Draft:Matt Gray (YouTuber)
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Matt Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matthew James Bartholomew Gray[1] 2nd January 1986[2] York, England |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcast Engineer, YouTuber |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Genres |
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| Subscribers | 78 thousand (main channel)[3] |
| Total views | 4.2 million (main channel) [3] |
| Website | mattg |
Matt Gray is an English YouTuber and broadcast engineer based in London.[4] He is known for his collaborations with Tom Scott on series such as The Technical Difficulties and The Park Bench; and the channel Will It Soft Serve? in which he put weird things in an ice cream machine.
His his self-titled YouTube channel has videos covering varied topics over the years, with his current series Matt Gray is Trying showing him try different jobs in STEM, and previous videos covering hobby electronics and Game Boy Cameras
As of January 2024,[update] his five YouTube channels have collectively gained over 528 thousand subscribers[a] and 54.3 million views.[b] [5]
Gray works as a broadcast engineer, trading as Unnamed Media [6], and has worked with media companies such as Bauer Media Group, Global Media & Entertainment and CBS News.
While working for Global's Radio X (United Kingdom), Gray was given the nickname Big Willy Matt by broadcaster Chris Moyles [7] [8]
Gray identifies as non-binary, [9] and uses he/him pronouns. [10]
Projects[edit]
The Technical Difficulties[edit]
Gray is a member of the four-person comedy troupe, The Technical Difficulties, with whom he hosted a radio show of the same name on University Radio York which won the Kevin Greening award at the Student Radio Awards in 2008.[11] The group has created several podcasts and video series over the years including:[12]
| Series | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Reverse Trivia Podcast | 2010–2014 |
| Citation Needed | 2014–2018 |
| Two of These People Are Lying | 2019–2021 |
| Adventures | 2022–2023 |
Emojli[edit]
In 2014, Gray co-founded Emojli along with Tom Scott. It was a parody emoji-only social network inspired by Yo. Emojli was described by Salon as "an inside joke turned into reality". [13] [14] It closed in July 2015 after it became too expensive to maintain. [15]
Notes[edit]
- ^
Subscribers, broken down by channel:
- 78 thousand (Matt Gray)
- 256 thousand (Matt and Tom)
- 158 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
- 35.9 thousand (Will It Soft Serve)
- ^ Views, broken down by channel:
- 4.2 million (Matt Gray)
- 44.5 million (Matt and Tom)
- 3.0 million (The Technical Difficulties)
- 2.6 million (Will it Soft Serve)
References[edit]
- ^ "Matt Gray | About".
- ^ "Matt Gray | About".
- ^ a b "About Matt Gray". YouTube.
- ^ "Matt Gray | About".
- ^
"Matt Gray's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". Social Blade.
"Matt and Tom's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"The Technical Difficulties's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats".
"Will it Soft Serve's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". - ^ "Unnamed Media".
- ^ "WATCH: When Big Willy Matt Fixed The Studio Lights..." Radio X. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Radio X on X: If the studio lights break... call BIG WILLY MATT! 🍆 😂".
- ^ "Matt Gray | About".
- ^ "Matt Gray on X".
- ^ Barnard, Mike. "Student radio talent celebrated at the Student Radio Awards 2008". Milkround. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "The Technical Difficulties". www.techdif.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Gray, Sarah (2 July 2014). "An emoji-only social network: Ridiculous ... or brilliant?". Salon. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Solon, Olivia (30 June 2014). "Emoji-only social network Emojli is the new Yo". Wired UK. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Investors tried to throw cash at this startup that was actually just a joke". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2016.