Michelle Lim has two sons, a YouTube channel, a snack brand, and a community of followers who genuinely adore her. She goes by misshippo online, a name that came straight from her son Benjamin’s childhood memory of her teaching him the word “hippopotamus.” He thought it was the perfect name for her channel, and he was right. There is something about the name that captures exactly what she is: warm, unpretentious, and a little bit fun.
Michelle is the mother of Benjamin and Randy, the brothers behind popular YouTube channel BenRanAway, who combined their content talents to help launch the Miss Hippo channel as a platform for their mum. What started as a family project has since grown into its own community, with a devoted following on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok who tune in for cooking content, family moments and the kind of easy, relatable humour that comes naturally when you have two grown sons willing to be your co-stars.
The snacks that started it all
At the heart of Miss Hippo’s brand is Hippo Snacks, a homegrown snack label that Michelle created herself. The brand reflects the same energy as her content: approachable, made with care, and the kind of thing you want to share with people you like. For followers who have watched her cook and taste her way through videos for years, seeing her launch an actual product felt like a natural extension of who she is rather than a pivot into something new.
Hippo Snacks has built its own following, with over 2,000 Instagram followers on the brand account alone, which is a meaningful number for a homegrown food label still finding its feet. It is the kind of project that makes sense when you understand Michelle’s relationship with food and with her audience. She does not just talk about what she loves to eat; she does something about it.
What her content actually looks like
Michelle’s YouTube channel covers supper spots around Singapore, family travel, food reviews, and slice-of-life moments that feel genuinely warm rather than staged. Her sons appear regularly, and the dynamic between them is clearly a big part of why people keep watching. One of her more recent videos saw the whole family film a Chinese New Year music video together, a production that reportedly took 20 hours to shoot and became a milestone moment for the channel. The behind-the-scenes footage racked up significant views, and the warmth of the whole project resonated well beyond her existing audience.
On Instagram, she posts across a similar range of content, mixing food, family and the occasional brand collaboration in a way that never feels like she is trying too hard. Her captions are conversational, her tone is consistent, and her community responds to her the way people respond to someone they genuinely like. There is no performance to it.
Mum creators like Michelle are part of a broader shift in how families show up online, something explored in more depth in this look at parenting creators redefining family life, where authenticity and relatability are what build lasting communities rather than polished production.
Why she resonates
Michelle is not trying to be the most aspirational person on your feed. Her content is grounded in the rhythms of everyday life, from meals and family outings to small adventures and the kind of humour that comes from being comfortable enough with the people around you to be genuinely yourself. Her sons manage, film and edit alongside her, which gives the channel a sense of being a real family endeavour rather than a one-person show with supporting cast members.
Her audience is loyal in the way that audiences become loyal when they feel like they actually know someone. That kind of trust does not happen overnight, and it does not happen through a content strategy alone. It happens when someone shows up consistently and is just, quietly, themselves.
For brands in food, lifestyle, family or parenting categories, Michelle represents exactly the kind of creator voice that can carry a message without it sounding like a message. Her recommendations feel like something a friend would pass on, which is exactly why they land.
Conclusion
Michelle Lim has built something modest in size but meaningful in depth. Her community genuinely cares about what she is up to, whether that is a new Hippo Snacks flavour, a supper recommendation, or a family trip gone hilariously sideways. That kind of engaged, trusting audience is exactly what makes creator partnerships worth doing properly.
Get in touch with GetKobe to find creators like Michelle whose audiences are small enough to trust them and engaged enough to act. With a network of creators across every niche and community size, GetKobe helps brands move beyond reach and focus on the relationships that actually convert, whether you are launching a product, building brand love, or finding the right voice to tell your story.
