YouTuber Amit Sharma aka Crazy XYZ on life in the limelight

In life, Amit Sharma is a shy young man from a farming village 50 km from Alwar in Rajasthan. Online, he’s Crazy XYZ, a celebrity YouTuber with 17.8 million subscribers. His content has landed him at #4 on YouTube’s list of top creators in India for 2021. His content is a wacky mix of science experiments, bewildering stunts and weird hacks, with videos that get up to 60 million views on YouTube. Being a celebrity YouTuber means having fans show up at his door from time to time, and having to change his phone number every few months. Here's his take on the ups and downs of being a celebrity, and why he wouldn't trade it for anything else.