Nostalgia Nerd

Nostalgia Nerd
Peter Leigh holding Silver Play button in December 2017
Personal information
Born
Peter Leigh
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Presenter, author
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreTechnology
Subscribers532 thousand[1]
Total views81.70 million[1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 08 April 2023

Peter Leigh, more commonly known by the alias Nostalgia Nerd, is a British presenter, YouTuber, author and Twitch streamer,[2] who documents and specialises in ageing technology and software. First appearing on YouTube in 2014,[3] he routinely and enthusiastically explores forgotten computers and the technology surrounding them. He often specialises in historical documentaries on vintage computing,[4] but also delves into technical explanations.[5][6][7] Leigh also ventures into modern,[8] mystery, explanation and more frivolous tech videos, with a humorous style and British wit.

His most recent book, The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech,[9] spent several months as a best-seller in the UK[10] and USA.[11] Covering a wide variety of retro systems with historical and gaming facts,[12] it has been mentioned on the UK's Centre for Computing History's website[13] and is a reference in the museum.

As of December 2022, his main YouTube channel has 520,000 subscribers[3] and 674 videos.[14]

  1. ^ a b "About Nostalgianerd". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "About Nostalgia Nerd". Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Charnock, Tom. "Nostalgia Nerd Tackles The Atari Jaguar Story". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ^ Grossman, David (6 September 2017). "The Weird, Stripped-Down Web Browsers of MS-DOS". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ Frauenfelder, Mark (25 May 2020). "Why does USB keep changing?". Boing Boing. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ^ "You're telling me that Sonic the Hedgehog was faster in America!?". TechnoBuffalo. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  8. ^ "New ZX Spectrum Next computer unboxed". Geeky Gadgets. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ^ Leigh, Peter (6 November 2018). The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles and Games. Octopus Books. ISBN 978-1-78157-570-3.
  10. ^ "Amazon Best Sellers: The most popular items in Books". Amazon. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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  12. ^ March 2021, Rob Dwiar 04 (4 March 2021). "Best gaming books 2021: from novels to retro compendiums, and other page-turners". gamesradar. Retrieved 12 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech Book – Shop Item – Computing History". computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Nostalgia Nerd's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.