WILBUR SOOT is a hugely popular Twitch streamer who also has a thriving career as a singer.
The star, who lives in Brighton, has been creating online content since he was a young teenager and is now enjoying the financial benefits that a career as an influencer can bring.
Who is Wilbur Soot and how old is he?
Wilbur Soot is a Twitch streamer, YouTuber, and musician.
His real name is William Patrick Spencer Gold.
I wasn’t happy with who I was at all… Me at 18/19/20 years old, I look back now like ‘f*** that guy’
Wilbur Soot on becoming a musician
The online star was born on September 14 1996 in Ipswich, Suffolk, and turned 27 in 2023.
He began filming and uploading content in 2008 when he was just 11 years old.
As well as forging a successful career as an influencer Soot is a recording artist.
He released his first single The ‘Nice Guy’ Ballad in 2018 which was followed by 2019 singles I Am Very Smart, Maybe I Was Boring, and Karen Please Come Back I Miss the Kids.
His EP, also titled Maybe I Was Boring, was released in 2019 as well.
Soot released three more singles – I’m in Love with an E-Girl, Internet Ruined Me and Your New Boyfriend – in 2020.
His last solo single was Soft Boy which came out in 2022.
In 2021 Soot formed the band Lovejoy with his friend Joe Goldsmith.
Soot provides lead vocals for the band and also acts as co-songwriter and rhythm guitarist.
Goldsmith, meanwhile, is Lovejoy’s guitarist, co-songwriter and backing vocalist.
The duo are joined in the band by drummer Mark Boardman and bassist Ash Kabosu, who are both also songwriters.
Lovejoy released their first EP Are You Alright? in May 2021.
Their second, Pebble Brain, was released in October 2021 and peaked at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart.
Lovejoy then made the UK Albums Chart again with their third EP, released in May 2023, which was titled Wake Up & It’s Over.
Revealing how he first got into music, Soot said in 2022 that he was feeling “quite sad” when he first picked up a musical instrument in 2018.
He told Anthony Padilla in his I Spent a Day With… interview: “I wasn’t happy with who I was at all.
“Me at 18/19/20 years old, I look back now like ‘f*** that guy'”.
He continued: “I thought I was a brilliant, untouchable person – I never did anything bad thankfully… I started playing the ukulele ’cause I wanted to give it a go.”
Soot attended university and graduated in 2022 with a degree in video editing.
How did Wilbur Soot become an influencer?
Soot rose to online fame as part of the group YouTube channel SootHouse.
The page, which has over 1 million subscribers as of February 2024, was started by Soot and his friends.
No new content has been uploaded to SootHouse since 2020.
In 2019 Soot started his own YouTube channel and as of February 2024 he has over 6 million subscribers on his solo page.
Soot is also well known for live streaming on Twitch.
He has amassed over 4 million followers on the site, which sees users broadcast themselves playing video games.
Soot is popular for streaming himself playing Minecraft.
As of February 2024 he ranks 45th in the the 50 most-followed channels on Twitch.
Despite his huge success on the internet Soot has credited “luck” for his fame and fortune.
In his 2022 interview with YouTube host Anthony Padilla the star recalled joining Twitch and reaching 1000 viewers for the first time.
He said: “I remember the first moment where I was like ‘wow’ [was when] I had 60,000 people waiting on my Starting Soon screen.
“I remember I took a photo on my phone cause I was like ‘this is ridiculous'”.
He added: “Literally the next stream I had 80,000.
“You just have to do what you love and get lucky.”
What is Wilbur Soot’s net worth?
Reports have suggested that Soot’s net worth is between £680,000 and £1.5 million.
He is likely to have amassed this fortune through his work as a musician and time as YouTube content creator.
Although Twitch doesn’t pay streamers directly, streamers on the platform can earn money from sponsorships and affiliate links.
Soot averages around 73,000 live viewers per live stream on Twitch.
The gamer has said himself that it was starting his own YouTube that made him realise that he could make a career out of being an online personality.
He told Anthony Padilla that he once made more from a cheque for his solo YouTube channel than he did during his entire time working for SootHouse.