Liza Koshy’s ethnicity is a mix of Indian, white, and black. Liza Koshy has a father of German descent and a mother of an Indian Malayali ethnicity.

In 2017, Lisa Koshy became “the fastest YouTube personality to reach 10 million subscribers”. Liza Koshy’s YouTube channel has gained over 17 million subscribers and her two channels together have garnered over 3 billion views.

Liza Koshy has received several accolades for her work as the producer and lead actor in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand (2018–2021).

Liza Koshy hosted the live preshow for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, which received a record-breaking 2.7 million live viewers on Twitter.

From 2017 to 2018, Lisa Koshy was a host of Total Request Live on MTV and worked as a producer and content developer for the network.

Lisa Koshy hosted the revival of the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare from June 2018 to December 2019 and the Quibi dance competition show Floored in 2020.