# Kate Steinberg
**Kate Steinberg** (born 1991 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American TikTok creator known for short-form videos about millennial and early-2000s nostalgia, in which she lip syncs songs from the late 1990s and early 2000s and discusses films from the same period. Her TikTok account, @itskatesteinberg, has over 2.9 million followers and 282 million likes.[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) She is one of several public figures sharing the name; the others include a special effects artist whose credits include *Waterworld* (1995) and *Dante's Peak* (1997),[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825776/) a New York City composer and vocalist who records as Emily Prime,[3](https://playsfornewaudiences.org/pages/kate-steinberg) and the violinist Kate Stenberg of the Del Sol String Quartet.[4](https://www.katestenberg.com/biography)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Chicago, Illinois[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) |
| Known for | TikTok nostalgia content on late 1990s and early 2000s pop culture, @itskatesteinberg[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) |
| TikTok audience | Over 2.9 million followers and 282 million likes[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) |
| Output | About 2.4K videos, averaging 568.78K views and 51.41K likes each, roughly 18 videos per month[5](https://urlebird.com/user/itskatesteinberg/) |
| Other platforms | About 1.5 million YouTube subscribers and about 1.1 million Instagram followers (also posts as @itskatesteinberg)[6](https://www.favikon.com/pt/blog/who-is-kate-steinberg) |
| Day job | Lead writer at the beauty company Ulta Beauty[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) • [7](https://www.art19.com/shows/what-ever-happened-to/episodes/0e414a0c-e9cb-4179-a193-55f1bd6b4b99) |
| Television | Contestant on *12 Dates of Christmas* (HBO Max, 2020); contestant on *The Price Is Right* (2024); pop culture guru on *Discontinued* (2023)[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) • [8](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12170636/) |
## Content and audience
Steinberg's videos center on millennial nostalgia: reenactments of scenarios from growing up around 2006, lip syncs to songs of the late 1990s and early 2000s, and commentary on movies from that era.[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) She has posted videos set to songs by [Reba McEntire](https://www.edgepedia.org/reba-mcentire), Christina Aguilera, and Shaggy.[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) Podcast appearances describe her as a "connoisseur of 90's and 2000's nostalgia" whose viral reenactments resonate with viewers who lived through the period.[9](https://www.rova.nz/podcasts/brotherly-love-podcast/episodes/ep-164-the-unstoppable-kate-steinberg) • [10](https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/kate-steinberg-millennial-culture-reality-tv-and/id1804157943?i=1000734175590)
By third-party analytics, her TikTok output is prolific: roughly 2.4 thousand videos averaging 568.78 thousand views, 51.41 thousand likes, and 360 comments each, with a 9.48 percent video engagement rate and posting at a rate of about 18 videos per month.[5](https://urlebird.com/user/itskatesteinberg/) Her Instagram presence is smaller than her TikTok following but still in the millions-scale range at about 1.1 million followers, and her top Instagram post has drawn 283 thousand likes.[11](https://pictame.com/en/compare/itskatesteinberg-vs-todayshow) • [6](https://www.favikon.com/pt/blog/who-is-kate-steinberg)
## Career
**Before full-time creation.** Steinberg started as a copywriter in advertising and later became the lead writer at [Ulta Beauty](https://www.edgepedia.org/ulta-beauty), a role she still held while building her account.[12](https://tubesum.app/v/consistency-leads-to-creativity-at-itskatesteinberg-creatoradvice) • [1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) In interviews she has said she began making early-morning videos out of nostalgia while working in her cubicle, and that consistency rather than raw creativity drove her growth as a creator.[12](https://tubesum.app/v/consistency-leads-to-creativity-at-itskatesteinberg-creatoradvice) She is also described as a former cheerleader and, in one podcast profile, a former NHL cheerleader.[13](https://www.cheerfittraining.com/influencer-kate-steinberg-shares-how-to-stay-consistent-and-confident-in-your-content-creation-episode-34/) • [10](https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/kate-steinberg-millennial-culture-reality-tv-and/id1804157943?i=1000734175590)
**Television appearances.** She appeared with her partner Chad Savage on episode nine of season one of the [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) dating show *12 Dates of Christmas* in 2020, and the two became engaged in December 2020.[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html) In 2023 she appeared in five episodes of the TV series *Discontinued* as a pop culture guru, and in 2024 she was a contestant on *The Price Is Right*, winning a car to the surprise of her fiancé.[8](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12170636/) She appeared as a guest on the *Girls Gotta Eat* podcast in 2025, discussing her influencer career and how she creates her viral millennial content.[14](https://girlsgottaeat.com/episodes/five-year-engagements-and-millennial-cringe-with-kate-steinberg-and-chad-savage)
**Creator work beyond TikTok.** Her Linktree, joined in September 2021, collects her YouTube channel, an LTK storefront, a Cameo page, a Spotify playlist called Y2Kate, and the *You Had 2 Be There* podcast.[15](https://linktr.ee/Itskatesteinberg) On podcasts such as *The Canopy Creators' Podcast* she has discussed the move to full-time content creation, her first brand deal, and when to bring in management; by the time of that 2023 appearance she had surpassed 2 million followers.[16](https://music.amazon.co.jp/podcasts/72a8bbbd-1f7f-4487-98bc-47aede35335e/episodes/70746c2c-ff2c-4158-9dcf-091f269bf3dd/the-canopy-creators%27-podcast-under-the-canopy-with-kate-steinberg)
## Personal life
Steinberg lives in Chicago, Illinois, got engaged to Chad Savage in December 2020, and has a sister and a nephew. A piece of trivia frequently cited about her is that she once shoveled snow for the [Chicago Blackhawks](https://www.edgepedia.org/chicago-blackhawks).[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html)
## References
1. [Kate Steinberg – Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kate-steinberg.html)
2. [Kate Steinberg (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825776/)
3. [Kate Steinberg, Plays for New Audiences](https://playsfornewaudiences.org/pages/kate-steinberg)
4. [Biography, Kate Stenberg](https://www.katestenberg.com/biography)
5. [Kate Steinberg (@itskatesteinberg), Urlebird](https://urlebird.com/user/itskatesteinberg/)
6. [Who is Kate Steinberg?, Favikon](https://www.favikon.com/pt/blog/who-is-kate-steinberg)
7. [Limited Too with TikToker Kate Steinberg, What Ever Happened To (Art19)](https://www.art19.com/shows/what-ever-happened-to/episodes/0e414a0c-e9cb-4179-a193-55f1bd6b4b99)
8. [Kate Steinberg (IV), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12170636/)
9. [Ep 164: The Unstoppable Kate Steinberg!, Brotherly Love Podcast, Rova](https://www.rova.nz/podcasts/brotherly-love-podcast/episodes/ep-164-the-unstoppable-kate-steinberg)
10. [kate steinberg: millennial culture, reality tv, and..., Life's a Joke with Christina Kirkman, Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/kate-steinberg-millennial-culture-reality-tv-and/id1804157943?i=1000734175590)
11. [Kate Steinberg vs TODAY – Instagram Profile Comparison, Pictame](https://pictame.com/en/compare/itskatesteinberg-vs-todayshow)
12. [Consistency Leads to Creativity – @itskatesteinberg, TubeSum](https://tubesum.app/v/consistency-leads-to-creativity-at-itskatesteinberg-creatoradvice)
13. [Influencer Kate Steinberg Shares How to Stay Consistent and Confident in Your Content Creation (Episode 34), CHEERFIT](https://www.cheerfittraining.com/influencer-kate-steinberg-shares-how-to-stay-consistent-and-confident-in-your-content-creation-episode-34/)
14. [Five-Year Engagements and "Millennial Cringe" with Kate Steinberg and Chad Savage, Girls Gotta Eat](https://girlsgottaeat.com/episodes/five-year-engagements-and-millennial-cringe-with-kate-steinberg-and-chad-savage)
15. [@itskatesteinberg Official: TikTok, Instagram, Linktree](https://linktr.ee/Itskatesteinberg)
16. [Under the Canopy with Kate Steinberg, The Canopy Creators' Podcast, Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.co.jp/podcasts/72a8bbbd-1f7f-4487-98bc-47aede35335e/episodes/70746c2c-ff2c-4158-9dcf-091f269bf3dd/the-canopy-creators%27-podcast-under-the-canopy-with-kate-steinberg)
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