theRadBrad
Personal information
Born
Bradley Lamar Colburn

(1987-02-10) February 10, 1987 (age 37)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)YouTuber, gamer, internet personality
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genre(s)Let's Play, video game walkthrough
Subscribers13.50 million[1]
(February 2024)
Total views6.20 billion[1]
(February 2024)
NetworkNone (formerly Machinima, and later Maker Studios)
Associated actsCartoonz, TetraNinja, Gaming Nacho
100,000 subscribers2011[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2013
10,000,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: 19 Feb 2024

Bradley Lamar Colburn (born February 10, 1987),[3] 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.[4][5][6] He has been interviewed by various publications since becoming active in 2010.[5][6] As of February 2023, Colburn's channel has over 13.30 million subscribers and his videos have brought in over 5.95 billion views.[7] Footage[8][9][10] and images[11] from his gameplay videos have been used for illustrative purposes in articles by numerous publications.[12][13][14]

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),[15] VentureBeat,[4] and Rolling Stone.[16] FMV Magazine has referred to Colburn as "king of the YouTube walkthrough."[17]

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.[18] 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.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "About theRadBrad". YouTube.
  2. ^ "theradbrad YouTube Stats by SocialBlade". November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  3. ^ @thaRadBrad (February 10, 2021). "Appreciate all the birthday wishes. Started YouTube when was I was 23 and now I'm 34! Been the best years of my life thanks to all of you" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b Grubb, Jeff (December 11, 2013). "YouTube ignores content-creator concerns in statement regarding mass copyright flagging". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Lanz, Michelle (August 29, 2014). "How gamer 'The Rad Brad' makes a living playing video games". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Butler, Mark (February 6, 2012). "Interview: TheRadBrad". www.fmvmagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  7. ^ "theradbrad YouTube Stats by SocialBlade". Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Beaumont, Mark (December 4, 2018). "The ten best video games of 2018". NME. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  9. ^ Zamora, Jayde Marvynne (February 21, 2017). "For Honor Servers Down To Make Way For New Updates?". Auto World News. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  10. ^ Moore, Logan (July 11, 2017). "Crackdown 3 Receives 10 Minutes of Open World Gameplay Footage Showing Off New Weapons and Abilities". DualShockers. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  11. ^ Villas-Boas, Antonio (August 10, 2016). "The best game I've played this year is an unfinished game from 2013". Business Insider. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  12. ^ Cohen, Joshua (April 25, 2017). "Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Gaming Channels Worldwide • March 2017". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  13. ^ Elfwine, Alvin (April 25, 2017). "Ubisoft Releases For Honor Patch 1.06, Details Here". iTech Post. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  14. ^ Walsh, James (May 16, 2016). "10 video games so good we didn't want them to end". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  15. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (June 2, 2016). "Watch Dogs 2 gift sent to YouTube personality ahead of E3 2016". VG247. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  16. ^ a b Wang, Amy X. (October 22, 2018). "YouTube Comes Out Strong Against Europe's Copyright Directive". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  17. ^ Wong, Kevin (February 20, 2019). "The Best YouTube Channels". Complex. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  18. ^ Good, Owen (December 16, 2013). "YouTube Copyright Fiasco Get Wilder, But This Time Someone Admits Error". Kotaku. Retrieved October 9, 2019.