tyler oakley
Profile: TylerOakley Twitter: @TylerOakley Facebook: TheTylerOakley Other Media: Tumblr Instagram
Merch Style: Vlogging Date Joined: September 18, 2007 Date Shut Down: N/A Subscribers: 7 Million+* Videos: 365+ Schedule: Twice Weekly Status: |
Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989), is a 26 year old American YouTube celebrity, blogger, comedian & internet personality, known for mostly comedic vlog-style videos. Many of his videos are collaboration videos with other YouTubers. He has collaborated with fellow YouTubers such as Joey Graceffa, Shane Dawson, Hannah Hart , Miles Jai, Troye Sivan, Dan Howell, Colleen Ballinger (aka. Miranda Sings) and many more.
Oakley began making YouTubevideos in 2007. Since uploading his first video while a freshman at Michigan State University, he has received over 330 million video views and gained over 6.1 million subscribers along with over 365 videos posted. He is a former member of the successful collaboration channel "5AwesomeGays," where he produced the Friday video for over three years. Currently, he is described as having "one of the loudest voices on YouTube," and Bloomberg defines him as a "YouTube sensation." His biggest fan was discovered in December 2014, who had found his address and gave Oakley a visit. She lives in Toronto, according to Oakley.
Since March 2013, he co-hosts a weekly pop-culture news update – "Top That!" – with Becca Frucht for PopSugar. He also does weekly "Q and Slay" videos where he asks people to send him questions on twitter and he tries to answer as many as he can. This was started on Jan. 25, 2013, but he stopped and finally made as a regular series on Oct. 28, 2013 He posts regularly on several social networking sites, including: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.
Oakley has a weekly podcast with his close friend and fellow YouTuber Korey Kuhl entitled "Psychobabble." It is free and can be found on iTunes.
Oakley supports The Trevor Project, an organization for the prevention of suicide in LGBT youth. He has interned with them, hosted a red carpet event and raised around $550,000 in support of their work. 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.
A self-proclaimed "professional fangirl," Oakley is a fan of Darren Criss, Lady Gaga, Betty Who, and the British-Irish boy band, One Direction
Oakley began making YouTubevideos in 2007. Since uploading his first video while a freshman at Michigan State University, he has received over 330 million video views and gained over 6.1 million subscribers along with over 365 videos posted. He is a former member of the successful collaboration channel "5AwesomeGays," where he produced the Friday video for over three years. Currently, he is described as having "one of the loudest voices on YouTube," and Bloomberg defines him as a "YouTube sensation." His biggest fan was discovered in December 2014, who had found his address and gave Oakley a visit. She lives in Toronto, according to Oakley.
Since March 2013, he co-hosts a weekly pop-culture news update – "Top That!" – with Becca Frucht for PopSugar. He also does weekly "Q and Slay" videos where he asks people to send him questions on twitter and he tries to answer as many as he can. This was started on Jan. 25, 2013, but he stopped and finally made as a regular series on Oct. 28, 2013 He posts regularly on several social networking sites, including: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.
Oakley has a weekly podcast with his close friend and fellow YouTuber Korey Kuhl entitled "Psychobabble." It is free and can be found on iTunes.
Oakley supports The Trevor Project, an organization for the prevention of suicide in LGBT youth. He has interned with them, hosted a red carpet event and raised around $550,000 in support of their work. 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.
A self-proclaimed "professional fangirl," Oakley is a fan of Darren Criss, Lady Gaga, Betty Who, and the British-Irish boy band, One Direction