Marques Brownlee

Marques Brownlee
Personal information
Born (1993-12-03) December 3, 1993
Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Nationality American
Residence Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City
Website mkbhd.com
YouTube information
Years active 2007–present
Subscribers 3.2 million subscribers (January 2016)
Total views 370 million views (January 2016)
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 28 January 2016.

Marques Brownlee (born December 3, 1993), also known by his stage name MKBHD, is a video producer, host, technology reviewer, Internet personality and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his technology-based YouTube channel, MKBHD.[1][2] The channel, a concatenation of MKB (Brownlee's initials) and HD (for High Definition),[1] has over 3 million subscribers taking the place as the 3rd most subscribed technology channel on YouTube[3] and over 359 million total video views.[4][5] In August 2013, Vic Gundotra, the former Senior Vice President, Social for Google,[6][7] called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now."[1][2]

YouTube career

Brownlee joined YouTube on March 21, 2008. He first started uploading technology videos on January 2009, while still in high school, about new products, or reviews of products he already owned.[5][8] He says his first 'videos' were screencasting where he would post an image and just talk over it, then responded to requests from viewers of what they would like to watch.[8][9] His first several hundred videos were primarily hardware tutorials, and freeware.[1] He was later approached by companies to demonstrate their paid software and hardware, but only reviews products that would be of interest to his audience of technology enthusiasts.[1] He is noted for responding to viewers' feedback about what questions they have, and features they want explained, as well as demonstrating a "deep knowledge of the products he discusses, and his understanding of what his audience wants to learn."[10] His reviews are often timely coming out the same day or soon after for anticipated products. He is arguably best known today for his content about hand-held devices. As of December 2015, his channel has gained over three million subscribers,[4] making MKBHD the most subscribed-to 'tech-based' YouTube channel. On average, Brownlee uploads one video per week. The channel receives an average of 2,000 subscribers every day (as of July 2015).[11]

Brownlee's reviews have been promoted by other review sites. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud based storage service called Insync[12] In November 2013, one of Brownlee's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex.[13] He performed various scratch tests to portray the self-healing ability of the device.[14] The video hit a million views on the first day. As of September 2015, the video has gotten over 5 million views.[15] In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.[16][17] In May 2014, Brownlee did an over-the-air interview with Evan Blass, also known by his previous name, evleaks (Evan has since retired from leaking various photos of unreleased gadgets, hence this title being dropped), which is considered as the first interview ever done with him.[18]

Marques Brownlee's most popular video is a review and scratch test of a rumored 4.7 inch iPhone 6 front glass component, uploaded July 7, 2014. The video gained immediate popularity, it being featured on sites such as The Verge, Forbes Tech, HuffPost Tech, CNET, and Time Magazine. The video appeared on NBC news, and in newspapers across the world. As of June 2015, the video has gained over 8.5 million views on YouTube and has had over 50,000 ratings. Brownlee also has a video regarding a dummy model of the iPhone 6, uploaded a couple of months earlier, which (as of July 2015) has since gained over 7 million views on YouTube.

In December 2015, Brownlee did an over-the-air interview with Kobe Bryant, the professional NBA basketball player, and uploaded a video titled "Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!" in which he talks about Tech interests of Kobe and the latest and last Kobe designed Nike shoes, the Kobe 11.[19]

Personal life

Brownlee grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. He attended Columbia High School, and studied as part of the Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology.[5][20] He majored in business and information technology.[1][2] Brownlee finished his major in May of 2015 and became a full time YouTuber. Other than producing content, he plays golf, and is a professional ultimate player on the New York Rumble, which is a part of Major League Ultimate.[21] Brownlee was previously on the now folded New Jersey Hammerheads, a team belonging to the American Ultimate Disc League.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New MKBHD Video is live! I spend a lot of time in thought for this one - I…". google.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Michael Fisher (October 25, 2013). "Pocketnow VIP, episode 3: meet Marques Brownlee from MKBHD! - Pocketnow". Pocketnow.
  3. ↑ Marques Brownlee. YouTube.
  4. 1 2 "Marquesbrownlee YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "Howe Student's First Million: Tech Reviewer's YouTube Following Reaches Major Milestone". stevens.edu.
  6. ↑ Raymond, Scott (August 24, 2011). "Google+ real name clampdown ignores own grace period". ZDNet. It should be pointed out that Vic Gundotra is the Senior Vice-President of Social Business at Google.
  7. ↑ "Management team". google.com.
  8. 1 2 The Tato Show: After Hours – Episode 2 "We will also have a very special guest, Mr. Marques Brownlee who runs the YouTube channel MKBHD. "
  9. ↑ Wei, Will (November 21, 2014). "How A Black 20-Year-Old College Student Became 'The Best Technology Reviewer On The Planet'". Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Recording Artist: Stevens Student's Tech-Focused YouTube Channel Draws Millions of Viewers". stevens.edu.
  11. ↑ "VidStatsX".
  12. ↑ Insync: Wave 'Bye, Bye, Bye' to Dropbox, Daniel Cooper. January 4, 2012.
  13. ↑ Hands-on with the G Flex, LG's first curved smartphone Brad Molen. November 26, 2013.
  14. ↑ "MKBHD Goes Hands-on With LG G Flex Self Healing Back, Even Takes a Knife to it". droid-life.com.
  15. ↑ LG G Flex Self Healing Demo by Marques Brownlee.
  16. ↑ "Motorola CEO talks about Project Ara, wearable devices, and Moto X". Android Authority.
  17. ↑ Motorola's modular phone prototype is almost ready, final product might be sold on Moto Maker Sean Buckley. December 7, 2013.
  18. ↑ http://evleaks.at/2014/05/23/first-evleaks-podcast-fireside-chat-mkbhd/
  19. ↑ "Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!". MKBHD Channel. 14 December 2015.
  20. ↑ Eisenhood, Charlie (August 22, 2013). "Ultimate's Most Famous YouTuber Is Not Who You Think". Ultiworld. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Marques Brownlee –". mlultimate.com.

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