About

Hubs.Life / Day In The Life Of A Middle Class Man is an online creator and day in the life vlogger known for his posts on TikTok depicting his daily routine as a 9 to 5 office worker. How content, which claims to be "middle class" and "normal," has led to discourse on X and other platforms about whether he is actually a sad figure, trapped in a life of steady routines, or a man who has found a good path and his way in the world.

Career

According to his own account, the man behind Hubs Life works in insurance in Texas as a senior benefits analyst and has a wife and young children. He quit his job to pursue working as a videographer full time from 2020 to 2021, but returned to the insurance business after a brief period of time.

Hubs.life has posted on TikTok since early 2022, gaining over 428,000 followers as of April 2024.^[1] On Instagram, @hubs.life_ has over 805,000 followers as of April 2024.^[2]

Online History

Some videos of the daily routine of @hubs.life have crossed over to other platforms and achieved virality. These videos have crossed over to other platforms where they have been widely circulated and commented on, often negatively. For example, one video posted on June 6th, 2023 earned over 1.3 million likes and 11.9 million views of the course of ten months, inciting conversations about whether the repetitive routines of @hubs.life constituted happiness or not.^[3]

@mrice97 respited the video to X / Twitter on the same day, earning 94,000 likes (seen below) for calling it deeply sad.^[4] Others defended @hubs.life.

Another video posted on April 18th, 2024 earned over 11,000 likes and 168,000 views on TikTok in four days, again depicting his normal routine.^[5]

This April 2024 video also inspired discourse. @Denzel22 argued on April 20th, 2024 that the 9 to 5 lifestyle of hubs.zone was a form of "selling your soul," earning 20,000 likes in two days for the post seen below left.^[6] @amuse called it "literally the saddest thing I've seen in a very long time," earning over 72,000 likes in a day for the April 21st, 2024 post seen below right.^[7]

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