A 23-year-old influencer has shocked the internet after revealing how much money she makes in a month and – even more surprisingly – how she spends it.
Kelsie Flaim, better known as @thehungryfoodie on TikTok, posts food review videos, particularly focused on fast-food, chain restaurants and processed food.
The video, titled What I Spend In A Month as a 23 year old living in LA,’ the influencer said she made $21,343 before taxes in April.
Her housing costs came down to close to $3,000, with $2,750 spent on rent, $38 on utilities, and $60 in for Wi-Fi, totaling $2,848.
She then broke down how much she spent on food and drink, which came out to a little more than $613. She spent $282.23 on groceries, $304.96 on eating out and $26.02 on DoorDash.
Flaim slurged on her personal care, spending $690 on her hair, $38 on her eyebrows, and $480 on weekly massages, which in total came to $1,208.
For her nights out, she spent $102.42 on Ubers. She doesn’t drink alcohol, so going out was not much of an expense for the foodie influencer.
Between her monthly car payments, car insurance and gas, she spent around $640. Her subscriptions, including Amazon, Apple, iCloud, and Sirius XM cost $52.83 total.
Her miscellaneous spending, including random activities and Amazon orders, cost her $165. She also donated $300 to charity, which included making care packages or buying groceries for the homeless.
After adding all of this up, Flaim spent $6,027.58 total, with the rest of the money going to savings and paying taxes. Considering the fact she’d rake in $13,516 a month after taxes living in Los Angeles, Flaim would have roughly $7,000 a month saved up.
Interestingly, Flaim does not make any money from her Crumbl cookie reviews, a food haul she is particularly known for.
Users in her comment section did not hold back on what they thought about her monthly earnings as they said it is not an accurate representation of what an adult in their early twenties usually makes.
‘Bruh that’s my whole income for a whole year,’ commented one user.
‘Twenty grand for her talking about crumbl cookies,’ commented another.
A majority of the comments asked the same question, how did this foodie make that much money?
Scrolling through the comments, she answered one of the users simply with ‘this,’ referring to her TikTok page.
Another user asked her if all of her money came from her sponsored posts, to which she replied, ‘yes.’
It’s safe to say Kelsie Flaim found her sweet spot when it comes to her career.