Drew Binsky

Drew Goldberg, otherwise known by his online alias, Drew Binsky, (born May 24, 1991) is an American travel blogger and vlogger. Binsky documents his travels on his YouTube channel and other social media accounts. By March 2020, he had visited 191 countries and had initially planned to visit every country in the world by June 2020 until the COVID-19 pandemic put the last few countries on hold. He was the Guinness World Record holder for Most UNESCO World Heritage Site visits in 24 hours.[1]

Drew "Binsky" Goldberg
Personal information
BornDrew Goldberg
(1991-05-24) May 24, 1991
Dallas, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
EducationBS in Economics and Entrepreneurship
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitedrewbinsky.com
Drew Binsky on YouTube
Drew Binsky on Facebook
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Genre
  • Travel
  • vlog
  • humanity
  • motivation
Subscribers4.7 million (YouTube/Facebook)
Total views1.4 billion (YouTube/Facebook)
Countries visited by Binsky(It's a little outdated as he has visited Saudi Arabia and Ghana)

Early life and education

Binsky was born Drew Goldberg in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona.[2] "Binsky" was a nickname given to him by his family, of Jewish German origin.[3] He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating in 2013 with degrees in economics and entrepreneurship.[4] During his junior year in college, he entered into a study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic.[5] He studied there for 1 semester,[6] during which time he traveled to more than 20 countries across Europe, and decided he would make a living out of traveling.[7]

Career

After college, Goldberg took a job teaching English in Seoul, South Korea. He spent 18 months there, and traveled to 20 countries in Asia during that time. He quit his teaching job in January 2015 and began focusing on traveling full-time after that.[6] By October 2015, he had visited a total of 73 countries.[8] He also started a blog called "The Hungry Partier"[9] (later renamed "Drew Binsky")[5] and began documenting his travels on Instagram and Snapchat.[6]

In 2017, his girlfriend, Deanna Sallao, bought him a camera, which prompted him to create and begin posting videos on his YouTube channel (also called "Drew Binsky").[5] He uploads videos daily onto that channel.[4] In May 2017, he uploaded videos of an organized trip to North Korea on his YouTube and Facebook channels.[3] The videos accumulated over 10 million views. Binsky also began earning money from YouTube and Facebook advertising revenue and sponsored partnerships with various brands.[4] He has over 4 million followers on social media and holds two Guinness World Records: visiting the most UNESCO Heritage sites in a 24-hour period and for quickest suitcase packing.[10] In 2018, he began working out of Bangkok, Thailand.[11]

In 2020, Binsky announced an upcoming documentary on his travels called Border 197. He is currently living in Los Angeles.[12]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-04-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Shannahan, Melissa (21 June 2016). "Drew Binsky: How a Scottsdale blogger went around the world on Snapchat, Instagram". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. Killalea, Debra (1 May 2017). "Three days in North Korea: Drew 'Binsky' Goldberg's video aims to change the way you see the DPRK". news.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. Saiidi, Uptin (18 March 2019). "His parents wanted him to get a corporate job, until he made $154,000 in one year". Make It. CNBC. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. Thomas, Elizabeth (8 January 2019). "Drew drawn to the world map". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. Goodfellow, Mollie (14 October 2015). "Man dedicates his 20s to travelling the world - then lists his worst experiences". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  7. Wijerathna, Mandira (20 January 2019). "Travelling with Drew Binsky". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. Goodfellow, Mollie (23 October 2015). "The best countries in the world to visit (according to a man who's been to 73 of them)". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. Chan, Emily (4 November 2015). "Lessons from the road: Tips from a 24-year-old who's travelled to 74 countries". CTV News. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. Dolsten, Josefin. "Meet the Jewish travel blogger who soon will have visited every country". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  11. Menon, Anasuya (9 January 2019). "On board with Drew Binsky". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  12. "Border 197". drewbinskydocumentary.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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