the swedish trucker Angelica Larsson is one of the main transport influencers on social networks and earns approximately 5,000 euros a month on YouTube uploading videos of his work.
That’s it more than double what he earns transporting goods through the snowy slopes of Sweden, as this 31-year-old girl explained in an interview with Business Insider. And yet you have not spent any of the income you have earned from creating contentas he has confessed.
Instead, is saving the money to travel and mentoring young women who want to enter the transportation industry.
“In Europe in general, as in Bulgaria or Russia, nor there are many girls who driven”, he has detailed. “I have many followers from outside Sweden (…) it is important that they see that girls can also drive trucks“.
Larsson started posting fitness content to Instagram in 2014 until she quickly realized that lPeople were more interested in her job as a truck driver. Today he has 334,000 followers on Instagram and 319,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, which he launched 3 years ago.
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Larson said that he initially gained his following because he was a “little weird” that a 1.5 meter tall woman was operating heavy equipment in dangerous weather conditions. “I’m a little girl who drives big trucks,” she says, laughing, something that was not so common for her 10 years ago.
Although many users comment on Larsson’s appearance –some come to crown her as the “most beautiful trucker in the world“–, is equally renowned for her technical skills.
The videos show Larsson removing the cap from a water bottle with a forklift, maneuvering on icy mountain roads in reverseand driving all kinds of vehicles, from bulldozers and caterpillars to snow plows.
“I want to show the world that a girl can do the same as boys. I feel like that’s my purpose,” he said.
As Larsson’s digital presence has grown, so has the broader trucking community on social media. A recent industry report of the 25 highest earning truckers on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram receive payments of up to 3,500 euros per publication. Truckers Adryana Oltean and Alex Nino have over a million followers on TikTok.
However, Larsson has explained to Business Insider what your winnings have been collected inaccurately, adding that he does not earn money from Instagram. As for TikTok, she said that she is too busy managing her other accounts to create a new one.
Posting a YouTube video a week takes about 20 hours, since she herself records, edits and distributes the vlogs. She recently started working as a host and asked for one day off a week to focus on content creation. Currently, yesHis YouTube channel takes up about 50% of his work week, he added.
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Although the channel is his personal passion, Internet fame has also brought her unwanted attention.
In a video, Larsson told viewers that since personal information is publicly searchable in Sweden, Several stalkers have shown up at her house, at her parents’ house, and have even followed her to work.
“I think it’s a little scary and…I don’t feel very comfortable,” she said in a September 2020 video. “You shouldn’t come to such a person’s house. It’s not okay.”
this finally had Larsson move in and create a false identity to avoid future clashes. Beyond the safety concern, she has explained to Insider that she fears her dual career as a truck driver and influencer will get in the way of starting a family.
“I really want to finish this big project I’m working on,” he confessed, referring to her travel and tutoring plans that have been delayed due to the pandemic.
“I really hope…it’s not too late to start a family and be a mother. That’s what stresses me out the most.”
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