ContraPoints

Natalie Wynn
Wynn looking to the camera, wearing black
Wynn in 2020
Personal information
Born (1988-10-21) October 21, 1988 (age 36)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Education
Occupations
Websitewww.contrapoints.com Edit this at Wikidata
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2008–present
Subscribers
  • 1.81 million (main channel)
  • 135 thousand (live channel)
Total views
  • 102.6 million (main channel)
  • 5.15 million (live channel)
100,000 subscribers2018[1]
1,000,000 subscribers2020[2]
Last updated: July 22, 2024

Natalie Wynn (born October 21, 1988) is an American left-wing YouTuber, political commentator, and cultural critic. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ContraPoints, where she creates video essays exploring a wide range of topics such as politics, gender, ethics, race, and philosophy.

Her videos often provide counterargument to right-wing extremists and classical liberals. They comment on modern social issues such as class inequality, transgender rights (as well as LGBTQ rights on the whole), cancel culture, and modern internet culture.[3] Her videos make use of set design, costumes and characters.[4] Wynn has won a Streamy Award for "Commentary" in 2020, and was nominated in the same category at the 2021 Streamy Awards.[5][6] In 2022, she became an honoree of a Peabody Award.[7]

  1. ^ Robinson, Nathan J. (May 6, 2018). "God Bless ContraPoints". Current Affairs. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  2. ^ @ContraPoints (August 19, 2020). "gorges to be honest I've been in the depths of a major depressive episode for a couple months and not doing well at all, but 1 million subs has jolted me alive and I'm so grateful for everything, thank you, love you so much" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Fleishman, Jeffrey (June 12, 2019). "Transgender YouTube star ContraPoints tries to change alt-right minds". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Cross, Katherine (August 24, 2018). "The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 YouTube Streamy Awards Winners: Complete List". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Spangler, Todd (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "ContraPoints". The Peabody Awards. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.