aired on July 14, 2014, and had a new format. Since the duo and show had harnessed a celebrity status over time, most episodes would include guest appearances from A-list celebrities, including Amy Schumer, Shay Mitchell, and Daniel Radcliffe.
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Ear Biscuits
Rhett & Link attend Apple TV+ “Schmigadoon!” Season 2 FYC Event at Saban Media Center – @Getty
Amid their busy schedules, the duo launched a podcast on September 27, 2013, titled “Ear Biscuits,” available on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
The podcast aired weekly on Sundays, and the content was designed around the duo’s lives and how they became such close friends.
The podcast would often include guest appearances from internet personalities. As of February 4, 2019, the podcast became inactive on SoundCloud.
This is Mythical
On March 20, 2017, they announced the addition of a new channel titled “This is Mythical.”
The series contains general vlogs, a food series titled “Mythicalicious,” clips from their Ear Biscuits podcast, and much more. The content for this channel was created exclusively by the Mythical Entertainment crew members.
In 2018, the duo decided to rebrand the channel, titling it “Mythical.” Despite being largely successful, it is currently an inactive channel.
On December 20, 2019, Mythical Entertainment announced the addition of yet another channel, titled “Mythical Kitchen.” The series is dedicated entirely to food featured videos and contains multiple series, including “Fancy Fast Food” and “Snack Smash.”
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Book of Mythicality
Aside from their careers in digital media, Rhett and Link are accomplished authors.
On October 10, 2017, they published “Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery.” The book did so well; it made it onto the New York Times Best Sellers List the week ending October 14, 2017.
On October 29, 2019, they released a second book titled “The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek.”
To no surprise, the book did well and reached No. 13 on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
Wives & Kids
Rhett got married in 2001 to Jessie Lane. The happy couple has two children – Locke and Shepherd.
Link got married in 2000 to Christy White. They have three children – Lincoln, Lilian, and Lando.
The family owns a dog named Lola, with whom the kids have a strong bond.
Vasectomy
In 2017, the YouTube stars got vasectomies together and even vlogged about it for their ”Good Mythical Morning” channel.
Tattoo
Link has a tattoo of his wife’s name, Christy, on his butt. Rhett also has one on his buttocks.
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Net Worth
So, how much are Rhett and Link worth?
Both YouTubers accrued most of their wealth by selling their books online (Book of Mythicality and The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek), sponsors, merchandise, and advertisements on their YouTube channels.
Some of the sponsors are Wendy’s, Amazon Fresh, Toyota, and Gillette.
Currently, all their channels (Rhett & Link, Good Mythical Morning, Ear Biscuits, and Good Mythical MORE) have over 11 billion views, which means about $33 million in revenue before taxes.
The two also have their YouTube Premium series ”Rhett and Link’s Buddy System.”
In the fiscal year ending June 2015, Rhett & Link earned $4.5 million in pre-tax income.
Therefore, YouTube stars Rhett and Link have an estimated net worth of $25 million.
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