TheRadBrad Net Worth 2026

Bradlee Lamar Colburn (February 10, 1987),^[1] better known by his online alias theRadBrad, is an American YouTuber and Let's Player most notable for his video game walkthroughs of various new games.^[2][3][4] He has been interviewed by various publications since becoming active in 2010.^[3][4] As of January 2026, Colburn's channel has over 13.9 million subscribers and his videos have brought in over 6.5 billion views.^[5] Footage^[6][7][8] and images^[9] from his gameplay videos have been used for illustrative purposes in articles by numerous publications.^[10][11][12]

FMV Magazine has referred to Colburn as "king of the YouTube walkthrough."^[13] Additionally During a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, Colburn's YouTube channel was identified by Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, as one of the "top gaming creators" on the platform.^[14]

Bradley Lamar Colburn was born on February 10, 1987 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Colburn grew up in the Tuscaloosa area, until after high school and following graduation he attended Kennesaw State University from 2008-2011. While at University, Colburn studied computer science, but found himself spending his free time playing video games such as Call of Duty.^[15] This led to him starting his YouTube channel in 2010, and uploading his first video in April 2010. Colburn’s channel quickly gained traction and after his first two years uploading to the site he amassed 65 million views and nearly 180,000 subscribers, with his Dead Space 2 walkthrough being his most successful with Colburn stating his "channel doubled in size from Dead Space 2 alone".^[16] In 2013 Colburn founded tRB Productions Inc., a production company for managing his content creation he holds the position of both CEO and secretary.^[17] From here Colburn has gone on to become one of the top gaming channels on YouTube and as of 2026 he has amassed 13 million subscribers. In addition Colburn has been covered by various publications, including VG247 (when video game publisher Ubisoft sent him merchandise ahead of the launch of Watch Dogs 2),^[18] VentureBeat,^[2] and Rolling Stone.^[14]

During a wave of copyright issues that were affecting creators, some of Colburn's videos were falsely claimed by an automated system owned by the multi-channel network Scale Lab. He was directly apologized to by Scale Lab's CEO, David Brenner, in a Kotaku interview once the problem was discovered.^[19]

Colburn is one of the most prominent gaming YouTube channels with his walkthrough often getting credit for their reliability.^[10][14] FMV Magazine described his videos as a "down-to-earth relief. Adding "he provides straight, complete playthroughs of the most popular games, his casual commentary is easy on the ears, and he lacks the overblown theatrics of his peers."^[13] In 2022 the Metro.co.uk put Colburn in their list of the top 5 best walkthrough channels on YouTube stating he "consistently covers new games the exact moment they are released or sometimes gets to play them a bit early." Adding "his gameplay walkthroughs are always of the highest quality and he does regular uploads."^[20] In 2024 Twitch streamer Kai Cenat gave credit to Colburn stating "I don't know if anybody gives you flowers enough." Adding "I didn't have the money to get certain video games, he was always there for me."^[21]

Colburn is married, the couple have two children together a daughter named Clementine born in 2020,^[22] and a son Benjamin who was born in 2023.^[23]