A TikTok star has revealed how he makes more money than a doctor – despite only sleeping and working two hours a day.
Andy Peng, who goes by Andy the Sk on social media, has amassed over 4.6 million followers on TikTok thanks to his outrageous pranks.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia, the 21-year-old star from Sydney revealed how he dropped out of college to pursue a full-time influencer career, which started when he was ‘having fun and making videos ‘ when he was bored studying. for his HSC exams.
Andy Peng, who goes by Andy the Sk on social media, has amassed over 4.6 million followers on TikTok thanks to his outrageous pranks
Since growing up, he has traveled all over the world, including London, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Mykonos and Los Angeles. He was even offered a chance to go to Bali with Jason Derulo to create content, but ended up turning it down due to scheduling commitments.
“I was in grade 12 studying for my HSC exams, and I got really bored, so I started pranking people in the library and filming,” he said.
“It just started for fun, all my classmates loved it. Then I went to college and started taking TikTok a bit more seriously.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia, the 21-year-old Sydney star (pictured in London) revealed how he dropped out of college to pursue a full-time influencer career.
He quickly but “organically” grew a following and soon saw his numbers skyrocket, leading him to make the difficult decision to stop studying for his business degree – which disappointed his parents.
Aged just 19, he also quit his part-time job in real estate and left the family home to settle down with influential friends.
“They didn’t take it too well. We had a big argument,” he said.
“They tried to convince me not to do it, but I had this feeling and I had to run with it.
‘They kind of get it now.’
He now earns six figures working only a few hours a day and filming content three or four days a week.
Andy sleeps most days, relaxes with friends, hits the gym, plays basketball before going up and programming music videos for about two hours.
“It’s okay sometimes, but it can be stressful and all that,” he said.
He quickly but “organically” grew a following and soon saw his numbers skyrocket, leading him to make the difficult decision to stop studying for his business degree – which left his parents disappointed.
After moving out of his parents’ house, he stayed in different AirBnBs for about three weeks at a time.
He also traveled to Melbourne for three months before moving to the Gold Coast to dodge lockdowns.
But he eventually returned to Sydney to secure a flat in the inner suburb of Zetland where he stayed for 106 days in 2021.
During this time he has been invited to join the Wave House, the UK’s biggest influencer house, where a group of twenty-somethings live in a $9 million mansion in the British countryside to create and share content together.
Unfortunately, due to strict lockdown laws at the time, he was unable to travel.
But the setback doesn’t seem to have stopped him, with his videos reaching nearly 100 million likes.
Most of his clips show him brazenly approaching apparent strangers by asking trick questions, cheekily asking for their number, or pranking his friends.
One of his most popular videos sees him approach people sitting on park benches saying, “Excuse me, I was sitting there.”
Most of his clips show him brazenly approaching apparent strangers by asking trick questions, cheekily asking for their number, or pranking his friends. He is pictured in Rome
In another, he approaches workers at a McDonald’s, telling them he ordered a small fries but was given a raw potato, while multiple clips show him getting samples free for food vendors before running away.
Although he has already reached a career milestone at a young age, Andy hopes to continue growing and is aiming for 10 million followers by the end of next year.
“I see social media is still a baby. We are still in the early days.
“There are no creator funds in Australia yet, so all the money I have is from brand deals.
“I can do TikTok for many more years to come. I started in 2020, which was probably a year late. I would have grown more if I had been earlier.
“I can do TikTok for many more years to come. I started in 2020, which was probably a year late. I would have grown more if I had been earlier’ he said
“The pandemic helped because everyone was at home on their phones. But it’s also gotten harder because we’re posting more people. Back then, I was posting three times a day.
“It’s a lot harder and slower now. It’s a lot more saturated right now. But 10 million is definitely the goal.
Even though he has a relaxed approach and refuses to plan his lifestyle, the star definitely has a sense of growing his profile and will still post videos at midnight to make sure it’s prime time for its US-based audience.
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