Adam B

Adam Beales (born 11 October 1999), known as Adam B, is a YouTuber, actor, and television host from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a co-presenter of the CBBC shows The Dog Ate My Homework and as of September 2020, Blue Peter. Beales has over 3 million subscribers on YouTube and has collaborated with Disney.[1]

Adam Beales
Adam B in 2019
Born (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999
Derry, Northern Ireland
Occupation
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genre
  • Pranks
  • challenges
  • vlogs
  • life hacks
  • gaming
  • DIY
Subscribers3.11 million
Total views449.7 million
100,000 subscribers 2017
1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Updated: February 5, 2021

Early life

Beales was born on 11 October 1999 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College.[2]

Career

At the age of 12, he started his channel Adam B (formerly known as TheNewAdamb99) on 29 July 2012. He started by filming all of his videos and editing them from his bedroom in his parents' house.[3]

In 2017, he made a partnership with Disney.[4]

In 2019, his channel reached over 2.7 million subscribers with a total of 300 million views.[5]

He has appeared on BBC Radio,[6] The Ryan Tubridy Show[7] and was featured on VidCon London's first conference.[8] In June 2019, he won the Youth 19 Champions Award.[9] Currently, he is the co-presenter in the new series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework.[10][11]

On 1 September 2020, Adam was announced as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and would make his debut two days later.[12]

Family

Adam's mother Edelle and his father Paul work for Beales as video partners. Beales' younger brother Callum has his own YouTube channel, Callum B. Their family of four also have a YouTube channel, Family 4.[13][14]

References
  1. "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney. He is now the 40th presenter of Blue Peter". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  2. McClements, Freya. "Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. Monday; July 09; Am, 2018-12:00 (2018-07-09). "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  5. McKinney, Seamus (2019-03-12). "Meet Adam Beales (19), the Derry YouTuber whose hobby has turned into a sell-out Irish tour". The Irish News. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  6. "BBC Radio Ulster - The John Toal Show, Bernadette Hagans, Adam Beales, Cheryl Gault & Linsey McDougall". BBC. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  7. "700,000 fans can't be wrong: YouTuber Adam Beales on going viral". 2017-12-04. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "VidCon UK Announces First Round Of Featured Creators – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  9. "North West Business Award winners are revealed". www.derryjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  10. Guide, British Comedy. "The Dog Ate My Homework cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  11. "BBC iPlayer - The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  12. "Blue Peter announces its 40th new presenter". September 1, 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. McClements, Freya. "Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  14. Hale, James (November 30, 2018). "Prank Master YouTuber Adam Beales Teams Up With Disney For Its #VloggerTakeover Series". tubefilter.com.
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