# Hannah Stocking
**Hannah Stocking** is an American comedian, actor, and digital creator who built a following of tens of millions on Vine, YouTube, and TikTok and has since moved into mainstream film and vertical micro-dramas. After a decade of making content on Vine, then YouTube, then TikTok, she had accumulated nearly 50 million followers across platforms, including almost 30 million on TikTok alone, by mid-2024.[1](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/) Vanity Fair describes her career as one of the clearest illustrations of how short-form social video evolved into a business feeding traditional Hollywood.[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Breakthrough | First Vine, "Girls Checking Out Guys vs. Guys Checking Out Girls," earned her 100,000 followers in a single day[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) |
| Audience | Nearly 50 million followers across platforms, including almost 30 million on TikTok, as of July 2024[1](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/) |
| Education | Double major in Biology and Chemistry; conducted embryonic stem-cell research while a collegiate volleyball player[3](https://galoremag.com/hannah-stocking-working-out-vine-insta-famous/) • [2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) |
| Film roles | Anna in *Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween* (2017), Kristen Larson in *Satanic Panic* (2019), Galyna in *Vanquish* (2021), Lightning in *Family Switch* (2023), Lauren Swick in *Skillhouse* (2025), Eve in *The Wrong Paris* (2025)[4](https://www.metacritic.com/person/hannah-stocking/) |
| Vertical drama | Starred in *Playback*, produced by Scott Brown of Second Rodeo Productions, then began developing a vertical series of her own[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) |
| Earnings | Forbes estimated she earned $5 million for its 2025 Top Creators list[5](https://grizzlybulls.com/celebrities/hannah-stocking) |
## Education and the accidental start
Before entertainment, Stocking was a student athlete and science student. She went to school in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-bay-area), double majoring in Biology and Chemistry while conducting embryonic stem-cell research, differentiating the cells and examining their gene expression levels.[3](https://galoremag.com/hannah-stocking-working-out-vine-insta-famous/) Vanity Fair describes her at that stage as a collegiate volleyball player studying pre-med and doing stem-cell research in [Northern California](https://www.edgepedia.org/northern-california).[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) In a 2016 interview she said she was still trying to return to science in the future.[3](https://galoremag.com/hannah-stocking-working-out-vine-insta-famous/)
Her entry into entertainment was unplanned. During spring break, while she was at the gym, the Viners King Bach, Liane V, and [DeStorm Power](https://www.edgepedia.org/destorm-power) approached her, and they invited her to film with them the next day.[3](https://galoremag.com/hannah-stocking-working-out-vine-insta-famous/) In a later interview she recalled studying for the MCAT at the time and being invited to Vine at "11AM sharp" after funny exchanges with creators including [King Bach](https://www.edgepedia.org/king-bach) and DeStorm Power.[6](https://bellomag.com/project/hannah-stocking/) Her first [Vine](https://www.edgepedia.org/vine-service), a six-second video titled "Girls Checking Out Guys vs. Guys Checking Out Girls," went viral and added 100,000 followers in a day; fellow creators told her she now owed her new fanbase more content.[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) • [6](https://bellomag.com/project/hannah-stocking/) She has described Vine's six-second limit as a training ground: "We only had six seconds to showcase character relationships, tell a joke, have a hook."[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video)
## Platform career
Stocking started posting on Vine in 2013 and moved to comedic content on YouTube after Vine shut down.[1](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/) Her YouTube channel launched on September 26, 2013.[7](https://www.celebsta.com/hannah-stocking/) She became part of the Shots Studios network of creators[8](https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/02/01/youtube-millionaires-hannah-stocking/amp/) and expanded her visibility with an appearance in G-Eazy's "Tumblr Girls" music video in 2015.[9](https://networthorigins.com/hannah-stocking-net-worth/) In 2018 she partnered with the media company ATTN: to produce science-based videos drawing on her biology and chemistry background.[9](https://networthorigins.com/hannah-stocking-net-worth/)
In 2024 she joined OnlyFans, a move that grew out of hosting *The Roast of Whitney Cummings* on OFTV for her longtime friend [Whitney Cummings](https://www.edgepedia.org/whitney-cummings); from that collaboration came the idea for an OFTV show and her own channel.[1](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/)
## Acting
Stocking's screen work spans studio comedies, horror, and streaming films. Metacritic credits her as Anna in *Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween* (2017), Kristen Larson in *Satanic Panic* (2019), Galyna in *Vanquish* (2021), [Lightning](https://www.edgepedia.org/lightning) in *[Family Switch](https://www.edgepedia.org/family-switch)* (2023), Lauren Swick in *[Skillhouse](https://www.edgepedia.org/skillhouse)* (2025), and Eve in *The Wrong Paris* (2025).[4](https://www.metacritic.com/person/hannah-stocking/) Her following helped her secure roles including a two-episode part in the 2021 iCarly revival and a starring role alongside 50 Cent in the horror film *Skill House*.[1](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/)
## Vertical micro-dramas
Stocking starred in *Playback*, a vertical drama produced by Scott Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Second Rodeo Productions. The production moved quickly: the idea was conceived in August, the team was on set by the end of October, and the entire series was shot in seven days from a 90-page script containing 18 musical numbers, each about 45 seconds long.[10](https://scalablepod.com/p/why-hannah-stocking-could-be-a-game-changer-for-microdramas) After the experience she was convinced of the format's future and began developing a vertical series of her own. She describes the form as a hybrid: "These vertical micro dramas have TikTok pacing, YouTube retention thinking, and traditional storytelling all woven together. It's an entirely new language of storytelling."[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video)
Her move into micro-dramas sits within a larger shift. Vanity Fair reports that the vertical-media economy outside China is projected by analyst Hernan Lopez, founder of Owl and Co. and Wondery, to generate roughly $150 billion in annual revenue, and that creators with large social followings are increasingly taking starring, showrunning, and directing roles in traditional Hollywood.[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video) Brown has argued that casting prominent creators in micro-dramas can be a "game changer" because they bring in viewers unfamiliar with the format.[10](https://scalablepod.com/p/why-hannah-stocking-could-be-a-game-changer-for-microdramas)
## Earnings
Forbes estimated Stocking earned $5 million for its 2025 Top Creators list.[5](https://grizzlybulls.com/celebrities/hannah-stocking) Third-party net-worth estimates for her vary widely and are not based on audited financials; one tracker places its base-case estimate at $14 million with a bear-to-bull range of $8 million to $23 million, while flagging retained earnings after production, management, and taxes as the largest uncertainty.[5](https://grizzlybulls.com/celebrities/hannah-stocking)
## References
1. [Millionaires: Hannah Stocking is ready to "ramp it up" on OnlyFans, Tubefilter (July 11, 2024)](https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/)
2. [The Next Spielberg Might Be Posting Vertical Video, Vanity Fair (June 25, 2026)](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/rise-of-vertical-video)
3. [Hannah Stocking Was Working Out One Minute & Insta-Famous the Next, Galore (November 22, 2016)](https://galoremag.com/hannah-stocking-working-out-vine-insta-famous/)
4. [Hannah Stocking, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/hannah-stocking/)
5. [Hannah Stocking Net Worth Estimate, Grizzly Bulls](https://grizzlybulls.com/celebrities/hannah-stocking)
6. [Hannah Stocking: From Science to Comedy, This Beauty Has Brains!, BELLO Mag](https://bellomag.com/project/hannah-stocking/)
7. [Hannah Stocking Age, Height, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Celebsta](https://www.celebsta.com/hannah-stocking/)
8. [YouTube Millionaires: Hannah Stocking's Comedy Sketches "Spread Positivity" Online, Tubefilter (February 1, 2018)](https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/02/01/youtube-millionaires-hannah-stocking/amp/)
9. [Hannah Stocking Net Worth 2026, Net Worth Origins](https://networthorigins.com/hannah-stocking-net-worth/)
10. [Why Hannah Stocking Could be a 'Game Changer' for Microdramas, Scalable Podcast](https://scalablepod.com/p/why-hannah-stocking-could-be-a-game-changer-for-microdramas)
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