Famous for visiting every country in the world, Drew Binsky is a popular travel influencer and vlogger. His adventures are documented on his YouTube account and other social media profiles. He holds the Guinness World Record for exploring the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in a day. As of 2022, Drew Binsky has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Early Life
He was born Drew Goldberg on May 24, 1991. His birthplace was in Dallas, Texas, but he spent most of his youth in Scottsdale, Arizona. His family gave him the nickname ‘Binsky’ when he was a child.
In 2009, he went on his first trip abroad to Israel. Goldberg enrolled in a study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic, in the first semester of his junior year of college.
He earned a degree in economics and entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. While he was studying, he travelled to over 20 European countries.
Career Beginnings
Drew began teaching English in Seoul, South Korea, after graduating from college. He stayed there for 18 months and visited 20 Asian nations during that period.
In 2015, he quit his teaching job to pursue a career in traveling full-time. In just a few months after that, his total number of countries visited was 73. Around this time, he started his blog called ‘The Hungry Partier’.
He continued to travel to different countries and later renamed his blog to DrewBinsky.com. The blogger also started using Instagram and Snapchat to highlight his trips.
Vlogging Career
His partner gave him a camera in 2017, encouraging him to produce and upload videos to his personal YouTube account. Months later, he went viral after uploading a video of his trip to North Korea.
In addition to his YouTube channel, he also shared his content on Facebook. Apart from travel videos, he also occasionally makes videos about various languages. He can speak English, Korean, Spanish, Filipino, and Czech.
He completed his goal of traveling the whole world in 2021. There are no more countries left for Binsky. In the process, he got two world records: the shortest time to pack a suitcase and the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites seen in 24 hours. Also, he achieved 3.15 million subscribers.
Net Worth and Earnings
Binsky makes around $22,300 to $357,000 every year from YouTube Adsense. The content creator is also expected to make a decent amount from his famous travel blog. There’s also his undisclosed income from other social media sites.
However, it is speculated that his primary source of income is sponsorship deals. He gets partnerships with various countries that want to promote their tourism. With this, the man who successfully went to every country on the planet has a net worth of $2 million.
Personal Life
Drew’s favorite countries include Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Israel. He does travel a lot, but he has a big home in Phoenix, Arizona. He lives there with his fiancee Deanna Sallao. The couple met when Binsky went to Deanna’s home country, the Philippines.
