Tyler Oakley
| Tyler Oakley | |
|---|---|
 Tyler Oakley at Vidcon 2012. | |
| Born |
March 22, 1989 Jackson, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Internet personality |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989) is an American YouTube personality and advocate for gay youth, presenting on topics such as queer politics and pop culture.[1][2][3]
Oakley began making videos in 2007; his first video has received over 70,000 views on YouTube.[4][5] Since uploading his first video while a freshman at Michigan State University, he has received over 86,000,000 video views and gained over 3.4 million subscribers along with over 200 videos posted.[6] He is a former member of the successful collaboration channel "5AwesomeGays," where he produced the Friday video for over 3 years. Currently, he is described as having "one of the loudest voices on YouTube,"[2] and Bloomberg defines him as a "YouTube sensation." [7]
Since March 2013, he co-hosts a weekly pop-culture news update – "Top That!" – with Becca Frucht for PopSugar.[8] He posts regularly on several social networking sites, including: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.[6]
Oakley supports The Trevor Project, an organization for the prevention of suicide in LGBTQ youth. He has interned with them, hosted a red carpet event and raised over $25,000 in support of their work.[7][9][10][11] He has also interned at Bowery. Other ventures include: working as a resident mentor; teacher's assistant; product marketer/developer at Michigan State University; social media and communication manager at Chictopia; and director of social media at Good Ideas for Good Causes.
Social Media
Oakley is an active member across all mediums of social media having amassed a Twitter following of 1.9 million.[12]
A self-proclaimed "professional fangirl," Oakley is a fan of Darren Criss [2] He also sang Christmas carols on stage with One Direction and Jerry Springer.[13]
References
- ↑ "Young YouTube Partners: Finding Success as Entrepreneurs and Internet Stars", Huffington Post December 31, 2012 , Alfonso Espina
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tyler Oakley Is A Bigger Fangirl Than You", Huffington Post, February 02, 2013, Aja Romano
- ↑ "Tyler Oakley tells TCU audience how YouTube brought hate but also inspired him to fight it", 5 March 2012, Dallas Voice.
- ↑ Tyler Oakley's first video
- ↑ Coreylambert.com "An Interview with Tyler Oakley", February 20, 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 YouTube, with up-to-date number of video views and subscribers.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lady Gaga Honored With Google Inc. at 'Trevor Live' Presented by Audi of America and ING", Bloomberg, December 5, 2011
- ↑ PopSugar," "Grumpy Cat, Kim Kardashian in Flats, and More — Your Pop Culture Cheat Sheet!" March 29, 2013
- ↑ February 11, 2011 "Local YouTuber Tyler Oakley finds a big audience online" Jennifer Eberbach, AnnArbor.com
- ↑ June 18, 2013 "Tyler Oakley | Vlogger Personality" Ed Carrasco, NewMediaRockstars.com
- ↑ "Tyler Oakley's Trevor Project Birthday", Huffington Post Michael Varrati
- ↑ YouTube