7 Side Hustles Students Can Start In 2025

the biggest lie young people are told

when they're 18 19 and 20 is go to

university and you're guaranteed to get

a high-pay job this lie is drilled into

you through the school system and then

reinforced by parents who are stuck in

the past while it might have been true

in my time it's not the reality anymore

don't get me wrong I'm not saying that

studying is a waste of time many degrees

are very useful and the student

experience is Unforgettable however

relying solely on a degree to make you

rich isn't the right approach that's why

it's so important for students to start

some kind of side hustle that has the

ability to grow into something much

bigger in the future look I wasn't

wealthy enough to be able to afford

University or probably academically

smart enough but I always had side

hustles ultimately my side hustles

turned into multi-million dollar

businesses and made me a millionaire

that's why today I'm going to dive into

seven side hustle students can start

this year to be honest this can actually

apply to anyone anywhere in the world

and because I hate those silly videos

that just regurgitate the same list of

side hustle ideas I'm actually going to

share real life examples of people

smashing it and rate them out of five in

these important categories how much time

it takes to learn how much money you

need and how difficult it is to make

$1,000 per month side hustle idea number

one faceless short form content this is

Daniel bitten like many of you he

started using social media for fun at

the age of 13 now at 16 he's earning

half a million dollars every single

month creating short form content on

Snapchat without even showing his face

it sounds unbelievable but it's

completely true my son Curtis actually

bumped into him at LAX airport and after

doing some research I can assure you

he's not capping so why can you make so

much money doing this well at the moment

there's a huge war going on between

Snapchat YouTube Instagram and Tik Tok

during the pandemic Tik Tok became so

popular and grab the attention of the

world since then all the different

social media platforms have been

competing for this attention as the more

eyes they have on their app the more

money they can make from advertisers

stick with me because this is where it

all starts coming together the one thing

these platforms need more than anything

else is content creators and what

attracts the best creators better than

anything else money because we all like

a little bit of that this is a once- in

a-lifetime opportunity but once a

platform is established at the top

competition will decrease along with the

payouts so you'll need to jump in on

this one quickly if you want to be

making close to half a million dollars a

month just like Daniel the people that

have paid the most are those that create

original content rather than just

cutting up other people's content from

YouTube Daniel does this by using

existing videos but then adding

different voice overs music and edits

this strategy combined with consistent

posting led to extreme growth he then

expanded with multiple channels in

various niches to attract diverse

audiences so for example one of his

channels is about rapper updates and the

others is focus on live streamers now

for those important ratings I'll give

this a four out of five although making

short clips may seem quick and easy

there's a lot more that goes into it

than you might first think saying this

if you regularly watch Tik Tok or shorts

then you'll be better prepared than most

creating short form Clips is a lot more

about understanding human psychology

than it is about fancy editing if you

can create a great hook and build

towards some kind of payoff at the end

you'll increase the watch time this is

the only trick you need to know if you

want your videos to go viral and earn

you lots of money trust me I managed to

get 7 million followers on Tik Tok using

this exact strategy the best way to

teach yourself this is to watch short

form content on a daily basis make it

part of your routine this might sound

different from what many people my age

will tell you but I'm not talking about

using it for entertainment every time

you stop and watch a short I want you to

ask yourself a simple question what

intrigued me enough to stop scrolling

and watch the whole thing make a list in

your notes app and before you know it

you'll have a ton of different winning

ideas secondly how much money do you

need I'll give this one out of five

because if you have a phone and an

internet connection then you can get

started and if you're watching this

video then I'd assume you've got both of

those things thirdly how easy is it to

make $11,000 per month I'll give this a

one out of five as I mentioned social

media platforms are handing out cash

like there's no tomorrow just think to

make $1,000 a month all you'd have to do

is be

.2% as good as Daniel now if you don't

think that's achievable then you need to

believe in yourself a bit more idea two

inves in a lot of people are going to

disagree with me on this one as it's

technically not a side hustle however it

makes me around about $117,000 per week

so I thought it was definitely worth a

mention it's taken me a lot of years to

build up to that however I've managed to

do it all on my own without a financial

advisor charging me Commission on every

investment it's really not as

complicated as people make out of course

I'm not a financial advisor and

Investments can go up as well as down

but my dollar cost averaging strategy

has worked wonders for me over the years

this is when you consistently buy into

the market no matter if it's high or low

over time the idea is that the price you

buy the stock at averages out you can do

this with pretty much any stock you want

however the real secret weapon has to be

index funds if you were to invest $200 a

month for 40 years and get an average

return of 10% per year then you'll have

over $1.2 million I know what you're

thinking how on Earth am I going to make

a 10% return you're out of touch old man

well of course past results are no

guarantee of future returns however over

the last 10 years the average annual

return of of the S&P 500 was

11% okay but I don't want to wait 40

years to become a millionaire this is

exactly how you should be thinking I

didn't want to wait until I was old and

gray either I went out and made quick

money through my side hustles started a

business and made Millions all while

investing around half of my earnings and

multiplying it in the stock market it's

not a choice between one or the other

you really should consider doing both at

the same time now let's get on to the

ratings oh I forgotten the photo let's

use that one firstly how much time does

investing take to learn I'll give this a

one out of five because as I said the

basics are extremely simple I've got

multiple videos on my channel breaking

down the Core Concepts like passive

income the different types of accounts

to open and my favorite index funds once

you master the tricky words you'll see

that it's really simple especially with

different investment apps allowing you

to automate your Investments every every

single month so you don't even have to

think about them my favorite for this

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little as1 if you're a beginner then

definitely check out their pies feature

as you can have a look at what other

people are investing their money in and

then either create your own pie or just

copy theirs you can then set it to Auto

invest for you as often as you like and

your money will be split between the

different stocks in your pie secondly

how much money do you need I'll give

this a one out of five because you can

start with as little as $1 I don't

suggest you put all of your money into

stocks though make sure you're investing

it back into your side hustle as well

and thirdly how easy is it to make

$1,000 per month I'll give this a 1 out

of five as for me I don't have to do

anything it's just easy it took me a lot

of years of consistency to get to this

stage in my opinion investing should

always be paired with a side hustle that

generates you fast money side hustle

idea 3 Discord building this is Chris

Peters and he's on track to make

$115,000 a month from building and

managing Discord servers and he's only

19 years old I remember first chatting

with Chris a couple of years ago he must

have been about 17 at the time I had

just started my free Discord group and

had absolutely no idea what I was doing

he messaged me and offered to help me

for free so I took him up on that offer

and he completely revamped my server by

the way I am still running the free

Discord group and I'll drop a link in

the description below if you want to

join us over the years I've been more

and more impressed with Chris's work

ethic and quick thinking so it's fair to

say I'm not letting him work for free

anymore if you don't know Discord is

basically this all-in-one communic

iation Hub with text voice and video

chats it started off just for gamers but

now it's pretty versatile used by all

sorts of communities and businesses

there's a huge opportunity here because

as the usage of Discord increases there

are people like me a few years ago who

have no idea how to operate it it's

complex enough to confuse a beginner

particularly those of an older

generation but simple enough for a

youngster to learn in a short amount of

time I mean Chris started his disco

business while he's still at school

sitting his GCSE exams and I was one of

his first clients just remember to offer

huge value up front before asking for

any kind of payment if you do good work

and make yourself indispensable you'll

start earning big now it's time for

those ratings firstly how much time does

Discord take to learn I'd give this a 2

and 1 half out of five as you can get to

groups with the basics in a couple of

hours however to do the really compli at

stuff it may take a bit longer depending

on how techsavvy you are I asked Chris

for his top tip for learning Discord

skills and he said it's important to

join multiple communities this way you

can learn what makes a successful server

secondly how much money do you need I'd

rate this a one out of five you can get

started with just your computer although

finding clients planning Community

features and customizing the Discord

servers to fit your client's Niche may

take time in the early days you should

be able to manage all of this stuff

yourself thirdly how easy is it to make

$1,000 per month I'd rate this a one out

of five let's look at the numbers now

assuming you can find four clients and

put them on a monthly retainer you'd

only have to charge them $250 each and

boom that's $1,000 a month right there

and honestly if you find the right

clients you should be able to charge

them much more than this side hustle

idea for online coaching this is Jack

Jefferson he decided to quit his $70,000

9-5 in London to pursue his online

fitness coaching side hustle full time

as it had started generating him

$7,000 a month now you may be thinking

that's only $144,000 more than his

full-time job in London however now he

has something even more valuable Freedom

he can Now operate his side hustle from

anywhere in the world as long as he has

an internet connection so he can check

in with his clients and review their

progress Jefferson training now has over

40 clients and is growing by the month I

get that not everyone is a gym expert

and this might seem a little niche

however notice how the title of this

idea isn't online fitness coaching it's

online coaching that's because there are

countless things you can teach people

online and get the same results as Jack

from my travels to Dubai and Miami

recently all the young millionaires I

meet seem to be coming from the online

coaching space they have some kind of

info product and they're earning

thousands it's honestly an absolute Gold

Mine I've only started to notice this

recently as most of the millionaires I

bumped into before this had their own

physical products like me with my range

of radio controled models the world is

absolutely changing people really value

online support and expertise this

industry just didn't exist when I was

younger now it's time for those ratings

firstly how much time does online coach

in take to learn I'll give this a two

out of five because if you already have

a skill people are willing to pay for

then all you need to learn is how to

package it up and sell it once you've

created this process you can then rinse

and repeat the formula to get you

thinking here's what Jack does he starts

off by conducting an in-depth onboarding

session to understand the needs and

goals of each client he then crafts

personalized nutrition plans detailing

breakfast lunch and dinner alongside

tailored Fitness plans specifying both

training and resting days he then sets

up regular check-ins where he guides his

clients through video feedback I hope

you can see how something like this can

be easily adapted to lots of different

types of coaching I think the key to

making good money relatively quickly is

to offer degree of personalization

rather than just selling an online

course as people are pretty sick of

those secondly how much money do you

need I'd rate this a one out of five is

all you need is your laptop and you're

good to go of course this does assume

you have some kind of skill you can

teach it might cost you a bit more if

you have to learn a skill first thirdly

how easy is it to make $1,000 per month

I'd rate this a one out of five on the

difficulty scale as from what I've seen

this is incredibly easy people are lazy

so although they could probably learn

this stuff from a book they don't want

to spend the time doing that they would

much rather spend some money and be

spoonfed the information remember people

pay for convenience side hus idea 5 AI

animation this is Mercy he's responsible

for all the animations you see on my

channel and he's making $8 to

$10,000 per month creating these for

multiple clients this side hustle is

really interesting as AI is the biggest

thing to happen to technology since the

internet just think how many

billionaires that created despite the

ongoing buzz you might be surprised how

few businesses have actually begun to

use it you see there are five stages to

technology adoption and they look like

this first you have the early innovators

which make up 2.5% of the people they

are the people that are willing to take

a risk and go against the grain they'd

go out and buy the Samsung fold or the

new Apple Vision Pro on its first

initial release second we have the

earlier ad doctors making up

13.5% of the population similar to

innovators they're willing to take a

risk however they prefer to test the

product before forming an opinion and

recommending it to others thirdly we

have the early majority which is 34% of

the population these are the people that

look at the product reviews before

making a purchase they want to see proof

of it working before committing to it

this is a line where I believe we

currently are with AI at the very first

stage of early majority adoption this is

followed by the late majority making up

another 34% and finally the laggards

which is a surprising

16% when you get to my age you'll find

that most people are in the laggards

category they like sticking with what

they know and they really don't want to

learn anything new now here's the

important thing whether you like it or

not AI will go through this cycle so let

me ask you this very simple question

would you rather embrace it now or wait

for everyone else to get the benefits

and end up having to use it anyway there

are so many creative ways to use AI but

let's go back to Mercy for a solid

example he uses tools like chat GPT to

help him script ideas out and then use

his mid journey to bring his ideas to

life let's get into the ratings I'd give

this a four out of five although AI can

do a lot of the heavy lifting for you

Mercy still devoted months to mastering

topnotch animation skills which helped

in land clients and build relationships

to keep the cash flowing in so I'd

recommend mastering the core principles

of animation and actively participate in

Industry networ to keep refining your

skills secondly how much money do you

need I'd give this a one out of five

because we're at an early stage in the

adoption curve it doesn't take a lot of

expensive tools to stand out when mercy

first started his side hustle he managed

to get featured on Andrew Tate's

Instagram story because of some AI

artwork he created this gave him all the

free promotion he needed to build a

strong client base this just shows that

you don't need a lot of cash right now

to make an impact thirdly how easy is it

to make $1,000 per month I'd give this a

two out of five as online creators are

getting more and more popular there is

more money flooded into the space

creators want to stand out and by adding

animations is a great way to make their

videos look more premium and engaging so

get started now and get so far ahead

that the late adopters can never catch

you side hustle idea 6 reselling luxury

items this is Ben Gallagher a normal lad

who started reselling luxury items

online as a side hustle in 2023 he

generated £ 77.2 million through his

business Lux Collective and even

recently appeared on Dragon's Den which

is a bit like Shark Tank and received

investment from Steven Bartlett in in

exchange for 3% Equity stake I'm so

proud of how far he's come since

appearing on my old podcast years ago

the luxury resale market so to a whopp

in $ 39.2 3 billion in 2023 so it's no

surprise that Ben is having so much

success the growing Millennial

population is driving a lot of this

interest in luxury resale along with

social media culture increasing the

importance of flexing designer labels

reselling is a really cool side hustle

is now with the internet you're able to

sell to anyone in the world giving you

access to a global Marketplace so let's

look at the ratings I'd give this a four

out of five as Ben spent countless hours

learning how to identify fakes learning

about the market and Scouting For the

best purchases Ben looks out for items

from Brands like Louis Vuitton Dior

Chanel and even HZ of course you can

imagine it's very important that he

knows his stuff as just one slip up

could ruin his company's reputation Ben

has to carefully examine each bag for

scent stitching material and even send

samples to a company in New York which

use microscopic technology to examine

the exact structure of the materials

used so if you're passionate about

designer items and are prepared to put

the time into learning in all the

details then it's worth a shot secondly

how much money do you need I'd give this

a three 0.5 out of five as these

designer items can be pretty pricey I

mean some of these bags are worth up to

$33,000 and that's the secondhand price

a lot of these high-end bags tend to

keep their value or maybe drop slightly

I mean it's practically a designer bag

stock market maybe that's why my son

Curtis has bought his girlfriend so many

bags or maybe he's just a s but of

course you don't have to start off with

items like this you can go for more

reasonably priced ones and work your way

up that's what Ben did you also don't

have to pay for marketing as you can

leverage social media platforms to grow

your customer base completely free I

mean Ben struck gold on Tik Tok when he

started posting fashion content and has

now amassed over 1.6 million followers

thirdly how easy is it to make ,000 per

month I'd give this a one out of five as

when you're dealing with luxury goods

the profit margins are usually very nice

combine this with the average sale and

you can make this kind of money with

just one item the tricky thing for this

side hustle is getting that initial

money to start which is something you

don't have to worry about with online

writing this is Adam and he earns over

$10,000 a month through online writing

before you get carried away he's not

writing the next Harry Potter or Game of

Thrones that kind of writing doesn't

earn you a good income until you get

published and hit it big which is a one

in a million chance for MO writers Adam

instead writes what's actually in demand

and publishes where the readers are

online he started off writing blog posts

about his travels to earn passive income

and live anywhere in the world this

later led him to working as a copywriter

for large influencers he got one client

which led to another and so on he told

me when he offers a service he always

tries to be exclusive and do it in a way

that no one else could there's always

going to be someone cheaper than you but

not always someone more expensive find a

client who can afford to pay the premium

then offer a worldclass service words

can make you sound smart or they can do

the opposite depending on how they're

deployed that's why businesses hire

copywriters basically salesman but in

print and it's not just websites either

people need quality writers for all

sorts of things everything from Tik Tok

scripts to threads on Twitter content is

King and the magician behind all of this

is often the writer firstly how much

time does writing take to learn I'd give

this a five out of five as writing is

one of the hardest things to do not

physically but mentally especially in

this day and age where it's so easy to

get distracted by notifications in order

to be a good writer you need to achieve

a state of flow and that only comes when

you're able to focus for long periods of

time this is a dying skill the declining

quality of our films and TV shows can be

partially attributed to the inability of

many new writers to focus so if you can

Master it then you can be making some

serious bag secondly how much money do

you need I'd give this a one out of five

as you honestly only need the bare

minimum even a cheap phone will do this

is an ideal side hustle for people that

want to make some instant cash and not

have to worry about ever really

upgrading in their equipment thirdly how

easy is it to make $1,000 per month I'd

give this a one out of five as once

you've mastered the art selling through

your writing you can make insane amounts

of money I'm talking over $500 an hour

in many cases it all depends on how good

you are at making connections your skill

with words and how fast you can write

some charge as much as $50,000 for just

one web page you may be thinking why so

much well it's all about value if you

charge $50,000 for a web page and it

results in a business monthly sales

profit going from

$200,000 to

$400,000 wouldn't you say it's worth it

it's all about leverage making rich

clients even richer than asking for your

slice of the pie if you want another

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