Adam B
Beales in 2019
Born
Adam Beales

(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 24)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genres
  • Pranks
  • challenges
  • vlogs
  • life hacks
  • gaming
  • DIY
Subscribers3.83 million[1]
Total views938 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2018
10,000,000 subscribersno
Last updated: 9 September 2023

Adam Beales (born 11 October 1999), known as Adam B, is a YouTuber, actor, and television host from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a former co-presenter of the CBBC shows The Dog Ate My Homework and Blue Peter. Beales has over 3 million subscribers on YouTube and has collaborated with Disney.[2]

Early life

Beales was born on 11 October 1999 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College, where he was Head Boy.[3]

Career

At the age of 12, he started his channel Adam B (formerly known as TheNewAdamb99) on 29 July 2012. He started by filming all of his videos and editing them from his bedroom in his parents' house.[4]

In 2017, he made a partnership with Disney.[5] In 2019, his YouTube channel reached over 2.7 million subscribers with a total of 300 million views.[6]

He has appeared on BBC Radio,[7] The Ryan Tubridy Show[8] and was featured on VidCon London's first conference.[9] In June 2019, he won the Youth 19 Champions Award.[10] From 2019-20, he was the co-presenter in the seventh series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework.[11][12]

On 1 September 2020, Beales was announced as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and would make his debut two days later.[13] He left Blue Peter in 2022, with his final appearance on 15 July.[14]

In 2022 Beales co-hosted Bro's in Control for the BBC, along with Joe Tasker.[15] A second series with Beales and Tasker was commissioned in September 2023.[16]

Beale has published two books, Adam Wins The Internet and Adam Destroys The Internet.[17]

Personal life

Beales is gay. He came out in a video he uploaded on his YouTube channel titled "I'M GAY" on July 22, 2022.[18]

He works with his mother Edelle and father Paul as video partners. Beales' younger brother Callum also has his own YouTube channel, Callum B. The family collectively share a YouTube channel, Family 4.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Adam B". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney. He is now the 40th presenter of Blue Peter". newsletter.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ McClements, Freya. "Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney". newsletter.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. ^ McKinney, Seamus (12 March 2019). "Meet Adam Beales (19), the Derry YouTuber whose hobby has turned into a sell-out Irish tour". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio Ulster - The John Toal Show, Bernadette Hagans, Adam Beales, Cheryl Gault & Linsey McDougall". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. ^ "700,000 fans can't be wrong: YouTuber Adam Beales on going viral". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ "VidCon UK Announces First Round Of Featured Creators – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ^ "North West Business Award winners are revealed". derryjournal.com. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC iPlayer - The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC iPlayer. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Blue Peter announces its 40th new presenter". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  14. ^ Lang, Nicole (20 June 2022). "Adam B to leave Blue Peter after 2 years". www.derrynow.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  15. ^ "BBC Studios to make Bro's in Control for CBBC". 18 September 2023.
  16. ^ "BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions to produce the second series of 'Bro's in Control' for CBBC". www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Adam Wins the Internet". Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  18. ^ "I'm Gay". YouTube.
  19. ^ McClements, Freya. "Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  20. ^ Hale, James (30 November 2018). "Prank Master YouTuber Adam Beales Teams Up With Disney For Its #VloggerTakeover Series". tubefilter.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

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