Styropyro

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Styropyro
Personal information
Born
Drake Anthony

(1992-08-20) August 20, 1992 (age 33) [1]
Website styropyro.com
YouTube information
Channel
Location Illinois, United States
Subscribers2.75 million [2]
Views270 million [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2015
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: May 31, 2025

Drake Anthony, [3] better known online as Styropyro, is an American YouTuber specializing in high-powered electronics and lasers.

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History

Anthony, born on August 20, 1992, [1] grew up in Goodfield, Illinois. Anthony began experimenting with lasers at the age of 12 after learning about them in school. After working for a summer to save for a video camera, he began to record his pyrotechnic experiments with his close friend Josh, and he began posting his experiments on YouTube in 2006. [1] [4] [5] He attended Southern Illinois University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry. [1] Anthony is of Arabic descent. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "styropyro (Drake Anthony) about me page". styropyro. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "About styropyro". YouTube.
  3. ↑ Weiner, Sophie (March 19, 2018). "YouTuber Who Builds Extreme DIY Lasers Suspended From Site". Popular Mechanics . Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ Muoio, Danielle (April 27, 2016). "Meet the 23-year-old YouTube star creating super powerful lasers at home and putting them on robots". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. ↑ Gault, Matthew (August 15, 2018). "The Chemist Whose DIY Lasers Are Too Dangerous for YouTube". Vice . Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ styropyro (June 6, 2024). I'm sick in a bizarre and horrifying way . Retrieved June 10, 2024– via YouTube.
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