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The Lives of The 1%: On The Hype of Joe Bonham’s Financial Takes Series

Joe Bonham serves the life that most people never had, and people got hooked.

27 August 2026 0 Views

The Lives of The 1%: On The Hype of Joe Bonham’s Financial Takes Series

TL;DR

Trends
Joe Bonham’s Financial Takes series on TikTok
Views
22.8M in 5 months and more
Format
street interview of businessman, kids from rich well-off
Why It Works
the series showing the niche live that most people don’t get to experience, creating a unique content proposition.
Use It When
You want to share a life experience that feels niche and unique such as unfamiliar jobs, etc

What is this trend about

Joe Bonham’s just took over TikTok with his Financial Takes series.

The main content on his account is a street interview. He comes to a place or convention, then asks people he met with a question that those people would answer differently. What makes his content different with any other street interview is the interviewees. He interviews people with a good economic background, asking about their financial takes or their financial achievements that not all people can have.

Views 22.8M Shares 135.0K Likes 2.5M
Views: 22.8M. Date uploaded: March 28, 2026.

This video got 22.8M in 5 months, while other video got amazing views in a short span of time as well.

The formula

The formula for this trend is very simple, yet challenging.

  • a prompt of question
  • interviewee(s) with a niche background

The key for this trend is not merely based on “the rich”, but a unique life that many people don’t get to experience.

How to use

For this trend, you can use it to share something unique that’s not that mainstream such as people with unfamiliar jobs, people who live in a place that people don’t really go, etc. The perspective is really important in shaping people’s views about this kind of interview.