Rachel Levin (influencer)

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Rachel Levin
Personal information
Born
Rachel Claire Levin

1995 (age 28–29)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTuber
Website www.rclbeauty101.com
YouTube information
Also known asRCLBeauty101
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
  • Beauty
  • fashion
  • lifestyle
  • DIY
  • comedy
Subscribers15 million [1]
Total views4.1 billion [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2013
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2014
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2016
Last updated: July 7, 2022

Rachel Claire Levin (born 1995), known online as RCLBeauty101, is an American YouTuber and singer.

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Early life and education

Rachel Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a lawyer. [2]

Levin started uploading videos to her YouTube channel when she was 15. [2] [3] Her first makeup tutorial video on YouTube was titled "How to Conceal Under Eye Dark Circles". [2] [4] She continued to regularly post videos, [3] and at age 16, she was quoted in The Wall Street Journal in an article about online makeup tutorials. [2] [5]

Levin graduated from Lower Merion High School and attended Penn State Brandywine for college, but left after a year. [2]

Career

In 2014, Levin had 350,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel. [2] In addition to makeup tutorials, she started creating comedy videos, and her first comedy skit video was titled Back to School Expectations Vs. Reality! which by 2016 had 25.7 million views. [2]

By 2015, Levin had a total of 516 million views on her YouTube channel. [6] In 2015, she was ranked as the top social media influencer under 21 by ZEFR, a marketing company that tracks social media engagement, [7] [8] and in August 2015, RCLBeauty101 was the YouTube channel with the most subscribers added that month. [9] By 2016, she had over 8 million subscribers to her YouTube channel, [8] and over 60 million views for her video Disney Princess Slumber Party. [2] Fans of her channel became known as "Levinators". [2]

In 2017, she gained more than 222 million views on YouTube, with more than 11 million views for her Disney Princess Prom video. [10] By 2019, she had more than 13 million YouTube subscribers, [11] by 2020, more than 14 million, [12] and by 2022, more than 14.4 million. [13] Her channel is the 83rd most subscribed YouTube channel in the United States. [14] She is also very active on Snapchat, where she has 1.9 million subscribers as of March 2023. [15]

Levin launched her own makeup brand RCLÓ Cosmetics in 2020. Levin also started her music career in 2020, when she debuted her first single, "Myself", which she co-wrote with Brent Morgan. [3] In 2022, she published her second single, "My Way". [16]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Web Star: Fashion/BeautyNominated [17]
Streamy Awards Breakout CreatorNominated
LifestyleNominated [18]
2016YouTube Beauty GuruNominated [19]
2016 Shorty Awards YouTube GuruNominated [20]
2019 People's Choice Awards Beauty InfluencerNominated [21] [22]

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