Maddie Lymburner (born 1995) is a Canadian fitness blogger who posts exercise videos to her YouTube channel, MadFit. As of June 2021, this channel has more than six million subscribers.[1] By June 2023, the number of subscribers reached 8 million, making the channel one of the most popular in Canada. In 2020, Google named her the top Canadian YouTube creator, as well as the top breakout Canadian YouTube creator.[2]

Lymburner grew up in Waterdown, Ontario (now Hamilton, Ontario).[3] Prior to starting the MadFit channel, Lymburner worked at a health food store and was a competitive dancer.[1] She began taking dance lessons when she was three years old and danced competitively for seventeen years in various styles, including tap, jazz, and pointe.[4] In 2015, she began posting videos about vegan recipes and cooking. She continued food vlogging during vacations abroad in 2016, at which point she reached 50,000 subscribers. She began the MadFit channel in 2018; during the COVID-19 pandemic, her viewership and subscribers increased, which she attributed to the closure of gyms causing more people to seek at-home workouts.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Don (10 December 2020). "'Amazingly, this is my job' says Maddie Lymburner, Canada's top YouTube creator". Global News. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "YouTube Reveals the Top Videos of 2020: Canadians watched to learn, game, and find joy". Google Official Canada Blog. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Mahoney, Jeff (2 December 2020). "Hamiltonian named Canada's top YouTube creator for her popular MadFit channel". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ Yu, Andrea (28 May 2020). "How Maddie Lymburner became YouTube's premier pandemic fitness guru". Toronto Life. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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