Tyler Oakley

Tyler Oakley
Oakley at VidCon 2014
Personal information
Born
Mathew Tyler Oakley

(1989-03-22) March 22, 1989 (age 35)
Jackson, Michigan, U.S.
EducationMichigan State University (BA)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2007–present
Subscribers6.82 million[1]
Total views682 million[1]
NetworkStudio71
100,000 subscribers2011
1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: May 1, 2023

Mathew Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989) is an American YouTuber, actor, activist, author, television personality and Twitch streamer. Much of Oakley's activism has been dedicated to LGBT youth, LGBT rights, as well as social issues including health care, education, and the prevention of suicide among LGBT youth.[2][3] Oakley regularly posts material on various topics, including pop culture and humor.[4][5][6]

Since uploading his first video in 2007[7] while a freshman at Michigan State University, his YouTube channel[8] has garnered over 683 million views, and, at its peak, had over 8 million subscribers.[9] He was featured in the 2014 Frontline investigative report "Generation Like", a follow-up on how teenagers are "directly interacting with pop culture" to the 2001 report, "The Merchants of Cool".[10][11] SocialBlade, a website that rates YouTube and Instagram accounts, ranks his YouTube channel, As of February 1, 2021, with a grade "B", subscriber rank of 1,434th, video view rank at 7,022nd, and a SocialBlade rating of 345,254th.[8] As of February 1, 2021 he also had more than 5.6 million followers on Twitter and 5.6 million on Instagram.[12][13]

From March to October 2013, Oakley co-hosted a weekly pop-culture news update – "Top That!" – with Becca Frucht for PopSugar.[14] From 2013 to 2014, he performed the voice of Mr. McNeely in five episodes of the comedy web series The Most Popular Girls in School.[15] He has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and Tumblr.[16][11][17][18] In 2015, he released his first collection of humorous personal essays under the title Binge, via publishers Simon & Schuster.[19]

Oakley was the host of The Tyler Oakley Show, which aired weekly on Ellen DeGeneres' ellentube platform.[20][21] In 2017, he was named in Forbes "30 Under 30".[22]

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  4. ^ Espina, Alfonso (December 31, 2012). "Young YouTube Partners: Finding Success as Entrepreneurs and Internet Stars". The Huffington Post.
  5. ^ Romano, Aja (February 2, 2013). "Tyler Oakley Is A Bigger Fangirl Than You". The Huffington Post.
  6. ^ "Tyler Oakley tells TCU audience how YouTube brought hate but also inspired him to fight it". Dallas Voice. March 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  7. ^ "An Interview with Tyler Oakley". coreylambert.com. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Urgo, Jason. "YouTube Statistics for Tyleroakley". Socialblade.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "How Studios Are Cashing in on YouTube Stars". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Frontline: Generation Like". Kpbs.org. February 17, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Meet Tyler Oakley, YouTube's Self-Proclaimed "Peter Pan"". Pbs.org. February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  12. ^ "tyler oakley's Twitter Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Twitter Statistics)". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  13. ^ "tyler oakley's Instagram Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Instagram Statistics)". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  14. ^ "Grumpy Cat, Kim Kardashian in Flats, and More — Your Pop Culture Cheat Sheet!". PopSugar. March 29, 2013.
  15. ^ "MPGIS: Episode 31 feat. Tyler Oakley". YouTube. November 5, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  16. ^ "Tyler Oakley: About". YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  17. ^ "Fame game different in Internet age". DelawareOnline.com. February 17, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  18. ^ "Tyler on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  19. ^ "Tyler Oakley Book Website". Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  20. ^ "YouTube Star Tyler Oakley Launches Talk Show On Ellen DeGeneres' Digital Network". tubefilter. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  21. ^ Petski, Denise (21 September 2016). "'The Tyler Oakley Show' Launches On Ellen DeGeneres' Digital Network". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  22. ^ Howard, Caroline. "Meet The 2017 Class Of 30 Under 30". Forbes.