dead internet theory is f*cking real, and this fake emo kid just outgrew all of them. his creator made an estimated $12K in 10 days. 297K followers. 52.3M views. strangers launched 3 coins with his face on them. he made $0 from every single one. meet John Stockman: → first video Oct 6 → 50 videos in 10 days → 297.4K followers → 7.75M likes → roughly 52.3M views → 9 clips over 1M, the biggest at 9.7M (video's below) that's more followers than Jean Phil, who started 3 weeks earlier. the character: long black hair with purple streaks, chains, a hoodie and a face straight out of 2007 MySpace. he doesn't do skits. he does jumpstyle. that's the whole format. an emo kid trying hard at a dance nobody's done since 2008. "how's my jumpstyle?" "I think I'm getting better at jumpstyle". "jumpstyle is hard af". nostalgia plus effort plus slightly off. people can't scroll past it. the consistency is insane. 48 of his 50 videos cleared 100K views. he posted 5 a day and almost none flopped. now the coins. I checked every one on pump.fun. → $EMO: launched by a random wallet, peaked at $45K, about $161K traded. creator fee is 0.30%, and 100% of it goes to holders. John gets nothing → $STOCKMAN: launched by another random wallet, peaked at $9.7K, 8 holders → none of them are in his bio someone else farmed his face, and even they made pennies. 0.30% of $161K is about $480. his real money is the other link in his bio: a "cooperation" email. where the $12K estimate comes from: sponsored posts for TikTok accounts with 100K-500K followers go for $1,275-4,250 each in 2026. John has 297K and averages about 1M views a clip. 4 deals at the middle of that range ≈ $11K-12K. 10 days in. what to steal from him: → pick a look from a specific era people miss. emo 2007 hits millennials and Gen Z at once → give the character one thing he's trying to get good at. people return to watch progress → post 5 a day. volume plus a consistent face means even "bad" clips do 100K → put a business email in bio from day one → if there's going to be a coin with your face on it, launch it yourself and set the fees to you the internet is dead. the money in it isn't.