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| Born | Matthew Taylor 18 January 1971 | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.37 million[1] (September 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 338.4 million[1] (September 2024) | |||||||||
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Matthew "Mat" Taylor, better known by his YouTube handle Techmoan, is a British YouTuber and blogger, specializing in consumer tech reviews and retrotech documentaries about technology of historical interest.[2]
Apart from reviews and tests, Taylor's videos often include disassembling (and repairing when possible) products and, in the case of older technology, reporting on the product's history and reception via references in publications of the time. For audio and entertainment devices this is often Billboard magazine, which at the time covered both consumer and trade electronics devices through articles and old advertisements. Bonus outro skits often feature a trio of muppet-like puppets, parodying YouTube viewer comments.[3]
Taylor's videos have been referenced by sites such as The A.V. Club,[4] Gizmodo,[5] Hackaday,[6] El Español[7] and print publications such as Popular Mechanics[8] and The Daily Telegraph.[9][10][11][12] By ratings on Reddit, MarketWatch listed the YouTube Channel 6th in its "binge-watching" top ten.[13]
Current product reviews on miscellaneous tech items, mainly on consumer products like action and dashcams, sometimes sponsored or donated, participating in the affiliate marketing associates program of Amazon Services LLC,[14] and a Patreon membership, are how the channel is funded.[15][16]
- ^ a b "About Techmoan". YouTube.
- ^ "Techmoan/about". Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ Comments IRL, 13 August 2018
- ^ Henne, B.G. "Behold the Tefifon, the unholy German union of vinyl and 8-track". News. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Menegus, Bryan. "There's a Good Reason This Weird, Old Cassette Format Didn't Work Out". Gizmodo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Teardown and Repair of a Police Recorder". Hackaday. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Llega el vídeo en vinilo, la experiencia más retro posible". Omicrono (in European Spanish). 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "The Strange Machine That Played Paper Instead of Records or Tapes". Popular Mechanics. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Why a dashcam could save you money on your car insurance, The Daily Telegraph, 11 April 2016
- ^ Bryan Menegus: Yup, This Vertical Record Player Is Rad 6 May 2016
- ^ Bryan Menegus: There's a Good Reason This Weird, Old Cassette Format Didn't Work Out, 31 August 2017
- ^ Rhett Jones: Music Designed for an Oscilloscope Looks and Sounds Cool as Hell, 24 November 2016
- ^ Shawn Langlois: 10 YouTube channels for binge-watching, 19 July 2017
- ^ Archive.org capture of www.techmoan.com/about/ as of 17 April 2017
- ^ "Techmoan Youtube Channel". YouTube.
- ^ "Techmoan Blog / Website".