Liam Thompson (YouTuber)

Liam Michael Thompson (born 25 April 2000) is a YouTube personality from Auckland, New Zealand. As of December 2020, he has 1,530,000 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 Thompson
Personal information
BornLiam Michael Thompson
(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationMount Albert Grammar School
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016-present
GenreEntertainment
Subscribers1,600,000[1]
(December 2020)
Total views159,719,899[2]
(December 2020)
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.[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 18 million views as of November 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 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 22 December 2020.
  2. "Liam Thompson's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 22 November 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. that video he claims"I probably couldn't have done it without Max" "Guy Surprises His Dog With 1 Million Pieces Of Food" Check |url= value (help). www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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