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Zach Hsieh

Zach Hsieh is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zach Hsieh rather than just read about it. In short: Zachary Hsieh (born January 14, 1999), known online as ZHC, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his drawing and custom art challenge videos.

Key takeaways

Zach Hsieh belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Zach Hsieh to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Zach Hsieh from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Zachary Hsieh (born January 14, 1999), known online as ZHC, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his drawing and custom art challenge videos. Hsieh created his first YouTube channel in 2013 while studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Initially uploading art tutorials, Hsieh expanded to his current format and reached one million subscribers in 2019, later reaching over 25 million subscribers.

Early life and education Hsieh was born in San Jose, California on January 14, 1999. Interested in art from an early age, he was inspired to practice comic book art by illustrated novels such as Captain Underpants, and wanted to be a Marvel Comics artist. At 16 years old, he committed to spending 12 hours a day or more practicing drawing. He went on to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He began his YouTube channel in 2013, whilst he was a student at the school, and later dropped out to focus on practicing his art online.

Internet career When Hsieh began his YouTube channel, he created mainly tutorial videos, including tutorials on crosshatching and refilling Copic markers. His channel found viral success after the release of a 2018 "re-drawing" video in which he recreated hyperrealistic copies of a friend's drawings. Subsequently, his content evolved into competition based drawing videos and vlogs. He also expanded into MrBeast style videos and stunt-philanthropy, including giveaways, contests, and marathon livestreams. By early 2019, Hsieh had reached a million subscribers and had become able to support himself full-time through his YouTube videos. That February, his channel was noticed by fellow YouTubers MrBeast and PewDiePie after he released videos in which he drew massive superhero illustrations of them, and experienced a surge of rapid growth. He went on to make official collaboration videos with MrBeast, in which he customized products such as an iPhone and a Tesla car, as well as influencer Charli D'Amelio and DJ Steve Aoki. In April 2020, Hsieh was signed by creator management company Night Media. In September 2020, Hsieh launched the YouTube channel ZHC Shorts to release YouTube Shorts content on. In February 2021, following grooming allegations against former host James Charles, it was announced that Hsieh would host the second season of the YouTube Originals show Instant Influencer. That March, Hsieh launched a collection of NFT art known as Critters By ZHC on the Nifty Gateway marketplace. The art features four characters that are also heavily featured in his content and merchandising: Bun Bun, Fayur, Turkey, and Scrunchie.

Philanthropy Hsieh's content has also expanded to incorporate philanthropy into his art videos by painting everyday objects for people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hsieh and his team of more than 24 artists painted classrooms at Strive Prep Montbello in Denver. He also painted murals at AdventHealth For Children in Orlando, Florida, and donated iPads and $240,000 to the hospital. In February 2021, Hsieh hosted a competition between himself and artists from his team to customize a 10-foot-tall PlayStation 5 for charity. As part of the video, over 24 PlayStation 5s were donated to Children in Need. Hsieh and his team hand-painted every home in the Arroyo Seco Tiny Home Village in Highland Park, Los Angeles, which was completed in October 2021. The village provides transitional housing for those experiencing homelessness in the community.

Personal life Hsieh started dating Michelle Chin on August 17 ,2018 . Hsieh proposed to Chin on December 12, 2024. They got married on May 23, 2025. After having tried for a baby ever since the wedding, he announced that he’s becoming a father on June 5, 2026 and due to arrive on December 8. The gender has been announced through a TikTok video to be a boy. The couple lives in Austin, Texas.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zach Hsieh

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zach Hsieh claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zach Hsieh before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zach Hsieh ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zach Hsieh

In research: Zach Hsieh appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zach Hsieh in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zach Hsieh is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1999 births, 21st-century American artists, 21st-century American philanthropists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zach Hsieh outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Zach Hsieh in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Zach Hsieh means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Zach Hsieh in simple terms?

Zachary Hsieh (born January 14, 1999), known online as ZHC, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his drawing and custom art challenge videos.

Why does Zach Hsieh matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zach Hsieh?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zach Hsieh.