Samay Raina (YouTuber) Biography: Age, Height, Stardom journey, Education, Family And More
Samay Raina is a famous YouTuber, chess streamer and stand up comedian. He is also a print engineer. He is currently going viral for his YouTube streaming show India Got latent. He has always been in the news due to his shows and some of his controversial jokes as well. In this article we will discuss his age, education, career, relationships and more.
Samay Raina Biography: YouTuber & Indian Stand-Up Comedian
Samay was born on 26th of October 1997 on Sunday. He is very well known for his stand up comedy online, chess competitions hosted by him on his YouTube channel and even his donations made by him to help the poor. For example, he raised money for the waste pickers and relief for West Bengal and Assam flood victims. Now let us look at the Wikipedia table of Samay:
| Full Name | Samay Raina |
| Nickname | Rishabh |
| Date of Birth | October 26, 1997 |
| Age | 27 years |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Zodiac/Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Birth Place | Jammu, India |
| Profession | Comedian, YouTuber and Social Media Celebrities |
| Famous for | Comedy and Chess streamer |
| Martial Status | Unmarried |
Samay Raina Age in 2025
Samay was born in the month of October in the year 1997. He is currently 27 years old. He will be celebrating his 28th birthday in October 2025. He looks quite young as of his age and has achieved a lot at such a young age and is working more to expand his career more.
Samay Raina Height and Physical Appearance
He is 5 feet and 11 inches tall making him tall enough to have a handsome and unique personality. He is quite heavy and weighs around 90 kgs. He has large and deep brown eyes and short black hair. He has a well maintained look and his face features are highly sharp. He looks quite handsome with all of these face features and physical appearance.
| Height in feet (approx.) | 5′ feet 11″ inches |
| Height in centimeter | 180 cm |
| Height in Meter | 1.85 m |
| Weight (approx.) | 90 Kgs |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Early Life and Educational Background of Samay
He has spent most of his childhood in the city of Jammu. He was born in a very conservative Kashmiri Pandit family in Kashmir. There is not much information available about Samay’s early life. He has completed his schooling from Ramadevi Public School and Hyderabad Public School. Then he enrolled himself in a print engineering course PVG’s COET in Pune, Maharashtra. In an interview he said that his degree was such a waste of time and eventually he started getting involved in comedy more.
| School | Ramadevi Public School. Hyderabad Public School. |
| College | Pune Vidhyarthi Griha’s College Of Engineering & Technology. |
| Educational qualifications | A degree in print engineering |
Samay Raina’s Stardom Journey
Samay has a versatile career background. He is involved in stand up comedy, YouTube channel, comedians on board (COB) and more. Let us explore his career and stardom journey in detail one by one, have a look at it:
Stand Up Comedy
He first began his comedy career on 27th of August in the year 2017. In the beginning he used to do shows for different cities and eventually got famous. As he got famous he moved to Mumbai to give several successful shows and pursue his career in stand up comedy. He received immense love from the audience and traveled across the world.
Comicstaan 2
After getting successful in stand up comedy he received the suggestion from his co winner akash Gupta to participate in the season 2 of Comicstaan. After which he became the joint winner of the show with his co winner Akash Gupta. The season 2 was aired on Amazon Prime video.
YouTube
As the covid time appeared the government started cancelling the outdoor events because of which Samay was also not able to perform stand up comedy shows. He got a suggestion from his fellow youtuber Tanmay Bhat to start streaming chess on his YouTube channel. As the viewership of his channel boosted he invited YouTuber Antonio Radić, popularly known as Agadmator, to his channel.
He had no turning back after that. Gujrathi also appeared on his YouTube channel after which there relationship view and finally they started appearing on each other channel. Other well known personalities such as Pentala Harikrishna, Judit Polgár, former world chess champions Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen have appeared on Raina’s channel. When his chess game got popular he also started streaming other games on his channel.
Chess
Samay is also a very well known chess player and plays chess by the ID samayraina. He has a rating of 1621 at Rapid chess series on chess.com as of 6th of December 2024. In as of third of August 2023 he has a highest record rating of 1942. He is the only streamer to compete with some International streamers and has earned around 4000 dollars.
Comedians On Board (COB)
To gain more popularity he also started organising online chess tournaments on his channel which he called comedians on board (COB). In this series invited many of his comedian friends and other celebrities. Here is the overview of this tournament, have a look at it:
| Season | Dates | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comedians on Board (COB) 1 | 29 March-2 Apr 2020 | Aakash Mehta | Kunal Rao | NA |
| Comedians on Board (COB) 2 | 1-3 July 2020 | Anirban DasGupta | Samay Raina | Biswa Kalyan Rath |
| Comedians on Board (COB) 3 | 19-21 Nov 2020 | Joel Dsouza | Vaibhav Sethia | Samay Raina |
| Comedians on Board All Stars 4 | 22-30 March 2021 | Samay Raina | Biswa Kalyan Rath | NA |
| Comedians on Board All In 5 | 11-14 Aug 2021 | Samay Raina | Joel Dsouza | Prakhar Gupta |
| Comedians on Board Gang War (Team Event) | 21-27 March 2022 | Susha Squad(Team Owner- Suhani Shah) | Wazir-e-Vaibhav(Team Owner- Vaibhav Sethia) | Bot Army(Team Owner- Tanmay Bhat) |
Chess Super League (CSL)
All of you are aware about the CSL chess super league which was organised by Samay in collaboration with chess base India and nodwin. The entire tournament was streamed in his YouTube channel and comprised 6 players each. Many International Chess players and state level players participated from or around the world. The price pool was an immense 40 lacs which is a very bright amount of money.
India’s Got Lalent
When you mix humour with talent you will come across Samay’s show India’s got latent aired on June 2024. Show was very popular for his comic timings and commentry and even other judges. The participants were evaluated on various basis including their self awareness and for increasing the TRP Samay also included some of his jokes.
The entire event was streamed on his YouTube channel and the show gain popularity for online creation and became very popular among the young audience.
Samay Raina’s Family Background and Profession
His father is a journalist by profession named as rajesh Raina and his mother is a home maker named as Sweeti Raina. He is a single child that means he does not have any siblings. He has received immense love from his family that is shown in his success now.
| Relation | Name | Profession |
|---|---|---|
| Father | Rajesh Raina | Journalist |
| Mother | Sweeti Raina | Homemaker |
| Siblings | NA | NA |
Samay Raina’s Relationships
Samay and Tania were rumored girlfriend and boyfriend she is a fellow player of Samay in chess. But he keeps his relationship life and girlfriend’s name very private so there is no official confirmation from his side on this matter. Fans are also curious to know about his girlfriend or his life long partner.
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Relationships | Not confirmed |
| Relationship Status | Tanya Sachdev (a fellow chess player, rumored) |
Controversies
- He got into a controversy with Kusha as they were part of a Roast show called the pretty good roast show. Samay passed some insensitive comments regarding her divorce which later in an interview she said were very hard and inhumane. He also received backlash from his fans and audience on this matter.
- In 2022 he also received hatred from his audience when he passed a success joke pertaining to abortions.
Net Worth of Samay Raina
Being a social media personality Samay is very rich and has a net worth of 195 crore rupees. He has various income sources sum of which are including YouTube, his standup comedy shows, chess streaming online and brand partnership. He lives a luxurious lifestyle and donates most of his net worth in social causes.
| Net worth | 195 crore rupees (as of 2025) |
| Income sources | YouTube, live comedy shows etc. |
Samay Raina Social Media Handles
He is quite famous on Instagram and YouTube. Being an influencer he has immense fan following on all of the social media platforms. Here is the detailed table of his social media handles and his fan following:
| Platform | ID Name | Followers |
|---|---|---|
| @maisamayhoon | 5 million | |
| @rainasamay | 14k | |
| YouTube | @SamayRainaOfficial | 6.63 million |
| Twitter (X) | @Rehesamay | 408.8k |
FAQs
He has a great earning of 1.5 crore rupees per month.
Not a chess master but is good at playing chess.
He is a born of Jammu and Kashmir and hence is a Kashmiri Pandit.
His ranking as of 2024 is 1850.
