There’s something about seeing luxury cars and massive trucks in stunts that always gets the viewers hooked. This is the exact type of content that YouTuber WhistlinDiesel (real name Cody Detwiler) has used to build a fanbase. As of 2023, WhistlinDiesel has a net worth of $5 million.
Early Life
Cody Detwiler is from Indiana, United States, and was born on July 18, 1998. Over the years, his family have owned several businesses related to farming and construction. They also had an automotive startup, which was what motivated Cody to learn about vehicles and everything related to them.
Not much is known about his early life but it’s known he attended a local high school. The young Indiana native has a bachelor’s degree but hasn’t shared where he went to college. Cody focused on his passion for driving mean machines, and now luckily it’s his profession.
Career Beginnings
The WhistlinDiesel YouTube channel was created in 2015. Right from the get-go, he made videos performing risky stunts with cars, trucks, tractors, and motorbikes. Not many content creators were brave enough to do what Detwiler does, so he stood out.
This helped his early videos accumulate millions of views. Apart from tricks, he also shared useful insights about various cars. In 2018, he branched out to other social networking sites, making him a true social media star. However, his YouTube channel is still considered his biggest platform today and currently has over 4.6 million subscribers.
Further Ventures
With his rising popularity, WhistlinDiesel began to attract brand sponsorship deals. His following grew more after surviving a bullet to the head, which came from his own gun, in early 2021.
He shot steel plates with .50 caliber bullets from four feet away to find out many it would take to penetrate them. One of the bullets ricocheted and went right to his forehead. Fortunately, it wasn’t a fatal injury.
However, trouble didn’t stop coming his way. A year after the incident, he ran into legal trouble after sinking their boat and making waves with a jet ski in a lake’s no-wake zone. Cody and his crew may potentially go to jail for a year.
Net Worth and Earnings
Cody Detwiler’s YouTube account, WhistlinDiesel, makes an estimated $6,400 every day from YouTube ad revenue. That’s about $2.3 million annually from advertisements alone.
He also earns income from brand deals and merchandise sales. Cody sells various gifts and apparel clothing on Amazon and through his Redbubble shop. With all of these endeavors, Detwiler’s net worth is valued at $5 million.
Personal Life
WhistlinDiesel was once married to his long-time partner, Rae. They were together since they were 18 and got divorced in 2021. Rae works as an influencer and adult model.
Detwiler is currently in a relationship with Kate Miller and still lives in his hometown in Indiana. There, he shows off his car collection, including a Jurassic Park Jeep, a Ford Raptor, a Toyota Hilux, and a custom truck called Monstermax.
