Lewis Hilsenteger

Lewis George Hilsenteger
Personal information
Born May 6, 1985 (age 32)
Toronto, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Education Toronto School of Art
Residence Toronto, Ontario
Occupation Video presenter, YouTuber, reviewer
Website unboxtherapy.com
YouTube information
Channel UnboxTherapy
Years active 2010–present
Subscribers 8,303,634 subscribers
(July 19th, 2017)
Total views 1,455,403,878
(July 19th, 2017)
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 5 July 2017.

Lewis George Hilsenteger (born May 6, 1985) is a Canadian video producer, host, technology reviewer, and Internet personality best known for his technology-based YouTube channel, Unbox Therapy. The channel has over 8 million subscribers, taking the place as the most subscribed technology channel on YouTube. Hilsenteger primarily uploads unboxing videos of technologies of varied types. His most viewed video has received over 69 million views. He also owns two other Youtube channels: More Top 5 and Lew Later.

YouTube

Before joining Youtube in 2010, Hilsenteger was the president of company called iUpgrade near Ryerson University from May 2008 – March 2011 where the company mainly focused on upgrading Apple products.[1] Through that business, he started to make tutorial videos which he published on YouTube. In 2010 he started YouTube channel called "Unbox Therapy" which became significantly popular after his iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test video, which settled controversy over the structural integrity of Apple's newest iPhone at the time.

He was also one of the YouTubers, along with Jonathan Morrison, who helped fellow tech YouTuber Austin Evans during his loss in apartment fire.[2]

As of May 2017, Unbox Therapy has over 8 million subscribers, and 1.3 billion views.

iPhone 6 Plus Bendgate

Hilsenteger shot to fame after the launch of Apple's flagship mobile device, the iPhone 6 Plus, where he demonstrated that the iPhone could bend with adequate pressure applied near the volume buttons. The video was made in the rumor of certain iPhones bending in people's pockets, and was the fifth highest-trending upload to YouTube that year, two ranks above a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial. Hilsenteger’s video was the only Canadian-made clip that trended globally in 2014, according to Google spokesperson Nicole Bell.[3] This video has exceeded 69 million views as of May 2017.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How a computer repair guy turned into a massive YouTube star".
  2. ↑ "Austin Evans loses everything - We respond.".
  3. ↑ "Toronto ‘unboxing’ pioneer a YouTube celebrity - Toronto Star".
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