Cory DeVante Williams, popularly known by his online name CoryXKenshin, is an American YouTube personality, vlogger, Let's Play commentator, and comedian, with an estimated net worth of $11.19 million as of April 2024 as per Net Worth Spot.
Williams first joined YouTube in 2009 when he was a 16-year-old and registered his channel under CoryXKenshin. The next month saw him upload his first video on the platform where he talked about women, dating, and his thoughts about the movie Hitch. His initial content was mainly based on vlogs that covered his school and subsequent college life with videos of him and his friends, as reported by Net Worth Spot.
After choosing to diversify his content, Williams first played White Finger, a horror survival game, and uploaded the footage of him playing on his YouTube channel in October 2013. Subsequently, he uploaded a number of videos that covered him playing the 1994 sports game called Super Punch Out. Since then, Williams has made a name for himself playing horror games, with horror RPGs being his favorite sub-genre. Apart from horror games, Williams also plays a lot of action games with Bloodborne, Dark Souls, The Evil Within and Outlast being some of his most popular play throughs on his YouTube account.
Williams attended a number of gaming festivals like Comic-Con International and PAX East, where he met other prominent YouTubers such as Muyskerm, Yamimash, LordMinion777 and jacksepticeye. Fellow YouTuber, Caillou Pettis helped Williams get his YouTube channel verified in 2015. Ever since 2013, the CoryXKenshin channel has come a long way from its original vlog based content and managed to create an audience for itself, even achieving the coveted one million subscriber mark in November 2016.
As of today, Williams has over 18 million subscribers on his CoryXKenshin channel thanks to his unique approach in how he plays games as well as his clean and quirky sense of humor. All this has helped him amass an incredibly loyal following, distinguishing himself from all the other Let’s Play commentators on YouTube
Williams shares the same popularity he has on YouTube with all his other social media platforms with over 5.4 million followers on TikTok, 3.2 million followers on Instagram and over 2 million followers on Twitter.
Williams has often collaborated with Charity: Water, a non-profit organization that aims to provide drinking water to people in underdeveloped nations and on many occasions has helped the organization by appearing in their fundraising films as reported by Net Worth Spot.
CoryXKenshin’s Personal Information
| Real Name | Cory DeVante Williams |
| Nick Name | The Shogun/ The Ankle Breaker |
| DOB (Age) | November 9, 1992 (age 31) |
| Height | 6 ft 3 inches (190 cm) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lbs) |
| Net worth | $15-$20 Million |
| Nationality | American |
| Address/Residence | South Lyon, Michigan |
| Subscribers | YouTube - 18.3M subscribers TikTok - 5.4M Followers Instagram -3.2m Followers Twitter - 2M Followers Twitch - 156K followers |
CoryXKenshin’s Sources of Income
Williams earns his massive $11 million net worth valuation from his streaming career as well as the AdSense revenue from his YouTube channel. Apart from that, Williams also earns a decent amount from any tips and donations he may receive from her viewers while live streaming.
YouTube
Net Worth Spot estimates that the channel earns an estimated $2.8 million a year based on the estimate that YouTube channels earn anywhere between $3-$7 per one thousand views. However, these are conservative estimations and CoryXKenshin could very well earn over $2.8 million a year.
SocialBlade reports CoryXKenshin makes an estimated $13K - $208.8K per month and anywhere between $156.6K - $2.5 million per year.
Twitch
During their time on Twitch, a streamer usually earns approximately $3.50 per subscriber. Given that CoryXKenshin had over 156 thousand followers, multiple reports suggest he made at least $5000 to $10,000 during his short Twitch career.
Brand Endorsem*nts
Due to the success of his streams, Williams has been sponsored or has done sponsored content for the likes of Astro Gaming, Warner Bros., 7 Eleven, Microsoft Store, and The Division 2 video game, among others.
Business Ventures
CoryxKenshin has his own merch store in collaboration with Represent, where he sells hoodies, t-shirts, coffee mugs, and mobile covers.
CoryXKenshin's Expenses
Though a lot of information is not available about the man behind CoryXKenshin, multiple sources report Williams lives in his $400,000 house in South Lyon, Michigan with his dog, Samson the Savage, and his brother.
FAQ's On CoryXKenshin's net worth
Q. Who is CoryXKenshin and is he rich?
A. Cory DeVante Williams, popularly known by his online name CoryXKenshin, is an American YouTube personality, vlogger, Let's Play commentator, and comedian, with an estimated net worth of $11 million as reported by Net Worth Spot, and an estimated annual income of over $1 million.
Q. Has CoryXKenshin retired?
A. No, CoryXKenshin has not retired, though Williams has become quite popular for his ‘hiatuses’. Ever since 2013, the CoryXKenshin account has gone on a hiatus for at least 13 times owing to a number of factors like William choosing to pursue his studies etc.
Q. Why was CoryXKenshin banned on YouTube?
A. In a video uploaded in August 2021 following William’s return from one of his famous hiatuses, his YouTube channel received a Community Guidelines strike on a Try Not to Laugh video he uploaded back a couple of years back for apparent child abuse. The following month, Williams responded to this in his video “YouTube Gave Me A Strike & Won't Tell Me Why”, which subsequently reached #1 on the trending list within its first couple of hours and discussed William’s frustration and disdain for YouTube's lack of communication during situations like these.
