Rachel Levin | |||||||||||||
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Born | Rachel Claire Levin 1995 (age 28–29) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Occupation | YouTuber | ||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||
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Also known as | RCLBeauty101 | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 15 million[1] | ||||||||||||
Total views | 4.1 billion[1] | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: July 7, 2022 |
Rachel Claire Levin (born 1995), known online as RCLBeauty101, is an American YouTuber and singer.
Early life and education
Rachel Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a lawyer.[2]
Levin started uploading videos to her YouTube channel when she was 15.[2][3] Her first makeup tutorial video on YouTube was titled "How to Conceal Under Eye Dark Circles".[2][4] She continued to regularly post videos,[3] and at age 16, she was quoted in The Wall Street Journal in an article about online makeup tutorials.[2][5]
Levin graduated from Lower Merion High School and attended Penn State Brandywine for college, but left after a year.[2]
Career
In 2014, Levin had 350,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel.[2] In addition to makeup tutorials, she started creating comedy videos, and her first comedy skit video was titled Back to School Expectations Vs. Reality! which by 2016 had 25.7 million views.[2]
By 2015, Levin had a total of 516 million views on her YouTube channel.[6] In 2015, she was ranked as the top social media influencer under 21 by ZEFR, a marketing company that tracks social media engagement,[7][8] and in August 2015, RCLBeauty101 was the YouTube channel with the most subscribers added that month.[9] By 2016, she had over 8 million subscribers to her YouTube channel,[8] and over 60 million views for her video Disney Princess Slumber Party.[2] Fans of her channel became known as "Levinators".[2]
In 2017, she gained more than 222 million views on YouTube, with more than 11 million views for her Disney Princess Prom video.[10] By 2019, she had more than 13 million YouTube subscribers,[11] by 2020, more than 14 million,[12] and by 2022, more than 14.4 million.[13] Her channel is the 83rd most subscribed YouTube channel in the United States.[14] She is also very active on Snapchat, where she has 1.9 million subscribers as of March 2023.[15]
Levin launched her own makeup brand RCLÓ Cosmetics in 2020. Levin also started her music career in 2020, when she debuted her first single, "Myself", which she co-wrote with Brent Morgan.[3] In 2022, she published her second single, "My Way".[16]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Web Star: Fashion/Beauty | Nominated[17] |
Streamy Awards | Breakout Creator | Nominated | |
Lifestyle | Nominated[18] | ||
2016 | YouTube Beauty Guru | Nominated[19] | |
2016 | Shorty Awards | YouTube Guru | Nominated[20] |
2019 | People's Choice Awards | Beauty Influencer | Nominated[21][22] |
References
- 1 2 "About Rclbeauty101". YouTube.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wellington, Elizabeth (June 23, 2016). "At 21, Main Line YouTube star Rachel Levin can move a product, pack a mall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- 1 2 3 Callwood, Brent (April 1, 2020). "Rachel Levin Explores Self-Care with "Myself"". LA Weekly. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ Mahlmeister, Chrissy (August 13, 2015). "These 29 Famous Beauty Gurus' First YouTube Videos Are Proof That Hard Work Pays Off". MTV. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ Dizik, Alina (September 21, 2011). "Mixing Makeup For The Webcam". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Jarvey, Natalie (November 4, 2015). "Next Gen 2015: YouTube's Top 30 Influencers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ D'Onfro, Jillian; Danielson, Tess (December 11, 2015). "RANKED: The 20 most influential Vine and YouTube stars under 21". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- 1 2 Petit, Stephanie (June 22, 2016). "5 Things to Know About Rachel Levin (aka, RCLBeauty101)". People. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ Cohen, Joshua (September 28, 2015). Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide. Tubefilter.
- ↑ Ilchi, Layla (February 16, 2018). "Video On Demand". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ Tait, Amelia (January 29, 2019). "Don't know your James Charles from Zoella? Get with YouTube celebrity culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ "Beauty-Influencer: Das sind die 5 bestbezahlten Social-Media-Stars 2020". Vogue Germany. May 27, 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ "Rclbeauty101 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ↑ "Rachel Claire Levin Wiki, Net Worth, Age, Relationship, Family, etc". Stylevore. 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ↑ "Rachel Levin (@rclbeauty101) | Snapchat Stories, Spotlight & Lenses". www.snapchat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Roth, Jaclyn (2022-10-14). "Singer Rachel Levin Dishes On Her New Single 'My Way,' Inspiring Others With Her Music". OK Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Heller, Corinne (August 16, 2015). "Teen Choice Awards 2015 Nominations: Wave 3 Nominees Include Caitlyn Jenner, Taylor Swift and More!". E! Online. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Hamedy, Saba (August 12, 2015). "Streamy Awards announce nominations for fifth annual show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Lee, Ashley (March 1, 2016). The Complete Nominations List. Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Lee, Ashley (January 19, 2016). "Shorty Awards Nominees Include Adele, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ Klemme, Kelsey (October 16, 2019). "Meet the Beauty Influencer PCAs Nominees: James Charles, NikkieTutorials, Jackie Aina and More". E!. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ Evans, Greg (September 4, 2019). "E! People's Choice Awards Finalists Announced; Voting Open Through Oct. 18 – Complete List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 January 2022.