YouTuber Joo Eon-gyu "Monthly income increased 100 times from 1.8 million won... I do everything that makes money"

On the 22nd, the tvN entertainment program You Quiz on the Block featured YouTuber Ju Eon-gyu, known as 'Sinsa Imdang,' who has 830,000 subscribers, revealing that his income increased 100 times over five years. Photo by tvN, screenshot from You Quiz on the Block broadcast.

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Joo Eon-gyu, the operator of the finance YouTube channel 'Sinsa Imdang' with 830,000 subscribers, revealed that his income increased 100 times in five years.

On the 22nd, Joo Eon-gyu appeared on the tvN entertainment program 'You Quiz on the Block.'

In the broadcast, he said, "I went from a salaried worker earning 1.8 million won per month to achieving 100 times that income in five years."

Jo Se-ho asked, "So is your monthly income 180 million won?" and Joo Eon-gyu replied, "Sometimes it reaches 100 times, and sometimes it exceeds that."

He added, "Besides YouTube, I do everything that makes money," and said, "I also operate real estate rentals, stock investments, and an online shopping mall."

He recalled that he used to work as a producer for an economic broadcast, saying, "I joined with the dream of becoming a PD, but I had no passion for it. Sometimes I would go to work on Monday and leave by Wednesday," and continued, "After working like that, the salary was low. At that time, I earned a base salary of 1.8 million won but worked 12 hours a day. While doing economic broadcasts, they talked about 100 billion, 200 billion, and 1 trillion won, but when I checked my pocket, I only had 5,000 won."

He added, "I was often criticized and my self-esteem was shattered. It wasn’t that I didn’t work hard. I did my best but wasn’t recognized. I thought, 'I’m not someone who can endure here,'" and explained, "People who are good at making money outside the company are people like me. Those who are not at the center of the company and find it difficult to produce results."

Regarding the side business he started, he said, "I ran a rental studio business. But it ran a deficit of 4 million won per month. Starting the business required 80 million won, and a friend and I each gathered 40 million won," and recalled, "But since we were losing 2 million won each, we fought. When we advertised content on SNS, the deficit turned into a surplus."

He continued, "Previously, we used a sales method, but we switched to internet promotion. My partner told me to do it alone, so I started alone with debt. As the income rose to 10 million won per month, I quit the company I was working for."

Finally, he shared about his recent life, saying, "I try not to change. I talked about this with my wife," and added, "Wealth that has been accumulated can disappear in an instant, even by tomorrow."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.