United States
NELK Boys is a Canadian-origin prank and party collective that built one of YouTube's most-watched comedy brands on the back of outrageous college campus pranks, public stunts, and unfiltered group chaos.
Total Followers -0.1%
12.2M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
8.4M followers · 69% of audience
Engagement
2.5%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $46K–$107K / IG post
The Forward reported significant outcry over NELK's interview with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, with critics citing softball questions and host Kyle Forgeard's subsequent comments on Jews drawing scrutiny from media and fans alike.
NELK co-founder Kyle Forgeard appeared on Hannity to discuss the Full Send Podcast's reach and its perceived role in influencing young male voters during the 2024 presidential election.
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -2673 -0.1% | +0 +0.0% | -2673 |
| Last 30 days | +0 +0.0% | -14891 -0.4% | +0 +0.0% | -14891 |
| Last 90 days | +10K +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +10K |
| Last 365 days | +10K +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +10K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrizePicks Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| MoonPay Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Apr 2026 | — |
| Happy Dad Hard Seltzer Beverage / Alcohol | Co-founder | YouTube | 2021–Long-term | — |
| Full Send Apparel / Merchandise | Founder / owned brand | YouTube | 2018–Long-term | — |
NELK Boys is a Canadian-origin prank and party collective that built one of YouTube's most-watched comedy brands on the back of outrageous college campus pranks, public stunts, and unfiltered group chaos. Founded by Kyle Forgeard and Jesse Sebastiani out of Toronto, the group relocated operations to the United States as their audience scaled, though the Toronto origin remains embedded in their channel identity. Their early content leaned heavily on confrontational campus pranks — a formula that drove rapid subscriber growth — before expanding into a broader 'Full Send' lifestyle aesthetic: luxury travel, party culture, and increasingly scripted wild-card scenarios. Episodes like the NELK Island series and their Miami stunts reflect this evolution, blending prank DNA with near-reality-show production values. The group also co-founded Happy Dad Hard Seltzer, a beverage brand that now commands its own social presence and represents one of the more successful creator-to-CPG pivots in the influencer space.
NELK's combined audience of several million across YouTube and Instagram skews heavily American, with a young adult core concentrated in the 18–34 bracket — a demographic that remains commercially attractive for sponsors operating in entertainment-adjacent verticals. Recent partnerships with PrizePicks and MoonPay signal clear positioning within the sports gaming and crypto-adjacent ecosystem, categories that actively court high-energy male-leaning audiences even as NELK's cross-platform metrics show a broader gender mix than their content might suggest. Engagement on YouTube sits meaningfully above the category median, indicating genuine audience retention rather than passive follower accumulation. With the Happy Dad brand maturing and content production continuing at scale, NELK occupies an unusual dual position as both a creator collective and a consumer-goods operator — a combination that broadens their brand-deal leverage well beyond standard influencer inventory.
Nelkfilmz reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. Their sponsorship history skews toward Beverage / Alcohol, Apparel / Merchandise, a clear signal of fit for brands in those categories. Demonstrated partners include PrizePicks and MoonPay. Engagement on YouTube runs around 2.5%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Nelkfilmz's tier (Mega, 12.2M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Happy Dad is a hard seltzer brand co-founded by the NELK Boys, and it's directly linked from their official Instagram bio. The brand targets a young adult audience that closely mirrors NELK's own fanbase, making it one of the most prominent creator-owned beverage brands to come out of YouTube culture.
NELK was co-founded by Kyle Forgeard and Jesse Melamed, who launched the channel out of Toronto, Canada before building it into one of YouTube's largest prank and vlog operations. The group has grown over the years to include additional recurring personalities who appear across their content.
The NELK Boys originated in Toronto, Canada, which is still referenced directly in their YouTube channel bio. While they now film most of their content across the United States — where the overwhelming majority of their audience is based — their Canadian roots are part of the group's origin story.
Yes, the NELK Boys conducted a widely covered sit-down interview with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, which drew massive viewership and brought the channel attention well beyond their usual prank-comedy audience. The interview became one of the most talked-about creator moments in that period of YouTube history.
Full Send is NELK's merchandise and lifestyle brand, built around the group's go-all-out ethos that has defined their prank and party content from the beginning. It's one of the most successful creator-built apparel brands on the internet, and the phrase "full send" entered broader internet slang largely because of NELK's reach.
NELK Island is an original series format from the channel, with Episode 1 titled "IG Models Ain't Loyal," suggesting a reality-style production involving the crew in an island setting. It represents NELK moving into longer-form, higher-production content beyond their signature street and college prank videos.
The video, titled "NELK No Love in Miami: The Pepper Spray Incident," documents a real confrontation that occurred during one of the group's Miami trips, where pepper spray was deployed in an unscripted altercation. It's one of the more raw moments in NELK's catalog, capturing an actual conflict rather than a planned prank.
Kyle Forgeard is one of the co-founders and the most visible face of NELK Boys, appearing consistently across the channel's prank videos, vlogs, and social content. He's referenced by name in the group's own video captions and is widely regarded as both the creative driver and a key business figure behind the NELK brand.
MoonPay, a cryptocurrency payment and Web3 infrastructure company, partnered with NELK for sponsored content on YouTube in early 2026. The deal reflects NELK's history of aligning with brands in digital finance and emerging tech spaces that resonate with their predominantly young adult audience.
The Nelkfilmz YouTube channel has grown to over 8 million subscribers, placing it firmly in the Mega tier and making it one of the largest prank and comedy channels on the platform. When combined with their Instagram following, NELK reaches well over 12 million followers across social platforms.
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