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 was 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 and his brother Callum B .[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] Beales came out with the next video, titled: MEET MY BOYFRIEND, in which he showed the audience his new lover, Dominic.

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 . . 22 July 2022 .
  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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