Brittany Alexis Tomlinson (born May 10, 1997), known professionally as Brittany Broski, is an American social media personality and comedian. She initially gained fame after a video of her tasting kombucha for the first time went viral on TikTok in 2019. She signed to United Talent Agency later that year and has since hosted the TikTok-produced podcast For You (2021), the pop culture-focused podcasts Violating Community Guidelines (2022–2023) with Sarah Schauer and The Broski Report (2023–present), and the YouTube talk show Royal Court (2023–present). She has frequently been referred to as one of TikTok's biggest stars and noted for her meme-focused humor.
She participated in theater growing up, acting in local productions of The Addams Family, Bus Stop, and Spamalot. During both high school and college, she was a part of her schools' improv troupes.[4] She often spent time on Tumblr as a teenager, where she was a part of the fan communities for bands such as The 1975 and One Direction.[5]
She graduated from Texas A&M Universitymagna cum laude in 2018 with a degree in communications[6] and a minor in Spanish.[7] She subsequently worked at a call center. She then worked in trust and investment services at a bank, where she was fired after her boss discovered the kombucha video and determined that Tomlinson's viral fame would put the company at risk.[8][9] She is also a licensed insurance agent.[10]
Career
Tomlinson created her TikTok account in June 2019 at the request of her friends, originally using the handle @brittanyt445.[11] She posted her first video, a Snapchat video about her "depression meal", which went viral a month later.[12][10]
She subsequently posted her most viral video, wherein she tastescream soda-flavored kombucha for the first time with rapidly changing facial expressions, in August 2019.[13] The video first gained notoriety on "gay Twitter" after being reposted with sexually charged captions, eventually gaining traction on Reddit and Twitter, gaining more than 40 million views on the latter platform by the end of the month.[10][12] The video also became a popular reaction image on social media and was ranked by TikTok as one of the top ten most viral videos of 2019 posted to the platform.[14][13] Its popularity earned her the nickname "Kombucha Girl".[15][11] She also became popular on the app for her relatable comedic videos.[16] In her interview with PAPER, Broski looks back at her early internet years, calling her digital footprint “horrifying” but recognizing that her missteps were part of the process. Since then, she has built a loyal fanbase known as “Broski Nation” and expanded her presence beyond her original meme, creating a personal brand rooted in wit, curiosity, and genuine enthusiasm. One of her biggest projects is her YouTube show Royal Court, where she interviews celebrities while dressed in elaborate royal outfits. Broski explains that she didn’t want to make just another celebrity podcast and created something unique, similar to Hot Ones, but with her own comedic twist. Some of the Royal Court episodes include celebrities Saoirse Ronan, Charli XCX, and Hasan Piker. The show’s growing success, she says, marks a new stage in her career as she begins to think about her work as part of a larger creative studio or production company. [17]
Following the success of the kombucha video, Tomlinson was signed to Influences Management and later to United Talent Agency.[10] In December 2019, Tomlinson moved to Los Angeles with fellow TikToker Sarah Schauer and the two began making YouTube videos together.[18][19] She appeared in an advertisement for Sabra hummus during Super Bowl LIV.[20] In early 2020, she competed on the second season of the YouTube reality show The Reality House, hosted by JC Caylen and Kian Lawley; she was eliminated in the first episode.[21] In August 2020, she was featured in an episode of the Awesomeness web television series Dish This.[22] She was nominated for a Subject Award in Comedy at the 10th Streamy Awards.[23] She co-hosted the TikTok New Year's Eve Party live event with American rapper Lil Yachty in December 2020.[24] After she used the song "Remy the Ratatouille" in a video, the song went viral, inspiring the creation of Ratatouille the Musical.[25] In early 2021, Tomlinson became the host of TikTok's official podcast, For You, wherein she interviewed other popular TikTokers.[26] As a long time fan of One Direction, Broski recounts her meeting Harry Styles, calling it a defining moment in her career. Their meeting can be found in her YouTube vlog titled “I Met Harry Styles.”[27]
Tomlinson in 2021
Tomlinson's collaborative, Studio71-produced podcast with Schauer about Internet oddities, Violating Community Guidelines, premiered in January 2022.[28] The two self-financed the podcast and it garnered a cult following before ending in early 2023.[29][30] In 2022, Tomlinson appeared on the Discovery+ series Trixie Motel, hosted by her frequent collaborator Trixie Mattel.[31] She launched her podcast, The Broski Report, in May 2023. As an advocate for learning throughout every stage of life, Broski often uses the episodes of her podcast The Broski Report to touch on important subjects such as etymology, art history, astronomy, linguistics, consumerism, and critical theory. She also uses her platform to discuss politics and world events. [32] Its debut episode became the fourth most-streamed podcast episode in the U.S. on Spotify upon release, while its YouTube channel had more than 500 thousand subscribers by November 2023. Her monthly, medieval-themed YouTube talk show, Royal Court, premiered in July 2023. Broski is a self-proclaimed “Medieval Times kid,” deriving from her family tradition of seeing the live-action medieval-themed entertainment. She connects her love of the Middle Ages to Game of Thrones and, through her YouTube show Royal Court, with its ever-present medieval elements and themes. She originally drew her inspiration for the show from Sean Evans’ Hot Ones; she appreciates how he can make the celebrity guests feel like real people. Her goal in creating Royal Court was to put her celebrity guests in a whimsical and unserious setting in an attempt to make them lean in to the ridiculousness of it all, making her guests wear an array of costume pieces, from hats and capes to swords. [33] Both The Broski Report and Royal Court are heavily focused on pop culture and fan culture.[27] At the 13th Streamy Awards in August 2023, she was awarded a Creator Honor by Amelia Dimoldenberg.[29]Its debut episode became the fourth most-streamed podcast episode in the U.S. on Spotify upon release, while its YouTube channel had more than 500 thousand subscribers by November 2023. Her monthly, medieval-themed YouTube talk show, Royal Court, premiered in July 2023. Both The Broski Report and Royal Court are heavily focused on pop culture and fan culture.[30] At the 13th Streamy Awards in August 2023, she was awarded a Creator Honor by Amelia Dimoldenberg.[34]
As of 2024[update], she has more than sevenand a half million followers on her main TikTok account, over five and a half million followers on her "secret brittany" TikTok account, and over two million subscribers on her YouTube account.[35][36][37] In March 2025, Tomlinson released her first official piece of music, a cover of Harry Styles' 'Adore You'.[38] In April, she released her debut single, 'The Sun',[39] described as a "pop rock song dripping with bluegrass guitar and nods to her influences, which include Mumford and Sons, Florence & the Machine, and Hozier" according to CT Jones from Rolling Stone.[40]
Public image
Tomlinson's fanbase is known as "Broski Nation".[35] In 2020, Josh Kaplan of The Telegraph called Tomlinson "one of TikTok's biggest stars".[41] Writing for i-D, Tom Prior referred to her as a "TikTok superstar" and named a video of her rapping in the voice of English singer Adele as one of the 20 best TikToks of 2020.[42]L'Officiel included her on their list of "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020".[43] Broski was described in 2022 as the "patron saint of memes" in HuffPost, while BuzzFeed referred to her as a "TikTok star".[44][45] In 2022, Interview referred to Tomlinson as a "meme queen-turned-internet icon".[46]Today's Kristian Burt wrote in 2023 that Tomlinson had "conquer[ed] the land of TikTok in a matter of years" and that she had created a "Gen-Z media empire".[35] Ellie Rudy of Los Angeles called her "a prominent ally to the queer and drag community" and a "bit of a drag icon" for her association with drag queen Trixie Mattel.[31]
In 2020, Tomlinson faced backlash after referring to phrases attributed to African-American Vernacular English as "internet culture".[47][48] In November 2023, a video from her "Close Friends" story on Instagram leaked of her expressing frustration toward being expected to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the Gaza war on The Broski Report. She soon posted a four-minute-long video on TikTok, apologizing for her silence on the war and stating, "Free Palestine."[49]
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
List of singles as lead artist showing year released and album name
↑ "Kombucha Girl is HOW OLD?!". Older Than / Younger Than. March 16, 2020. MTV Access. MTV. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. "I was born on May 10, 1997, which makes me 22, and a Taurus.". Retrieved September 26, 2020.
↑ Dickson, E. J. (November 18, 2020). "An Oral History of 'Ratatouille: The Musical'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021. Jacobson's song went viral after Brittany Broski, a creator with 5.8 million TikTok followers, posted a TikTok using Jacobson's sound, on top of footage of a life-size Remy dancing at Disney World.
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