Marques Brownlee
American YouTuber and Influencer
| Date of Birth | : | 03 December, 1993 (Age 31) |
| Place of Birth | : | Maplewood, New Jersey, United States |
| Profession | : | American YouTuber, Entrepreneur |
| Nationality | : | American |
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Marques Keith Brownlee (মার্ক ব্রাউনলি) also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber, influencer, and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his videos reviewing technology devices. As of November 2024, he has more than 19 million subscribers across all channels and 4.95 billion total video views. In 2013, Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president of Google, called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now. At the 10th Shorty Awards in 2018, he was named "Creator of the Decade" 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.
Retro Tech is a YouTube Original series produced by Vox Media Studios starring Brownlee which was published on December 2, 2019. 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.
In December 2020, he was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 listing in its social media category. 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. In February 2024, he joined everyday accessories company Ridge as a board member and chief creative partner.
Online career
Brownlee joined YouTube on March 21, 2008. He first started uploading videos in January 2009, while still in high school, about new products or reviews of products he already owned. He produced his first videos through screencasting.
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. 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. In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.
Brownlee's video review and scratch test of a rumored 4.7-inch sapphire display for the iPhone 6, uploaded July 7, 2014, gained immediate popularity, being featured on sites such as The Verge, HuffPost, CNET, Time Magazine, and more. As of November 2024, 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. 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.
In April 2018, Brownlee won Shorty Awards Creator of the Decade. In August 2019, Brownlee began co-hosting a technology podcast, Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast. that is commonly referred to as Waveform or WVFRM. The podcast is focused on product reviews and interviews with figures influential in the technology industry.
Retro Tech is a YouTube Original series produced by Vox Media Studios starring Brownlee which was published on December 2, 2019. 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.
Brownlee reached 10 million subscribers on December 18, 2019,making MKBHD one of the most-subscribed-to technology-focused YouTube channels. As of November 2024, his main channel has more than 19.6 million subscribers and 4.561 billion total views. His secondary channels (WVFRM Podcast, 438 thousand subscribers; Auto Focus, 1.08 million subscribers; The Studio, 977 thousand subscribers; Waveform Clips, 487 thousand subscribers; MKBHD Shorts 647 thousand subscribers) add an additional 3.52 million subscribers and approximately 394.75 million views.
In December 2020, he was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 listing in its social media category. 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. In February 2024, he joined everyday accessories company Ridge as a board member and chief creative partner.
In May 2024, Brownlee gave a commencement speech at his alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of business administration.
YouTube Career
Brownlee joined YouTube on March 21, 2008. He first started uploading videos January 1, 2009, about new products, or reviews of products he already owned. He says his first videos were screencasting where he would post an image and just talk over it, then responded to requests from viewers of what they would like to watch. His first several hundred videos were primarily hardware tutorials, and freeware. He was later approached by companies to demonstrate their paid software and hardware, but only reviews products that would be of interest to his audience of technology enthusiasts. Brownlee is best known today for his content about hand-held devices. Brownlee usually uploads one video per week.
Brownlee's reviews have been promoted by other review sites. Engadget promoted, in January 2012 they feature his tour of the then-new cloud based storage service called Insync In November 2013, one of Brownlee's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex. He performed various scratch tests to portray the self-healing ability of the device. The video hit over a million views in the first day. In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside which was widely quoted. Woodside confirmed his plans for customization with Project Ara.
Channel milestones
Subscriber milestones
- 1 million subscribers: February 15, 2014
- 2 million subscribers: November 23, 2014
- 3 million subscribers: November 21, 2015
- 4 million subscribers: November 15, 2016
- 5 million subscribers: September 29, 2017
- 6 million subscribers: May 1, 2018
- 7 million subscribers: October 20, 2018
- 8 million subscribers: February 25, 2019
- 9 million subscribers: August 2, 2019
- 10 million subscribers: December 17, 2019
- 11 million subscribers: May 8, 2020
- 12 million subscribers: September 3, 2020
- 13 million subscribers: November 22, 2020
- 14 million subscribers: April 26, 2021
- 15 million subscribers: November 10, 2021
- 16 million subscribers: August 19, 2022
- 17 million subscribers: June 6, 2023
- 18 million subscribers: December 9, 2023
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