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Betar in 2021
Personal information
Born
Timothy John Betar

(1990-04-08) April 8, 1990 (age 33)
NationalityAmerican
Website timthetatman.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genre Gaming
Subscribers5.35 million [1]
(March 11, 2024)
Total views1.24 billion [1]
(March 11, 2024)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2016
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2018
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2012–2021
Genre Gaming
Last updated: 12 March 2024

Timothy John Betar, (born April 8, 1990), better known as TimTheTatman, [2] is an American live streamer and internet personality on YouTube . [3] [4]

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Career

Betar started streaming on Twitch in 2012 and has amassed over seven million followers since. [5] Broadcasting games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Overwatch , Fortnite and World of Warcraft , the variety channel attracts thousands of viewers each day. [3] [5]

Betar is a Monster Energy esports athlete and is also sponsored by Audio-Technica [4] [6] He was a certified Twitch partner and has been a full-time creator since March 2014. [7] [8] After joining YouTube on January 23, 2011, the channel has grown to 3.2 million subscribers with videos viewed over 524 million times. [8] [9]

With the release of Epic Games's Fortnite in July 2017, Twitch stream viewership skyrocketed. The game streamed nearly 151 million hours during the first month of release. [10] Streamers such as Betar, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, and Turner "Tfue" Tenney, saw a steady increase in followers as the game grew in popularity. [11]

During E3 2018, Epic Games held its first-ever Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am, which paired up celebrities with professional gamers to raise money for charity. [12] Betar teamed up with Mack Wilds for the event. [13] Betar won the award for Fan Favorite Male Streamer/Gamer of the Year at the 2018 Gamers' Choice Awards. [14] In September 2021, Betar announced an exclusivity contract with YouTube. [15] He signed with Complexity Gaming as a part-owner and content-creator that same month. [16]

In May 2023, he made a request for the removal of his skin from the popular video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II . This request was made in support of his friend, Nickmercs, who had his own skin removed by Activision after tweeting "They should leave little children alone. That's the real issue." [17] in response to a brawl in California that stemmed from schools attempting to incorporate lessons on the LGBTQ+ community into the school curriculum. [18]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryResult
2020 The Game Awards 2020 Content Creator of the YearNominated [19]

Philanthropy

In 2018, Betar teamed up with fellow streamers to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital under the GuardianCon charity stream marathon. The event raised over $2.7 million for children's medical research. [20] During his time block alone, Betar set the Twitch charitable donation record by raising more than $106,000 in 4 hours. [21]

Personal life

Betar was born on April 8, 1990. After meeting in high school, Betar and his wife Alexis were married in August 2016. [22] The couple had a son, Brewer, on April 11, 2019. [23]

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