Shay Carl

Shay Carl
Shay Carl at VidCon 2014
Born
Shay Carl Butler

(1980-03-05) March 5, 1980 (age 44)
Logan, Utah, U.S.
Occupations
  • Vlogger
  • entrepreneur (co-founder of Maker Studios and founder of Trixin Clothing)
[1]
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Colette Crofts
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(m. 2003)​
[2]
Children5
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2008–present
GenreVlogs
Subscribers4.79 million
Total views2.88 billion
Last updated: January 21, 2023

Shay Carl Butler (born March 5, 1980),[3] known by his online alias Shay Carl, is an American YouTuber. He has three YouTube channels, two of which ("shaycarl"[4] and "SHAYTARDS"[5]) have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vidal developed a documentary called Vlogumentary on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly from his viewers. Vlogumentary was released on April 20, 2016.[6][7] Forbes called Butler one of the "most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube"[3] and in 2011 The New York Times featured Butler's production company Maker Studios.[8]

  1. ^ "Trixin Disaster: Shaytards' Clothing Line Launches with Controversy & Rip-off Accusations - Superfame". superfame.com. February 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Anniversary". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Forbes2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "shaycarl". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "SHAYTARDS". YouTube. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. ^ Vlogumentary (2016) at IMDb
  7. ^ "'I'm Vlogging Here' YouTube Documentary". Indiegogo. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Miller, Claire Cain (April 10, 2011). "Actors in Smaller Studios, Making Pictures for the Smaller Screen". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.