Liam Thompson (YouTuber)
Liam Michael Thompson is a YouTube personality from Auckland, New Zealand. As of July 2020, he had 1,220,000 subscribers.[1] Thompson's channel consists of a mix of different videos with no common theme, however his most successful videos tend to include his pet labradoodle, Max.[3] He also has an 18 year-old cat called Frodo.
Liam Michael Thompson | ||||||||||
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Personal information | ||||||||||
Born | 25 April 2000 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||
Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channel | ||||||||||
Years active | 2019–present | |||||||||
Genre | Entertainment | |||||||||
Subscribers | 1,220,000[1] (August 2020) | |||||||||
Total views | 108,642,098[2] (August 2020) | |||||||||
Catchphrase(s) | "Epic", "Snaaaap Brothaa", "Noise", "Or at least not yet", "It's literally..." "Legend", "Peace out and bye bye.", "Insert Name- You're A Savage" | |||||||||
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Early life
Thompson attended Balmoral School and Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5] After graduating in 2018, Thompson began studying engineering. He soon dropped out to pursue YouTube full for his job, while also temporarily enrolling in police college. He sometimes does orienteering.[4][6]
YouTube career
Thompson has been actively posting on YouTube since mid 2019. His channel gained a large amount of traction in September 2019 after posting the video I Taught My Dog To Play Minecraft,[7] which has over 15 million views as of July 2020.[4][3] In an interview with New Zealand media outlet Stuff, he stated that "It took me four months to get 80 [subscribers] and, a week later, I had 150,000".[6]
On the 20 July 2020, his YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers. He celebrated with a video the next day where he bought Max 1 million dog biscuits.[8]
References
- "Liam Thompson's Real-Time Subscriber Count - Social Blade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "Liam Thompson's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- "Auckland labradoodle becomes YouTube sensation with his Minecraft talent". Newshub. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Kiwi Minecraft playing dog video goes viral". NZ Herald. 21 November 2019. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "MAGS Scholar Lion Awards" (PDF). Mount Albert Grammar School. 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Meet the Kiwi YouTubing teen who just bought a Tesla". Stuff. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "YouTuber teaches his dog how to play Minecraft". Dexerto.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Guy Surprises His Dog With 1 Million Pieces Of Food". www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.