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Beales in 2019
Born
Adam Beales

(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 24)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Occupations
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Channel
Years active2012–present
Genres
  • Pranks
  • challenges
  • vlogs
  • life hacks
  • gaming
  • DIY
Subscribers4.23 million [1]
Total views1.39 billion [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2017
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2018
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribersno
Last updated: 13 August 2024

Adam Beales (born 11 October 1999), known as Adam B, is a YouTuber, actor, and television host from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a former co-presenter of the CBBC shows The Dog Ate My Homework and Blue Peter . Beales has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube and has collaborated with Disney. [2]

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Early life

Beales was born on 11 October 1999 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College, where he was Head Boy. [3]

Career

At the age of 12, he started his channel Adam B (which hs then called “TheNewAdamb99”) on 29 July 2012. He started by filming all of his videos and editing them from his bedroom in his parents' house. [4]

In 2017, he made a partnership with Disney. [5] In 2019, his YouTube channel reached over 2.7 million subscribers with a total of 300 million views. [6]

He has appeared on BBC Radio, [7] The Ryan Tubridy Show [8] and was featured on VidCon London's first conference. [9] In June 2019, he won the Youth 19 Champions Award. [10] From 2019-20, he was the co-presenter in the seventh series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework . [11] [12]

On 1 September 2020, Beales was announced as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and would make his debut two days later. [13] He left Blue Peter in 2022, with his final appearance on 15 July. [14]

In 2022 Beales co-hosted Bro's in Control for the BBC, along with Joe Tasker. [15] A second series with Beales and Tasker was commissioned in September 2023. [16]

Beale has published two books, Adam Wins The Internet and Adam Destroys The Internet. [17]

Personal life

Beales is gay. He came out in a video he uploaded on his YouTube channel titled "I'M GAY" on July 22, 2022. [18]

He works with his mother Edelle and father Paul as video partners. Beales' younger brother Callum also has his own YouTube channel, Callum B. The family collectively share a YouTube channel, Family 4. [19] [20]

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