Background and career
Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III (born June 1, 1978), collectively known as Rhett & Link, are an American comedy duo. Since 2012, they have created and hosted the YouTube series Good Mythical Morning. Self-styled as "Internetainers", their other notable projects include comedic songs and sketches, their IFC series Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings, their scripted series Rhett & Link's Buddy System on YouTube Premium and Rhett & Link's Wonderhole, their podcast Ear Biscuits, and their novel The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek.
As social media influencers with numerous channels, they have a combined total of over 30 million subscribers. They were ranked the second most influential content creators in 2024 according to Rolling Stone and ranked #5 in Forbes’ Top Creators of 2026.
Rhett McLaughlin and Charles "Link" Neal first met on September 4, 1984, the date they started first grade at Buies Creek Elementary School in Buies Creek, Harnett County, North Carolina. They subsequently wrote a song and made a documentary about this meeting: Looking for Ms. Locklear. In an interview on The Tonight Show, they stated that they had to stay in during recess because both of them had written swear words on their desks. They were given coloring books to fill out with mythical creatures (such as unicorns), hence their YouTube channel name, Good Mythical Morning.
At age fourteen, they wrote a screenplay entitled Gutless Wonders and began shooting a film based on it. They shot only a couple of scenes, and the film was never finished. This screenplay ultimately was read in multiple episodes of Good Mythical Morning. In high school they shot a 25-minute film-parody on the tragedy of Oedipus Rex, with McLaughlin as Oedipus, and Neal as his father's servant. McLaughlin and Neal were both members of a Christian punk rock band as teenagers known as "The Wax Paper Dogz".
In 1996, they started college and were roommates at North Carolina State University, where Neal studied industrial engineering while McLaughlin studied civil engineering. McLaughlin graduated magna cum laude in December 2000, and Neal graduated summa cum laude in May 2001. They worked in their respective fields for a time, Neal at IBM and McLaughlin at Black & Veatch. They also made videos and performed comedy sketches for a religious organization, Cru. During their time at Cru, they began developing their signature comedy style as a duo, subsequently deciding to become full-time entertainers.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth, in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
