Max Klymenko

Max Klymenko
Klymenko in 2025
Born
Maksym Klymenko

(1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 30)
Education
OccupationEntertainer
Years active2018–present
Known forCareer Ladder
TikTok information
Page
Followers9.6 million
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers4.06 million
Views5.3 billion views
Last updated: 26 March 2026
Websitewww.klymand.co

Maksym "Max" Klymenko (English: /klɪˈmɛn.koʊ/; Ukrainian: Максим «Макс» Клименко [ˈmaksim kɫeˈmɛnkɔ]; born 27 July 1995) is a Ukrainian internet personality and educator, recording short videos for TikTok and YouTube, regarding career, business, brands and public issues. His most popular series, titled Career Ladder, focuses on him attempting to guess careers of people met on the street under two minutes, while standing with them on a ladder. As of May 2026, Klymenko has 9.6 million followers on TikTok, and about 4.05 million subscribers on YouTube. He is based in London, England.

Early life and educations

Maksym "Max" Klymenko[1] was born on 27 July 1995,[2][3] and grew up in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.[4][5] He has four degrees, in law, economics, business, and sociology, including from the University of Southampton, London School of Economics, and Warwick Business School.[4][6][7] He formerly worked as a lawyer and a consultant.[6] His first job at the age of 13 was a comedian.

Career

Max Klymenko began his social media creative career by writing a blog about artificial intelligence (AI), later also starting a podcast. In 2018, he started a YouTube channel, where he originally published videos about books and AI. He also founded an educational channel on TikTok.[6] Klymenko has created videos about careers, business, brands and public issues, garnering over 7.7 million followers on TikTok, and 3.4 million subscribers on YouTube, as of September 2025.[8] In 2024, he began creating a series of short vertical videos, titled Career Ladder, in which he stands on the back rungs of a ladder, inviting one guest at a time to stand on the front side, attempting to guess their career through a series of questions in under two minutes. Klymenko stated the format was created to discuss careers without the biases which accompany such conversations, including someone's appearance, income, status, and location.[4][6] The format was subsequently copied by numerous creators, becoming one of the most popular on TikTok.[6][8] In 2025, he was nominated for the Creator of the Year Award at the Creator Awards, the largest digital content creators' awards in the United Kingdom.[8]

In 2021, he also recorded a speech for TED Talk regarding social media.[6][9]

Klymenko participated in aid campaigns for the Ukrainian refugees affected by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also funded 100 abortions for Ukrainian women in Poland, who were raped by Russian soldiers, citing and criticising laws which make it difficult for them to get treatment.[6][10] In March 2026, Klymenko held a short interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, during his visit to the United Kingdom.[11][12]

In 2024, Klymenko was listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, in the Media and Marketing category.[5][13] In 2025, he became a member of the NATO Youth Advisory Board.[14]

He is also the founder of KLYM&CO, a communications agency that provides consulting, strategy and production services to clients in 25 countries, which includes the United Nations, World Wide Fund for Nature, NATO, Google, and Microsoft, among others.[6][5][7]

Personal life

Klymenko resides in London, England.[6][7]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Klymenko
Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2025 TikTok Awards Creator of the Year Career Ladder Won [15]

References

  1. ^ "Ukrainian-Born Influencer Max Klymenko Takes Home TikTok UK's Creator of the Year Title". UNITED24 Media. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ Klymenko, Max. "Tomorrowland Career Ladder Remix for My 30th Birthday". TikTok. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. ^ Klymenko, Max. "Forgot this was the whole point 🪜 Thank you for your support pls never stop watching the videos as a bday gift to me 🎁 #careerladder #tomorrowland #tomorrowlandwithyoutube". Instagram. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "Can he guess your job in 2 minutes? Meet Max, the man behind 'Career Ladder'". eu.usatoday.com.
  5. ^ a b c Hodunova, Kateryna (9 April 2024). "11 Ukrainians placed on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list". The Kyiv Independent.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Anastasia Ishchenko (26 December 2024). "Украинский блогер-миллионник: 'Если ты среди 10% лучших блогеров, ты зарабатываешь ничего'". biz.liga.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ a b c "Max Klymenko". forbes.com.
  8. ^ a b c "Блогер из Украины Макс Клименко претендует на 'Оскар' в мире контента". zn.ua (in Ukrainian). 14 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Social Media is Not the Enemy". ted.com. March 2021.
  10. ^ Baker, Sinéad. "A Ukrainian TikToker funded 100 abortions for Ukrainian women, citing laws that make it hard to get treatment if Russian soldiers rape them". businessinsider.com.
  11. ^ Klymenko, Max. "What I asked President Zelenskyy 🇺🇦". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  12. ^ Romanenko, Valentyna (20 March 2026). "Zelenskyy on frontline situation: "We are almost at the same positions" – video". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  13. ^ "В список Forbes "30 в 30" вошло рекордное количество украинцев: запомните их имена". rbc.ua (in Ukrainian). 10 April 2024.
  14. ^ "NATO Youth Advisory Board programme kicks off following selection of members". nato.int. 27 March 2025.
  15. ^ Rufo, Yasmin (13 November 2025). "TikTok award winner Max: 'It takes me hours to make the content you scroll on the toilet'". BBC News. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

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