A fun fact about his personal life is that Ryan Trahan’s wife is also a popular YouTuber, but her popularity wasn’t transferred from her husband because she has her own niche on cosmetics and beauty reviews, a career that started when she was only twelve years old.
Currently, Ryan Trahan has more than 21 million subscribers after posting 464 videos. He received an award for Breakout Creator about 4 years ago and was also nominated for the Social Good award as the Best Creator. It is truly impressive that Ryan Trahan managed to do all these challenges while doing something good for society. If you watched his videos, you probably have seen that when he starts a new challenge that is going to take a longer time, he will also start a fundraiser for a special cause. This way, while viewers are watching, they can also choose to donate to one of his causes.
The most recent fundraiser that he organized was one for St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which was launched at the same time as his 50 States in 50 days challenge.
Recently finished, this series was indeed interesting and attractive for a lot of YouTube users, because he posted a video from each day that he visited.
Why has this series been a great success, you might ask yourself. The secret here is that he makes all these videos to be bingeable and easy to watch while travelling, eating, or just when you are trying to relax on a quiet evening. His talent is to create a real connection with his viewers, because he isn’t trying to be something that he’s not. In all his videos, we can see that both he and Ryan Trahan's wife are just enjoying these trips, being natural and thankful for all donations.
It should be mentioned that not only viewers have contributed to the St.Jude Children’s Hospital, but also different companies and brands such as T-Mobile, Airbnb, Dollar Shave Club, Lectric eBikes, and so much more. The biggest donation in this Jt.Jude fundraiser belongs to Lectric eBikes, which donated $610,000. You can check the entire list of donations here.
So, for this challenge, he wanted to travel across all 50 U.S. states in a determined timeframe to prove that this can be done with the right amount of dedication. In his vlogs, he documented all stops and visited unique places that were iconic for each state. The fun part is that all brands and even viewers who made donations had the opportunity to influence the activities that he and his wife did, making this challenge a more collaborative and engaging journey for his audience.
At the end of the 50 States in 50 Days adventure, Ryan Trahan raised $11,580,524, which is way more than initially expected.
There are a lot of reasons why Ryan Trahan’s videos, especially the ones included in this challenge, had a great impact on subscribers.
A remarkable skill of Ryan Trahan is storytelling. He can casually tell the most interesting stories, making his viewers feel close to him. He could make the 50 States in 50 Days challenge another travel vlog series, displaying only the great things that happened. But instead, he chose another approach, to include also the small arguments and problems. This way, he made his videos more relatable, encouraging viewers to continue along with him in this journey.
Compared with other series that have a determined plan beforehand, Ryan Trahan wanted to do something different. To make his subscribers feel included in his journey, he offered them the opportunity to influence or change some activities and other aspects if they donated to his St.Jude fundraising. So, this way, his audience felt they really had the chance to change something, making them eager to see the next videos.
We must admit that he is doing an incredible job in editing his videos. We don't know for sure if he has an editing team or not, because sometimes his videos are too good to be true. He is using quick and attractive videos, with impressive cuts, to make us more interested in what’s about to happen.
Ryan Trahan’s most recent YouTube series might be the start of a new chapter for this popular YouTube content creator. Until now, he hasn’t had a series of videos in the true sense because he was doing different challenges, some of them being “I did the most weird thing”, or “I slept in the weirdest hotel”. So his content was focused on making his subscribers curious about what’s about to happen.
Another long series that lasted 30 days was to survive on $0.01 for 30 Days. With this series, he also organized another fundraising event, but this time for 1 million meals. He collaborated with Feeding America to help end hunger. The total raised was $1,418,596.00.
Based on his videos, we don’t know for sure if he will start a new series, along with a new fundraising campaign for a different cause. It is most likely that he will attempt to do something for 100 days, considering the fact that his last challenge lasted only 50 days, which is still a long time.
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