Chloe Ting (born 9 April 1986[2]) is a fitness personality YouTuber based in New York.[3] She is known as the most subscribed fitness content creator on YouTube,[4] and for her workout programs, particularly her "Two Week Shred Challenge" which went viral on TikTok and YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | YouTuber, Certified Personal Trainer | ||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2011–present | ||||||||||||
Genre | Fitness | ||||||||||||
Subscribers | 25.5 million[1] | ||||||||||||
Total views | 3 billion[1] | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: September 2023 |
Early life and education
editTing was born in Brunei and moved to Melbourne, Australia at age 16.[5] She has a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University and later obtained a Master of Philosophy from the same institution.[6] Ting is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.[7][8]
Career
editPrior to starting a YouTube channel, Ting worked as an actuarial analyst.[9] She has published a thesis on financial markets and was a Presenter & Chairperson at the Australasian Finance & Banking Conference.[10]
YouTube
editTing began her self-titled YouTube channel in 2011 while she was still working in statistics.[11] She started posting videos from March 2016, when she was 29 years old. Originally, her content discussed fashion and travel, but by 2017, her channel became entirely focused on fitness.[9] Her August 2019 video, "Get Abs in Two Weeks", went viral after other bloggers and vloggers tried the workouts depicted therein.[12] As of September 2023, that video has 517 million views.[13][14]
During summer 2020 when many were in quarantine due to COVID-19, Ting's "Two Week Shred Challenge" rose to popularity on the video-sharing application TikTok.[11][15] In December 2020, YouTube released their official report[16] for top trending videos and creators in 2020, with Ting appearing in charts worldwide across the US,[16] UK,[17] and Asia.[18] Digital Journal determined that Ting was the most-influential at home workout content creator.[19]
As of February 2024, Ting's YouTube channel has over 25 million subscribers.[20][21]
Defamation Lawsuit
editIn 2021, Ting filed a defamation lawsuit against an individual and a company who made defamatory comments and content about her and her channel.[22][23] In August 2023, Ting published a video titled "Finally talking about it."[24] where she revealed the conclusion of the legal proceedings, and that it had concluded in her favour and she had received settlement sum payouts from both parties with the proceedings concluded.[24]
Personal life
editIn 2021, Ting left Melbourne and moved to Singapore.[25] In 2023, Ting had left Singapore and is now in New York.[3] Ting is known to suffer from small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.[26] Ting's video production partner and boyfriend was Adrian.[27] Chloe and Adrian broke up around April 2020 which she shares in her video titled "Juicy Q&A | Relationship, YouTube, Favorite workout".[28] It is unclear if they still work together or not.
Awards
editTing won a Streamy Award at the 2020 Streamy Awards[18] for the Health and Wellness category. Ting was also a finalist in the Health & Wellness (Creative & Media) category at the 2020 Shorty Awards[29] and a finalist in the category Best Online Entertainment at the 2020 AACTA Awards.[26] Ting was nominated in the Health and Wellness category at the 2021 Streamy Awards.[30]
References
edit- ^ a b "About Chloe Ting & Chloe Ting 2". YouTube.
- ^ "Chloe Ting: Fitness Vlogger and Model". Fashion Republic Magazine. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ a b new home.., retrieved 15 September 2023
- ^ "Top 1000 Fitness Channels on YouTube | HypeAuditor YouTube Ranking". HypeAuditor.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Estrada, Olivia (11 August 2020). "YouTube fitness star Chloe Ting addresses the haters with the help of health experts". Inquirer Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Bradford, Angus (5 July 2022). "Chloe Ting Net Worth: How Many Exercises Does Chloe Ting Perform Each Day?". Publicist Library. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Chloe Ting - About Page". chloeting.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Find an NASM Personal Trainer Near You | Validate Credentials". NASM. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b Cills, Hazel (21 July 2020). "Is Chloe Ting a Robot? And Other Facts About YouTube's Reigning Fitness Queen". Jezebel. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Chloe Ting - About Page".
- ^ a b Cerda, Nolyne (10 August 2020). "Qui est Chloe Ting, la fit girl qui cartonne depuis le confinement ?". elle.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Cacich, Allison (12 August 2020). "Fitness Influencer Chloe Ting Defends Viral Workout Routines". Distractify. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Liebelson, Dana (21 August 2020). "Covid-19 and the Rise of the #ChloeTingChallenge". ELLE. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Get Abs in 2 WEEKS | Abs Workout Challenge, retrieved 15 September 2023
- ^ Benberry, Imani (25 June 2020). "Chloe Ting Is Making Fitness Accessible for Everyone". Study Breaks. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b Allocca, Kevin (1 December 2020). "2020's top-trending videos and creators". blog.youtube. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Beavers, burpees and bread: 2020's most-searched". BBC News. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b "YouTube watch time in Singapore jumps more than 30% as more stay home during pandemic". CNA. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Sandle, Tim (28 February 2022). "Digital influencers: Data driven assessment of home workout influencers". Digital Journal. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Check out these fitness experts on YouTube to get into your daily streak". The Daily Star. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Chloe Ting - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Preveena (26 August 2021). "Chloe Ting Thinking Of Quitting YouTube Amidst Legal Battle With Another Fitness Coach". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Chen, Tanya (3 September 2021). "Dear Influencers, Always Sign A Contract". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b finally talking about it., retrieved 15 September 2023
- ^ Teo, Melissa (9 December 2021). "Chloe Ting moves to Singapore, gives tour of her empty apartment". AsiaOne. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b Peppin, Hayley (16 February 2023). "The homegrown fitness influencers to follow for February motivation". Harper's Bazaar Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Leahy, Jessica (19 March 2019). "Meet The 33-Year-Old Aussie Statistician Turned YouTube Star". body+soul. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Juicy Q&A | Relationship, YouTube, Favorite workout". YouTube.
- ^ Perelli, Amanda (10 March 2020). "Exclusive: All the finalists for this year's Shorty Awards, which won't be a physical event for the first time in 12 years because of the coronavirus". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (20 October 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.