Marques Brownlee

Marques Brownlee, also known by his YouTube user- when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud stor-
name, MKBHD, is an American vlogger, best known age service called Insync.[16] In November 2013, one of
for his technology-focussed YouTube channel.[2][3] The Brownlees most viral videos was posted based on the LG
channel, whose name is a concatenation of MKB (Brown- G Flex.[17] He performed various scratch tests to portray
lees initials) and HD (for High Denition),[2] has over the self-healing ability of the device.[18] The video hit a
5 million subscribers and over 619 million total video million views on the rst day. As of May 2017, the video
views. In August 2013, Vic Gundotra, former Senior has over 6 million views.[19] In December 2013, Brown-
Vice President, Social for Google,[4][5] called Brown- lee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Wood-
lee the best technology reviewer on the planet right side.[20][21] In May 2014, Brownlee did the rst over-the-
now.[2][3] During one of the 2016 Democratic presiden- air interview with Evan Blass, also known by his previous
tial primary debates that was cosponsored by YouTube, name, evleaks.[22]
Brownlee asked the candidates, by video, whether tech Brownlees video review and scratch test of a rumored
companies and the government can nd a middle ground 4.7 inch iPhone 6 front glass component, uploaded July
over encryption while considering rights to privacy and 7, 2014, gained immediate popularity, being featured
national security.[6] on sites such as The Verge, Forbes Tech, HuPost Tech,
Marques Brownlees middle name is not Kumar as sug- CNET, and Time Magazine. The video appeared on NBC
gested by a Ten facts about MKBHD video[7] which he news, and in newspapers across the world. As of May
later cleared that his name is not Kumar but Keith.[8] 2017, the video has gained over 8.9 million views on
YouTube and has had over 50,000 ratings. Brownlee
also has a similar video regarding a dummy model of the
1 YouTube career iPhone 6, uploaded a couple of months earlier, which (as
of May 2017) has since gained over 7 million views on
YouTube.
MKBHD joined YouTube on March 21, 2008.[9] He
rst started uploading technology videos in January 2009, In December 2015, Brownlee did an interview with Kobe
while still in high school, about new products, or reviews Bryant, a professional NBA basketball player, and up-
of products he already owned.[10][11] He says his rst loaded the results, titled Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!
videos were screencasting where he would post an im- in which he talks about Tech interests of Kobe and the
age and just talk over it, then responded to requests from most recent Kobe designed Nike shoes, the Kobe 11.
viewers of what they would like to watch.[11][12] His rst In December, 2016, he interviewed Apples senior vice
several hundred videos were primarily hardware tutorials president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi during
and freeware.[2] He was later approached by companies the release of their latest MacBook Pro 2016.
to demonstrate their paid software and hardware, but only
From his interview with NBC News on February 2017,
reviews products that would be of interest to his audience
[2] I guess for me, I keep saying the words consumer elec-
of technology enthusiasts. He is noted for responding
tronics, consumer techthe biggest purchase decisions
to viewers feedback about what questions they have, and
people make a lot of times are the phones they buy and
features they want explained, as well as demonstrating a
the tech they buy. To be able to inuence other peoples
deep knowledge of the products he discusses, and his
decisions on that front is pretty game changing. [23]
understanding of what his audience wants to learn.[13]
His reviews are often timely, coming out the same day
or soon after for anticipated products. He is arguably
best known today for his content about smartphones. As 2 Personal life
of May 2017, his channel has gained over 4.5 million
subscribers,[14] making MKBHD the most subscribed-to Brownlee, grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. He at-
tech-based YouTube channel. On average, Brownlee tended Columbia High School, and studied as part of the
uploads one video per week. The channel receives an Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology.[10][24]
average of over 3,000 subscribers every day as of May He majored in business and information technology.[2][3]
2017.[15] Brownlee graduated from college in May 2015 and be-
Brownlees reviews have been promoted by other review came a full-time YouTuber. Being a tech enthusiast, he
sites as well. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 also owns a Tesla Model S P100D which he occasionally

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features in his channel. Other than producing content, he [15] VidStatsX. vidstatsx.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
plays golf, and is a professional ultimate frisbee player for
the Philadelphia Spinners.[25] Brownlee was previously [16] Insync: Wave 'Bye, Bye, Bye' to Dropbox, Daniel Cooper.
January 4, 2012.
on the now-folded New Jersey Hammerheads, a team be-
longing to the American Ultimate Disc League and the [17] Hands-on with the G Flex, LGs rst curved smartphone
New York Rumble, which is a part of Major League Ul- Brad Molen. November 26, 2013.
timate.[26]
[18] MKBHD Goes Hands-on With LG G Flex Self Healing
Back, Even Takes a Knife to it. droid-life.com.

3 See also [19] LG G Flex Self Healing Demo by Marques Brownlee.

[20] Motorola CEO talks about Project Ara, wearable de-

Lewis Hilsenteger (Unbox Therapy) vices, and Moto X. Android Authority.

[21] Motorolas modular phone prototype is almost ready, -

nal product might be sold on Moto Maker Sean Buckley.
4 References December 7, 2013.

[1] Marques Brownlee on Twitter: "@Harindu_Hippola I'm [22] This website is for sale! evleaks Resources and Infor-
6'3"". Twitter.com (February 27, 2013). Retrieved on mation. Evleaks.at (May 23, 2014). Retrieved on 2016-
2016-11-05. 11-05.

[2] New MKBHD Video is live! I spend a lot of time in [23] |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbcblk28-2017/
thought for this one I". google.com. nbcblk28-marques-brownlee-reviews-dope-tech-n714396

[3] Michael Fisher (October 25, 2013). Pocketnow VIP,
episode 3: meet Marques Brownlee from MKBHD!
Pocketnow. Pocketnow.
[4] Raymond, Scott (August 24, 2011). Google+ real name
clampdown ignores own grace period. ZDNet. It should
be pointed out that Vic Gundotra is the Senior Vice-
President of Social Business at Google.
[5] Management team. google.com.
[24] Eisenhood, Charlie (August 22, 2013). Ultimates Most
Famous YouTuber Is Not Who You Think. Ultiworld.
Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved
March 18, 2014.
[25] Marques Brownlee Philadelphia Spinners. philadel-
phia.spinners.mlultimate.com. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
[26] Marques Brownlee ". mlultimate.com.

[6] CHS Grad Marques Brownlee Asks Question at Demo-

cratic Debate. The Village Green. Retrieved March 4,
5 External links
2016.
Ocial website
[7] Tquo (2016-08-15), 10 Things You Didn't Know About
Marques Brownlee from MKBHD, retrieved 2017-09-14 Marques Brownlees channel on YouTube
[8] Marques Brownlee [@MKBHD] (18 August 2016). Marques Brownlee on Facebook
Now everyone thinks my middle name is Kumar. Its
not - fun video though! youtu.be/wjq9MvQOUHA"
(Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 September
2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017 via Twitter.

[9] Marques Brownlee. YouTube.

[10] Howe Students First Million: Tech Reviewers YouTube

Following Reaches Major Milestone. stevens.edu.

[11] The Tato Show: After Hours Episode 2 We will also

have a very special guest, Mr. Marques Brownlee who
runs the YouTube channel MKBHD.

[12] Wei, Will (November 21, 2014). How A 20-Year-Old

College Student Became 'The Best Technology Reviewer
On The Planet'". Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[13] Recording Artist: Stevens Students Tech-Focused

YouTube Channel Draws Millions of Viewers.
stevens.edu.

[14] Marques Brownlee - About. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

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