THE YOUTUBE star has millions of subscribers on the video-sharing platform.
She has found popularity across multiple social media outlets.
Who is Safiya Nygaard?
Safiya Nygaard was born on July 16, 1992, in Santa Clara, California.
She was raised in Chicago, Illinois.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and English from Stanford University in 2014.
In the same year, she began making YouTube videos under the channel Tiger Dad Comedy with her friend, Cody Behan.
In 2017, she began posting content to her own YouTube channel, which has 9.55million subscribers.
She married YouTuber Tyler Williams in 2019.
The couple lived in Los Angeles, California before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina.
The pair run a joint YouTube channel called Safiya & Tyler, which has 589,000 subscribers.
Safiya has 2.1million followers on her Instagram page and 2million followers on her TikTok account.
She has an apparel company called Fiendish Behavior.
What type of content does Safiya Nygaard post on YouTube?
Safiya shares different types of content with her fans on YouTube.
She has posted videos pertaining to style, beauty, fashion, and crafting.
Safiya’s unconventional content has fueled her popularity.
According to the Fiendish Behavior website, Safiya is also known for her “frankenart and weirdness.”
Her most notable YouTube series is titled Bad Beauty Science.
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On September 29, 2022, Safiya shared a video titled Mixing Every Lip Gloss From Sephora Together.
The video has gained 4million views.
What happened between Safiya Nygaard and Buzzfeed?
Safiya worked as a video producer for Buzzfeed Video from 2015 to 2017.
During that time, she co-created and starred in the video series LadyLike.
On March 20, 2017, she posted a video to her YouTube channel titled Why I Left Buzzfeed.
The video has since garnered 15million views and 418,000 likes.
In the video, Safiya stated that the “overarching” reason why she left the company was to have “independence.”
She then described a “lack of transparency” and said she “wanted more responsibility.”
However, Safiya made it clear that she is grateful for “all the opportunities” she received from Buzzfeed.