Steven He

Chinese-Irish internet personality and actor (born 1996)

Occupations

Social media personality
actor
comedian
pianist

YouTube information

Channels

Steven He
Steven He Live
Steven He Shorts
Steven He官方中文頻道

Years active2019–presentGenreSketch comedySubscribers

12.4 million (Steven He)
519 thousand (Steven He Live)
1.72 million (Steven He Shorts)
398 thousand (Steven He官方中文頻道)

Total views

3.2 billion (Steven He)
31.6 million (Steven He Live)
312 million (Steven He Shorts)
97.7 million (Steven He官方中文頻道)

Associated acts

Uncle Roger
Nathan Doan
TwoSetViolin
Daniel Thrasher

Creator Awards
	100,000 subscribers
	1,000,000 subscribers
	10,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: 12 July 2024

Steven He (born 31 December 1996) is a Chinese-born Irish social media personality, actor, comedian, and pianist currently based in the United States. Primarily known for his satirical comedy sketches on YouTube and TikTok, he rose to prominence in the 2020s through his portrayal of a fictionalised version of his father, whose personality parodies East Asian parenting stereotypes. He also popularised the phrase "emotional damage".^[1]

Biography

Steven He was born on 31 December 1996, in Shenzhen, China, where he lived until the age of 8. He moved to Ireland in 2004 and continued to travel between both China and Ireland. He moved to West Covina, California, intending to become an actor and YouTuber.

He started his YouTube channel in 2019. Before this, He was known for performing short comedy skits on TikTok.^[2] Since then, he became known for the Internet meme "emotional damage", a catchphrase that went viral after the release of his YouTube video, 'When "Asian" is a difficulty mode'.< in the dramedy series, Groundbreaking.^[3] In 2023 he started the Ginormo! series on YouTube.^[4]

He owns and uploads videos to three YouTube channels: his eponymous channel Steven He, Steven He Live, and Steven He Shorts.^[5]

Awards

Year	Award	Date	Category	Result	Ref
2022	2022 Winner Septimius Award	8 June 2022	Best Content Creator	Won	^[6]
2023	Show Awards	27 August 2023	Scripted Series	Won	^[7]

Notes

References

^ Wu, Julie (12 May 2022). "Celebrating AAPI Influencers Who Are Following Their Passions". Yahoo Life. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ Salkowitz, Rob (20 April 2022). "YouTube Comedy Star Steven He Is Definitely Not A Failure". Forbes.com.
^ "Press Release: Groundbreaking TV Series Re-frames Hollywood Portrayal of Archaeologists | Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology". 23 February 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ Ginormo! is a YouTube-based show made by Steven He and Ken Mok, featuring: Kallmekris and more YouTube
^ "Creators On The Rise: Steven He got 3,000 rejections as an actor. So he decided to catch the studios' attention by going viral on youtube." Tubefilter. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ "PAST NOMINEES – Septimius Awards". septimiusawards.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ "13th Annual Winners". streamys.org. Retrieved 16 March 2024.