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
Personal information
Born25 April 2000
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
GenreEntertainment
Subscribers1,220,000[1]
(August 2020)
Total views108,642,098[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"
100,000 subscribers October 2019[2]
1,000,000 subscribers August 2020[2]

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
  1. "Liam Thompson's Real-Time Subscriber Count - Social Blade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. "Liam Thompson's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. "Auckland labradoodle becomes YouTube sensation with his Minecraft talent". Newshub. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Kiwi Minecraft playing dog video goes viral". NZ Herald. 21 November 2019. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "MAGS Scholar Lion Awards" (PDF). Mount Albert Grammar School. 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. "Meet the Kiwi YouTubing teen who just bought a Tesla". Stuff. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. "YouTuber teaches his dog how to play Minecraft". Dexerto.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. "Guy Surprises His Dog With 1 Million Pieces Of Food". www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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