Stephen Tries (real name Stephen Jonathan Lawson) is a British comedian with over 1.6 million YouTube subscribers. While a million plus followers is impressive, Tries’ witty jokes deserve a much bigger fanbase! Other less talented YouTubers have double the subs and put less effort into videos.
Income Sources
Stephen Tries has an estimated net worth of £500,000 and makes around £100,000 per year. The comedian makes ad revenue from running two YouTube channels. From his main channel, he makes up to £50,000 in annual income. Given that the UK is his main audience, the CPM is lower than his American counterparts.
In addition, Stephen makes extra money through brand partnerships with companies such as Adrian Flux and Opera. In the past some risky jokes have cost him money. For example, a crude joke cost him a brand deal with TikTok.
His Rise
His wacky sense of humour is best described as a mix between Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan. Stephen first caught the public’s attention in 2016 when his parody video, “How to be Stormzy” went viral. Various social media websites such as LADbible promoted the video, attracting millions of views and helped grow Stephen’s channel.
He followed up on this success with a series of “How to” comedy sketches that have been equally as popular, imitating celebrities including Louis Theroux, Anthony Joshua, Conor McGregor and Danny Dyer.
Along with creating videos for his own channel, Tries was a part of XO with WillNE, True Geordie and Laurence McKenna. XO was a news and sport channel dedicated to entertaining fans through podcasts, sketches and documentaries. Sadly the venture didn’t work out and Stephen returned to uploading sketches and started a podcast. The ginger-haired funnyman also appears regularly in Sidemen videos.
Background
He was born in Norwich and currently lives in St. Helens. Stephen studied Comedy Writing and Performance at the University of Salford for three years. Surprisingly, there is actually a uni course for comedians! Before creating videos became his full-time job, Tries had a boring office job for a few years. Now, he’s creating sketches with his best mates – Max, Tom and Ryan.
Stephen’s Girlfriend
YouTube fame has increased his success with the ladies, Stephen is dating Zoe Laufer. The couple have been together for a few years, wedding bells are around the corner. Zoe currently works as a Social Media Coordinator at KOMI Group.
Beef with Jeremy Lynch
Jeremy Lynch was annoyed by Stephen’s video mocking him. At the Wembley Cup in 2018, the pair clashed on the pitch and both dislike each other. Afterwards, a clip was uploaded of Lynch’s pal (ManLikeHaks) arguing with Stephen and his dad. Luckily True Geordie got involved to calm the situation.
