Marques Brownlee Explained

Marques Brownlee
Birth Name:Marques Keith Brownlee
Birth Date:3 December 1993
Birth Place:Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Education:Stevens Institute of Technology (BS)
Years Active:2008–present
Other Names:MKBHD
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Channel Direct Url:@mkbhd
Channel Display Name:Marques Brownlee
Subscribers:19.2 million (main channel)
million (combined)
Views:4.367 (main channel)
billion (combined)
Silver Button:yes
Silver Year:2012
Gold Button:yes
Gold Year:2014[1]
Diamond Button:yes
Diamond Year:2019[2]
Stats Update:30 July 2024

Marques Keith Brownlee (; ; born December 3, 1993),[3] also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber and professional ultimate player, best known for his technology-focused videos as well as his podcast Waveform.[4], he has more than 22 million subscribers across all channels and 4.69 billion total video views. Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president of Google,[5] called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now".[6] [7] At the 10th Shorty Awards in 2019, he was named "Creator of the Decade"[8] The former name of his YouTube channel is a concatenation of MKB (Brownlee's initials) and HD (for high definition). With New York PoNY, he is the 2022 WFDF World Champion in the Open Category for ultimate Frisbee.[9]

Online career

Brownlee joined YouTube on March 21, 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.[10] [11] He produced his first videos through screencasting.[12]

Brownlee's reviews have been promoted by review sites. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud storage service called Insync.[13] In November 2013, one of Brownlee's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex, where he performed various scratch tests to demonstrate the self-healing ability of the device.[14] [15] In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.[16] [17]

Brownlee's video review and scratch test of a rumored 4.7-inch sapphire display component for the iPhone 6, uploaded July 7, 2014,[18] gained immediate popularity, being featured on sites such as The Verge, Forbes, HuffPost, CNET, and Time Magazine.[19] The video appeared on NBC News, and in newspapers across the world., the video has gained over 9.2 million views on YouTube and has had over 60,000 likes.

In December 2015, Brownlee interviewed professional NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant.[20] During one of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary debates that was cosponsored by YouTube, Brownlee asked the candidates, by video, whether tech companies and the government can find a middle ground over encryption while considering rights to privacy and national security.[21]

In April 2018, Brownlee won Shorty Awards Creator of the Decade.[22] In August 2019, Brownlee began co-hosting a technology podcast, Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast.[23] and is sometimes referred to as Waveform and WVFRM. The podcast is focused on product reviews and interviews with figures in tech.

Retro Tech is a YouTube Original series produced by Vox Media Studios starring MKBHD which aired on December 2, 2019.[24] In the series, Brownlee interviews fellow YouTube creators and celebrity guests and discusses iconic pieces of technology from the past which have had a major impact on modern life and culture.[25]

Brownlee reached 10 million subscribers on December 18, 2019, making MKBHD one of the most-subscribed-to technology-focused YouTube channels, according to Social Blade.[26] [27], his main channel has more than 19.2 million subscribers and 4.367 billion total views. His secondary channels add an additional 2.95 million subscribers and approximately 323 million views.

In December 2020, he was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 listing in its social media category.[28] In April 2023, Brownlee collaborated with footwear brand Atoms to create the high-top Sneaker 251, named after the duration of his first YouTube video.[29] Later, in 2024, he joined everyday accessories company Ridge as a board member and chief creative partner.[30]

Brownlee has landed interviews with popular figures such as Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Craig Federighi and more.[31]

In May 2024, Brownlee gave a commencement speech at his alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology.[32]

YouTube channels

Personal life

Marques Keith Brownlee[35] grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. He attended Columbia High School, graduating in 2011, and studied at the Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he majored in business and information technology. Brownlee graduated in May 2015 and became a full-time YouTuber. His videos were produced at his apartment until he moved out in 2016, and he now works out of a studio in Kearny, New Jersey.[36]

American Ultimate Disc League

Brownlee is a professional ultimate frisbee player for the New York Empire of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL),[37] who were the AUDL champions in 2019, 2022 and 2023.[38] Brownlee previously played for the Philadelphia Phoenix (2017) and Garden State Ultimate (2015–2017). Other previous team engagements include the now-defunct New Jersey Hammerheads, a team belonging to the AUDL, and the New York Rumble, which was in the now-defunct league Major League Ultimate.

On July 31, 2022, Brownlee won the WFDF World Ultimate Club Championship with New York PoNY.[39]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1,000,000! . February 12, 2014 . Brownlee . Marques . December 23, 2021.
  2. 10,000,000! . December 18, 2019 . Brownlee . Marques . December 23, 2021.
  3. MKBHD Update 7.0 . December 3, 2011 . Brownlee . Marques . September 19, 2018.
  4. Web site: League Players. 2020-06-13. AUDL. en.
  5. Web site: Google+ real name clampdown ignores own grace period . Raymond . Scott . August 24, 2011 . ZDNet . Vic Gundotra is the Senior Vice-President of Social Business at Google..
  6. Web site: New MKBHD Video is live! I spend a lot of time in thought for this one – I…. https://web.archive.org/web/20131211022655/https://plus.google.com/+VicGundotra/posts/LMY858eYL7y. dead. December 11, 2013. google.com.
  7. Web site: Pocketnow VIP, episode 3: meet Marques Brownlee from MKBHD! – Pocketnow . https://web.archive.org/web/20131028174447/http://pocketnow.com/2013/10/25/pocketnow-vip-episode-3-mkbhd . dead . October 28, 2013 . Michael Fisher . October 25, 2013 . Pocketnow.
  8. Web site: Creator of the Decade . Shorty Awards . 19 July 2023.
  9. Web site: 31 July 2022 . Familiar faces dominate at WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships 2022 . World Flying Disc Federation.
  10. Web site: Stevens Student's First Million: Tech Reviewer's YouTube Following Reaches Major Milestone . February 13, 2014 . Stevens Institute of Technology . September 20, 2018 . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924022211/https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-students-first-million-tech-reviewers-youtube-following-reaches-major-milestone . dead .
  11. Web site: The Tato Show: After Hours – Episode 2 . droidlife . January 24, 2013 . We will also have a very special guest, Mr. Marques Brownlee who runs the YouTube channel MKBHD.
  12. News: How A 20-Year-Old College Student Became 'The Best Technology Reviewer On The Planet' . Wei . Will . November 21, 2014 . December 17, 2014.
  13. Web site: Insync: Wave 'Bye, Bye, Bye' to Dropbox . Cooper . Daniel . Engadget. July 18, 2019 .
  14. Web site: Watch LG's new flexible phone heal itself after a knife scratch. Souppouris. Aaron. November 20, 2013. September 19, 2018.
  15. Web site: MKBHD Goes Hands-on With LG G Flex Self Healing Back, Even Takes a Knife to it . droidlife. November 19, 2013 .
  16. Web site: Motorola CEO talks about Project Ara, wearable devices, and Moto X . Petrovan . Bogdan . December 6, 2013 . Android Authority . January 9, 2014 . January 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200103215813/https://www.androidauthority.com/moto-ceo-interview-mkbhd-322880/ . dead .
  17. Web site: Motorola's modular phone prototype is almost ready, final product might be sold on Moto Maker . Buckley . December 7, 2013.
  18. iPhone 6 Sapphire Crystal Display! . July 7, 2014 . Brownlee . Marques . September 19, 2018.
  19. Apple's iPhone 6 Will Probably Have an Unscratchable Screen. Jared. Newman. Time. July 8, 2014. December 21, 2023.
  20. Web site: Kobe Bryant discusses how technology has changed over his 20 years in the NBA . Smith . Dave . . December 15, 2015 . September 19, 2018.
  21. Web site: CHS Grad Marques Brownlee Asks Question at Democratic Debate . The Village Green . January 18, 2016 . en-US . March 4, 2016.
  22. Web site: YouTuber Marques Brownlee Talks Ten Years of Tech. NPR.org. en. 2019-10-11.
  23. Web site: Alexander . Julia . August 9, 2019 . Marques Brownlee launches a new tech podcast called Waveform . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002314/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20797759/marques-brownlee-mkbhd-waveform-podcast-tech-reviews-youtube-interviews . November 8, 2020 . August 8, 2020 . theverge.com.
  24. Web site: Spangler . Todd . 2019-04-19 . YouTube Orders Marques Brownlee 'Retro Tech' Original Series . 2021-04-14 . Variety . en-US.
  25. Web site: Ackerman . Dan . Marques Brownlee explains why he's diving into the Retro Tech you love . 2021-04-14 . CNET . en.
  26. Web site: Top 100 YouTubers tech Channels – Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics . socialblade.com.
  27. Web site: Marques Brownlee Monthly YouTube Statistics . December 2, 2019 . Social Blade.
  28. Web site: Forbes 30 Under 30 2021: Social Media. 2020-12-01. Forbes.
  29. Web site: Neelakandan . Laya . April 25, 2023 . YouTuber Marques Brownlee gets into the sneaker game with high tops for Atoms . Fast Company.
  30. Web site: In a 'great signal for creators,' YouTube star Marques Brownlee adds a corporate gig to his résumé at accessories company Ridge . 2024-02-26 . Fortune . en.
  31. Web site: MKBHD Interviews! - YouTube . 2024-05-24 . www.youtube.com.
  32. Web site: 2024-05-02 . YouTube Star Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, Delivers 2024 Commencement Address at Stevens Institute of Technology . 2024-05-24 . Stevens Institute of Technology . en.
  33. Web site: 2021-07-27 . Marques Brownlee Opens Second YouTube Hub 'The Studio' For Behind-The-Scenes, Vlogs . 2024-02-27 . Tubefilter . en-US.
  34. Web site: McElligott . Suzanne . April 27, 2023 . MKBHD's Take on the Hyundai Ioniq 6 . U.S. News & World Report.
  35. MKBHD . 1207325131539959808 . 18 December 2019 . Marques Keith Brownlee . More incredibly, though, we finally actually did it. 10,000,000 of you subscribed to the channel. So there it is. It's my Dad's middle name too. And his Dad's. We're all MKBs, I'm just the first HD one .
  36. EXPOSING MKBHD'S FAKE VIDEOS (Studio Tour) . May 9, 2017 . Linus Tech Tips . October 26, 2017.
  37. Web site: Yang . Avery . July 24, 2019 . Famous Tech YouTuber Has Side Gig as Ultimate Frisbee Pro . 2022-11-24 . NBC New York . en-US.
  38. Web site: Rubin . Alex . 2022-08-28 . New York Empire Caps Off Undefeated Season With Second AUDL Championship . 2022-11-24 . Ultiworld.
  39. Web site: Strod . Jesse . 2022-08-02 . WUCC 2022: PoNY Get Revenge on Ring in Gold Medal Match (Open Division) . 2022-11-24 . Ultiworld.

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