Max Fosh | ||||||||||
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 Fosh in 2024 | ||||||||||
| Born | Maximilian Arthur Fosh 3 April 1995 London, England | |||||||||
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| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Father | Matthew Fosh | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2017–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.4 million [1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.39 billion [1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 22 February 2025 | ||||||||||
| Website | maxfosh | |||||||||
Maximilian Arthur Fosh (born 3 April 1995) is a British YouTuber and comedian. As of February 2025, [update] his eponymous YouTube channel has over 4.4 million subscribers. [2]
Maximilian Arthur Fosh [P 1] [3] was born on 3 April 1995 at St Thomas' Hospital [4] [5] in London, England, [6] to father Matthew Fosh, [7] an English cricketer and rugby union player, and mother Helena. [P 2] He has a sister, Talitha. [8] He attended Arnold House School in Westminster, London [P 3] before progressing to Harrow School [9] – the same school his father attended – from 2008 until 2013. [10] [11]
While studying for a combined honours in English literature and business at Newcastle University, [12] [13] Fosh began presenting at Radio Tyneside. When at Radio Tyneside, he won gold in the "Best Newcomer" category at the National Hospital Radio Awards in 2017. [14] [15]
On Christmas Day in 2022, Fosh presented a half-hour "TikTok Takeover" show on BBC Radio 1, [16] following an event almost two years earlier which involved printing his CV in large text on the roof of a car, and parking it outside of Broadcasting House in London. [17] [18]
Fosh's YouTube channel has amassed more than 4 million subscribers, and includes "silly" pranks and jokes [19] – as well as other comedic content. The channel was started on 13 January 2016 and posted its inaugural video on 18 October 2017, which started a series called "StreetSmart" (the channel's name at the time) where Fosh would interview people on the streets. [9]
In May 2022, Fosh placed a large sign reading "Welcome to Luton", visible from the approach path for Gatwick Airport, to trick arriving travelers into thinking they were instead at Luton Airport, triggering reactions from local news and social media. [20] [21] [22] Being noticed by the media, Fosh made several appearances on TV and radio, although some people criticised the prank as having caused undue stress for arriving passengers. [20] Fosh had use of the land on which the sign was placed for six weeks, [23] and said that renting the land and materials for the sign cost more than £4000. [24]
Following his YouTube success, in 2021 Fosh toured the UK with his show "Zocial Butterfly", which he had originally written in 2019. [25] He then went on to take the show to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2022, his debut at the festival. [26] Isobel Lewis of The Independent rated the performance two out of five stars, said he was "promising" despite lacking the "comedy chops needed for a Fringe show." [27]
Fosh announced his stand-up comedy world tour in 2024 called "Loophole", which is going to be performed between October 2024 and March 2025 across Europe, North America, and Oceania. [28]
On 9 September 2023, Fosh played in the Sidemen Charity Match, an association football match to raise money for charity, for the YouTube Allstars team. [29] [30] In the 78th minute, Fosh tackled and fouled Sidemen member Miniminter, resulting in referee Mark Clattenburg issuing him a yellow card. In response, Fosh pulled an Uno "reverse card" from his shorts and showed it to Clattenburg, garnering internet and media attention. [31] [32]
In the 2025 match, Fosh was again given a yellow card after a foul on Joe Weller, this time pulling out a mini hand-held shredder before taking the card from Clattenburg and shredding it. [33]
Fosh was an independent candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election, which was won by the incumbent, Sadiq Khan. Fosh said he ran simply to "wind up" fellow former Harrovian Laurence Fox, who was running as a right-wing candidate for the Reclaim Party, which Fox had recently founded. [34] [35] Fosh aimed to get more votes than Fox, [36] but failed to do so, coming second from last. Fosh also said he wanted to increase youth turnout. [37] Fosh put forward a set of comedic policies and said, "I would make a terrible mayor". [38] [39]
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| National Hospital Radio Awards | 2017 | Best Newcomer | Won | [14] |
| 2018 | Best Male Presenter | Nominated | [40] | |
His whole shtick is trolling Laurence Fox.
[...] my mother's name is Helena.
