Overview
Makenna Kay Kelly is an American social media influencer. She began her career doing ASMR videos on YouTube, and she is best known for her viral video eating honeycomb. A screen capture from her video became a viral meme in 2018.
Career
Kelly created her channel in March 2018, and only after this time did her parents learn about the channel. Kelly was part of the class of 2018 for Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21" and was featured on Variety's 2019 Young Hollywood Impact Report. In 2019, she starred in the Inside Edition episode "Meet the 13-Year-Old who makes ASMR videos for YouTube", and made an appearance at the 40th Annual Young Artist Awards as a nominee for a Young Artist Award. In 2021, she partnered with the fast fashion brand Shein doing haul videos with the company's products. Kelly collaborated with Trendolla Jewelry to create her personal jewelry collection: 'Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set' in November 2022. Kelly acted in YouTube reality series "The Glo Show," produced by in Far Out Studios August 2021.
She is also known for the Access Hollywood episodes "How 13-Year-Old Makenna Kelly is Changing YouTube One Whisper at a Time" and "Life With MaK Wants to do an ASMR Collab with Cardi B and Ariana Grande." Kelly has modeled for Colorado-based clothing retailer Something New Boutique, and has modeled for the makeup brand Petite n Pretty. She attended Coco Rocha’s model camp in 2023. Kelly stated online in 2026 that she had earned her esthetician license.
Work
In the videos Kelly records a range of sounds that can be soothing. As of 2019 her YouTube channel had over 1.4 million subscribers, and she is particularly known for a video where she recorded sounds while eating honeycomb. The videos in question had been flagged by the magazine Wired. and Kelly left YouTube in June 2019 because of the issues with her videos. Her ‘Life with MaK’ channel was deleted in 2025. Her new channel ‘Makenna’ uploaded its first video in 2026.
Personal life
Kelly lived in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2018, she was splitting her time between Virginia and Colorado. By 2019 she was a freshman at Fossil Ridge High School. She graduated from the school in 2023. Kelly has stated online that she moved to Florida in late 2025 after an alleged incident of domestic abuse. In 2019, Kelly was a target of an online antisemitic smear campaign.
External links
* * * Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set Link