Blippi is a popular children’s educational channel on YouTube that feeds your kids’ curiosity while they learn about vehicles, animals, the natural world, and more.
He loves visiting exciting places such as children’s museums and the zoo.
Blippi joined YouTube on January 27, 2014, has over 15 million subscribers, and has over 12,000,000,000 video views.
Here is everything else you need to know about Blippi, AKA Stevin John.
Read these frequently asked questions about the YouTube character and personality Blippi.
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What Did Blippi Do Before the TV Show?
How Old Is Blippi?
Blippi is currently 35 years old. Stevin John was born on May 27, 1988 as Stephen J. Grossman.
How Much Is Blippi Worth?
As of May 2022, Blippi is worth about $40 million. Blippi not only posts videos to YouTube for revenue, but he is also on Amazon Video, Hulu, and has toys for sale in retail stores. His toys are also available to buy online on Amazon.
Who Plays Blippi?
The original Blippi is played by Stevin John. The new Blippi character is played by actor Clayton Grimm.
This leads to the next question.
What Happened to Blippi?
While Stevin John has been Blippi for several years since 2014, many kids and parents have noticed a change in the character in the last year or so. That’s because Clayton Grimm has been Blippi in the most recent videos.
The change of actors was very controversial, but it was most likely done because Stevin John and his fiancee Alyssa Ingham were expecting a baby in real life at the time of the actor change.
The couple has since had their baby boy and the pictures can be seen on Stevin’s Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/stevinjohn/ Blippi became a dad. So, that’s what happened to Blippi and why he is different.
Where Does Blippi Live?
Blippi’s headquarters is located in Los Angeles, CA. Stevin John was born in Ellensburg, Washington U.S.
Where Is Blippi From?
What Did Blippi Do Before the TV Show?
Stevin John actually served active duty in the United States Air Force as a loadmaster for the C-17 Globemaster airplane at the 4th Airlift Squadron before becoming a YouTube star.
Stevin’s duties in the Air Force were to perform the calculations and planning cargo placement to keep the aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout the flight.
Stevin John also has a controversial background around 2013 when he was posting gross out videos online. This is a family friendly site, so details will not be included here. You can Google it if you need to know more.
How Tall Is Blippi?
5′ 8″ (173 cm, 1.73 m)
Who Is Meekah On Blippi?
Meekah is Blippi’s best friend, played by actress Kaitlin Becker, who was introduced in October 2021. She will be in episodes of Blippi’s regular show and will also appear in the upcoming live-action original series, Blippi’s Treehouse.
Hopefully this article has answered all or most questions you have about Blippi, including the tough questions like, “Why is Blippi different?” and “What happened to original Blippi?”.
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I love blippi he is the best
My son loves watching Blippi!