--- description: Find out why Michelle Khare is one of the 100 most influential digital voices of 2025. title: Michelle Khare: TIME100 Creators 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58baaf3bafbd5c6a/6998c81747fe515bb455be03/TIME100-Creators-2025-Michelle-Khare-023.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 09, 2025 # Michelle Khare @michellekhare by [Rachel Brodsky](/author/rachel-brodsky/) ## Rachel Brodsky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Brodsky is a contributor for TIME.  Laetitia Rumford—VIBE/Getty Images Early on, YouTuber Michelle Khare was forced to accept one of life’s common challenges: not getting the job. “When I was a kid, my dream job was to be a Disney Imagineer,” she [wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/DKXTZnWR5OU/ "undefined") on Instagram in June. “I applied after college but didn’t get the job. I had no idea that rejection would take me on my own creative path to start my YouTube channel.” That channel has since amassed more than 5 million [subscribers](https://www.youtube.com/c/michellekhare "undefined"), who tune in to see Khare attempt some of the most stressful jobs and stunts in the world—from training to master Harry Houdini's underwater box escape to attending the FBI academy to auditioning for the University of Kentucky's top-ranked cheer team. Khare has become so deft at accepting physical and mental challenges that she began issuing a few of her own—namely, [successfully petitioning](https://variety.com/2025/tv/awards/michelle-khare-challenge-accepted-primetime-emmys-1236392441/ "undefined") for her YouTube series, _Challenge Accepted_, to join the Primetime Emmy ballot for hosted nonfiction series this year. _Data and insights powered by #paid_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299154/michelle-khare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299154/michelle-khare/"},"headline":"Michelle Khare","datePublished":"2025-07-09T11:35:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:51:12.140Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299154/michelle-khare/","keywords":["Social Media","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58baaf3bafbd5c6a/6998c81747fe515bb455be03/TIME100-Creators-2025-Michelle-Khare-023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Brodsky","jobTitle":"Brodsky is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-brodsky/"}],"creator":"Rachel Brodsky","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58baaf3bafbd5c6a/6998c81747fe515bb455be03/TIME100-Creators-2025-Michelle-Khare-023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299154/michelle-khare/","name":"Michelle Khare"}}]}] ```