Preston Arsement | |||||||||||||
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Born | Preston Blaine Arsement May 4, 1994 | ||||||||||||
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Website | firemerch | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 31.3 million (main channel) 16.9 million (PrestonPlayz) 4.58 million (PrestonGamez) 3.5 million (PrestonReacts) 7.94 million (TBNRFrags) 4.31 million (PrestonShorts) [1] | ||||||||||||
Views | 12.42 billion (main channel) 7.53 billion (PrestonPlayz) 913 million (PrestonGamez) 1.23 billion (PrestonReacts) 1.86 billion (TBNRFrags) 1.54 billion (PrestonShorts) [1] | ||||||||||||
Associated acts | Unspeakable | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: August 6, 2025 |
Preston Blaine Arsement (born May 4, 1994), better known as PrestonPlayz or Preston, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his high-energy videos playing video games including Minecraft , Roblox , and Fortnite , and his real-life vlogs and challenges.
Preston Blaine Arsement was born on May 4, 1994, in Dallas, Texas. He is the eldest of three half-siblings, two half-brothers and one half-sister. [2] Arsement's father, David, is an United States Air Force veteran and the COO of Arsement's company, while his mother, Maye, is the CEO; she formerly worked for AT&T and Southwestern Bell. The first game he played was Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis, when he was four. Arsement was first inspired to pursue YouTube after watching HuskyStarcraft. [3] As a teenager, he watched many RuneScape videos. [4]
Arsement created his first YouTube channel in November 2010, called TBNRfrags. It first focused on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gameplay, but later expanded to Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops . He later created a Minecraft channel, PrestonPlayz, in 2012. [2]
Arsement went on his first tour in 2017, hosting meet-and-greets at six Main Event Entertainment centers near Dallas. [5] He also started working with talent management company Night in that year. [6] He joined Envy Gaming as an investor and content creator in 2018 and was paired with Lil Yachty for a celebrity-content creator Fortnite tournament. [3] [7] Also in 2018, he switched his gaming content to a separate channel and made his main channel focused around lifestyle, vlog, and challenge content, [6] substantially growing his channel. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Arsement is married to his wife, Brianna Paige Barnhart. [2] He is a Messianic Jew. [4] He also enjoys playing paintball for fun. [3]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Streamy Awards | Gaming | Nominated | [12] |
2019 | [13] | |||
2020 | [14] | |||
2021 | [15] | |||
2020 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Gamer | [16] | |
2024 | [17] | |||