Who is Youtuber Hickok45? His Wiki Bio: Real Name, Age, Height, Net Worth, Shooting Video

• Greg Kinman was born on 11 July 1950, in Pleasant View, Tennessee, USA
• He is a YouTuber who uses the name Hickok45 and has a net worth of over $2 million
• His YouTube channel was launched in early 2007 and has amassed over 1,200 videos
• His most popular videos include “500 S&W Magnum” and “Cowboy Action Guns”
• Prior to becoming a YouTube sensation, Hickok45 worked as an English teacher at the Franklin Road Academy

 

Who is Hickok45?

Greg Kinman was born on 11 July 1950, in Pleasant View, Tennessee, USA, and is perhaps best known as a YouTuber who uses the name Hickok4. Prior to becoming a YouTube star, he was an English teacher, but nowadays he uploads videos about weapons, which were his first love.

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Hey, the genius here got logged out of Instagram and could not seem to get back in. Finally back. Don't tell anybody, but we're going to shoot one of those evil AR15's today, my Windham Weaponry.

A post shared by Hickok45 (@therealhickok45) on Apr 17, 2018 at 10:52am PDT

Net Worth

So just how rich is John as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this YouTuber has a net worth of over $2 million, accumulated from his over a decade long career in the previously mentioned fields. He is a proud owner of numerous weapons, which he shows off in his YouTube videos. Being a YouTube content creator, he makes money every time an ad is displayed in one of his videos, and additionally makes money through paid promotions. Hickok45’s net worth is continuously growing, as he uploads videos regularly. According to some sources, he makes revenue of approximately $1,000 per day, which means that he makes $365,000 every year, so his net worth seems sure to rise.

Career

His channel was launched in early 2007, and it still works as of today. Since the beginning of the channel, more than 1,200 videos have been uploaded, in many of which Hickok45 talks about numerous modern and historic weapons, and additionally discusses their functionality, history and looks. He describes his channel as “a drama free, family-friendly shooting channel”. He made his YouTube debut with the video entitled “Colt 45”, which has been watched by more than a million people as of today, and then followed by releasing videos on a similar theme, such as “Glock 20”, “AR 15 Bushmaster” and “44 Magnum”, with all having been watched by a large number of people. Continuing to work at a rapid pace, he uploaded further videos including “Glock 19”, which has been watched by more than 2.2 million people, “Glock 26” with more than 1.1 million views, and “Glock 21” which has been viewed by 450,000 people. In July 2009, he uploaded the video under the title “Glock 23 at 230 yards”, watched by almost 700,000 people as of today, and several days after that “1911 Colt WW1 Replica”.

Speaking about his most popular videos, these include “500 S&W Magnum” which was uploaded 6 years ago and has been watched more than 17 million times, and “Cowboy Action Guns” viewed more than 11 million times. His other notable videos include “Oil Filter Suppressor” which has been uploaded 5 years ago and “500 Magnum VS Watermelons”. When it comes to his latest videos, these include “Winchester SXP Defender 12 Gauge”, “FAQ # 78 Do I Hunt”, with the both being uploaded in late March 2018, and doing fairly well among the audience. Hickok45’s other recent videos include shooting the “Breeze # 25”, “Glock 19 Small Game Hunt” and “Are Gun Channels in Jeopardy?”; the latter video has been watched by more than 321,000 people as of today.

Overall, it is safe to say that Greg was able to establish a loyal fan base, thanks to his consistent uploading schedule. As of today he has more than 3.1 million subscribers and his channel has been watched close to 900 million times, which must have made a significant contribution to his finances. In some of his videos, Hickok45 spoke about his views on hunting; his channel was banned from YouTube several time, as his content allegedly violated the rules of the network, however, thanks to his fans, Hickok45 was able to get his channel back.

What is a "gun"? https://t.co/b4zXP2Tg8K https://t.co/b4zXP2Tg8K

— Hickok45 (@hickok45) May 6, 2018

Hickok45’s Career as a Teacher

Prior to becoming a YouTube sensation, Hickok45 worked as an English teacher at the Franklin Road Academy, in Nashville, Tennessee; according to his students, he was one of the best teachers they have ever met, and had an average rating of 4.95 points on ratemyteachers.com, with many students stating that working with him was a “wonderful experience” and adding that they would do it again.

Private life and social media

Hickok45 has one son, named John, occasionally featured on his videos. He doesn’t share any information regarding the identity of his wife. Being active in the entertainment field, he is naturally active on social media such as Twitter and Instagram, and is followed by an army of over 60,000 people on the former and almost 200,000 on the latter. The majority of his Instagram posts are photos of his weapons, and himself and his son. Besides that, the family owns one cat, and he occasionally posts photos of the cat as well. In 2010, he gained more exposure when Jay Leno played his video about pumpkin carving, and additionally his videos appeared in media in countries such as France, India and Vietnam.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia