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Addison Rae on How Much People Make on TikTok

I downloaded the app less than a year ago. Yeah, less than a year ago you started TikTok and you have one of the biggest followings in the world, and it's completely translated to your Instagram now, right? Like you get You get like basically Kylie Jenner likes, I would say. No, I'm being honest, right? What is that? What is that like? What is it going from being in— what were you in high school? Were you in college? You're in college? Yeah. What was that like? Where was it? Where did you go? Oh my God, what the fuck is going on? Because this is like an actual like overnight type of thing. Like I feel like other people like, like it's like a slow build, but it literally happened in like minutes? Like, what was the first video where you blew up?

June 15, 20208:42David
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Jason8:19
I have 45.1 million.
David8:21
That's crazy. And when this podcast is probably out, you'll probably be at 46. I feel like such a, like an old, like Like Ryan Seacrest talking to somebody. And when this— and then when you guys are listening to this, she'll probably already be at 50 million.…
Jason8:39
Um, I started the beginning of July. That's when I downloaded the app.
David8:42
I downloaded the app less than a year ago. Yeah, less than a year ago you started TikTok and you have one of the biggest followings in the world, and it's completely translated to your Instagram now, right? Like you get You get like basically Kylie Jenner likes, I would say. No, I'm being honest, right? What is that? What is that like? What is it going from being in— what were you in high school?…
Jason9:23
Um, well, my first video that I ever posted, which is like not even on my page anymore, um, it got like 93,000 likes in like 2 days, and it was like my first video and it was very random. And then I ended up like posting more after that just because I was lik…
David9:48
That's fucking crazy. When did people's mindset change about you? Like, when did they either— did they go like, when you first started TikTok, when you're uploading like 1 or 2, 3 videos on the app, like, what do people think of you then? Were they like, oh,…
Jason10:06
Um, no, I think— I mean, I just graduated high school, so I'm sure those people thought I was pretty weird, right? But I think like for the most part, I mean, like, I was My first post on my TikTok right now is like me in a cowboy hat. So like, I think a lot…