Gittemary Johansen is a Danish zero waste advocate, author, and lecturer who began documenting her shift away from fast fashion and impulse consumption in 2015.
Total Followers -0.1%
343K
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
149K followers · 43% of audience
Engagement
9.7%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mid
Est. $3.9K–$9.7K / IG post
In a video titled "the life update video that I didn't want to make," she openly discusses burnout, changing careers, and the possibility of leaving YouTube — a significant signal of a potential channel pivot.
Part of an active 2025 public speaking schedule that also included the Green Youth Forum in Copenhagen (January 2025), reinforcing her role as a sought-after sustainability lecturer in Denmark.
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -78 -0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -78 |
| Last 30 days | +0 +0.0% | -504 -0.3% | +0 +0.0% | -504 |
| Last 90 days | +0 +0.0% | -330 -0.2% | +0 +0.0% | -330 |
| Last 365 days | +0 +0.0% | -330 -0.2% | +0 +0.0% | -330 |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skillshare Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Nov 2024 | — |
| Wild Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Aug 2024 | — |
Gittemary Johansen is a Danish zero waste advocate, author, and lecturer who began documenting her shift away from fast fashion and impulse consumption in 2015. Based in Denmark and creating primarily in English, she built her platform around practical sustainability — recipes, guides, and honest reflections on reducing household waste and resisting materialist culture — rather than aspirational minimalist aesthetics. Her content spans YouTube and Instagram and extends well beyond social media into workshops, public lectures, and published writing, giving her a credibility layer that distinguishes her from lifestyle creators who treat sustainability as a content category rather than a lived commitment. A renovation series on her mid-century home and candid personal updates, including a widely noted video about fatigue and career recalibration, reflect a willingness to show the complexity behind the zero waste identity.
Her audience skews female and spans a notably wide age range, with meaningful representation from both younger millennials and the over-45 bracket — a sign that her message resonates across generational entry points into sustainable living. Despite a Danish origin, the majority of her following is English-speaking, concentrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, which positions her as a distinctly international voice within European sustainability media. Sponsorships from Wild, a plastic-free personal care brand, and Skillshare signal alignment with values-driven consumer products and self-education platforms — categories that fit her audience's profile tightly. Her engagement rate running well above category norms suggests a community that actively participates rather than passively follows, making her a durable fit for brands seeking depth of influence over raw reach in the conscious-consumer space.
Gittemary reaches an audience concentrated in DNK primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. As a sustainability creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include Skillshare and Wild. Engagement on YouTube runs around 9.7%, which points to an audience better suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel campaigns than to pure-reach buys. The channel's mix of long-form YouTube integrations and Instagram Reels and Stories lets a sponsor choose between short awareness placements and longer, more detailed integrations. Because the audience follows sustainability content rather than arriving through untargeted reach, sponsorships that match the channel's subject matter tend to convert more efficiently than broad placements. A consistent, on-topic posting focus gives sponsors a predictable, brand-safe environment, lowering placement risk compared with broad, general-interest channels. Campaigns here are best measured on qualified engagement and consideration within the niche rather than on raw impression volume. For DNK-focused brands in sustainability and related categories, Gittemary offers a defined, creative-fit audience rather than broad, low-intent impressions.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Gittemary's tier (Mid, 343K combined followers, DNK). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Gittemary started her zero waste journey in 2015, deliberately swapping impulse shopping, fashion weeks, and trend-driven consumption for a plastic-free, non-materialistic lifestyle. That personal turning point became the foundation for all of her content, lectures, and writing in the years that followed.
Yes, Gittemary describes herself as an author alongside her roles as a lecturer and content creator. Her writing, like her videos, centers on practical zero waste principles and the broader shift away from consumerism.
Gittemary follows a plant-based diet and calls herself a plant-based gourmet, meaning her food content goes well beyond basic vegan meals into more elaborate, zero waste cooking. Recipes are a regular part of both her YouTube and Instagram output.
She delivers lectures, classes, and hands-on workshops focused on zero waste living, plastic reduction, and finding non-materialistic values in everyday life. This public-speaking work runs alongside her content creation and is a core pillar of how she describes her career.
Yes, recent Shorts and posts show Gittemary working through a renovation of a 1960s-era home, including decisions like whether to strip back original paint. She brings her vintage and sustainability values to the project, favouring period-appropriate aesthetics and secondhand finds.
Gittemary published a candid life update — one she described as a video she didn't want to make — addressing burnout and a shift in her career direction. Beyond acknowledging the transition and the fatigue behind it, she hasn't gone into extensive public detail about where the change is taking her.
Gittemary has partnered with Wild, a refillable natural deodorant brand, through sponsored content on YouTube. The collaboration fits closely with her zero waste values since Wild's model uses compostable refill pods rather than single-use plastic packaging.
Yes, Gittemary posted about the hidden water and energy consumption behind AI tools like ChatGPT, framing it as another overlooked form of environmental cost. It's consistent with her broader approach of examining the ecological footprint of everyday modern habits, not just physical waste.
Secondhand and vintage shopping is central to Gittemary's lifestyle, and her content regularly features thrifted decor, vintage home styling, and the argument that buying pre-owned — when buying at all — is a key part of reducing waste. Her hashtag use around secondhand decor and vintage style signals it's more aesthetic conviction than occasional habit.
Gittemary is from Denmark, though her content is primarily in English and her largest audience is in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom and Germany. Her community skews female and spans a wide age range, reflecting the broad appeal of sustainability content across generations.
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