Internet illusionist Zach King breaks record for most viewed video on TikTok - Guinness World Records

It isn't conscionable Zach King's "digital sleight of hand" that's magical; it's his societal media following, too.

The net property from Agoura Hills, California, USA is 1 of the web’s astir salient contented creators, dazzling radical astir the satellite with his integer magic tricks. 

He present besides has the most viewed video connected TikTok, with 2.2 cardinal views arsenic of 15 March 2022.

That's an unthinkable fig of views to wrapper your caput around, particularly considering that determination are 8 cardinal radical connected world and galore of them bash not yet person net access.

@guinnessworldrecords Most viewed video connected @tiktok - 2.2 cardinal by @zachking ✨ #harrypotter#zachking#illusion#gwr2023♬ archetypal dependable - Guinness World Records

Titled "Zach Kings Magic Broomstick", the internet-famous video was posted connected 9 December 2019.

In the caption, Zach writes "They rejected my exertion to Hogwarts, but I inactive recovered a mode to beryllium a wizard." 

The viral magician past emerges connected surface dressed successful a Hogwarts azygous arsenic helium appears to alert done the streets connected a broomstick earlier the illusion instrumentality is revealed.

Some followers couldn’t judge their eyes, posting comments including: "Am I the lone 1 watching this again and again to recognize however helium did this?"

@zachking They rejected my exertion to Hogwarts but I inactive recovered a mode to beryllium a wizard. 🧹#illusion#magic#harrypotter♬ Zach Kings Magic Broomstick - Zach King

Zach was archetypal captivated by magic and illusions astatine a young age. 

He was a precise introverted kid and enjoyed attending magic shows with his grandfather. 

"I utilized to consciousness shy astatine parties and I realized that if I could bash immoderate magic tricks for people, it instantly broke down societal barriers and allowed maine to connect," said Zach.

"I’ve ever been intrigued by however magic tin bring retired childlike wonderment successful a person."

As Zach grew, truthful did his skills arsenic a modern-day magician, and successful 2008 helium began posting videos connected YouTube and enchanting the satellite wide web.

Without immoderate plans of slowing down, the "Final Cut King" has been mesmerizing cyberspace web with his societal media hocus pocus ever since.

Although his videos absorption connected magic tricks, the existent magic really lies successful his mind-boggling stop-motion video editing.

"I inactive truly emotion magic and learning astir tricks," admitted Zach. 

"But I conscionable don’t person the clip extracurricular of enactment that is required for mastering them similar the pros."

Zach has surely earned his awesome pursuing passim the years, but besides credits overmuch of his viral occurrence to getting an aboriginal start.

"I americium a steadfast believer successful the value of being connected platforms early. My squad was connected TikTok backmost erstwhile it was inactive called Musical.ly," said Zach. 

"When it was rebranded arsenic TikTok, my relationship already had a important sized following, truthful it gave america a caput commencement connected a batch of creators."

Before becoming 1 of societal media’s favourite illusionists, Zach would make contented from his assemblage dorm room. 

In fact, helium was conscionable a freshman astatine Biola University, studying cinema and media arts, erstwhile his archetypal YouTube video went viral.

"Back then, a cardinal views would beryllium considered viral. It was truly exciting, and it gave maine information to effort to support making much viral content," said Zach.

"I ne'er thought I’d yet get a satellite grounds though!"

@zachking Indoor camping #magic#glamping#stayhome#camping♬ archetypal dependable - Zach King

Although not the astir fashionable video helium has created to date, 1 of Zach’s idiosyncratic favourites features a camping conception wherever helium built a fort successful his surviving country with his sons. 

"The broad fort creates a portal to a beauteous mountaintop with a campfire," said Zach.  

"It was truthful peculiar due to the fact that I got to bash it with my sons, but besides due to the fact that it was the archetypal clip that we built a acceptable connected a upland and besides the archetypal clip we posted a down the scenes of however it was made."

But contempt each the effort Zach puts into crafting the cleanable integer illusions, helium says his astir viewed videos thin to beryllium the ones that are usually the astir spontaneous.

"I retrieve that during 1 squad meeting, we realized that Halloween was coming up and we thought of an thought that utilized mirrors to marque it look that I was flying connected a broomstick," said Zach. 

"We filmed that video successful 1 day with conscionable maine and 2 different guys."

Like each bully magician, Zach needed assistants to scope societal media stardom.

The TikTok trickster credits his parents with gifting him his precise archetypal video camera and inspiring him to prosecute his dreams successful film. 

"They home-schooled maine and my siblings, which allowed america to person much clip to put successful our passions," said Zach. 

"They were a immense encouragement to me, and I would not beryllium wherever I americium contiguous without them."

Throughout the years, Zach has earned aggregate awards including the Hewlett-Packard Commercial Contest, YouTube’s NextUp Creators Contest, and Best Vine Artist astatine the 8th Annual Shorty Awards.

He has besides been recognised arsenic 1 of the 25 astir promising young filmmakers successful America. 

But Zach was particularly excited to larn of his latest Guinness World Records title. 

"I grew up speechmaking the Guinness World Records books and I ever thought it would beryllium chill to someday person a satellite record," said Zach. 

"When I recovered retired I officially had a satellite record, I was ace excited, and it was beauteous surreal!"

Moving forward, Zach hopes to prosecute much than conscionable bringing magic and wonders into the satellite done societal media; helium would similar to determination towards directing action-adventure diagnostic films. 

We don’t deliberation he’ll request magic to marque that happen.