Adam B Explained

Adam B
Birth Name:Adam Beales
Birth Date:1999 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Derry, Northern Ireland
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Years Active:2012–present
Channel Name:TheNewAdamb99
Channel Display Name:Adam B
Silver Button:yes
Subscribers:4.23 million
Views:1.39 billion
Silver Year:2017
Gold Button:yes
Gold Year:2018
Diamond Button:no
Diamond Year:no
Stats Update:13 August 2024

Adam Beales (born 11 October 1999), known as Adam B, is a YouTuber, actor, and television host from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a former co-presenter of the CBBC shows The Dog Ate My Homework and Blue Peter. Beales has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube and has collaborated with Disney.[1]

Early life

Beales was born on 11 October 1999 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College, where he was Head Boy.[2]

Career

At the age of 12, he started his channel Adam B (which hs then called “TheNewAdamb99”) on 29 July 2012. He started by filming all of his videos and editing them from his bedroom in his parents' house.[3]

In 2017, he made a partnership with Disney.[4] In 2019, his YouTube channel reached over 2.7 million subscribers with a total of 300 million views.[5]

He has appeared on BBC Radio,[6] The Ryan Tubridy Show[7] and was featured on VidCon London's first conference.[8] In June 2019, he won the Youth 19 Champions Award.[9] From 2019-20, he was the co-presenter in the seventh series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework.[10] [11]

On 1 September 2020, Beales was announced as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and would make his debut two days later.[12] He left Blue Peter in 2022, with his final appearance on 15 July.[13]

In 2022 Beales co-hosted Bro's in Control for the BBC, along with Joe Tasker.[14] A second series with Beales and Tasker was commissioned in September 2023.[15]

Beale has published two books, Adam Wins The Internet and Adam Destroys The Internet.[16]

Personal life

Beales is gay. He came out in a video he uploaded on his YouTube channel titled "I'M GAY" on July 22, 2022.[17]

He works with his mother Edelle and father Paul as video partners. Beales' younger brother Callum also has his own YouTube channel, Callum B. The family collectively share a YouTube channel, Family 4.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney. He is now the 40th presenter of Blue Peter.. newsletter.co.uk. en. 2020-01-19. 2017-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171126101529/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/meet-the-teenage-ni-youtube-star-now-partnering-with-disney-1-8255185. live.
  2. News: Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career. McClements. Freya. The Irish Times. en. 2020-01-19. 2021-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194225/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/derry-youtube-sensation-sacrifices-oxford-for-web-career-1.3299995. live.
  3. Web site: From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners. 2018-07-09. Irish Examiner. en. 2020-01-19. 2019-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190103044645/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/features/from-beauty-vloggers-to-minecraft-irelands-top-youtube-earners-853790.html. live.
  4. Web site: Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney. newsletter.co.uk. en. 2020-01-19. 2017-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171126101529/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/meet-the-teenage-ni-youtube-star-now-partnering-with-disney-1-8255185. live.
  5. Web site: Meet Adam Beales (19), the Derry YouTuber whose hobby has turned into a sell-out Irish tour. McKinney. Seamus. 2019-03-12. The Irish News. en. 2020-01-19. 2021-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194233/https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/03/12/news/meet-adam-beales-19-the-derry-youtuber-whose-hobby-has-turned-into-a-sell-out-irish-tour-1570117/. live.
  6. Web site: BBC Radio Ulster - The John Toal Show, Bernadette Hagans, Adam Beales, Cheryl Gault & Linsey McDougall. BBC. en-GB. 2020-01-19. 2021-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412162642/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003sf6. live.
  7. Web site: 2017-12-04. 700,000 fans can't be wrong: YouTuber Adam Beales on going viral. en. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2020-01-19. 2019-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20191108065815/https://www.rte.ie/eile/tech/2017/1204/924873-700-000-fans-cant-be-wrong-youtuber-adam-beales-on-going-viral/. live.
  8. Web site: VidCon UK Announces First Round Of Featured Creators – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews. en-GB. 2020-01-19. 2020-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923154714/https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/10/01/vidcon-uk-announces-first-round-of-featured-creators/. live.
  9. Web site: North West Business Award winners are revealed. derryjournal.com. 8 June 2019 . en. 2020-01-19. 2019-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609130259/https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/north-west-business-award-winners-are-revealed-1-8956958. live.
  10. Web site: The Dog Ate My Homework cast and crew credits. British Comedy Guide. en-GB. 2020-01-19. 2020-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200316115956/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_dog_ate_my_homework/cast_crew/. live.
  11. Web site: BBC iPlayer - The Dog Ate My Homework. BBC iPlayer. en-GB. 2020-01-19. 2021-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412162643/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/b0513cnw. live.
  12. News: Blue Peter announces its 40th new presenter. BBC News. September 1, 2020. BBC. September 1, 2020. September 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200906050618/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53986774. live.
  13. Web site: Adam B to leave Blue Peter after 2 years. Nicole. Lang. www.derrynow.com. 20 June 2022. 23 June 2022.
  14. Web site: BBC Studios to make Bro's in Control for CBBC. September 18, 2023.
  15. Web site: BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions to produce the second series of 'Bro's in Control' for CBBC. www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. Web site: Adam Wins the Internet. 27 October 2023.
  17. Web site: I'm Gay . .
  18. News: Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career. McClements. Freya. The Irish Times. en. 2020-01-20. 2021-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194307/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/derry-youtube-sensation-sacrifices-oxford-for-web-career-1.3299995. live.
  19. Web site: Hale . James . Prank Master YouTuber Adam Beales Teams Up With Disney For Its #VloggerTakeover Series . tubefilter.com . November 30, 2018 . January 20, 2020 . March 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200306090031/https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/11/30/thenewadamb99-pranks-youtube-disney-vlogger-takeover/ . live .

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