TheRadBrad

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theRadBrad
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Born
Bradley Lamar Colburn

(1987-02-10) February 10, 1987 (age 37)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
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YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subscribers13.7 million [1]
Total views6.3 billion [1]
Network None (formerly Machinima, and later Maker Studios)
Associated acts
  • Cartoonz
  • TetraNinja
  • Gaming Nacho
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2011 [2]
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2013
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: October 28, 2024

Bradley Lamar Colburn (born February 10, 1987), [3] better known by his online alias theRadBrad, is an American YouTuber and Let's Player most notable for his video game walkthroughs of various new games. [4] [5] [6] He has been interviewed by various publications since becoming active in 2010. [5] [6] As of October 2024, Colburn's channel has over 13.7 million subscribers and his videos have brought in over 6.3 billion views. [7] Footage [8] [9] [10] and images [11] from his gameplay videos have been used for illustrative purposes in articles by numerous publications. [12] [13] [14]

Colburn has been covered by various publications, including VG247 (when video game publisher Ubisoft sent him merchandise ahead of the launch of Watch Dogs 2 ), [15] VentureBeat , [4] and Rolling Stone . [16] FMV Magazine has referred to Colburn as "king of the YouTube walkthrough." [17]

During a wave of copyright issues that were affecting creators, some of Colburn's videos were falsely claimed by an automated system owned by the multi-channel network Scale Lab. He was directly apologized to by Scale Lab's CEO, David Brenner, in a Kotaku interview once the problem was discovered. [18] During a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone , Colburn's YouTube channel was identified by Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, as one of the "top gaming creators" on the platform. [16]

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