A TikTok star has revealed how he makes more money than a doctor – despite sleeping late and only working two hours a day.
Andy Peng, who goes by the name of Andy the Sk on social media, has amassed more than 4.6 million followers on TikTok thanks to his outrageous pranks.
Speaking exclusively to Chron Australia, the 21-year-old Sydney star revealed how he dropped out of university to pursue a full-time career as an influencer, which all started when he was “playing around and making videos” while bored with college was for his HSC exams.
Andy Peng, who goes by the name of Andy the Sk on social media, has amassed more than 4.6 million followers on TikTok thanks to his outrageous pranks
Since growing his fan base, he’s been able to travel all over the world – including London, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Mykonos and Los Angeles. He was even offered the opportunity to go to Bali to do content with Jason Derulo, but ultimately turned it down due to deadline commitments.
“I was in 12th grade studying for my HSC exams and I was getting really bored so I started pranking people in the library and filming it,” he explained.
“It started just for fun, all my classmates liked it. Then I went to college and started taking TikTok a little more seriously,” he explained.
Speaking exclusively to Chron Australia, the 21-year-old Sydney star (pictured in London) revealed how he dropped out of university to pursue a full-time influencer career
He quickly but “organically” built a following and soon saw his numbers skyrocket, prompting him to make the difficult decision to drop out to pursue a business degree – disappointing his parents.
At the age of just 19, he also quit his part-time job in real estate and moved out of his family’s home and into some influencer friends.
“They didn’t take it too well. We had a big argument.
“They tried to convince me, but I had this gut feeling and I had to live with it,” he explained.
“You kind of get it now.”
Since growing his fan base, he’s been able to travel all over the world – including London, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Mykonos and Los Angeles. He was even offered the opportunity to go to Bali with Jason Derulo, but ultimately turned it down due to date commitments. He is pictured in Sydney
He now manages to make six figures by working just two hours a day and filming content three or four days a week.
Andy sleeps most days, chills with friends, hits the gym, plays basketball before editing and planning clips for about two hours.
“Sometimes it’s okay, but it can be stressful and stuff like that,” he said.
He quickly but “organically” built a following and soon saw his numbers skyrocket, prompting him to make the difficult decision to drop out to pursue a business degree – disappointing his parents
After moving out of his parents’ house, he moved through AirBnBs, staying for about three weeks at a time.
He also traveled to Melbourne for three months before moving to the Gold Coast to get off the interstate to avoid lockdowns.
But he eventually moved back to Harbor City and got a flat in Zetland in central Sydney, where he stayed during Sydney’s 106-day lockdown in 2021.
During that time he was invited to join Wave House, the UK’s biggest influencer house, where a group of 20-year-olds live in a £5million house [$8.9million] Manor house in the British countryside to create and share content together.
After moving out of his parents’ house, he moved through AirBnBs, staying for about three weeks at a time
He also traveled to Melbourne for three months before moving to the Gold Coast to get off the interstate to avoid lockdowns. He is pictured in Rome
Unfortunately, due to the 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 almost 100 million likes.
Most of his clips show him brazenly approaching seemingly strangers, asking them trick questions, cheekily asking for their number, or pranking his buddies.
In one of his most popular videos, he walks up to people sitting on public benches and tells them, “Excuse me, I was sitting there.”
Most of his clips show him brazenly approaching seemingly strangers, asking them trick questions, cheekily asking for their number, or pranking his buddies. He is pictured in Rome
Despite hitting a major career milestone at a young age, Andy hopes to keep growing and is aiming for 10 million followers by the end of next year
In another, he approaches employees at a McDonald’s and tells them he ordered small fries but got a raw potato, while many clips show him getting free samples for grocers before running away.
Despite hitting a major career milestone at a young age, Andy hopes to keep growing and is aiming for 10 million followers by the end of next year.
“I see that social media is still a baby. We are still in the beginning.
“Australia doesn’t have a creator fund yet, so I made all my money from brand deals.
“I can still do TikTok for many years. I started 2020 which was probably a year late. I would have grown more if I had been earlier.
“I was in 12th grade studying for my HSC exams and I was getting really bored so I started pranking people in the library and filming it,” he explained
“I can still do TikTok for many years. I started 2020 which was probably a year late. I would have grown more if I had been there earlier,” he says
“The pandemic helped because everyone was at home with their phones. But it also got harder as we post more people. Back then I was posting three times a day.
“It’s a lot harder and slower now. It’s much more saturated at the moment. But 10 million is definitely the goal.
Despite having a laid-back approach and refusing to plan his lifestyle, the star definitely has a flair for expanding his profile and will always be posting videos at midnight to ensure it’s prime time for his US-based audience is.
Despite having a laid-back approach and refusing to plan his lifestyle, the star definitely has a flair for expanding his profile and will always be posting videos at midnight to ensure it’s prime time for his US-based audience is