Noah Miller Rose to Fame Making 'Troll-y' Videos at 16. How Going to College Completely Changed His Perspective (Exclusive)

Zoey LyttleTue, May 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTC

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Noah Miller has been active on social media since age 16, when he started posting comedic videos on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic

In the five and a half years that followed, he went to and graduated from college, moved to Los Angeles and pursued new passions, all while growing his presence online

Miller, now 22, looks back on his ability to keep up with the ever-evolving landscape online, noting what's changed about him and his content and what has stayed the same

Noah Miller was only 16 years old when he started out on social media, and even he finds that fact to be striking as he looks back years later.

He started creating videos during the COVID-19 pandemic and garnered a following by ribbing other influencers, telling stories about his lockdown experiences and sharing his hottest takes on pop culture and world news. Miller, now 22, is still known for making viewers laugh, but with a UCLA degree under his belt and networks of fans behind him, he can't help but note how far he's come.

"I was such a kid. You know what I mean? I was really, really young," the social media star tells PEOPLE. He didn't set a "long-term goal" for his online presence; in fact, Miller admits he didn't even have a sense of the digital career that could — and would — unfold in the years that followed.

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"I had never thought that it would be almost five and a half years later that I would still be making content in this way," adds Miller, who boasts 4.8 million followers on TikTok and 402,000 on Instagram.

Naturally, he's matured quite a bit as both a person — "16 and 22 are very different ages," he notes — and as a creator. Miller says he's "less troll-y" now; he moved away from poking fun at other people, keeping the jokes a little less targeted. He's also folded in content that reflects his more earnest interests, like his love of running and passion for traveling.

Comedy remains his anchor, but he's been able to keep up with the algorithm and thrive within the ever-changing social media landscape thanks to his defiance of any "one genre of content or one joke or one shtick," as Miller puts it.

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"Within my content, there's always going to be an underlying theme of humor. I'm always going to bring levity to something. But I think as I went to college, as I started to travel more, now I'm doing fitness things, and I've even started to talk about beauty a bit more on my page," he tells PEOPLE.

Miller adds, "Just a constant evolution is the key to any content creator setting yourself apart. Posting a video and your audience being like, 'Oh, I didn't know you were doing that.'"

Generally speaking, he makes videos for what he imagines as his primary audience: "A girl and a gay," Miller describes. "They're around my age, maybe a tad younger, maybe they're in school, maybe they're not, maybe they're a young professional."

He acknowledges that his humor might have an appeal that skews younger, but not so young. His broadly appreciated jokes are just another pillar supporting the longevity of his career.

"Sometimes I get comments or DMs that are like, 'I'm 30 something or I'm 40 something, but I love your videos,'" he explains. "I'm like, 'But you love my videos. You can love my videos at that age.'"

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