Brent Rivera

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Brent Rivera
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Rivera in 2020
Personal information
Born
Brent Austin Rivera

(1998-01-09) January 9, 1998 (age 27)
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Education Huntington Beach High School
Occupations
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YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Genres
Subscribers38 million [1]
Views10.5 billion [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2015
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: April 15, 2025

Brent Austin Rivera (born January 9, 1998) is an American influencer and actor who first gained popularity on the now-defunct video hosting service Vine. He has large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. [2]

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Biography

Brent Austin Rivera [‡ 1] : 0:07  was born on January 9, 1998. [3] [‡ 2] He has Mexican and Italian ancestry, and is from Huntington Beach, California, where he still lives. [‡ 1] : 0, 14, 0:43  Rivera's younger sister, Lexi, [4] is also an influencer and appeared with him in the web series Brobot. [5] He also has two older brothers. [‡ 1] : 3:50 

Rivera was interested in acting and auditioned for commercials and TV shows in seventh grade. He did not want to be under a producer's oversight, so he started posting on social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and the now defunct Vine in his early teens. Rivera became a prominent Vine star. [6] One selfie earned him 68 thousand likes; academic Alice Marwick wrote that since "Rivera looks like a celebrity, [...] on Instagram, he is treated as one." [7] Because he lives close to Los Angeles, Rivera was able to attend high school and work meetings, something many teenage influencers could not do. [6] [8]

Rivera's father, John, did not pay much attention to his social media until Rivera was recognized at a local hockey game by fans. [8]

Rivera is the co-founder and CEO of Amp Studios, a talent incubator and content group that in 2020 generated 10 billion social media views each month. [9] [10] [ better source needed ] He also started a pop culture-centric podcast called So Relatable in 2021. [11] In 2015, he participated in Coca-Cola's #MakeItHappy campaign and worked with Hollister Co. in 2019 on their anti-bullying campaign. [12]

Filmography

Web roles

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2017 Alexander IRL Alexander YouTube Red Also producer [13] [14]
2018BrobotGil Brat 5 episodes [5]
2018–2019 Light as a Feather Issac Salcedo Hulu Main role; 2 seasons [15] [9]
2019Brent Rivera's Dream VacationHimself AwesomenessTV 7 episodes [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2020 Group Chat Himself Nickelodeon 1 episode (season 1); Main role (season 2) [17]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2019 2019 Teen Choice Awards Choice Male Web StarNominated [18]
9th Streamy Awards Best in LifestyleNominated [19]
2020 10th Streamy Awards Juanpa Zurita's Creator Honor AwardWon [20]
2021 11th Streamy Awards Creator Of The YearNominated [21]
LifestyleNominated

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Rivera, Brent (July 15, 2019). Brent Rivera Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions (Video). AwesomenessTV . Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ Rivera, Brent [@BrentRivera] (January 9, 2019). "it's my birthday today" (Tweet). Retrieved January 6, 2020– via Twitter.

References

  1. 1 2 "About Brent Rivera". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Bertoni, Steven. "Top Creators 2024: The Influencers Turning Buzz Into Billions". Forbes. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rullo, Sam (January 9, 2014). "Meet Brent Rivera, The Internet's Favorite 16-Year-Old You've Never Heard Of". Bustle . Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ Chubb, Hannah (September 24, 2020). "Brent and Lexi Rivera Spill Sibling Secrets in PEOPLE's New YouTube Series". People . Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Booth, Ali (March 24, 2018). "Brent Rivera to Star in New Digital Series 'Brobot' Alongside Younger Sister Lexi". Tiger Beat . Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Cunningham, Stuart; Craig, David (2019). Social Media Entertainment: The New Intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Postmillennial Pop. NYU Press. pp. 82, 88, 110–111. ISBN   978-1-4798-9028-6.
  7. ↑ Marwick, Alice E. (January 1, 2015). "Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy" . Public Culture . 27 (1): 155–156. doi:10.1215/08992363-2798379. ISSN   0899-2363.
  8. 1 2 Lorenz, Taylor (January 17, 2018). "Raising a social-media star" . The Atlantic . Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  9. 1 2 Whateley, Dan (March 10, 2020). "Inside YouTube star Brent Rivera's content company, which created a superhero for TikTok and wants to become the next Disney Channel" . Business Insider . Archived from the original on March 11, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Whateley, Dan; Perelli, Amanda (April 24, 2020). "The top 19 talent managers and agents for TikTok influencers who are helping build the careers of a new generation of digital stars" . Business Insider . Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Weiss, Geoff (March 24, 2021). "Brent Rivera, Ben Azelart Launch Podcasts Alongside Their 'Amp' Content Studio". TubeFilter. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  12. ↑ Underwood, Khalea (September 30, 2016). "YouTube Sensation Brent Rivera Is Hollister's Secret Weapon for Anti-Bullying Campaign". Us Weekly . Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  13. ↑ Hamedy, Saba (January 13, 2017). "YouTuber Brent Rivera and 'Black-ish' star Marcus Scribner talk new teen comedy 'Alexander IRL'". Mashable . Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  14. ↑ Klassen, Anna (August 31, 2016). "'Alexander IRL' Star Brent Rivera Talks Social Media Stardom & Why He Has A Bloody Nose". Bustle . Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  15. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (June 4, 2018). "'Light As A Feather' Cast Set: Liana Liberato, Haley Ramm, Peyton List, Others Join Hulu & AwesomenessTV Drama". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  16. ↑ Hayes, Dade (January 27, 2016). "Viacom Digital Studios Slate Features Tana Mongeau, Eva Gutowski, SpongeBob – NewFronts". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Nickelodeon Ups Order for Two New Remotely Produced Hit Shows - Group Chat and Unfiltered" (Press release). Nickelodeon. August 27, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020– via The Futon Critic.
  18. ↑ "Teen Choice Awards: Full List of Winners". Billboard . August 11, 2019. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Streamy Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List". Variety . December 13, 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Here Are Your 2020 Streamy Award Winners". December 13, 2020. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  21. ↑ "11th Annual Winners - The Streamy Awards". streamys.org. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
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