Marques Brownlee

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Marques Brownlee
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Personal information
Born (1993-12-03) December 3, 1993 (age 31)
Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality American
Website mkbhd.com
YouTube information
Years active 2007–present
Subscribers 3.4 million subscribers
(April 2016)
Total views 409 million views
(April 2016)
Last updated: 20 April 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] During one of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary debates that was cosponsored by YouTube, Brownlee asked the candidates a question by video about whether tech companies and the government can find a middle ground over encryption while considering rights to privacy and national security. [8]

YouTube career

MKBHD joined YouTube on March 17, 2008. He first started uploading technology videos in January 2009, while still in high school, about new products, or reviews of products he already owned.[5][9] 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.[9][10] 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."[11] 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).[12]

Brownlee's reviews have been promoted by other review sites as well. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud based storage service called Insync[13] In November 2013, one of Brownlee's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex.[14] He performed various scratch tests to portray the self-healing ability of the device.[15] The video hit a million views on the first day. As of September 2015, the video has gotten over 5 million views.[16] In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.[17][18] In May 2014, Brownlee did the first 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).[19]

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 the results, titled "Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!" in which he talks about Tech interests of Kobe and the most recent Kobe designed Nike shoes, the Kobe 11.[20]

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][21] He majored in business and information technology.[1][2] Brownlee graduated from college 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.[22] Brownlee was previously on the now-folded New Jersey Hammerheads, a team belonging to the American Ultimate Disc League.

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