Taiwan
Hackbearterry is a Taiwan-based software engineer and self-described long-term Tesla shareholder who built a substantial Chinese-language YouTube channel at the intersection of US tech careers and personal investing.
Total Followers +0.4%
697K
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
578K followers · 83% of audience
Engagement
2.8%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mid
Est. $2.4K–$6K / IG post
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +983 +0.2% | +393 +0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +1K |
| Last 30 days | +2K +0.4% | +559 +0.5% | +0 +0.0% | +3K |
| Last 90 days | +8K +1.4% | +4K +3.2% | +0 +0.0% | +12K |
| Last 365 days | +8K +1.4% | +4K +3.2% | +0 +0.0% | +12K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Wallet Pro Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Seeking Alpha Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Surfshark Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | May 2026 | — |
| Ourbit Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | May 2026 | — |
| Mitrade Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Apr 2026 | — |
Hackbearterry is a Taiwan-based software engineer and self-described long-term Tesla shareholder who built a substantial Chinese-language YouTube channel at the intersection of US tech careers and personal investing. Operating under the handle that combines hacker culture with his given name Terry, he documents the realities of working in the global technology industry — covering topics such as AI's threat to programming jobs, how to land offers at companies like OpenAI, navigating layoffs, and salary benchmarks in the sector. His content bridges two audiences: Taiwanese professionals aspiring to break into the US tech industry, and Chinese-speaking retail investors tracking US equities, options strategies, and speculative plays like a potential SpaceX IPO. His above-median engagement rate signals that this audience is genuinely invested in his perspective, not just passively consuming.
The audience skews sharply male and clusters in the 25–34 age band — a profile consistent with early-career engineers and young investors tracking US markets from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese-speaking diaspora in North America. His sponsor roster reinforces a clear fintech and investment positioning: Seeking Alpha for equity research, Mitrade and Ourbit for trading and crypto, and CoolWallet Pro for hardware crypto custody, supplemented by Surfshark as a practical tool for a globally mobile tech audience. This combination makes Hackbearterry a well-defined node in the Chinese-language financial and tech-career content space, where credible practitioner voices with real industry experience remain scarce. As AI reshapes software engineering and Taiwanese interest in US markets continues to grow, his dual expertise in career navigation and investment gives him durable relevance with an audience that has meaningful spending power.
Hackbearterry reaches an audience concentrated in Taiwan primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. As a finance creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include Cool Wallet Pro and Seeking Alpha. Engagement on YouTube runs around 2.8%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Hackbearterry's tier (Mid, 697K combined followers, Taiwan). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
The CreatorDB Agency runs end-to-end influencer campaigns globally — shortlisting, outreach, contracting, and performance reporting. Talk to our team about building a campaign around creators in this niche.
Hackbearterry announced in a video that he had officially left the tech workplace after a decade, posing the question of where his income would come from without a salary. Based on his content, the answer lies in his investment portfolio and his creator business — consistent with his long-running identity as a stock investor and long-term Tesla shareholder.
Yes — Hackbearterry made a video specifically explaining that he sold both his Tesla (TSLA) and Palantir (PLTR) positions. In the same video he walked viewers through what selling put options means, signaling a shift from simple buy-and-hold to a more active options strategy for managing his portfolio.
His view is nuanced: he argues that programmers who only write code will be replaced by AI, but engineers who genuinely solve problems will actually become more valuable as a result. He made a dedicated video on this, drawing on his decade of experience in the industry to distinguish between a coder and a true problem-solver.
The video breaks down the OpenAI interview process in detail, featuring a former OpenAI engineer who explains the preparation strategies firsthand. Hackbearterry framed it as accessible to anyone with a strategic approach — not just top-tier candidates — making it one of his more practical career-focused pieces.
He produced a video asking whether the SpaceX IPO could be the biggest money-making opportunity in history, framing it as a high-stakes question for retail investors deciding whether to participate. It reflects his broader content focus on major US tech and market events that matter to his Taiwanese and overseas Chinese audience.
Yes — tech layoffs (裁員), salary discussions (薪水), and job hunting in the tech industry (找工) are among his most consistently used content categories and hashtags. This positions him as a go-to resource for Taiwanese and diaspora tech workers navigating careers in the US tech sector.
English speaking and oral communication (英語、口語) appear regularly across his top hashtags, suggesting practical English for tech professionals is a recurring content theme. This fits his audience of Taiwanese viewers aiming for roles at US-based companies like OpenAI or Silicon Valley firms.
Recent sponsors on his YouTube channel include Seeking Alpha (investment research), Cool Wallet Pro (crypto hardware wallet), Surfshark (VPN), Ourbit (crypto exchange), and Mitrade (trading platform). The sponsor mix maps almost directly onto his content themes of stock investing, crypto, and tech tools.
Hackbearterry is based in Taiwan, which makes up the largest share of his viewership, but a meaningful portion of his audience is located in the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada. His content — covering Silicon Valley careers, US stocks, and tech industry trends — is clearly built for Taiwanese and overseas Chinese professionals with one eye on the American tech world.
His audience is overwhelmingly male — over 80% — and concentrated in the 25–34 age group, with a strong secondary cluster in the 35–44 range. The geographic spread across Taiwan, the US, Hong Kong, and Canada reflects the diaspora tech-and-finance community his content naturally attracts.
Stats (followers, engagement, audience demographics, growth) are pulled live from the CreatorDB API covering YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Bio and FAQ content is AI-assisted; news items are sourced from cited public press at generation time. Read the full methodology →
If you'd like to update, correct, or remove this profile, get in touch and we'll handle it within 5 business days. We don't publish private data — every stat shown comes from your public platform profiles.
@hackbearterry · YouTube
+0 new followers
Preparing fresh data…
This usually takes 15–25 seconds.